Career


➢ Robert A. Bernheimer, APLC
President 2007-present; partner/founder in law firm, 1996-07
➢ Cultivation Technologies, Inc.
Chief Counsel and member of the Board of Directors, 2017-2019
➢ CV Strategies
Co-founder & CEO, 2007-2017
➢ Slovak & Baron
Associate & legal counsel to Assn. of CA Recycling Industries, 1994-96
➢ The Flanigan Law Firm, Sacramento
Lobbyist & Government Affairs, 1992-94
➢ Nielsen, Merksamer, Parinello, Mueller & Naylor, Sacramento
Political clerk, 1989-92
➢ State of California, Sacramento
Dept. of Fair Employment & Housing & Board of Equalization, 1987-89

Community

  • City of Indian Wells: 2022 and 2000-2008. Mayor & Council Member. Committees included Marketing, Finance and Golf Resort Strategic Planning ($80 million project), Highway 111 Beautification, Personnel, Public Safety and Extraordinary Grants.
    • Planning Commissioner and Architectural & Landscape Committee, 1999-2000
  • Desert Cancer Foundation: President, VP & Board Member, 1997-2008 & 2013 – 2024
  • Palm Springs Desert Resort Communities Convention & Visitors Authority: Chair & Board Member, 2005-08. Led valley-wide effort to form a Business Improvement District through Riverside County to increase funding
  • McCallum Theatre: Board of Directors, 2007-08
  • Indian Wells Town Hall (Desert Forum, Inc.): Board of Directors, 2005-08
  • Coachella Valley Economic Partnership: Board of Directors, 2000-08
  • Cove Communities Services Commission (Fire & Public Safety): Chair & Board Member, 2004-08
  • Other Current & Former Affiliations:
    • Desert Resorts Regional Airport Authority
    • Rotary Club of Indian Wells
    • Children’s Discovery Museum of the Desert
    • Desert Bar Association
    • State Bar of California (admitted 1994)
    • Lincoln Club of the Coachella Valley
    • CA Supreme Court Coachella Valley 2008 Outreach Committee
    • Joint Powers Insurance Authority
    • Jewish National Fund Advisory Committee
    • Jewish Federation of Palm Springs
    • American Water Works Association:CA-NV Section Government Affairs Committee
    • Warren E. Slaughter-Richard Roemer Inn of Court – Board Member

Education

  • University of California, Santa Barbara: Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, 1989
  • McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific: Juris Doctor, with Great Distinction, 1994
    • Academic Achievements: Order of the Coif; Traynor Honor Society; Verne & Annabel McGeorge Award; James Foundation Scholarship; Honors, McGeorge Trial Advocacy
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