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
• Over twenty years of experience and thousands of hours of education, studies, and training certifications in well-being, wellness, positive psychology, organizational change management, conflict resolution, mind-body-energy, contemplative, and stress management practices. CA Certified Health Care Provider.
• More than a decade of providing professional presentations about fostering Lawyer Well-being topics, including CA MCLE Wellness Competence talks and workshops. Santa Barbara County Bar Association Board Member, serving as Well-Being Director, Chair, Well-Being Section.
• Decades of coaching people through life’s changes and challenges, from health and healing to career shifts, grief and loss, plus leadership development across public and private sectors. Expertise in the realities of lawyers, high achievers, highly sensitive (SPS) and introverted individuals, and today’s workplaces.
• Specialized services focusing on stress management and human-centered coaching during legal procedures, creating a legal team approach as a trusted ally to help parties remain supported, present, and think clearly, when navigating litigation
• For nearly a decade taught and designed an accredited law course: Lawyer Well-Being and Professional Identity. Law professor and well-being advisor for law schools seeking to integrate well-being and legal competencies (and bar exam prep) into curriculum and workshops.
• Author of numerous articles and publications, including for the Institute for Wellbeing in Law, Santa Barbara Lawyer Magazine, and Colleges of Law.
