Oscar Ramirez is a trial attorney with a practice emphasis on employment and serious personal injury matters. His experience includes general commercial business disputes, catastrophic injuries, and employment-related disputes (wrongful termination, retaliation, harassment, and wage & hour class action cases.)
He has successfully represented both plaintiffs and defendants in federal and state court (bench trials and jury trials), mediations, and arbitrations. His work has resulted in numerous favorable verdicts, judgments, settlements, and arbitration awards. He has experience first chairing state court trials, as well as co-chairing them numerous times, resulting in six-figure and seven-figure judgments. His clients have ranged from individuals and entrepreneurial businesses to international companies. Mr. Ramirez is also a certified mediator. He served as a volunteer mediator for the Los Angeles Superior Court’s Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) program.
Prior to founding Blair & Ramirez LLP, Mr. Ramirez was managing partner at a boutique employment law firm with an emphasis on trial practice. Prior to that, Mr. Ramirez was a post-graduate funded fellow at Public Counsel (Community Development Project), where he provided transactional corporate assistance to microbusinesses and nonprofit corporations. He has also served as an extern for MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense & Education Fund.)
Mr. Ramirez has appeared as a legal commentator on CNN Latino, Telemundo, and Fox News Latino. In addition to his television exposure, Mr. Ramirez has been asked to speak at Bridgeport legal seminars on employment law topics.
Honors
Judicial Extern to Chief Administrative Judge Larry Abrams of the U.S. Equal Employment & Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
Western Regional Jessup Moot Court Competition, Honorable Mention Brief Award & Oral Argument Semi-Finalist
Loyola Law School Moot Court Competition “Top Ten Brief” Award
Mexican-American Bar Foundation, Scholar Award
Foundation of the State Bar of California, Merit Scholar
Awards
Super Lawyers - Rising Star (2014-2020)
Perfect 10/10 Avvo Rating
Recipient of Avvo’s Clients’ Choice Award
Martindale-Hubbell® AV Preeminent® Rating
Lead Counsel Rated
The National Trial Lawyers: Top 40 Under 40
Bar Admissions
California
Education
Loyola Law School, J.D.
University of California at Berkeley, B.A.
Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, Pepperdine University School of Law (Mediating the Litigated Case)
Affiliations
Member, California Employment Lawyers Association
Member, Labor & Employment Law Section, State Bar of California
Member, Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles
Board of Directors, East LA Classic Theatre (Language in Play)
