Azniv Darbinian

Azniv Darbinian is a partner in the San Francisco and Sacramento offices of GRSM and is a member of the Employment Law practice group. She has extensive experience representing and defending the interests of public and private sector organizations in all aspects of labor and employment law.

Azniv’s practice areas include: employment litigation; defending employers in claims of wrongful termination; discrimination and workplace harassment; breach of contract; whistleblower claims; the ADA and disability claims; reasonable accommodation; retaliation; wage and hour violations; and unfair labor practices. She has extensive experience in employment counseling, training, workplace investigations, mediation and development of personnel policies and practices

Admissions

• California
• Oregon
• U.S. District Court, Eastern and Northern Districts of California

• Spearheaded over 1,000 personnel issues for a 4,000-employee public entity for over 18 years, fielding all day-to-day legal advice countywide on labor and employment related matters.
• Successfully litigated, arbitrated or resolved dozens of complex discrimination, harassment, retaliation or wrongful termination disputes.
• Authored a full range of personnel policies, including EEO Policy, Alcohol and Drug Free Workplace Policy, Background and Reference Check Policy, Workplace Violence Prevention Policy, Sick Leave Policy and Family and Medical Leave Policy.
• Created and conducted trainings on all aspects of employment law, including labor relations, supervisory skills, harassment prevention, discrimination, violence in the workplace, prevention, retaliation, wrongful termination, ADA accommodations, and various other aspects of employment law.

Education

J.D., Northwestern School of Law of Lewis and Clark College

B.A., Honors, Sociology and History, University of California, Santa Cruz