Attorney Investigator
Conflict Resolution Consultant
Well-Being Coach
Mediator
Trainer
Robin Oaks, J.D.
Attorney Investigator, Conflict Resolution Consultant
Robin Oaks has practiced exclusively as an independent workplace investigator, workplace mediator and trainer for almost three decades. She is committed to fostering respectful work environments, empowering professionals, and resolving conflicts with sensitivity, integrity and professionalism. She offers training in harassment prevention and transformational leadership, and coaching for individuals and groups aimed at fostering well-being in work environments and individual lives.
Completed hundreds of complex sexual harassment and workplace misconduct investigations throughout California. Exclusively focused on resolving workplace conflicts by investigating, mediating and conducting assessments of public and private sector employee and student complaints.
Provides mandated training about harassment prevention, conducting defensible investigations, and creating respectful work environments. Advises and guides employers when investigating complex complaints. Provides individualized coaching that supports work performance, optimizes resilience and fosters well-being.
Conducts investigations and resolves disputes with sensitivity, cultural awareness, and the legal expertise to address the unique challenges arising in work and academic environments.
Creating Healthy Work Environments
Resolving and Investigating Conflicts with Respect and Integrity
Investigation, Mediation, Coaching, Training
After practicing as an employment, environmental and school law attorney, Ms. Oaks now focuses exclusively on training about and conducting independent investigations of harassment and misconduct, advising employers about accomplishing a specific investigation, coaching professionals, and mediating employee or student disputes that arise in public and private settings throughout California and Connecticut.
Ms. Oaks is a member of the Society of Independent Workplace Investigators (SIWI), a group of highly experienced and respected attorney investigators. In addition, she is a long time member of and has been a trainer for the Training Institute for Investigators offered by the Association of Workplace Investigators (AWI). She has contributed to national publications, authored a chapter for a college textbook, and written articles for bar associations on conducting investigations, preventing sexual harassment, and fostering well-being in the workplace.
Drawing from a team of experts, Ms. Oaks offers training to employers on best practices for conducting investigations, fostering wellness, and creating discrimination-free work environments. She holds certifications in evidence-based mind-body techniques that she shares with individuals, including attorneys, in confidential coaching sessions, and teaches to groups with the goal of enhancing productivity, reducing stress, and empowering professionals to thrive and succeed.