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Mr. Soublet began his legal career in 1978, in private practice in Oakland, California, practicing in the areas of personal, injury, contracts and family law. In 1980 he took a part time job with the Berkeley City Attorney’s office to handle some long dormant personal injury cases. The position was slated to last for 6 months; it ultimately led to a twenty year stay in Berkeley. He was the City's claims adjuster and managed the tort litigation. In 2001, he left Berkeley to take a position with the City of Richmond. At Richmond he was initially asked to take over code enforcement activities but was soon back in the litigation arena, doing many of the things he had done while in Berkeley. In early 2003, he was assigned to the City's Human Resources Department to assist them on all of their legal matters. He currently serves as the City's in house labor and employment attorney. During that time, he has worked through a 35 million dollar budget deficit which resulted in massive layoffs and successfully negotiated with bargaining units to pay the EPMC of their CALPERS pensions starting in 2004. He recently helped negotiate contracts with public safety paying their additional share by 2016, two years before the PEPRA Requirements kick in. In 2009, he was appointed to the assignment of ADA Coordinator for the City. He was responsible for overseeing the completion of the City's ADA transition Plan and to ensure continuing City compliance with the provisions of State and Federal Disability Law. In addition to these duties, he continues to be involved in the tort litigation, serves as counsel to the City's Personnel Board and the Revolving Loan Fund Board.