Experienced, Trusted, Human-Centered
Photography by Robin Oaks
Robin Oaks, Attorney at Law
Impartial Workplace Investigations,
Conflict Resolution Consultations, Workplace Mediations
• Worked in a wide range of legal settings as an attorney for over forty years.
• For over three decades worked exclusively providing legal services investigating sensitive and complex workplace harassment and misconduct complaints.
• Skilled at workplace mediations and conflict resolution services, including work climate assessments, executive coaching, and mediation training.
• Professional leadership coaching, and investigation training and individualized coaching for employees and administrators.
Creating Healthy and Equitable Work Environments
Resolving and Investigating Conflicts with Respect and Integrity
Offering Well-Being & Wellness Support & Training Services for Professional Thriving
OAKS PROS INSTITUTE
Professional Well-Being Support Services
- Decades of experience and thousands of hours of education and training in ancient healing wisdom traditions as well as modern, science-based mental health, cognitive and physical fitness, and peak performance practices. Certified in California as a Health Care Provider, with expertise in the work and lived realities of lawyers, high achievers, highly sensitive (Sensory Processing Sensitivity), introverted, creative, and gifted individuals.
- Trained with professionals from around the world, drawing from many disciplines, including Integrative Medicine, Osteopathy, Ayurveda, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Indigenous Medicine, Medical Qigong, yoga, organizational change management, conflict resolution, mindfulness and contemplative practices, and positive psychology.
- Years of providing presentations focusing on lawyer well-being and professional competencies, including California MCLE Wellness Competence talks, presenter for the ABA CoLAP annual conference (2026), and organizing well-being workshops and retreats.
- Authored numerous articles and publications, including nationally for the Institute for Wellbeing in Law, locally for the Colleges of Law, and an ongoing well-being column for the Santa Barbara Lawyer magazine. Santa Barbara Bar Association Board member, Well-being Director, and Chair of Well-being Section.
- As a law professor taught numerous courses over the years, designed and currently teaching since 2020 an accredited law course: Lawyer Well-Being and Professional Identity, and creating workshops for law students integrating well-being skill sets with legal competencies (tested on bar exam).
- Decades of coaching people through life’s changes, including career shifts, health challenges, grief and loss, and professional development, offered through confidential one-to-one support, walk-and-talk sessions in nature, and group retreats.
