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Susan has a busy and varied litigation practice. About half of her practice involves employment law. This work includes reviewing employment policies and manuals, as well as defending employers against charges of discrimination, wrongful termination, failure to pay for overtime and other employment-related wrongdoing.. For more than a decade, Susan has done legal work for Gene Juarez Salons including all of their employment matters. She also regularly represents national investment companies that buy out the long-term income streams Washington State lottery winners receive when they win a substantial prize. Recently, Susan represented a professional female snowboarder in a commission dispute with a manufacturer.

Over the last 17 years, my law practice has developed to serve clients active in real estate, hospitality and business. Having worked closely with business owners and general counsel over many years, I understand our clients need to make prompt and well informed business decisions based on trust and confidence in my analysis of the pertinent issues. I use my market knowledge, communication skills and experience working on a variety of high profile, complex projects to advocate for clients, close transactions and achieve fair results.. Real Estate: My primary practice is commercial real estate transactions, including retail, office and industrial leasing, acquisitions, dispositions, real estate finance, real estate development, transit-oriented development, design professional services agreements, and construction contracts.. Hospitality/Business: Further, I assist hospitality and business clients with corporate formation and governance, limited liability company operating agreements, management agreements, franchise agreements, master services agreements, vendor contracts, and liquor licensing.. Construction: Over many years, I have represented owners, developers, design professionals, general contractors, subcontractors and suppliers in a wide variety of construction claims. This construction litigation experience has assisted in preparing and negotiating comprehensive construction contracts, master subcontractor agreements, architect agreements, engineering contracts and other construction project documents.

Over 30 years as management employment/labor law attorney and workplace investigator.  Big firm, in-house, and solo practices.  Trusted business advisor, legal consultant, and strategic partner to C-level executives, operations managers, and Human Resource professionals.   Experienced corporate executive and a Washington Best Lawyer.. Areas of focus include:. ·     Workplace investigations and cultural assessments. ·     Discrimination and harassment. ·      Performance management. ·      Employee discipline and termination. ·      Labor arbitrations and administrative hearings. ·      Administrative complaints (e.g., EEOC). ·      Employment law litigation. ·      Employee policies, procedures and handbooks. ·      Wage and hour (e.g., exempt-nonexempt issues, interns, independent contractors). ·      Employment, severance, non-compete, non-disclosure and other agreements. ·      Accommodations. ·      Leaves of absence. ·      Reductions in force and reorganizations. ·      Labor contract administration and grievance management. ·      Employment practices compliance review. ·      Development and presentation of training programs on topics such as. o   Sexual and other prohibited harassment. o   Leaves of absence. o   Investigation techniques. o   Performance and attendance management. o   Labor contract grievances and arbitration. o   Discipline and termination. o   Best practices to avoid employee lawsuits. Work with unionized and non-unionized environments, Fortune 500 companies, startups, family businesses, and executives. Clients include health care organizations, airlines, railroads, bottling companies, grocery retailers, technology firms, contractors, public employers, and more.. Can be reached at

One of the original members of the firm, Shannon Sperry practices business, real estate and employment law.  Her experience includes the acquisition,  financing (construction and permanent) and leasing of regional shopping malls, office buildings, retail centers, golf course and apartment buildings.  Conduit, corporate and project finance transactions are part of her practice.  She represents a broad and diverse range of clients, including publicly traded and closely held businesses and provides employment advice for termination and wrongful discharge claims, wage and hour disputes and employee policy manuals.. "I pride myself on producing a high-quality product for my clients.  I don't miss loopholes, I return phone calls, I'm efficient, I'm accurate ... most of my clients have been with me for years because they know they can depend on me to deliver the best.". Shannon also provides mediation services for real estate and employment related disputes and is affiliated with Washington Arbitration and Mediation Services.

Nancy Anderson is a shareholder at Lane Powell PC, and Chair of the firm's Wage & Hour Group. She concentrates her practice on all types of employment and class action litigation and advice work, including wage and hour, employment discrimination, retaliation, benefits claims, and ERISA claims. Ms. Anderson has successfully tried cases to verdict, including defense of class actions and actions brought by individual claimants alleging employment discrimination, and has represented clients at arbitrations, agency proceedings, and investigations.

My practice involves a full range of labor and employment law matters, including counseling employers on compliance with legal obligations, training, drafting policies and agreements, and representing employers in litigation and administrative proceedings.

Kristin is a compassionate, skilled attorney who sets herself apart by providing her clients with excellent communication, transparency and quick response time. Adept at fighting for her client’s best interests, Kristin has a “work together” attitude to meet their needs and expectations.. From established technology companies, to nursing home organizations, to emerging start-ups, Kristin enjoys working with businesses in a variety of industries. She focuses her varied litigation practice in the following areas:. HEALTHCARE. Having defended healthcare clients in litigation, regulation and employment issues, Kristin counsels her healthcare clients on how they can best protect themselves from the complexities of regulation in the industry. Her long-term care, skilled nursing and assisted living facility, medical device and surgery center clients seek her advice about minimum wage, unionization and other employment issues, medical malpractice claims, and regulatory charges. Kristin’s understanding of her client’s business, combined with her knowledge of the legal and regulatory framework every provider must navigate, enables her to provide clarity in the midst of an ever changing healthcare world.. EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS, BENEFITS & LABOR. All employers must deal with the evolving web of federal and state employment laws. In addition to representing employers in state and federal court, Kristin defends clients in investigations by the EEOC, Department of Labor, and other state and local agencies. Kristin also works with companies on a wide array of employment matters, including hiring and termination, healthcare, wage and hour, discrimination and harassment, and retaliation. She assists clients in drafting employment agreements, severance packages, employee handbooks, employment policies and developing strategies for avoiding problems resulting in litigation.. FINANCIAL SERVICES AND SECURITIES REGULATORY ENFORCEMENT DEFENSE. Kristin represents investors, financial planners, wealth managers and other professionals in the financial services industry with various claims, including class actions, regulatory proceedings and customer claims. She also defends registered investment advisors, investment advisor representatives, investment bankers, broker-dealers and registered representatives in regulatory investigations and disciplinary actions brought by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, FINRA and the State of Washington Department of Financial Institutions (DFI) Securities Division.. TRUST AND ESTATE LITIGATION. Kristin is a trusted advisor to family members, trustees and personal representatives in disputes ranging from Will contests to interpretations of trust provisions. Her experience includes representing charities to ensure appropriate distribution under a Will, challenges to a Trustee’s withholding of information and inaction, challenging a Will because of undue influence and cases alleging breach of fiduciary duty against a trustee and personal representative.

Jason W. Anderson, a shareholder at Carney Badley Spellman, P.S., focuses on civil appeals, which he has handled for nearly two decades in Washington’s appellate courts and the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Jason represents both public and private clients in all manner of appeals. His appellate experience includes cases involving personal injuries, wrongful death, insurance, products liability, commercial disputes, family law, and more. Many of his appeals involve seven or eight-figure jury verdicts or civil penalties. Jason has significant experience working with trial counsel before and during trial to preserve issues for appeal.. Before entering private practice, Jason served as a judicial clerk at the Washington State Court of Appeals.

Jason is a trusted mediator helping parties successfully resolve conflicts and reach mutually beneficial resolutions. He has a Certificate in Alternative Dispute Resolution from Willamette University College of Law, and has completed mediation training through the King County Dispute Resolution Center and the Straus Institute’s intensive “Mediating the Litigated Case” program at Pepperdine Law School. Jason litigated for more than 20 years in numerous areas of law, including personal injury, municipal law, police excessive force, professional liability (legal, medical and chiropractic), employment, civil rights, construction project owner/contractor liability, construction defects and product defect liability. He consistently won favorable decisions for clients, in federal and state courts, at both the trial and appellate levels.. Jason comes to his mediation practice after years of representing both plaintiffs and defendants. His skills and personality are best suited as a mediator, helping parties reach productive solutions. As for mediation styles, he takes the approach that gets the job done. Extensive pre-mediation work, including conversations with both sides, helps determine what that will look like. He has an innate ability to “read the room” and create the best environment for fruitful discussions.

Jake Downs is a founding member of Corr|Downs, rated in the Nation's Top One Percent by the National Association of Distinguished Counsel and named as a Super Lawyer by Super Lawyers® magazine. As a Tacoma native and long time Seattle resident with family on both sides of the mountains, Jake is committed to representing companies and individuals throughout Washington State. He is a recognized leader in his field with an expansive litigation and dispute resolution practice focusing on employment, personal injury, and business Issues. Several of his cases have garnered local and national news coverage. Jake has extensive experience before state and federal courts and private arbitration. He has obtained favorable jury verdicts for his clients in cases tried in federal and state courts involving fraud, breach of contract, and trade secrets including a $2.5 million verdict against Amazon. He has also prevailed in arbitrations involving discrimination, harassment and breach of fiduciary duty. In addition, Jake counsels and advises on policies and procedures related to equal employment opportunity, protection of confidential information, and noncompetition/nonsolicitation agreements. Jake successfully combines his trial counsel experience with his leadership skills as a Former Captain in the United States Army during which time he deployed to Iraq and Kosovo and was awarded the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, Army Commendation Medal, Ranger Tab and Combat Infantryman’s Badge.

I represent management in labor and employment issues, ranging from class actions and wage-hour matters to "traditional" labor matters involving unions: organizing campaigns, negotiations, strikes, picketing, and arbitration. I also defend employers faced with citations by OSHA and the corresponding state agencies.

I practice in the areas of employment law, health law and business, handling such matters as employment agreements, non-competes, independent contractor agreements, wages, overtime, employee benefits, discrimination and harassment, workplace injuries, disability, discipline and discharge, EEOC and Human Rights Commission charges, unemployment benefits, L & I claims, HIPAA, Department of Health charges, medical practice business and personnel issues, health care regulations, physician misconduct and discipline, and patient complaints.

I maintain a general litigation and employment law practice.

I help businesses avoid and solve HR and employment problems and disputes. My practice regularly includes counseling, mediation, and litigation with regard to a wide range of employment issues, including discrimination, harassment, accommodations, leaves of absence, wage/hour compliance, employee handbooks, and drafting and enforcement of employment agreements. I also advise and represent businesses regarding employment of military service-members and employer obligations under USERRA and state law. At all stages, I strive to identify practical solutions to meet clients' business needs.

I have been representing clients in employment and labor matters for over 30 years, including litigation.  In addition to my base of employee and union clients, I have represented several joint employee-employer trusts regulated by ERISA. I also provide proactive labor and employment counseling to employers.. I am an MIT graduate and received my law degree from New York University Law School. I began my legal career with the National Labor Relations Board, and served as an attorney in the NLRB’s Washington D.C. and Seattle, Washington, offices from 1967 to 1974. I then went into private practice. In 1981 I co-founded the law firm that has become Frank Freed Subit & Thomas.. For over 25 years I have served on the planning committee of the Pacific Coast Labor and Employment Law Conference, which annually produces a nationally recognized two day seminar for labor and employment lawyers. I have also served as a mediator.. My approach to client representation is to find the correct mix of advice to the client, aggressive representation in presentations to the other side, and litigation that works for the case and the client.. I come from a family of lawyers, including my father, wife Kay, sister and brother-in-law. My two children, Jeremy and Mikaela, are not lawyers, although they are articulate and were argumentative at times when they were young.

I am a trial lawyer and member in the Seattle office of Williams Kastner, and currently serve on the firm’s Board of Directors. I concentrate my practice on civil litigation related to product liability, bodily injury, employment law and commercial cases. I have broad litigation experience consisting of numerous jury trials, alternative dispute resolution and managing complex cases in state and federal district court. I was named to the Rising Stars list by Washington Law & Politics magazine from 2001 to 2004, and again from 2008 to 2010 and was named to the Super Lawyers list in 2011.. I represent clients in cases involving corporate negligence, serious bodily injury and property damage. As part of my employment practice, I conduct personnel investigations and represent clients in lawsuits alleging wrongful termination, sexual harassment, retaliation and discrimination. My commercial practice includes the representation of clients in contract disputes and cases involving breach of warranties, misrepresentation, and violation of the Consumer Protection Act. I also represent municipal corporations including school districts, cities, towns and numerous public agencies in a wide range of litigation matters.

For the past 20+ years, my primary practice area has been employment and labor law. I represent employees in all manner of workplace disputes. My clients range from highly-compensated executives to blue-collar union members. I handle negotiations, mediations, arbitrations, trial-court litigation, class-actions, and appeals. If you have an employment matter or other civil rights issue, I look forward to speaking with you. Visit our website at .

For over two decades, Judy has served communications-related clients after working as a professional journalist. Her background is a unique blend of private practice and in-house experience. She has assisted media clients on a variety of content and newsgathering issues and has litigated public records and access cases. During 2006, Judy took off a year from private practice and worked as General Counsel for Fisher Communications, Inc., a major Northwest broadcast corporation. Her expertise in communications/media law was recognized when Seattle Magazine named her as one of the area’s top 155 lawyers in that field in January 2007. Judy also spent ten years with GTE Corporation (now Verizon) in the Northwest and California. During that time she acquired substantial experience in public utility regulation and administrative law.. Judy has significant experience counseling clients on legal matters central to their businesses, such as commercial contracts and employment issues. This counsel has involved preparation of, or negotiation of, complex commercial agreements such as interconnection, retransmission consent, program rights and affiliation agreements. She has written many types of employment agreements and has advised on employment law compliance and litigation. Judy has adapted to the changing needs of communications clients due to recent internet-based technological advances. She has produced privacy policies and terms of use agreements and addressed advertising and content issues associated with Web sites.. Judy is a frequent speaker at meetings, conferences and Continuing Legal Education seminars and has published in the area of communications law. Most recently, she wrote two chapters for the “Public Records Act Deskbook” published by the Washington State Bar Association in 2006.

Darren Feider is a Member in the Seattle office. His practice involves general employment litigation of wrongful discharge and discrimination claims, the drafting of employment and consulting contracts, non-compete agreements and severance packages for both employees and employers, and conducting investigations for private and public employers in response to EEOC and Washington State Human Rights Commission complaints. He has represented employers in unpaid wage actions, and he also handles general commercial litigation.

Britenae is a full-time litigator in the firm's Litigation and Employment groups. She handles a wide range of general litigation matters from inception through arbitration, trial, and any state or federal appeal process. Britenae litigates general contract disputes, complex commercial disputes, and title insurance matters. She also works on a variety of real estate cases, intellectual property matters, and banking litigation. As part of her employment law expertise, Britenae has worked on matters regarding discrimination, harassment, termination issues, responding to agency complaints, and advising clients on handbooks and policies. Britenae enjoys being a "counselor" and not simply a litigator, and advising clients on how to handle the many issues confronting their businesses.

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 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.

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.