Ricardo R. Bours

Ricardo Bours is an experienced labor and employment attorney representing clients in Arizona and California. He has successfully litigated numerous wage and hour class actions and California PAGA representative actions across various industries, including agriculture, software, manufacturing, insurance, retail, environmental consulting, and technology. Ricardo has negotiated highly favorable settlements involving thousands of class members and significant potential exposure. He has also secured dismissals of putative class action cases through negotiation and the enforcement of employer arbitration agreements, as well as pre-trial dismissals of PAGA representative actions.

Ricardo also regularly defends employers against claims of discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and wrongful termination before federal and state courts and administrative agencies. He has extensive experience handling claims involving Arizona paid sick time law before the Industrial Commission of Arizona.

In addition to his active litigation practice, Ricardo provides day-to-day advice to employers on compliance with Arizona and California employment laws. Ricardo has significant experience advising employers on Arizona paid sick time compliance, disability accommodations, wage and hour audits, drafting severance and restrictive covenant agreements, managing employee discipline and terminations, and addressing access issues under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Arizonans with Disabilities Act, and the California Unruh Civil Rights Act.

Bilingual and fluent in Spanish, Ricardo regularly conducts on-site NLRA Labor Relations Trainings and workshops on preventing and addressing workplace discrimination, harassment, and retaliation under Title VII and other federal laws, delivering these sessions for employers in both English and Spanish.

Ricardo’s work has been recognized by his peers and clients. He was named one of the Thomson Reuters Stand-Out Lawyers in 2025, independently nominated by clients as one of the three most outstanding lawyers they have worked with.