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Ryan Azad

Ryan
Azad

Associate Attorney

CONTACT INFO

razad@gibsondunn.com

TEL:+1 415.393.8276

FAX:+1 415.801.7342

San Francisco

555 Mission Street, Suite 3000, San Francisco, CA 94105-0921 USA

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PRACTICE

Appellate and Constitutional Law Litigation

BIOGRAPHY

Ryan Azad is a litigation associate in the San Francisco office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and a member of the Appellate and Constitutional Law group.  His practice focuses on appellate matters in state and federal courts.

Before joining the firm, Ryan clerked for Justice Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar of the Supreme Court of California, Judge Milan D. Smith, Jr. of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and Judge Samuel H. Mays, Jr. of the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee.

Ryan received his J.D. from UCLA School of Law, where he served as a managing editor of the UCLA Law Review, was a member of the Supreme Court Clinic, and taught an undergraduate course as a Collegium of University Teaching Fellow. He earned his B.A., summa cum laude, in History from UCLA, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and received the Carey McWilliams Award for his thesis on the freedom of speech in colonial America.

Representative matters:

  • Campbell v. DoorDash, Inc. (California Supreme Court & U.S. Supreme Court): Represented DoorDash in challenge to California’s “Iskanian Rule” as preempted by the Federal Arbitration Act.
  • See’s Candies, Inc. v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County (California Court of Appeal): Represented eight amici, including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, in writ proceeding regarding whether COVID-19 injuries sustained by an employee’s spouse are encompassed by the derivative injury rule of the Workers’ Compensation Act.
  • Vedagarba v. Airbnb, Inc. (California Court of Appeal): Successfully represented Airbnb in obtaining dismissal of an appeal challenging the denial of plaintiff’s petition to vacate an arbitration award.
  • Sanchez v. Mayorkas (U.S. Supreme Court): Represented amici law professors in support of allowing temporary protected status recipients to seek adjustment to lawful permanent resident status.
  • Sanchez v. Garland (Ninth Circuit): Represent Cuban immigrant challenging an Immigration Judge’s denial of her application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture.

EDUCATION

University of California - Los Angeles - 2017 Juris Doctor

University of California - Los Angeles - 2014 Bachelor of Arts

ADMISSIONS

California Bar

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Client Alert - July 1, 2022 | California Supreme Court Holds Employee May Sue Staffing Agency’s Client Even After Settling Same Claims Against Agency
Client Alert - January 28, 2022 | California Supreme Court Adopts New Standard for Whistleblower Retaliation Claims
Client Alert - September 10, 2021 | California Supreme Court Reinforces Strong Presumption Against Liability for Companies Hiring Independent Contractors Based on Injuries to Contract Workers
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