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Rishi

Rishi Puri

Counsel to the Firm

Rishi Puri provides advice and litigates on behalf of companies in Oregon and California on a wide range of labor and employment issues.

Rishi counsels clients on a broad scope of issues ranging from top-down corporate policy to advice regarding individual employment decisions. Rishi provides advice to both small local businesses and Fortune 500 companies. Recent experience includes formulating meal and rest break policy and practices, determination of exempt status of employees and updating general HR policies. Rishi has experience in the industries of early childcare, technology and wine and provides industry-specific advice to proactively manage risk.

Rishi has significant experience in class actions, having played an integral role in multiple lawsuits that included up to 70,000 members. He also defends clients in single plaintiff matters and has won numerous motions for summary judgment.

In addition, Rishi defends clients involved in unfair labor practice charges filed by the National Labor Relations Board, regularly practices before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and assists with DOL audits and investigations.

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

Leadership Council on Legal Diversity, Fellow (2018)

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

Thought Leadership

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
Wage & Hour

Education

University of California at Los Angeles, 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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