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Commercial litigation, physician employment and business matters, creditor bankruptcy representation. Licensed to practice since 1980, in five jurisdictions.. Tom practices in the areas of creditors' rights, business litigation, employment law, and physician representation in business matters.. Tom leads our creditors’ rights practice, including loan documentation and enforcement of promissory notes and guarantees, foreclosures, receiverships, and workout negotiations and restructurings. He also has an in-depth experience in the areas of business litigation, employment law, and physician representation in business and employment matters. Tom often works with closely held businesses advising on business and employment matters, contract matters, and litigation risk analysis.

Chuck Rullman focuses his practice on litigation and dispute resolution, and has extensive experience litigating labor and employment matters, commercial disputes, intellectual property issues, and claims arising from probate and non-probate proceedings. Chuck represents companies of all sizes, governmental entities and individuals in industries such as financial services, consumer products, construction and new technologies. Chuck has significant first-chair trial and appellate experience and has also represented clients in all phases of class action litigation.

Carolyn Cairns is an arbitrator, mediator, and workplace investigator.. Prior to opening her practice as a neutral, she represented both employees and employers in a wide variety of employment matters, including race, age, religious, gender, national origin and disability discrimination, sexual and racial harassment, retaliation, wage and hour claims, covenants not to compete, contract claims and trademark violations. These cases have involved both jury and bench trials, arbitrations and settlements.. Carolyn is a regular presenter at seminars and employment law institutes, speaking on a wide range of topics, including mediation and arbitration, how to evaluate cases, substantive areas of employment law, and trial practice and discovery topics. For many years Carolyn was a co-presenter of the plenary session of the Employment Law Institute, reviewing key federal cases and trends of the prior year.

Brian P. Lundgren is a Seattle labor and employment attorney representing employers, companies and businesses.. Mr. Lundgren is a principle at Jackson Lewis P.C., one of the largest firms in the country devoted to advice and litigation in areas such as labor, employment, civil rights and many others on behalf of both public and private companies in virtually every industry.. Prior to attending law school, Mr. Lundgren served as an infantry squad leader in the United States Army. During law school, Mr. Lundgren participated in Law Review. He graduated second in his class, summa cum laude in 2000.. Mr. Lundgren's traditional labor law practice includes significant National Labor Relations Board experience, labor arbitration, union elections, collective bargaining, strikes, and advising employers on an array of complex labor issues.. Mr. Lundgren also frequently defends employers and management against charges, government investigations, and complaints in government agencies such as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, State Human Rights Department, United States Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration, Washington Department of Labor and Industries. He likewise acts as lead trial attorney in the defense of employers against state and federal lawsuits, including whistleblower claims, wage/hour disputes, discrimination and harassment claims, retaliation claims, and wrongful discharge allegations.. Throughout his career, Mr. Lundgren has been admitted to a number of courts across the country, including the United States Supreme Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, United States District Court, Western District of Washington, United States District Court, Eastern District of Washington, the State of Minnesota, and the State of Washington.

Born in Spanish Harlem, I originally wanted to be a weatherman. But as I grew into adulthood and after my family moved further north in Manhattan into a drug-infested area of Harlem's Washington Heights, I began to realize how difficult life was for so many of those around me. In college I learned how laws are created, and also how many of them are misused. I was appalled at the level of discrimination and oppression that was sanctioned by courts and ignored by lawmakers. My personal experience in being repeatedly stopped by police for no apparent reason when driving home from work at night galvanized my conviction to do whatever it took to go to law school and become a lawyer. I knew that I wanted to use my skills primarily to give ordinary people a chance at justice. I wanted to be a legal pioneer.. After earning my B.A. in political science from Fordham University in 1976, I went on to law school. I received my Juris Doctor from the University of California at Berkeley School of Law in 1980 and was admitted to the California Bar that year. I worked from 1981 to 1984 as co-counsel on numerous cases with the legendary Howard Moore Jr., known throughout the country as the leading scholar on issues of individual liberty.. I've been serving the greater San Francisco Bay Area since starting my private practice in 1984 and expanded my practice to Washington upon admission to the Washington State Bar in 2000. After 35 years in the practice and continuing study of law and advocating for the rights of others, I now wish to focus on areas where I believe I can do the most good.

Bob's practice is focused on counseling and training and he very much enjoys working with clients of all sizes and across many industries.  Outside of work, Bob loves spending time with his wife and two kids (8 and 19).  His hobbies include reading history books, travel (especially to Italy) and cooking.

Beth Terrell is a member of Terrell Marshall Law Group PLLC (“TMLG”). Concentrating her practice in complex litigation, including the prosecution of class actions on behalf of consumers and employees, Ms. Terrell routinely serves as co-lead counsel on multi-state and nationwide class actions. She also represents individual employees including those who have suffered from race, gender, age, marital status, and disability discrimination. She frequently works with executives negotiating compensation plans, employment contracts, and severance agreements with Fortune 500 companies. Ms. Terrell has successfully tried cases in both state and federal court. In addition to her litigation and trial work, she also counsels small and medium sized companies facing personnel and human resource issues and has represented both employees and employers in restrictive covenant litigation.. Prior to founding TMLG, Ms. Terrell was a member of Tousley Brain Stephens PLLC, where she practiced litigation for twelve years. She is a frequent speaker at legal conferences on a wide variety of topics, including consumer class actions, employment litigation, and electronic discovery. Ms. Terrell has been often recognized as a “Super Lawyer,” was named one of the “Top 50 Washington Women Super Lawyers” of 2012 and 2013, and has been awarded an “AV” rating in Martindale Hubbell by her peers, a rating denoting the highest legal ability and ethical standards.

Beth Bloom has dedicated her career to restoring justice for employees. She is the principal attorney and managing shareholder of Bloom Law PLLC.. Beth has had a successful career to date including several multimillion-dollar jury verdicts for employees fired because of discrimination and retaliation. Her practice areas include employment discrimination, sexual harassment, whistleblower retaliation, and breach of contract. Her goal is to help her clients acheive justice through jury trials and help create lasting change by making discrimination and retaliation in the workplace unprofitable for businesses.. Beth has received many honors for her work, including being named perennially as a “Washington Super Lawyer” in plaintiff’s employment litigation. Beth is honored as one of the top 100 Trial Lawyers and Women Lawyers in Washington. Bloom Law has been named a Tier 1 firm in Seattle for Litigation – Labor and Employment and Employment Law – Individuals by U.S. News Best Law Firms® and Beth has also received individual Best Lawyers® recognition for her outstanding work. She regularly teaches trial advocacy and employment law at legal seminars.. Beth received her law degree from New York University School of Law. She is a former federal district court law clerk in the Southern District of New York in Manhattan. In 2001, she returned to her hometown of Seattle, Washington.. On her days off, Beth enjoys time outside with her family and friends, especially paddling the many lakes and rivers of beautiful Washington. She also loves to travel. Her favorite food is chicken tacos.

Ben is an experienced litigator in the law firm of Montgomery Purdue, PLLC, a general business firm of 27 attorneys in a variety of practice areas that support businesses and business owners.  Ben is a focuses his practice on commercial and civil litigation with an emphasis on construction, real estate, trust and estate litigation, environmental, and insurance coverage disputes.

Beau Haynes is an attorney with the Washington Wage Claim Project.  Since graduating from University of Washington Law School in 2011, Beau has litigated employment law cases primarily involving immigrant workers.  He practiced at the law firm Terrell Marshall Daudt & Willie PLLC until 2014, when he began working with the Washington Wage Claim Project.  In 2009, he was a Laurel Rubin intern in the Olympia office of Columbia Legal Services, and in 2010 he worked as a Peggy Browning fellow with the National Employment Law Project in Seattle.  Beau also served as an extern for Judge Ricardo Martinez of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington.  He is fluent in Spanish.

Barry Mesher is a Shareholder in the Seattle office of Lane Powell PC and focuses his practice on toxic tort, mass and municipal tort, premises liability, insurance coverage, personal injury, product liability, professional liability and labor and employment law.  He  was a co-founder of the Washington Asbestos Defense Association and has served as its Court Liaison and President.  He has been named by peers as a Washington “SuperLawyer” in Washington Law and Politics Magazine from 2006 - 2008.  He is a member of the American College of Law and Medicine and New York Academy of Sciences. Barry has been involved in the "bet the company" asbestos litigation continuously since 1980. He regularly serves as national, regional and local counsel for firm clients, devising and executing comprehensive defense strategies in mass tort cases across the country.

At Keller Rohrback L.L.P., we are committed to helping businesses, business owners, and individuals grow and thrive. We help our clients forge successful long-term business relationships, whether it is between partners or co-founders, employers and employees, or the business and its vendors, service providers, and customers. Instead of waiting until after a problem arises, we assist our clients with efficient and reasonably priced legal advice and counseling, business planning, entity formation and governance, negotiating and drafting business contracts and employment agreements, creating workplace policies, internal audits, and pre-litigation advice and counseling.. Although our goal is to help our clients avoid costly legal battles, we know that parties can't always resolve their differences on their own. As experienced litigators in Washington and California, we are there for our clients when problems or disputes arise.

At Gordon & Rees, I defend employers against claims of discrimination, retaliation, harassment, and wrongful termination.

As an associate at Davis Grimm Payne & Marra, I represent employers on a full range of labor and employment law issues. I assist management in defending against employee and union allegations of discrimination, harassment, wrongful termination, unilateral changes to terms and conditions of employment, defamation, constructive discharge and retaliation. I have experience representing employers before the National Labor Relations Board and various state superior courts and administrative agencies. I also provide day-to-day advice to clients with the goal of reducing the risks of expensive legal disputes and litigation. He has experience advising employers in matters related to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Washington Law Against Discrimination (WLAD), the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN), the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) and the defensible termination of employees including those covered by collective bargaining agreements.Prior to joining Davis Grimm Payne & Marra, I was a litigator at the Seattle firm Patterson Buchanan Fobes & Leitch. While there, I gained extensive experience in labor and employment matters in addition to a wide variety of legal disputes and issues involving: breach of contract, estate planning, negligent infliction of emotional distress, breach of fiduciary duties, business organization, negligent hiring, negligent retention and catastrophic personal injury.

Anne Bremner is a graduate of Stanford University (B.A. with honors, 1980) and University of Puget Sound School of Law (J.D., 1982) (accelerated program) (Moot Court Honor Board).. Among other professional activities, Anne Bremner is a member of the American, Washington State, and Seattle-King County Bar Associations, and is past Membership Chair and Trustee for the Washington Defense Trial Lawyers Association as well as the King County Councils of Law.  Ms. Bremner is a local and national faculty member for the National Institute for Trial Advocacy through the University of Notre Dame Law School since 1988.. Anne Bremner is the former Director of Media and Public Relations for Washington Women Lawyers.  She is a graduate of the National College of District Attorneys and the Jerry Spence Western Trial Advocacy College, Laramie, Wyoming.  She was a semi-finalist to be the United States Attorney for the Western District of Washington.  Ms. Bremner is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates, is a Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers (the top 1% of trial lawyers in North America) and was chosen to deliver the Inductee Response nationally in March, 2003.  In 2008 Ms. Bremner was inducted as a fellow the prestigious International Academy of Trial Lawyers.  Academy membership, limited to 500 Fellows from the U.S., is by invitation only.  A comprehensive screening process identifies the most distinguished members of the trial bar by means of both peer and their trial courts' judicial review.  Ms. Bremner, the only female lawyer from Washington State to be inducted, is one of only 14 Washington Lawyers to be honored with fellowship.

An experienced trial lawyer valued for his judgment and persuastive advocacy, primarily representing corporate and individual clients in a broad range of complex civil cases involving products liability, securities litigation, professional liability, personal injury, disability, aircraft accidents, eminent domain, real property disputes and employment discrimination. Also serves as Disciplinary Counsel for the Washington State Commission on Judicial Conduct.. Prior to joining private practice, Bill served as a Special Assistant United States Attorney and Air Force Judge Advocate, prosecuting civilian and military criminal matters as well as defending the federal government in employment discrimination cases.

Amy is an employment advisor, litigator, and investigator. She offers practical solutions to companies and individuals to avoid and resolve their most challenging workplace issues.. Advocacy Overview:. Amy represents companies through all employment stages. Whatever the concern, Amy does more than spot problems. She offers options-based advice tailored to an employer’s priorities.. Amy’s practice includes advising employers on the full spectrum of employment and HR issues that include discrimination, harassment and retaliation, disability accommodations, workplace policies and handbook development, leaves of absence, hiring and firing, wage and hour compliance, and, drafting and enforcing employment agreements and restrictive covenants. In addition to supporting companies, Amy helps individuals navigate workplace transitions, including severance agreements, non-solicitation, non-competition, and Supplemental Executive Retirement Plans (SERPs). She also works with individuals facing unlawful discrimination, harassment, and retaliation in the workplace.. When disputes arise, Amy represents employers and employees in litigation. Whether at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Washington Department of Labor and Industries (L&I), arbitration, state superior court, or federal district court, Amy’s creative and vigorous advocacy is always focused on the best outcomes for her clients.. Workplace Investigations:. Drawing on her experience representing both employees and employers, Amy has investigated numerous complaints in both public and private workplaces. She is a certificate holder with the Association of Workplace Investigators (AWI-CH) and an approved panelist for the Washington State Risk Management Pool (WSRMP) investigator panel.. Prior to joining the firm, Amy worked at the Washington State Court of Appeals, Division I as a staff attorney and law clerk to the Hon. Michael S. Spearman. Before her court service, she was a Medical-Legal Partnership attorney with the Northwest Justice Project where she partnered with medical institutions to provide legal services to immigrants and individuals with autism or a mental illness.

ALEX J. HIGGINS advocates for employees who need representation on a wide range of issues.  In addition to his trial work, Alex represents clients in negotiating severance agreements, employment agreements,  and non-competes.  He served as Chair of the King County Bar Association, Labor & Employment Section in 2004.  He also served on the Executive Committe for the Washington State Bar Association, Labor & Employment Section from 2012-2015.  His website has more details.  .

Adarsh Parthasarathy is the 2024-2026 Alec Bayless Civil Rights Fellow at MacDonald, Hoague & Bayless in Seattle. There, Adarsh practices in the areas of employment discrimination and retaliation, police misconduct, and jail abuse. In his current role, Adarsh has secured favorable results for civil rights clients abused in jail and clients who were terminated unlawfully as a result of disability.. Adarsh was previously the Manne Family Legal Fellow at the Texas Defender Service, where he represented people implicated in Texas’ capital system at all stages of their legal proceedings.

Adam Snyder is a member of Ogden Murphy Wallace's Health Law, Business, and Litigation Groups.  Adam’s practice focuses on transactions, litigation, and employment matters related to hospitals, long term care facilities, long term care hospitals, physician groups, and other health care providers and businesses.  He has significant experience representing clients in hospital-physician joint ventures and contracting, corporate compliance program development and maintenance, OIG corporate integrity agreement compliance, real estate transactions, responding to government investigations and False Claims Act matters, Stark and Anti-Kickback Statute compliance, employment matters, surgery center development, Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement issues, licensing, certificate of need, and matters related to tax-exempt organizations.  Adam frequently speaks and writes on topics related to fraud and abuse investigations and healthcare transactions.. In addition to his health law practice, Mr. Snyder is a NFL Player Agent and has negotiated several NFL Player Contracts as a contract advisor certified by the NFL Players Association.  Adam has been selected as a Washington Super Lawyer by Washington Law & Politics in multiple years since 2004.

Ada K. Wong is the owner of AKW LAW, P.C., with offices in Washington and California. She is licensed to practice in California, Washington, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, the Northern District of California, the Eastern District of California, the Western District of Washington, and the Eastern District of Washington.. Ada is an Adjunct Professor at the Seattle University School of Law, teaching Employment Discrimination. She also serves as an arbitrator in King and Snohomish counties.. She is a frequent speaker at conferences across the nation, lecturing on various topics including Employment Law, Sexual Harassment, Discrimination, Wills and Trusts, Business Formation, and Car Accidents.  She has published numerous articles.  She currently serves on the Board of the Washington Employment Lawyers Association (WELA) and is the Co-Editor-in-Chief of the 2022 WELA Employment Deskbook.. She is on the Editorial Board of Trial Guides, former Editor-in-Chief of WSAJ Trial News, and former Editorial Board Member of the American Inns of Court The Bencher.  She was also the past President of the Vietnamese American Bar Association of Washington (VABAW), past Public Relations Chair of the William L. Dwyer American Inns of Court, and past Board Member of the Washington Association for Justice (WSAJ).. She graduated from the University of Washington School of Law with a Dispute Resolution Concentration. During law school, Ada served as Executive Managing Editor of Production on the Pacific Rim Law & Policy Journal. She was also very active in Moot Court competitions and represented UW School of Law at the Thomas Tang International Moot Court Competition as a regional semi-finalist in both Los Angeles and Atlanta. Ada served as a coach for mock trial and appellate advocacy teams at the law school, Ada also interned at the Seattle City Attorney’s Office, Civil Division; U.S. Attorney’s Office, Tax Division; Sacramento District Attorney’s Office; and with Judge Andrea Darvas of the King County Superior Court.. Prior to starting AKW Law, she was a civil litigation attorney at law firms in Bellevue and Seattle. Ada’s practice focuses on employment law, business law, estate planning, civil rights, and personal injury.. During her spare time, you can find Ada playing co-ed flag football or hanging out with her husband, daughters, and three cats: Matcha, Kylo, and Soba.

A seasoned investigator, attorney Trish Murphy conducts independent investigations for clients in Seattle and in the Pacific Northwest. Over more than 28 years and more than 300 cases, Trish has conducted workplace investigations and Title IX investigations of a diverse array of claims including sexual harassment, discrimination, retaliation, hostile work environment, failure to accommodate, serious misconduct, ethics violations, improper governmental action, bullying, sexual assault, and intimate partner violence. She is an Association of Workplace Investigators Certificate Holder (AWI-CH), a certified civil rights/Title IX investigator (ATIXA), and a licensed private investigator and attorney in Washington and Oregon. Trish's background includes providing labor and employment law advice and representation for employers, employees, and unions, as well as serving as a neutral for a civil rights enforcement agency. She is a Contributing Editor for Bloomberg's The Developing Labor Law treatise and a past President of the Northwest Association of Title IX Administrators.

A graduate of Harvard College and Yale Law School, Mr. Kalish is an experienced trial lawyer who has tried more than thirty trials to jury verdict. Mr. Kalish’s practice focuses on complex trial work, and he represents employees and individuals in all aspects of employment litigation. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Kalish was a felony prosecutor at the King County Prosecutor’s Office, where he tried several cases, ranging from identity theft to first degree murder. Prior to that, he clerked for a federal judge and worked at Perkins Coie, the premier defense law firm in the Northwest.  He enjoys helping individuals and respects employees who are willing to fight against inappropriate and unfair actions by their employers.

A former union organizer, I believe everyone has the right to go to work in a way that provides dignity, respect, and fulfillment in addition to a living wage and time to care for our health, children, and families. I spend my career tirelessly working to achieve this right for all.