Admitted to Practice | Washington, 1993 | | District of Columbia, 1995 | | U.S. District Court Eastern District of Washington, 2000 | | U.S. District Court Western District of Washington, 1994 | | U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 2001 | | U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit, 2006 | | U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 1995 | | U.S. Supreme Court, 2005 |
| Harry Korrell practices litigation and employment law and has extensive experience in large-scale and high-profile cases, including class actions and commercial, civil rights and election litigation. He defends employers in discrimination, wrongful termination, and wage and hour cases, and represents companies and individuals in litigation over trade secrets and noncompetition and nonsolicitation agreements. Harry’s experience includes arguing important civil rights, employment and election cases before the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, the Washington Supreme Court and the U.S. Supreme Court.
Practice Highlights
- Successfully represented parents in Equal Protection Clause challenge to a school district's use of race in its student admissions plan in the District Court, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, Washington Supreme Court, and U.S. Supreme Court. Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle Sch. Dist. No. 1, 127 S.Ct. 2738 (2007).
- Obtained summary judgment for employer and defended the victory on appeal to the 9th Circuit in a harassment and retaliation case; the decision established parameters for an employer's defense to a plaintiff's claim of harassment by a senior manager. Hardage v. CBS Inc., et al., 427 F. 3d 1177 (9th Cir. 2005).
- Lead trial counsel for Washington State Republican Party and gubernatorial candidate Dino Rossi in the 2004 Washington state gubernatorial election recount and contest litigation (five cases in seven months, including two state Supreme Court cases and an election contest trial). McDonald v. Secretary of State, 153 Wn.2d 201 (2004); Wash. State Republican Party v. King County, 153 Wn.2d 220 (2004); Borders v. King County, et al., Chelan County No. 05-2-00027-3 (2005).
- 2004 and 2008 election counsel to Washington State Republican Party, Co-Chairman of Washington Lawyers for McCain (2008), Washington State election counsel to Bush-Cheney '04, Inc.
Selected Experience 2004 Complete defense verdict for health care provider on former employee's wrongful termination and whistleblower retaliation claims. (W.D. Wa. 2004). Obtained summary judgment for Rite Aid on claims of 34 plaintiffs alleging their layoff violated the NLRA, breached employment agreements, and violated Utah law. (D. Utah, 2000). Representation of media company in a suit for declaratory judgment and to compel arbitration in response to union's effort to interfere with a sale of assets. (D. Maine, pending). Defending trade association in multimillion-dollar class action brought by political opponents in an effort to deprive it of its ability to spend revenue on political speech. (Thurston County, pending). Obtained restraining order and injunction enforcing noncompetition agreement against former division manager attempting to work for competitor in Florida. (King County, 2007). Sam Reed, Secretary of State for the State of Washington Defended Washington's Secretary of State as Special Assistant Attorney General in mandamus actions filed by the Governor seeking to keep a referendum off the ballot. Case dismissed as moot at oral argument. Locke v. Reed, No. 75392-0 (2004), Grange v. Locke, et al., 153 Wn.2d 475 (2005). Successfully defended Pitney Bowes against competitor’s allegations of unfair competition, CPA violations and tortious interference. (King County, 2007). Obtained preliminary injunction and summary judgment for Pacific Aerospace on breach of confidentiality and nonsolicitation agreements; obtained contempt sanctions in excess of $200,000 for defendants' failure to honor the resulting consent decree. 295 F. Supp. 2d 1188 & 295 F. Supp. 2d 1205 (E.D. Wa. 2003). Obtained injunction for Plantec prohibiting violations of duty of loyalty and prohibiting performance of service contract by competitor founded by former employee. (Island County, 2004). Defending association in campaign finance litigation filed by former state Supreme Court justices alleging improper coordination with a candidate and failure to register as a political committee. (King County, pending). Prepared amicus briefs for Evergreen Freedom Foundation and 12 other policy organizations in support of petition for certiorari and on the merits in a case involving a constitutional challenge to a state law requiring consent before a union may use agency fees for political purposes. 127 S.Ct. 2372 (2007). Additional Qualifications Professional and Community Activities
- National Executive Board, Labor and Employment Law Practice Group of the Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy
- Executive Board, Puget Sound Lawyers Chapter of the Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy
- Employment Rights and Responsibilities Subcommittee, Labor & Employment Law Committee, American Bar Association
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Professional Recognition
- Recipient, Federalist Society’s Justice Theodore Stiles Award, 2006
- Selected to “Washington Super Lawyers,” Law & Politics, 2004-2009
- Named as one of the "Best Lawyers in America" in Labor & Employment Law by Woodward/White, 2010
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Education J.D., University of Chicago Law School, 1993 B.A., Philosophy, University of Washington, 1990, magna cum laude | |