Edris Wilder Izar Rodriguez

Edris Rodriguez received two Bachelor of Arts degrees in Language Studies and Politics from the University of California, Santa Cruz, in June of 2006.  While at U.C. Santa Cruz, Mr. Rodriguez studied in Paris, France, at l'Institute d'Etudes Politiques de Paris.

Prior to law school, Mr. Rodriguez worked to protect the voting rights of all Americans as a Civil Rights Analyst at the United States Department of Justice in Washington, D.C.  As an Analyst, Mr. Rodriguez was responsible for investigating claims of voter discrimination throughout the country, including claims of voter discrimination on the basis of race and language ability.  While at the Department of Justice, Mr. Rodriguez was responsible for two objections under the Voting Rights Act, which blocked the State of Louisiana and the City of Fayetteville, North Carolina, from implementing election practices and procedures that discriminated against African Americans.  

In May of 2012, Mr. Rodriguez earned his Juris Doctor, cum laude, from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law, where he was the Supervisory Editor of the Hastings International and Comparative Law Review.  While in law school, he received numerous awards including a public interest service award, the Justice Mathew O. Tobriner Summer Fellowship, and three CALI and Witkin awards for excellence in Pretrial Practice, Estate Drafting, and Representing Spanish-Speaking workers.

Mr. Rodriguez worked as a legal extern at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's San Francisco office in the Administrative Hearings Unit.  Mr. Rodriguez also worked as a legal extern at the Legal Aid Society - Employment Law Center's Racial Equality Unit.  During law school, Mr. Rodriguez volunteered as a tax preparer and with the Volunteer Legal Services Program at U.C. Hastings.

Mr. Rodriguez began his legal career as an Assistant District Attorney with the San Francisco District Attorney's Office in the Misdemeanor Prosecution Unit where he was responsible for the prosecution of misdemeanor offenses from arraignment through trial.  Mr. Rodriguez successfully negotiated plea deals, conducted various evidentiary hearings, and prosecuted cases to trial.  After leaving the District Attorney's Office, Mr. Rodriguez worked as an Associate with the law firm of Villegas Carrera LLP where he practiced employment law litigation on behalf of California workers.  

Currently, Mr. Rodriguez works as a Field Attorney for the National Labor Relations Board, Region 32, where he is responsible for the enforcement of the National Labor Relations Act.

He is admitted to practice in the State of California and is a member of the Bay Area Lawyers for Individual Freedom, the San Francisco La Raza Lawyers Association, and the Labor and Employment Law Section of the State Bar of California.