Robert P. Brooks

Robert P. Brooks is the managing partner of Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C. and a member of its Labor & Employment Group in Providence, Rhode Island. He represents public and private sector employers in collective bargaining, employment disputes, and workplace compliance. His practice includes labor negotiations, discrimination defense, wage and hour matters, OSHA issues, and project labor agreements for construction work. He also counsels management on personnel policies and workplace decisions.

Robert earned a B.A. from Rhode Island College in 1982 and a J.D. from Suffolk University Law School in 1987. His legal education supports a practice centered on employment statutes, collective bargaining obligations, and administrative proceedings. He is admitted in Rhode Island and Massachusetts, as well as federal district courts in both states and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. His background combines negotiating experience with employment litigation.

Robert served as chief negotiator for Rhode Island in discussions involving AFSCME Council 94 and other state employee bargaining representatives. He also led labor negotiations for highway contractors, the Providence public school district, and the Rhode Island Convention Center. He has represented major energy employers in labor grievance arbitrations and advises construction participants on the design and negotiation of project labor agreements. These matters involve competing financial, operational, and employee interests.

Robert P. Brooks received the Rhode Island Bar Association Dorothy Lohmann Community Service Award for work with the Boys & Girls Clubs of Providence, where he served in a board leadership role. He also lectures on employment concerns affecting managers and human resources professionals. His practice combines legal advocacy with negotiations designed to help employers resolve disputes and maintain workable labor relationships.

Law Office Affiliations

• Managing Partner, Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C.
• Member, Rhode Island Bar Association
• Member, Massachusetts Bar Association
• Chair, Rhode Island Bar Association’s Labor Law Committee
• Member, American Bar Association
• Board Member, Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council
• Past President, Boys & Girls Club of Providence
• Member, East Greenwich Zoning Board
• Graduate, Leadership Rhode Island (2003)

Licensed State

• Rhode Island
• Massachusetts

Education

• Suffolk University Law School
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Rhode Island College
  Bachelor of Arts (BA)

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