Richard Ormond is an attorney in Buchalter Nemer's Los Angeles office. He has expertise in intellectual property (including patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret and trade dress issues), e-discovery, remedies and receivers and business litigation. Representative of his clients are international technology companies, national lending and financial institutions, international clothing companies, state and federal receivers and many entrepreneurs.

Mr. Ormond is bilingual and biliterate in Spanish. He was twice chosen as a Southern California Super Lawyers Rising Star (2005 and 2006).

Mr. Ormond has tried cases before the Los Angeles Superior Court, as lead trial counsel, the United States District Court, Central District of California and the Bankruptcy Court of the United States District Court Central District of California and has arbitrated before JAMS, Alternative Dispute Resolution and the American Arbitration Association.

Mr. Ormond chairs the Buchalter Nemer Pro Bono committee, founded and chairs the firm's Diversity Committee and Hispanic Attorneys' Committee and co-chairs the firm's litigation MCLE committee. He is the author of numerous articles and teaches Continuing Legal Education courses on Intellectual Property Issues, New Developments in e-Discovery, Considerations for Complex Litigation, Receivership Law and Practice, and Lender Security in Intellectual Property.

In addition to his practice, Mr. Ormond is actively engaged in civic and professional organizations, among them, Uncommon Good, a nonprofit organization of which he is a board member, and Bet Tzedek House of Justice, which provides free legal services to Los Angelinos who need them. Professionally, he is an active member of the National Hispanic Bar Association, the Los Angeles County Bar Association, of which he is a member of the Remedies Section Executive Committee and co-chair of the Remedies Section Recruitment/Membership sub-committee, and the California Receivers Forum.

Mr. Ormond earned his bachelor's degree at the University of California, Los Angeles and his J.D. at the University of San Diego School of Law. He also studied international law and business law at the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina