Representative Experience
First-chair litigation and trial experience in employment matters. Cases include multi-plaintiff wage/hour and discrimination/harassment matters, noncompete/nonsolicit agreement disputes, wrongful termination, workplace safety, ADA, FMLA, unlawful picketing injunctions, unfair labor practices, strikes, and collective bargaining. Employer counseling in all areas of legal compliance, including compensation and executive employment agreements, performance management, discipline, disability accommodation, leaves of absence, and sensitive terminations. Extensive training experience in discrimination/harassment, performance management, and legal basics for managers.

Prior Experience
Partner, Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Associate, Littler Mendelson

Staff Intern, United States Senate Committee on Finance, Washington, D.C.

Publications and Presentations
Regular presenter at CLEs and SHRM conventions on employment law topics including wage and hour law, discrimination, harassment, union avoidance, and unfair competition

Drafted wage and hour, labor law, and discrimination chapters of "The Washington Employment Law Handbook"

Memberships and Activities
Member, Washington State Bar Association

Member, California State Bar Association

Member, Colorado State Bar Association

Education
J.D., University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, 1995

B.A., Advertising/Psychology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 1989