Victoria Slade
Counsel
Victoria Slade is an attorney with Davis Wright Tremaine LLP's employment services group. She has extensive experience guiding employers through tricky personnel issues, including allegations of discrimination and harassment, employee misconduct, disability accommodations, and terminations, and she regularly advises employers on other matters of state and federal employment law.
In litigation, Victoria partners with employers to find the best solution, whether through early dispute resolution or taking the case all the way through trial. Victoria also conducts investigations and provides training and advice on issues facing today's employers, such as implicit bias, microaggressions, stereotypes, and LGBTQ issues. Victoria also partners with employers to advance diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging, and she holds an Advanced Diversity and Inclusion Certificate from Cornell University.
Active in the community, Victoria gives her time in pro bono and community service projects. She has worked alongside various local nonprofits, including Legal Counsel for Youth and Children, the Northwest Immigrants Rights Project, Gay City, Planned Parenthood, and Legal Voice.
Admitted to Practice
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Washington, 2012
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U.S. District Court Western District of Washington, 2012
Education
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J.D., Seattle University School of Law, 2011, summa cum laude
- Student Commencement Speaker
- CALI Award for Excellence in Employment Discrimination, Torts
- Presidential Scholarship, 2008-2011
- Lead Articles Editor, Seattle University Law Review
- Co-president, Outlaws LGBTQ Student Organization
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B.A., Sociology, Smith College, 2003
- Dean’s List
- Dunn Scholar
Memberships & Affiliations
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- Fellow, Washington Leadership Institute, 2017
- President-Elect of Board of Directors, Legal Voice
Professional Recognition
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- Selected to a list of "Ones to Watch" in Labor and Employment Law - Management and Litigation - Labor and Employment by Best Lawyers, 2021-present
- Winner of "Best LGBTQ+ Lawyers Under 40 Award," National LGBT Bar Association & Foundation, 2020
- Selected to "Washington Rising Stars," Thomson Reuters, 2016-2022
Background
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- Principal, 2019; Associate, 2011-2018, Summer Associate, 2010 – Garvey Schubert Barer, Seattle
- Principal, 2019; Associate, 2011-2018, Summer Associate, 2010 – Garvey Schubert Barer, Seattle