Insights & News

Bartko Pavia Attorneys Recognized as Best Lawyers® Award Recipients

We’re proud to announce that four Bartko Pavia attorneys have been named in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®. Best Lawyers is the oldest and most respected lawyer ranking service, using a peer-review process to ensure credibility and trust. Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence.

Bartko Pavia Earns Recognition in 2025 Best Law Firms® Rankings

We are proud to announce that Bartko LLP has been ranked in the 2025 edition of Best Law Firms®, a distinction that underscores our commitment to delivering outstanding legal services. This recognition, based on peer reviews and client feedback, highlights Bartko’s excellence across eight practice areas.

Bartko Pavia Ranked by Best Law Firms® in 2024

Bartko LLP has been recognized in the 2024 edition of Best Law Firms®, ranked by Best Lawyers®, nationally in one practice area and regionally in eight practice areas.

An Nguyen Ruda Named Dual Finalist for Law.com's 2026 Women, Influence & Power in Law Awards

Bartko Pavia LLP is proud to announce that CEO and Co-Managing Partner An Nguyen Ruda has been named a finalist in two categories for Law.com Corporate Counsel's prestigious 2026 Women, Influence & Power in Law (WIPL) Awards: Managing Partner of the Year and Mentor & Mentee Collaboration (with Luzann Fernandez, Strategic Counsel to Managing Partners).

Firm Opens LA Office and Names New Leaders

San Francisco based law firm – Bartko Pavia – celebrated the opening of its Los Angeles office and a new, diverse leadership group at a reception this week, ushering in a new era for the business trials, labor, employment, and real estate transaction firm as it approaches five decades of practice. The pdf of the Daily Journal news article can be viewed here.

An Ruda Serves as Judge at the Berkeley Female Founders & Funders Summit

Bartko Pavia CEO Featured in Chinese Hospital’s AAPI Spotlight

San Francisco, CA — May 2025 — Bartko Pavia LLP is proud to share that our remarkable CEO and Co-Managing Partner, An Nguyen Ruda earned a feature in Chinese Hospital's AAPI Heritage Month spotlight.

Employers’ Responsibilities under the New York State Paid Family Leave Benefits Law

On January 1, 2018, New York’s Paid Family Leave Benefits Law (“PFLBL”) became effective. The PFLBL provides eight weeks of total paid time off for employees who work for twenty or more hours per week (after twenty-six consecutive weeks of employment) and part-time employees who work less than twenty hours per week (after one hundred and seventy-five days of work, consecutive or otherwise). Below are a few key steps that New York employers should take to be compliant with the new law:

Employment Law Changes for 2026

With the New Year comes new laws. Here are some changes that may impact your business:

Client Alert: Increase in Salary Threshold for Administrative Exemption for Employees Working in New York City

Starting on January 1, 2025, the minimum salary for New York City employees to meet the salary  threshold for the administrative exemption is $1,237.50 per week or $64,350 per year.  

Labor and Employment Law Updates 2025

As with most legislative years, 2024 was a busy year for California employment law developments.  Several important new laws and regulations were enacted that will affect the operations of California employers of all sizes for years to come.  We have summarized in a client alert some of the more significant laws and regulations that may impact employers’ operations. The full client alert can be found here.

Transform 2026: An Nguyen Ruda and Jamie Viramontes on the Legal and HR Realities of AI in the Workplace

At Transform 2026 in Las Vegas, An Nguyen Ruda, CEO and Co-Managing Partner of Bartko Pavia, joined Jamie Viramontes, CEO of Konnect, for a discussion as part of The Human + AI Equation event, focused on how organizations are navigating AI while keeping people at the center of decision making. Framed through both legal and HR perspectives, the discussion focused on what is actually happening inside organizations today, from leadership challenges to compliance risks and real world implementation.

An Nguyen Ruda Discusses Building Authentic Culture at Bartko Pavia LLP

In a revealing conversation on the Legal Late Night podcast, An Nguyen Ruda, CEO and Co-Managing Partner of Bartko Pavia LLP, shared her unconventional approach to building one of California's most dynamic boutique litigation firms.

An Nguyen Ruda Joins Panel on Law Firm Governance and Organizational Structure

Last Friday, Bartko Pavia’s CEO & Co-Managing partner An Nguyen Ruda  joined a panel discussion on behalf of Fordham School of Law to discuss Structural Issues in Law Firm Management. An presented alongside Ho Joon Moon of Lee & Ko, Angela Quinn of Husch Blackwell, Jon D. Van Gorp of Mayer Brown, and Alan F. Zoccolillo Jr. of Baker McKenzie.