Annie Prasad Vadillo

As a trial lawyer, trusted counselor, and advocate, Annie finds creative solutions - whether that means tackling challenging issues with current employees, resolving a matter pre-litigation, or winning decisively at trial. Having amassed significant courtroom and trial experience, she knows how to deliver the best results for her client. She has won trials and arbitrations for companies against high-profile, highly publicized claims. She also counsels companies of all sizes on issues throughout the entire employee life cycle and partners with clients on creative solutions that minimize risk and achieve the goals of the business. Representative clients include Apple, Carta, Lyft, Williams-Sonoma, Inc., Mercor, Unity Technologies, Instabase, TaskRabbit, and Next Insurance.

Annie also has expertise in:

• Litigating and defeating harassment, discrimination, equal pay, and retaliation claims.
• Gig economy and independent contractor classification issues, including the ABC test and Prop 22.
• Successfully resolving pre-litigation claims.
• Workplace best practices and policies, including arbitration agreements.
• Defending companies in government audits including unemployment insurance audits.
• Investigating employee complaints.
• Advising on novel and up-and-coming employment issues.
• Crisis management and PR counseling, including partnering with PR counsel and in-house PR teams on the impact of litigation on media coverage.

When she is not in her office in Menlo Park, Annie chases after her two dogs Clifford and Jude and her toddler.