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Attorney Profiles
Robert Henk
Mr. Henk is a founding partner of HenkLeonard and is a graduate of the University of California, Hastings College of Law. His practice includes both State and Federal Courts within as well as outside of California. Mr. Henk has successfully argued employment matters before the Third Circuit Court of Appeals and has tried employment matters to juries throughout California. Mr. Henk has lectured on most employment issues including, Wage and Hour Compliance, Americans with Disabilities Act, Family Medical Leave Act, Sexual harassment/Hostile work environment and litigation avoidance. He has coached mock trial for the last seven years in a nationally acclaimed program.
Mr. Henk is a past Legislative Chair of the Sacramento Employment Advisory Council and a present member of the American Trial Lawyers Association as well as the National Employment Lawyers Association. In addition to being admitted to practice in State and Federal Courts of California, Mr. Henk has been admitted to practice in New Jersey and Tennessee on a pro-hac vice basis.
Sheri Leonard
Ms. Leonard is a founding partner in the law office of HenkLeonard, whose practice emphasizes the representation of employees in employment matters including wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment, workplace torts, wage and hour claims, and other employment-related claims in both State and Federal courts. Ms. Leonard is a present member of the National Employment Lawyer Association.
Ms. Leonard's experience includes performing all work necessary for litigation including trials, appeals, arbitrations, mediations, depositions, and various motions. Ms. Leonard recently successfully argued to overturn a lower court's ruling on a disability discrimination case before the Third District Court of Appeals. She has also successfully opposed several dispositive motions against large employers, including but not limited to Nationwide Credit, The Money Store, Swift Newspapers, Hewlett-Packard, and the State of California.
Ms. Leonard received her B.S. degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Management in 1989 and a Masters degree in Business Administration in 1991 from California State University, Sacramento. Ms. Leonard received her J.D. from McGeorge School of Law in 1994. She became a member of the California State Bar in 1994, and was thereafter admitted to practice in California and is also licensed to practice before the U.S. District Court (Eastern District and Northern District of California).
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