Rob Guite

Experience

1. Partner

   Sheppard

   Feb 2013 — Present · San Francisco, CA, US

   Litigation practice focused on ERISA and insurance, commercial, class action and products liability matters. I regularly represent employers/plan sponsors, plan administrators and insurers in ERISA and fiduciary litigation involving plan terminations, eligibility and benefit determinations and changes in benefits brought by individual participants or beneficiaries and by putative classes. In addition, I advise consumer products companies on brand protection and represents clients in unfair competition and false advertising litigation. I regularly defend consumer class actions and have extensive experience litigating cases involving business torts, bad faith, contracts, trade secrets, products liability and mass torts. I am admitted to practice in California, Montana and Washington and regularly represents clients in those jurisdictions. I am the co-editor of the LexisNexis Practice Guide: Washington Contract Litigation (2015), co-author of \"DOL Final Fee Disclosure Rules May Have Consequences for Fiduciaries Beyond Fines - Could Result in Increased Litigation and Government Enforcement,\" appearing in Bloomberg BNA\'s Pensions & Benefits Daily, and of \"ERISA Fiduciary Claims: Planning, Protecting and Preparing for Class Actions,\" appearing in the Employee Relations Law Journal.

Education

• Seattle University

  BA

  1989 — 1992

• The University of Montana School of Law

  J.D., with High Honors

  1992 — 1995

Skills

• Intellectual Property
• Personal Injury
• Trial Practice
• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Civil Litigation
• Commercial Litigation
• Appeals
• Construction Law
• Trials
• Product Liability
• Arbitration
• Legal Writing
• Litigation
• Trade Secrets
• Insurance Law
• Business Litigation
• Unfair Competition
• Class Actions
• Employment Law
• Mediation