Pierce Azuma
Team Lead Attorney
Pierce was born and raised in and around Chicago, IL. He moved to New Orleans in 2002 for college at Tulane University and obtained his Juris Doctorate from Loyola University New Orleans College of Law in 2011. Since graduating, Pierce has dedicated his practice almost exclusively to claims arising under the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (LHWCA) and Defense Base Act (DBA). He served a two-year term as attorney advisor to the Hon. Clement J. Kennington, OALJ (Covington) before defending employers and insurance carriers in LHWCA and DBA claims. Pierce also has experience defending Jones Act, Louisiana state workers’ compensation, and liability claims.
Pierce brings his years of experience assisting with the adjudication of claims and defending employers to representing injured workers. His knowledge of all facets of a claim gives him a unique perspective in helping injured workers secure the benefits they are entitled to.
Ryan Bintz grew up in the Chicagoland area and obtained his undergraduate degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Following his graduation in 2007, he was commissioned as a Marine Corps Officer and served the next six years on active duty. As an Infantry Officer with the First Marine Regiment and the Second Fleet Antiterrorism Security Team, Ryan served aboard U.S. Naval vessels and operated in over a dozen countries including Afghanistan, Cuba, South Korea, the Philippines. He continued his service as a reserve officer, deploying to support humanitarian civic assistance operations abroad. In 2019, Ryan obtained his Juris Doctorate magna cum laude from Illinois Tech’s Chicago-Kent College of Law. For the next two years, he practiced in various fields of litigation and investigation in Chicago and the Quad Cities. In 2022, he joined Mainstay Law LLC, where he focuses on representing injured workers under the Defense Base Act.