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  • Energy
  • Renewable Energy
  • Energy Storage
  • Energy & Infrastructure

Cacique Rich-Martinez Managing Associate

Houston

Cacique counsels  global energy companies, private equity funds and renewables developers on a wide range of transactions in the energy industry with a particular focus on renewable and traditional energy. He represents his clients in connection with the development, repowering, acquisition, and divestiture of wind, solar and energy storage projects, and the acquisition and divestiture of upstream oil and gas projects, the formation of joint ventures, and other corporate governance and legal due diligence matters.

Cacique served a combined 14 years in the Marine Corps and Marine Corps Reserve, and is a veteran of Operation Enduring Freedom.

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Practice:

  • Complex Litigation & Dispute Resolution

Chris Ricigliano Managing Associate

Washington, D.C.

Chris is experienced in handling all aspects of litigation for clients of all sizes and across subject matters. He has worked to initiate litigation, managed ESI collections and discovery disputes, prepared cases for trial and worked on teams trying bench and jury trials to completion. Chris is committed to serving clients however necessary to meet their dispute resolution needs, including by resolving disputes outside of court. 

Daniel Rico Managing Associate

Miami

His practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments, and securities transactions. He also counsels clients on corporate governance.

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Practice:

  • Technology Companies Group
  • Corporate Governance
  • Latin America

José Rico Senior Associate

Santa Monica

José counsels high-growth companies on corporate governance, venture financings, and strategic transactions. He regularly advises on cross-border matters, with particular depth in Latin America, and works across industries including consumer internet, software, fintech, blockchain, edtech and healthtech.

In addition to representing companies, José advises leading venture capital firms and other investors on their investments in early and high-growth businesses. His work emphasizes clear, business-focused solutions to help clients move quickly and effectively.

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Practice:

  • Employment Law & Litigation
  • Wage and Hour
  • Trade Secrets Litigation
  • Trials
  • Technology & Innovation

Melinda S. Riechert Partner

Silicon Valley

In addition to her litigation and arbitration practice, Melinda counsels clients on litigation avoidance strategies and on California’s complex employment laws.

She is a fellow of The College of Labor and Employment Lawyers. Chambers USA has named Melinda one of the leading U.S. lawyers for employment law since 2007, noting her “straightforward courtroom style which endears her to juries.” She is consistently named as one of the top labor and employment lawyers and top women litigators in California. Melinda is a frequent speaker on employment law topics.

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Practice:

  • Employment Law & Litigation
  • Discrimination, Harassment & Retaliation
  • Wage and Hour

Julia C. Riechert Partner

Silicon Valley

Julia helps companies navigate and resolve challenging workplace issues and has extensive experience in:

  • Litigating and defeating harassment, discrimination, equal pay, disability and retaliation claims, including #MeToo and whistleblower allegations.
  • Successfully resolving pre-litigation disputes and employment claims.
  • The gig economy, independent contractor classification and agency temps, including the ABC test and California's Prop 22. 
  • Wage & hour class and PAGA actions, including defeating class certification for technology and retail companies.
  • Arbitration agreements, employment policies, anti-harassment training and workplace compliance best practices.
  • Defending companies against government charges and audits, including unemployment insurance matters.
  • Employee complaints, workplace investigations, layoffs and employment terminations.
  • Providing advice and counsel on a wide variety of employment issues for small, medium and large companies.

Julia's clients include Lyft, PayPal, Airbnb, Instacart, Visa, Cisco, TaskRabbit, Beyond Meat, Unity Technologies, Williams-Sonoma, Inc., Dropbox and Gensler. Julia and her Orrick partner Lynne Hermle won the 2017 California Lawyer of the Year award in Labor and Employment from California Lawyer for their defense verdict for SpaceX in a high profile sex harassment, discrimination, retaliation and disability case. The Daily Journal also named their two jury trial wins for SpaceX as top verdicts in 2016 and 2017, both affirmed on appeal. Orrick was named Employment Group of the Year in 2018, 2019 and 2020 by Law360 and The Recorder has named Orrick the "Litigation Department of the Year: Labor and Employment" in California four times.

Side note: Julia also loves animal rescue and drinks lots of coffee.

Practice:

  • Technology & Innovation Sector
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Private Equity
  • Technology Companies Group

Stefan Riedl Senior Associate

Munich

Prior to joining Orrick, Stefan worked in another international law firm in Munich as well as in Charlotte, NC.