Keith Rohman, AWI-CH
President & Founder
He / Him
Keith Rohman, AWI-CH, is a recognized expert in all aspects of civil and criminal workplace and Title IX investigations. Since founding Public Interest Investigations in 1984, Rohman has investigated hundreds of high-profile cases involving board members, staff, contractors, and other stakeholders facing allegations such as embezzlement, conflicts of interest, wage and hour issues, discrimination, wrongful termination, and other serious misconduct at public agencies and private sector employers. He also has conducted and overseen Title IX investigations of sexual assault complaints at dozens of colleges, universities, and K-12 districts in the Western U.S.
Rohman actively has pursued improving the investigations industry throughout his career. He frequently presents at industry conferences and provides training on the various aspects of conducting workplace and Title IX investigations. Rohman is a past president and active member of the Association of Workplace Investigators (AWI), an international association that promotes and enhances the quality of impartial workplace investigations for its 2,100+ members, including internal and neutral third-party investigators, attorneys, and human resource professionals.
Industry Involvement
- AWI Training Institute for Workplace Investigators, Senior Faculty – Teach the core knowledge and skills necessary to successfully perform impartial workplace investigations.
- Loyola School of Law, Los Angeles, Adjunct Professor – Taught investigation in employment and other investigative areas for twenty years.
- T9 Mastered Training for Campus Investigators, Senior Trainer & Co-Founder – Deliver training for Title IX investigators.
Career Highlights
- Investigations at major research labs in medicine and technology on a wide range of issues including animal welfare concerns, sexual harassment complaints, and bullying and abusive treatment of subordinates.
- Retained by the University of California (UC) Office of the President to Investigate allegations of financial improprieties, conflicts of interest and other misconduct involving members of the UC Board of Regents and, separately, investigate the Chancellor of UC Berkeley, who resigned following PII’s report.
- Investigator for attorneys in landmark litigation filed on behalf of service women and men sexually assaulted in the U.S. military.
- Investigated the enslavement of dozens of Thai workers in an El Monte, California, sweatshop.
- Member of the Equity Oversight Panel of the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department, which oversees Internal Affairs investigations in the Department.
- Appointed by a federal judge as the monitor of a consent decree addressing the treatment of disabled inmates in the Orange County jails.
- Investigator in the trial against Los Angeles police officers accused of beating Rodney King.
- Conducted investigations related to the torture of prisoners at Abu Ghraib.
- Investigated allegations of shootings of Iraqis by Blackwater, Inc.
- Defense investigator in over 30 death penalty cases throughout the United States.
Recent Presentations
- February 2024, Trainer, “The Sum of the Parts- Investigative Report Writing,” two-day training for investigators at the California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST), Sacramento, California
- November 2023, Presenter, “Bullying Investigations: Finding Our Way in Uncharted Territory,” California Public Employers Labor Relations Association’s (CALPELRA) 2023 Conference, Monterey, California.
- April 2023, Co-Presenter, “When the Workplace Investigator is Deposed,” Los Angeles County Bar Labor & Employment Law Section Retreat, Dana Point, California.
- April 2023, Presenter, “Interview Techniques,” full day training for housing discrimination investigators, Civil Rights Department, State of California, Sacramento, California.
- March 2023, Guest Lecturer, “The El Monte Thai Worker Slavery Investigation,” University of San Francisco School of Law, Immigration Law and Policy class.
- August 2022, Presenter, “Succeeding in Difficult Interviews: An Expert Approach,” T9 Mastered Webinar Program, webinar.
- January 2022, Panel Presenter, “Lessons from the Cuomo Investigation,” 2022 Program on New Developments in Workplace Sexual Harassment, Berkeley Center on Comparative Equality and Anti-Discrimination Law, UC Berkeley School of Law, Berkeley, California.
- October 2021, Co-Presenter, “Are You Sure About This Finding? Dealing With Influence and Pressure During an Investigation,” Association of Workplace Investigators Annual Conference, Denver, Colorado.
Education, License & Certifications
Private Investigator, California Department of Consumer Affairs
Association of Workplace Investigators (AWI), Training Institute for Workplace Investigators, AWI-CH certificate
Association of Title IX Administrators (ATIXA), Advanced Investigator certificate
Mount Saint Mary’s University, Los Angeles, B.A., Magna Cum Laude
