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Hilda Akopyan

Hilda always knew she’d be a litigator: she loves the fast pace nature of litigation, as well as investigative research and innovative problem solving to clients’ unique legal needs.

Hilda enjoys taking and defending depositions, motion practice, and collaborating with clients, always taking into account their individual stories and goals. Hilda has significant experience in case management and factual investigation and aims to resolve cases by seeing them through to resolution, whether at trial, through settlement, or by obtaining favorable outcomes through filing dispositive motions. Whether the clients are individuals or large companies, Hilda enjoys advising and working with them to develop strategy.

Over the years, Hilda has represented companies involved in the manufacture, sale, and distribution of various products ranging from personal care and cosmetics to automotive parts to building and construction materials.

Hilda focuses her practice on the areas of general liability, mass torts, products liability, commercial litigation, and real estate litigation. She also works closely with clients in pre-litigation to advise them of their best course of action to avoid litigation, when possible.

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Relevant History

On December 29, 2023, the California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board instituted an emergency regulation to address occupational exposure to respirable crystalline silica. This regulation addressed additional safety requirements for businesses involved in cutting engineered stone, improved monitoring for workplace sites, and increasing the ability for workers to report non-compliant employers. These emergency regulations became permanent in February 2025.

California Proposition 65, officially known as the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, has long been a significant regulatory framework for businesses operating within the state. Over the summer, the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) proposed amendments to its safe harbor warning requirements for consumer products which have sparked considerable discussion among business owners and industry stakeholders.

Workplace inspection

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) “walkaround” rule went into effect on May 31, 2024. The rule is controversial, to say the least, and even before its effective date, it was targeted by industry and trade groups, with perhaps the most high-profile of these efforts being a federal lawsuit in Texas filed by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the National Association of Manufacturers, and Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc., among other plaintiffs.