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Rishi

Rishi Puri
Shareholder
Portland
D 503.778.2129
purir@lanepowell.com

Rishi Puri provides practical and strategic advice regarding a wide variety of employment matters, including employee data privacy.   

Rishi works with small and large employers, and advises clients with respect to claims involving discrimination, retaliation, wrongful discharge, disability accommodation, ERISA and non-ERISA employee benefit claims, and wage/hour claims. He counsels clients on a broad scope of issues ranging from top-down corporate policy to management of data breaches and creation of data security policies.

Rishi also has deep expertise with California wage and hour issues, including compliance and litigation of single employee claims to complex representative actions.  

Professional Experience

Seyfarth Shaw, Employment Litigation Associate

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton, Employment Litigation Associate

Morgan Lewis & Bockius, Summer Associate

Towers Perrin, Asset Consulting Associate
 

Community Involvement

American Civil Liberties Union

  • Pro Bono Attorney (2021-Present)
  • Student Rights Training Initiative (2021-Present)

Leadership Council on Legal Diversity, Fellow (2018)

Basic Rights Oregon, Board of Directors (2020-2022)

Equality Federation, Diversity & Inclusion Training, Cohort (2021-2022)

 

Thought Leadership

  • January 3, 2023News
    Lane Powell Elects New Shareholders
    Firm Announcement
  • November 4, 2022Publication
    Turkey and Pay Transparency: Things California Employers Can Look Forward to This Holiday Season
    Labor, Employment & Benefits Legal Update
  • October 6, 2022Event / CLE
    Discipline and Discharge - Necessary Documentation
    National Business Institute | Virtual
  • September 22, 2022Event / CLE
    Top Privacy Issues for Washington Business Attorneys to Understand
    Washington State Bar Association | Seattle, Washington
  • June 16, 2022Publication
    Not So FAAst: Viking River Ruling Creates More PAGA Uncertainty for California Employers
    Labor, Employment & Benefits Legal Update
  • January 20, 2022Event / CLE
    California New Restrictions on Severance and Settlement Agreements
    myLawCLE | Virtual
  • October 6 - December 8, 2021Event / CLE
    'Best Practices for Best Employers™' Webinar Series
    Lane Powell | Virtual
  • November 5, 2021Publication
    ‘Mum’s’ Not the Word: California Imposes New Restrictions on Severance and Settlement Agreements
    Labor, Employment & Benefits Legal Update
  • November 3, 2021Event / CLE
    Making Tactical Employment Decisions Now to Avoid 'Runaway [Pandemic] Juries': Top 10 Things Your Employment Lawyer Wants You to Know
    Lane Powell 'Best Practices For Best Employers™' Webinar Series | Virtual
  • September 20, 2021Publication
    Red Light! Green Light!... Yellow Light?: Ninth Circuit Lifts Injunction on Law Banning Mandatory Employee Arbitration Agreements in California
    Labor, Employment & Benefits Legal Update
  • January 1, 2021News
    Lane Powell Elects New Shareholders and Counsel to the Firm
    Firm Announcement
  • October 15 - December 17, 2020Event / CLE
    'Best Practices for Best Employers™' Webinar Series
    Lane Powell | Virtual
  • December 3, 2020Event / CLE
    BREAKING NEWS: Legal Updates Through an Election Year Lens (Legal Update Part 2)
    Lane Powell 'Best Practices For Best Employers™' Webinar Series | Virtual
  • October 23, 2020News
    Puri Appointed to Basic Rights Oregon’s Board of Directors
    Awards & Honors
  • October 2019News
    Puri Quoted in Oregon State Bar Bulletin Article ‘A Need for Community: Workplace Culture Can Leave’
    In the News
  • July 5, 2019News
    Twenty-one Lane Powell Attorneys Recognized by Super Lawyers in Alaska and Oregon
    Awards & Honors
  • July 24, 2018News
    Twenty-three Lane Powell Attorneys Recognized by Super Lawyers in Alaska and Oregon
    Awards & Honors
  • June 6, 2018Event / CLE
    35th Annual ‘Best Practices for Best Employers™’ Labor & Employment Seminar
    Lane Powell Seminar | Portland, Oregon
  • March 19, 2018Blog
    Roux-minations on My First LCLD Experience
    Advocates & Allies
  • January 31, 2018News
    Puri Appointed 2018 Leadership Council on Legal Diversity Fellow
    Awards & Honors
  • September 5, 2017Publication
    New DOL ‘White Collar’ Overtime Rule Remains on Indefinite Hold
    Labor and Employment Legal Update
  • September 1, 2017Publication
    Workers on Demand: A Tailored Approach to Worker Classification in the Gig Economy
    Oregon Business Magazine
  • July 10, 2017News
    Twenty-three Lane Powell Attorneys Recognized by Super Lawyers in Alaska and Oregon
    Awards & Honors

Practices & Industries

  • Labor, Employment & Benefits
  • Privacy & Data Security
  • Wage & Hour

Education

  • University of California at Los Angeles School of Law, J.D., 2007
    • UCLA Law Review
  • Temple University James E. Beasley School of Law
    • Temple Law Review, Member (2004-2005)
  • Wharton School of Finance and Commerce, University of Pennsylvania, B.S., Economics and Finance, 2001

Admissions

  • Oregon
  • California

Honors

“Oregon Rising Star,” Thomson Reuters, Employment Litigation - Defense (2018-2019)

“Southern California Rising Star,” Thomson Reuters (2013-2015)

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