Overview

Richard N. Hill practices in all areas of labor and employment law, with a particular emphasis on representing contractors, owners and developers in the construction industry.

He appears in both state and federal courts and has argued before the United States Supreme Court. He also regularly practices before the National Labor Relations Board, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the California Civil Rights Department and the California Labor Commissioner.

Richard has extensive trial experience and regularly handles arbitrations involving collective bargaining and trust fund issues, as well as employment arbitrations involving non-union employees.

Richard represents numerous multiemployer bargaining associations in the construction industry and has served as a Taft-Hartley Pension Fund and Health and Welfare Trustee for more than 30 years. He regularly represents construction industry employers with regard to collective bargaining, arbitrations, trust fund issues, unfair labor practice charges, prevailing wage issues and he has negotiated well in excess of 100 Project Labor Agreements.

Richard has been with Littler his entire career and served as the office managing shareholder in San Francisco from 2006 through 2008.

Professional & Community Affiliations

Member

American Bar Association

Member

Bar Association of San Francisco

Recognition

Named, The Best Lawyers in America®

2013-2025

Awarded, AV® Peer Review Rating

Martindale-Hubbell

Speaking Engagements

New Developments in California Prevailing Wage Law for 2017

San Francisco, CA

March 29, 2017

Weathering the Storm: California Prevailing Wage Law Compliance in 2015

Irvine, CA

April 2, 2015

Weathering the Storm: California Prevailing Wage Law Compliance in 2015

San Jose, CA

April 1, 2015

Weathering the Storm: California Prevailing Wage Law Compliance in 2015

San Jose, CA

March 24, 2015

Education

  • J.D., Stanford University, 1978
  • B.A., Stanford University, 1975Phi Beta Kappa

Bar Admission

California

Courts

  • U.S. Supreme Court
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit