Kristen Gonzales Roberts

Kristen Gonzales Roberts is a civil litigation associate with San Diego Law Firm, and focuses her practice on business, employment, and intellectual property litigation. Roberts represents local businesses and individuals in wrongful termination actions, discrimination claims, employee disputes and EEOC claims. Additionally, she provides general counsel representation for local businesses ranging from 2 - 3,500 employees. Further, Roberts has experience handling real property litigation and trademark litigation both before the United States Patent and Trademark Office Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, as well as the U.S. District Court for the Central and Southern Districts of California.

Roberts actively serves on the Lawyers Club’s lawyers without courtrooms committee, reproductive rights and advocacy committee, and networking events committee.

Additionally, Roberts serves as a member of the board of trustees for Empower Charter San Diego. Empower Charter is in the process of obtaining charter approval and plans to offer a Spanish Immersion program to produce bilingual, biliterate students, in addition to offering an inquiry-based, fitness-centered educational program, accessible to all of San Diego County. Roberts is passionate about the need for cross-cultural edification and rectification of the current childhood obesity epidemic. Roberts is also a Lawyer Referral Information Services  Intellectual Property Panel member and San Diego County Bar Association member. 

Roberts graduated from Scripps College for Women with a degree in music and an emphasis in vocal performance, and is a classically trained opera singer. Roberts earned her J.D. cum laude from Thomas Jefferson School of Law, where she was a notes editor for the Thomas Jefferson Law Review. She is licensed to practice in California and the U.S. District Court for the Central and Southern Districts of California.