Anne K. Richardson
Ms. Richardson is a partner at Hadsell Stormer Keeny Richardson & Renick, a private plaintiffs' side law firm located in Pasadena. Ms. Richardson specializes in all aspects of complex employment and civil rights cases, including discrimination, harassment, and retaliation, privacy and other constitutional rights, consumer class actions, and international human rights law. She has represented numerous government and private industry whistleblowers and individuals who have faced discrimination on the basis of religion since 9/11. Both a seasoned trial and appellate attorney, she has represented plaintiffs in race, sex, and sexual orientation discrimination and harassment cases for over twenty years. Ms. Richardson is regularly named one of the Top 50 Women Litigators in Southern California, and she has been named a SuperLawyer every year since 2004. She has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America since 2003, and is a Charter Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America. She was honored as a California Attorney Lawyer of the Year for her work on the Doe v. Unocal case involving international human rights, and received the Pro Bono Award from the ACLU of Southern California. She has taught as an Adjunct Professor at Loyola and Whittier Law Schools, and is a frequent presenter on topics relating to plaintiffs' side employment and civil rights law.
Areas of Practice
- 50% employment discrimination
- 20% whistleblower retaliation
- 10% privacy and constitutional violations
- 10% consumer class actions
- 10% international human rights law
Litigation Percentage
- 100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Bar Admissions
- California, 1990
- U.S. District Court Central District of California, 1990
- U.S. District Court Northern District of California, 1999
- U.S. District Court Southern District of California, 1990
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1992
- U.S. Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit, 2009
- U.S. Supreme Court, 2008
Education
- Stanford Law School, Stanford, California
- J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence - 1989
- Honors: With Distinction
- Law Review: Stan. L. Rev., 1988 - 1989
- Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
- B.A., Bachelor of Arts
Published Works
- "Opposing Employment Discrimination", NLG Employee and Union Member Guide to Labor Law, Chapter 15
- "The Graying of America", 26 West Los Angeles Law Review 189 (1995), 26, 1995
Representative Cases
- Doe v. Unocal, 963 F. Supp. 880 (C.D. Cal. 1997)
- Blair v. City of Pomona, 223 F.3d 1074 (9th Cir. 2000)
- Beyda v. City of Los Angeles, 65 Cal. App. 4th 511 (Cal. Ct. App. 1998)
- Obaidullah v. Obama, 609 F.3d 444 (D.C. Cir 2010)
- United Steel v. ConocoPhillips Co., 593 F.3d 802 (9th Cir 2010)
- Metoyer v. Chassman, 504 F.3d 909 (9th Cir 2008)
- Doe v. Unocal Corp., 110 F. Supp. 2d 1294 (C.D. Cal. 2000)
- Doe v. Unocal Corp., 27 F. Supp. 2d 1174 (C.D. Cal. 1998)
- Rosenthal v. Great Western Financial Sec. Corp., 14 Cal. 4th 394 (1996)
- Macias v. State of California, 10 Cal. 4th 844 (Cal. Ct. App. 1995)
- Martin v. Fisher, 11 Cal. App. 4th 118 (Cal. Ct. App. 1992)
- Angelheart v. City of Burbank, 232 Cal. App. 3d 460 (Cal. Ct. App. 1991)
Classes/Seminars
- Civil Rights Litigation, Loyola Law School, 1996 - 2004
- Appellate Advocacy, Loyola Law School, 1994 - Present
Honors and Awards
- Top 50 Women Southern California Super Lawyers 2004-2005, 2007-2009, 2011
- California Lawyer Attorney of the Year, 2006
- Super Lawyer, 2004 to the present
- Best Lawyers in America, Naifeh & Smith, 2003 to the present
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Litigation Counsel of America, 2007 - Present
- Los Angeles County Bar Association Labor & Employment Section, Member, 1998 - Present
- California Employment Lawyers Association, Member, 1995 - Present
- ACLU of Southern California, Board Member, 2000 - Present
- California Bar Association, Member, 1990 - Present
- National Lawyers' Guild, Member
- National Employment Lawyers' Association, Member
Past Employment Positions
- Judge Mariana R. Pfaelzer, US Dist. Court Judge, Law Clerk, 1989 - 1990
- Litt & Stormer, Public Interest Fellow, 1990 - 1991
Pro Bono Activities
- ACLU of Southern California, 2000 - Present
Languages
- Spanish





