Robert B. Roth

EDUCATION:

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS:

• California State Bar Association
• Sacramento County Bar Association
• Family Law Section, Sacramento County Bar Association
• Family Law Section, California State Bar Association
• Sacramento Pro Bono Mediation Group - 2003 to present
• Sacramento County Approved Family Law Mediator
• Sacramento Collaborative Practice Group
• International Academy of Collaborative Professionals.
• President and Managing Shareholder, Hiroshima, Jacobs, Roth & Lewis, A Law Corporation
• Charter Member, Dean's Counsel and Amicus Lex, McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific
• Donor, Hiroshima, Jacobs, Roth & Lewis, Inc. Scholarship, McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific
• Deputy District Attorney, Sacramento County - 1974, 1975
• Chairman, Sacramento County Judiciary Committee - 1985
• President, Sacramento Young Lawyers Association - 1983
• Board of Directors, Sacramento Young Lawyers Association - 1977 to 1984
• Board of Directors, Sacramento County Bar Association - 1982, 1983
• Charter Member/Board of Directors, St. Thomas More Legal Society - 1988 to 2006
• Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent 5.0 - the highest numeric peer review rating.

COMMUNITY SERVICE:

• Board of Directors, Children's Receiving Home of Sacramento - 1977 to 1983, 1993 to 2005
• President, Children's Receiving Home of Sacramento - 1981, 2003
• Board of Directors, Sacramento Diocesan School Board - 1988 to 1994
• President, Sacramento Diocesan School Board - 1993 to 1994
• Board of Directors, Sacred Heart School Foundation - 2004 to present

LECTURER:

• Lecturer and Moderator, "Dividing Marital Property Upon Dissolution," California Continuing Education of the Bar - 1984, 1989
• Lecturer, "Introduction to Collaborative Law," Adventists Attorneys Association 2009

MEDIATION AND COLLABORATIVE NEGOTIATION:

Robert has extensive training and experience involving family law mediation, including training through the Legal Alternative Mediation Service. He volunteers at the Sacramento County Superior Court with the Pro Per Mediation Program and is on the Sacramento Superior Court Approved Mediator list. While maintaining an active litigation practice, he recognizes the substantial emotional and financial benefits of mediation and is committed to settling disputes quickly, fairly and economically.

Robert also has extensive education and experience in the Collaborative Practice process. He is one of 49 members of the Sacramento Collaborative Practice Group, which started in Sacramento in 2002 and was instrumental in forming the non-profit corporation. He is also a member of the International Association of Collaborative Professionals.