Richard (Rich) Azada’s law practice focuses on complex and high-stakes areas of employment law. He has extensive experience representing employers of all sizes in workplace law matters, including defending clients in discrimination, retaliation, harassment, and wage and hour actions.
Rich's disputes practice includes extensive trial and arbitration experience and successes. Rich defends matters in federal and state courts, private arbitration, and before administrative agencies such as the California Civil Rights Department, the California Division of Labor Standards Enforcement, the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and the United States Department of Labor.
Rich is also a knowledgeable advisor to clients on mergers and acquisitions transactions and workplace issues, including rapidly changing regulatory schemes and legal developments pertaining to reasonable accommodation, leaves of absence, wage and hour compliance, workplace policies, restrictive covenants, worker classifications, reductions in force, and employee discipline and termination strategies.
Rich has served as the President and Board Member of the Philippine American Bar Association, as a member representative to the Los Angeles County Unity Bar, and as a Board Member of the Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Los Angeles County.
While attending law school, Rich was a student editor for the Journal of International Media & Entertainment Law. Richard worked as an intern for the Labor Relations Division of the Los Angeles City Attorney and a major music record label. Rich also served as an extern for the Honorable Kirk H. Nakamura, Superior Court of California, County of Orange.
Rich represented clients in employment, professional liability, legal malpractice, and personal injury suits and entertainment contract transactions.