About Robert H. Pepple

Founder & Managing Attorney, RHP Law, P.C.

Robert H. Pepple is the founder and managing attorney of RHP Law, P.C., a California employment defense firm focused on high-stakes wage and hour, PAGA, and complex employment litigation. He previously served as Co-Leader of the Wage & Hour Compliance & Litigation Team at Nixon Peabody LLP, where he also served as the Los Angeles office liaison for pro bono matters and projects.

Trusted by employers of all sizes — from closely held businesses to Fortune 500 enterprises — Robert brings over a decade of experience advising and defending clients across healthcare, manufacturing, retail, staffing, and telecommunications. Every engagement is managed directly by the attorney responsible for outcome and execution. Never offloaded. Never diluted.

Professional Experience

Practice Focus

• PAGA Defense — Representative actions and constitutional challenges to the statute.
• Wage & Hour Litigation — Class actions, overtime, meal/rest breaks, misclassification, reimbursements.
• Employment Litigation — Discrimination, harassment, retaliation, whistleblower; ADA, FMLA, FLSA, WARN Act, NLRA.
• Workplace Investigations — Customized, defensible investigations for harassment, discrimination, and trade secret matters.
• Labor Relations — Collective bargaining, union elections, ULP defenses.
• Proprietary Tools — Diagnostic systems for early exposure assessment and compliance benchmarking.

Education

Admissions & Languages

• State Bar of California
• U.S. District Court, Central District of California
• Languages: English, Spanish

Selected Publications

• Robert H. Pepple et al., “Key Decisions on Federal Arbitration Act Section 1: Impact on Arbitration Agreements,” Dispute Resolution Journal, vol. 78, no. 3 (Sept.–Oct. 2024).
• Robert H. Pepple & Christopher Stevens, “Navigating Title VII Compliance and Litigation Post-Muldrow,” Law360, May 20, 2024.
• Robert H. Pepple, “California Court of Appeal Concludes that Individuals Can Be Personally Liable for Civil Penalties for Wage-Hour Violations,” National Law Review, Oct. 2, 2018.
• Robert H. Pepple & Judith M. Kline, “The Expert Series: California Business Law Deskbook, Chapter 12: Hiring, Training, Discipline, and Discharge,” 2014–2015 ed.

Awards & Recognition

• Southern California Super Lawyers — “Rising Star”, Employment & Labor: Employer, 2022–2024
• Alliance for Housing and Healing — Vanguard Award, 2020 — Recognized for outstanding commitment to public service and advocacy for low-income individuals living with HIV/AIDS in Los Angeles County.