Harry J. F. Korrell

Partner

T 206.757.8080 Seattle
Doing the right thing isn't always easy or popular, and I am ready and willing to help you fight your hardest fights.
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Harry Korrell is a strategist who leads multi-disciplinary teams to solve complex legal and political challenges. He practices litigation and employment law and has extensive experience in large-scale and high-profile cases, including class actions and federal preemption, civil rights, campaign finance, non-compete, and election litigation. His victories include cases in state and federal trial courts, the U.S. Circuit Courts, the Washington Supreme Court, and the U.S. Supreme Court.

In 2010, Harry was appointed by President Obama and confirmed by the U.S. Senate to serve on the board of directors of the U.S. Legal Services Corporation, where he served as a director until 2019 and a committee member until 2022. He has served as counsel to the Washington State Republican Party and members of the Washington State Redistricting Commission, overseen various legal matters as a special appointee for the state government, and represented gubernatorial and presidential candidates as well as political committees in election matters.

Practice Highlights

Election and public policy litigation

Representing candidates and political committees in election litigation (including the 2004 gubernatorial election recount and contest litigation in Washington); advising clients on campaign finance and other election issues; drafting initiatives and referenda and guiding clients through the process of passing legislation through the initiative process; and challenging defective initiative measures both pre- and post-election.

Challenges to government overreach

Representing businesses and trade associations in challenges to state and local regulation, including litigating preemption and other constitutional challenges, and challenging attempts by governments to legislate and regulate beyond their authority.

Employment litigation

Protecting clients' intellectual property by enforcing noncompetition agreements and defending related claims; defending companies against employment claims (including discrimination, wage-and-hour, wrongful termination, and retaliation claims) in both individual and class action cases.