AI-washing – when AI hype becomes a litigation risk
Rich Azada
Senior Associate Litigation, Arbitration, and Employment
Languages
English, Filipino
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Overview
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Experience
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Credentials
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Insights and events
Richard B. Azada (Rich) is a seasoned litigator with significant trial and arbitration experience. He has successfully guided and advocated for clients facing high-stakes and complex disputes. Focusing his practice on all areas of labor and 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 litigation and arbitration practice includes defending 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 advises employers on workplace issues, including reasonable accommodation, leaves of absence, wage and hour compliance, and employee discipline and termination.
Rich represented clients in employment, professional liability, legal malpractice, and personal injury suits and entertainment contract transactions.
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.
Credentials
Education
- Juris Doctor, Southwestern School of Law, 2015
Bar admissions and qualifications
- California
Court admissions
- California State
- U.S. District Court, Central District of California
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of California
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of California
Memberships
- Philippine American Bar Association
- Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Los Angeles County