Representative Experience
Litigated jury and non-jury cases on behalf of large and small employers in Washington, Oregon, California and elsewhere throughout the United States

Lead counsel in state-wide and nationwide race discrimination, sex discrimination and wage-and-hour class actions

Served as court-appointed Special Master in nationwide Title VII race discrimination class action

Mediator in numerous employment cases pending in state and federal courts

Prior Experience
Law professor, University of Southern California Law Center, 1968-79

Regional Attorney, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in Seattle, 1979-86

Trial Advocacy Teaching and Training
Instructor in Trial Advocacy, University of Washington School of Law, 1980-present

Program Director, Team Leader and Faculty, National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA), 1975-present

Trial skills training instructor, Washington State Bar Association and similar organizations, 1980-present

Representative Clients
American Red Cross, ARCO, AT&T, Bank of America, Boeing, Denny's, Entercom, Home Depot, NFL, Nissan, Paccar, The Seattle Times, Seattle Seahawks, Teledesic, University of Puget Sound and Virginia Mason Medical Center

Publications and Presentations
Lectured and written extensively in the area of employment discrimination law

Principal contributor, Lindemann & Grossman, Employment Discrimination Law

Frequent speaker on employment law and employment litigation topics for the American Bar Association, the American Employment Law Council, the Defense Research Institute, National Employment Law Institute and similar organizations

Memberships and Activities
Winner, Top 10 Defense Wins of 2005, for Williams v. The Boeing Company by The National Law Journal

Named as one of the “Best Lawyers in America” in Labor and Employment Law by Woodward/White, 1993-2008

Named one of The Nation’s 50 Most Powerful Employment Attorneys in Human Resource Executive magazine in a list prepared by Lawdragon

Named as one of "America's Leading Business Lawyers" by Chambers USA, 2003-2006

Selected to "Super Lawyers," Washington Law & Politics, 1999-2006

Lawyer Representative to the 9th Circuit Judicial Conference

American Bar Association

Washington State Bar Association

American Employment Law Council, Advisory Board

National Employment Law Institute, Advisory Board

National Institute for Trial Advocacy, Program Director

Fellow, College of Labor & Employment Lawyers

Education
J.D., Yale Law School, 1968

• Editor, Yale Law Journal and Order of the Coif