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Robert Theiring, who had lived most of his life in the greater Los Angeles area, found a new home in San Diego while serving in the United States Navy on board the USS Chancellorsville (CG-62) in 2010. Throughout the course of his formal higher education, he earned externships with three federal judges in the Southern District of California including, The Honorable Karen S. Crawford, The Honorable Anthony J. Battaglia, and The Honorable Bernard G. Skomal. Robert achieved repeated success in a series of honors, veteran and legal societies, and competitions to add experience to his established passion. Some of these achievements include gaining membership to the California Western Law Review as an Associate Editor (via his article being chosen for publication) and Executive Board Member for the Moot Court Honors Board. As a competitor on the Alternative Dispute Resolution Travel team, Robert achieved success in various competitions around the country including 2nd Place at the ABA Mediation Regional Competition held in New York. He gained invaluable skills and extensive training in order to best represent his clients as a result of these achievements. Following law school, Robert was honored to be admitted to the University of Southern California Gould School of Law and graduated in 2019 with an LL.M. in Alternative Dispute Resolution, and received the highest grade for Mediation Advocacy.
Prior to joining Burke, Robert was an associate attorney for a highly regarded San Diego firm providing representation in the defense of automobile liability, subrogation, real estate litigation, construction defect litigation, premises liability, copyright infringement, and employment lawsuits at the state and federal level.
Robert’s involvement in litigated matters included creating and executing written discovery plans, conducting and defending depositions, writing and arguing motions, successfully achieving favorable settlements through informal negotiations, and mediation advocacy, and all necessary components of trial and arbitration preparation.
Additionally, Robert has experience in defending public entities in a variety of claims including premises liability, inverse condemnation, and personal injury. Specifically, Robert has represented various public entities throughout California defending inverse condemnation claims up to and including trial.
Throughout his life, Robert has always sought to be a passionate advocate for those he represents and seeks to provide the same work ethic and drive that his father instilled in his own life to working tirelessly for the benefit of his clients and their well-being.
Outside of Burke, Robert can be found spending time with his wife and two children, taking trips to Disneyland, playing any game (board, card, or video), or waving a Terrible Towel cheering on the Pittsburgh Steelers.
- Mathews v. City of Santa Clarita. Defended City in a matter involving allegations of dangerous condition of public property with respect to an alleged fracture caused by Plaintiff who was pushing the swing occupied by her granddaughter. We were able to prove that Plaintiff failed to raise a disputed triable issue of fact, and that there was no notice or negligent act by an employee of the City, which resulted in the Court successfully granting the City’s Motion for Summary Judgment.
- LL.M., Alternative Dispute Resolution, University of Southern California Gould School of Law, 2019
- J.D., California Western School of Law, 2018
- B.A., California State University San Marcos, 2015
- State Bar of California
- United States District Court for the Northern District of California
- United States District Court for the Southern District of California
- San Diego County Bar Association
- San Diego Defense Lawyers
- University of Southern California Gould School of Law Alumni Association - San Diego Committee Chair
