San Francisco Bay Area Employment Lawyers

About Richard Vaznaugh

Richard Vaznaugh, Principal

Since 1994, Mr. Vaznaugh has represented employees in claims against their employers. His current practice is exclusively dedicated to the representation of employees in civil litigation and he offers excellent and vigorous representation against large and mid-sized employers and any opposing counsel.

Legal Experience:

• Principal, Law Office of Richard Vaznaugh, San Francisco, CA, 1997 to present.
• Trained with experienced employment attorneys in first several years of practice.
• Extern for San Francisco Superior Court Judge William Cahill (ret.), 1994.
• Law clerk, employment litigation, Siegel & LeWitter, Oakland, CA, 1993.
• Law clerk, employment department, La Raza Centro Legal, SF, CA, 1992.

Law School:

University of California, Hastings College of Law
Juris Doctor, 1994
Associate Editor, Hastings International and Comparative Law Review.
Certificate: Public Interest Scholar.

Undergraduate School:

University of California at Berkeley
B.A., 1989
Major: Rhetoric.

Memberships:

Member, California Employment Lawyers Association. Nominating Committee for Board of Directors; Legislative Affairs Committee.

Member, State Bar of California, Employment and Labor Law Section.

Associate Member, McFetridge Inn of Court 2000-2002.

Presentations:

How Cultural Differences Affect Perceptions At Work and In Court.
California Employment Lawyers Association Annual Conference, Pasadena, CA, October 2008.

Publications:

Author, Note, Environmental Muscle for the North American Free Trade Agreement, 17 Hastings International and Comparative Law Review, 207; multiple journalistic publications for The Modesto Bee, The San Francisco Business Times, The Wenatchee World, and other newspapers.

Languages:

Fluent in Spanish, conversant in Portuguese.

Personal Information:

Mr. Vaznaugh lives in San Francisco, California with his wife Emma Sanchez-Vaznaugh, ScD and their two young children. Ms. Sanchez-Vaznaugh is a Kellogg Health Scholar at the Center on Social Disparities in Health and Assistant Professor at San Francisco State University.