About the Attorneys
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.
La Biella, Buenos Aires, Argentina 2009
With Diego Vaznaugh-Sanchez, San Francisco 2007
Shanti Eagle, Associate
Shanti Eagle, Esq. is an Associate Attorney with the office.
Law School:
Graduated cum laude from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law in 2009. Ranked in the top 15% of her graduating class. Served as the Executive Production Editor of the Hastings Law Journal.
Recognized for Outstanding Achievement in Pro Bono work, received two Witkin Excellence Awards, and was awarded Best Moot Court Brief.
Legal Experience:
Externed for the Honorable Susan Illston, of the Federal District Court for Northern District of California. Prior to law school, Ms. Eagle worked as a legal assistant at the American Civil Liberties Union in Washington, D.C.
Undergraduate School:
B.A. Legal Studies from the University of California, Santa Cruz, graduating Phi Beta Kappa and with multiple Honors.
Languages:
Ms. Eagle is fluent in Spanish.
Personal Information:
Ms. Eagle is a native of Santa Cruz, California, and has traveled extensively in Latin America.