Robert D. Skeels, Jd, Esq Email & Phone Number

Robert D. Skeels is a social liberation writer, attorney, public education advocate, immigrant rights activist, and former law professor. He lives, works, writes, and organizes in Los Angeles with his wife and cats. Robert holds a BA in Classical Civilization from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), a JD from Peoples College of Law (PCL), and passed the California Bar Exam on his first attempt. A US Navy Veteran, he is a proud member of Veterans for Peace. A student of Liberation Theology and Paulo Freire's work, Robert volunteers for community and 12 step groups. Robert's articles and essays appear in publications including Jacobin, Truthout, CounterPunch, Dissident Voice, Schools Matter, Daily Censored, Regeneración, K12NN, LA Progressive, and The Los Angeles Daily News. In 2013 Robert ran for the LAUSD School Board against a billionaire funded corporate reform candidate, finishing second in a field of five, with over 5,200 votes.

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• Senior Attorney

  Law Offices Of Hirji & Chau, Llp

  Feb 2019 - Present - Culver City

  I specialize in Special Education, civil, and administrative law at at educational rights and disability rights firm that serves a high percentage of low income and disadvantaged families. Successfully argued, as third chair, a Writ of Mandamus overturning a wrongful expulsion of a student of color by a charter school in Division 82 of the Los Angeles Superior Court. I was a Law Clerk prior to being promoted to Associate in January 2020, was promoted to senior attorney August 2024.