Renju P. Jacob, Associate

Practice Areas/Industries
Labor & Employment

Firm Leadership
E-Discovery Task Force
Pro Bono Committee

Based in our Sacramento Office
916-551-2817 Direct Phone
916-551-3392 Direct Fax
rjacob@hansonbridgett.com
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Renju P. Jacob specializes in labor and employment law. Renju defends employers in all aspects of employment matters including discrimination, harassment, wrongful termination, retaliation, wage and hour compliance and employment-related torts. He has gained litigation experience in federal and state courts as well as in the arbitration setting.

Renju also advises and counsels employers on both employment and wage and hour issues. He prepares employment, severance and independent contractor agreements for employers. Renju also has experience assisting clients in securing workplace violence restraining orders against those who make threats or commit acts of violence.

Renju has gained experience defending class actions. Specifically, Renju represents public sector clients in class actions related to the delivery of health care to persons incarcerated in state run correctional facilities.

Presentations
Labor and Employment Law Update, San Francisco, CA (March 19, 2009)
2008 Employment Laws are Here!, Sacramento and San Francisco, CA (February 21, 2007 and March 28, 2007)

Publications
"Sexual Harassment Training in California: Considerations in Complying With Government Code § 12950.1" (co-author), California HR Decision Support Network, BNA (February 2010)

Academic Distinctions
Order of the Coif
Traynor Honor Society
Witkin Awards for Excellence in Constitutional Law (2005), Federal Courts (2004), and Civil Procedure (2004)
Extern to the Honorable Frank C. Damrell, United States District Court, Eastern District of California (2005)
Legal Extern to the California Attorney General, Division of Public Rights (2005)
Staff Writer, The Transnational Lawyer (2004-2005)
Appellate Advocacy Workshop Leader (2004-2005), Adjunct Professor (2006)

Professional Affiliations
Bar Association of San Francisco, Sacramento Bar Association
South Asian Bar Association of Sacramento

Education
J.D., with great distinction, University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law (2005)
B.A., University of California, Berkeley (2001)

Admissions and Courts
State of California
United States District Courts for the Northern, Eastern and Central Districts of California
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit