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Saskia T. Asamura is a shareholder in
the Litigation Department at Richards, Watson & Gershon and
Assistant Chair of the firm's Labor and Employment Department. As
a litigator, Ms. Asamura specializes in the area of civil rights,
takings, due process and constitutional cases arising out of precondemnation
activities during redevelopment, flooding, alleged dangerous conditions
of public property, impairment of access, challenges to local ordinances
and regulations, among others. She has successfully represented
a variety of cities and public agencies in challenges to local tax
and regulatory schemes and in numerous civil rights, inverse condemnation,
land use and tort litigation matters at both the trial and appellate
level in state and federal court. Ms. Asamura also handles employment
litigation matters including wrongful termination and discrimination
cases, and business litigation on behalf of public and private sector
clients. In her advisory capacity, Ms. Asamura takes a proactive
approach to problem solving, working closely with the client to
achieve the client's goals.
Ms. Asamura worked as a summer clerk at RW&G in 1990 and joined
the Firm as an associate in 1991. While in law school, Ms. Asamura represented
the UCLA School of Law in the National Moot Court Competition, with her
team taking First Place and Best Brief awards at the Regional Championships
in November 1990. Ms. Asamura and her team also represented UCLA at the
Final Competition at the Association of the Bar of the City of New York.
Ms. Asamura has co-taught the Pretrial Advocacy clinical course at the
University of Southern California Law School.
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B.S., Honours, London School
of Economics, 1979
J.D., University of California School of Law, Los Angeles, 1991
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