Our Mission
Schubert Jonckheer & Kolbe is dedicated to investigating and prosecuting consumer and financial fraud—everything from false advertising to insider trading to unpaid overtime. We are based in San Francisco, CA and, with the help of co-counsel, litigate cases nationwide.
Together with its predecessor firms, Schubert Jonckheer & Kolbe has been in operation for over thirty-five years. In addition to prosecuting cases in California federal and state courts, the firm has been actively involved in securities, antitrust, unfair competition, and employment class actions throughout the United States. Schubert Jonckheer & Kolbe has served as Lead Counsel or Co-Lead Counsel in class actions and shareholder derivative actions that have produced recoveries valued at over $850 million.
Our Attorneys
Partner
Robert C. Schubert
rschubert@sjk.law
Rob received his B.S. degree from the New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University in 1966, where he graduated first in his class. He received his J.D. cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1969, after which he taught law at Columbia University and Golden Gate University. Rob actively practices law at both the trial and appellate levels. He specializes in complex litigation, particularly securities and antitrust class actions and shareholder derivative suits. Rob is a member of the state and federal bars of California, Massachusetts, and New York. Since 1971, he has also arbitrated numerous disputes for the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service. Rob is the author of several published articles and lectures on class actions at the University of California, Hastings.
Education
HARVARD LAW SCHOOL
J.D., cum laude, 1969
CORNELL UNIVERSITY
B.S., first in class, 1966
Bar Admissions
State Bar of California
State Bar of New York
State Bar of Massachusetts
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
U.S. District Court for the N.D. of California
U.S. District Court for the C.D. of California
U.S. District Court for the E.D. of California
U.S. District Court for the S.D. of California
U.S. District Court of the E.D. of Michigan
U.S. District Court of the Dist. of Colorado
U.S. Court of Federal Claims
Partner
Willem F. Jonckheer
wjonckheer@sjk.law
Willem received his B.A. degree from Colgate University in 1990. He was awarded his J.D. degree in 1995 from the University of San Francisco School of Law, where he served as an article editor on the USF Maritime Law Journal and participated in the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition. Willem was a law intern with the Pacific Stock Exchange, where he researched regulatory issues affecting national securities exchanges, and the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission, where he worked on enforcement cases. Since 2012, Willem has been a member of the Board of Trustees of Live Oak School, an independent K-8 school in San Francisco, where he served as Chairman of the Audit Committee, and as a member of select committees on Head of School compensation and school bylaws. Willem is a member of the Northern California Chapter of the Netherland-America Foundation, an organization dedicated to bilateral cultural exchange between the Netherlands and the United States. He was admitted to the State Bar of California in 1995.
Education
UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO
J.D., 1995
COLGATE UNIVERSITY
B.A., 1990
Bar Admissions
State Bar of California
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
U.S. District Court for the N.D. of California
U.S. District Court for the C.D. of California
U.S. District Court for the S.D. of California
Partner
Dustin L. Schubert
dschubert@sjk.law
Dustin received his B.A. from the University of California at Berkeley in 2003. He was awarded his J.D. degree in 2007 from Vanderbilt University Law School. Dustin was admitted to the State Bar of California in 2007 and previously interned with the San Francisco Superior Court for the Hon. A. James Robertson II. He has also interned for Bay Area Legal Aid.
Education
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
J.D., 2007
U.C. BERKELEY
B.A., 2003
Bar Admissions
State Bar of California
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
U.S. District Court for the N.D. of California
U.S. District Court for the C.D. of California
U.S. District Court for the S.D. of California
Partner
Amber L. Schubert
aschubert@sjk.law
Amber received her J.D. cum laude from the University of San Francisco School of Law in 2011, where she served as Editor-in-Chief of the USF Law Review. Amber authored a comment titled Replacement Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court: The Use of Temporary Justices to Resolve the Recusal Conundrum, 46 U.S.F. L. Rev. 215 (2011), and was awarded Best Oral Argument in the Moot Court Program. Prior to law school, Amber worked as the Online Editor for the Center for American Progress in Washington, DC and served as the Online Media Manager for the 2004 Democratic National Convention in Boston, MA. She has also served as part of the National Advance Staff for the Kerry-Edwards campaign and former Vice President Al Gore. Amber received her B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley in 2003. She is also an active member of the LGBTQ community.
Bar Admissions
State Bar of California
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
U.S. District Court for the N.D. of California
U.S. District Court for the C.D. of California
U.S. District Court for the E.D. of California
U.S. District Court of the E.D. of Michigan
U.S. District Court for the Dist. of Colorado
U.S. Court of Federal Claims
Education
UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO
J.D., cum laude, 2011
U.C. BERKELEY
B.A., 2003
ASSOCIATE
Gregory T. Stuart
gstuart@sjk.law
Greg received his J.D. from the University of California at Davis School of Law in 2005. In 2002, Greg was awarded a B.S. in Business Administration, cum laude, with a minor in Philosophy, from Humboldt State University. Greg participates in most aspects of the firm’s practice but has over a decade of focused experience in document discovery, representing both producing and receiving parties during that time.
Bar Admissions
State Bar of California
Education
U.C. DAVIS, KING HALL
J.D., 2005
HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY
B.S., cum laude, 2002
ASSOCIATE
Daniel Pulgram
dpulgram@sjk.law
Daniel received his J.D. cum laude from American University Washington College of Law in 2023. A lover of litigation, Daniel was active in the highly competitive mock trial honor society at American and competed nationwide. He externed with the Honorable Chief District Judge Barbra M.G. Lynn in the Northern District of Texas and interned with the Atlanta Legal Aid Society. He wants to use the law as a tool to hold the powerful accountable. He graduated from Kenyon College with a B.S. in Political Science in 2016.
Education
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY, WASHINGTON COLLEGE OF LAW
J.D., cum laude, 2023
KENYON COLLEGE
B.S., 2016
Bar Admissions
State Bar of California
law clerk
Rudy Centeno
RCENTENO@sjk.law
Rudy received his B.A. degree in English with a minor in American Indian Studies from U.C. Santa Barbara in 2017, where he graduated with highest honors and with distinction in the English major. He received his J.D. degree from U.C. Berkeley School of Law, where he was a Co-Leader of the Name and Gender Change Clinic and a member of the Berkeley Business Law Journal. Before working at Schubert Jonckheer & Kolbe, Rudy worked as a Law Clerk at the AIDS Legal Referral Panel in San Francisco, a legal nonprofit organization dedicated to providing free civil legal services to people living with HIV/AIDS in the Bay Area. He was also a Law Clerk at Impact Fund in Berkeley, where he assisted on a class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of thousands of LGBTQ+ soldiers discriminatorily discharged from the military under “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” and similar predecessor policies. Rudy remains dedicated to plaintiffs’-side litigation and is a proud member of the LGBTQ+ community.
Education
U.C. BERKELEY SCHOOL OF LAW
J.D., 2024
U.C. SANTA BARBARA
B.A., highest honors, 2017
Our Staff
LITIGATION ASSISTANT
Nelida Almeida
nalmeida@sjk.law
Nelida earned her undergraduate degree in Legal Studies from the University of California, Berkeley in 2019. Nelida passionately supports the firm’s attorneys with various aspects of its practice. She enjoys communicating with our clients and helping them to find justice through class action litigation.
Education
U.C. BERKELEY
B.A., 2019
