Client Collaborations
All Representative Cases
Successfully defended college at the district court level regarding claims for disability discrimination, age discrimination, discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and constitutional due process brought by a former instructor.
Provides skilled guidance and compliance advice related to employment separations ranging from Voluntary Separation Programs (VSPs), large scale group layoffs and other Reductions in Force (RIFs), and strategic reorganizations, to individual terminations and negotiations of separation agreements.
Counsel regarding pricing and other antitrust matters.
Lien foreclosure for improvements to shopping mall restaurant. (Lake Washington Construction v. SFC Foods West)
Serve as patent counsel to general counsel for companies having no in-house patent counsel.
Successfully defended university at the district court level and on appeal regarding claims for Title VI discrimination and Section 1983 due process violations brought by former undergraduate student.
Drafts, negotiates, enforces, and defends a variety of employment-related contracts, including executive agreements, noncompetition agreements, nonsolicitation agreements, and confidentiality/nondisclosure agreements.
Arbitrated past and future contractual obligations in closely held real estate business impacted by COVID-19 shutdown. Award issued following dispositive motions, two-day Zoom hearing, voluminous document review, and post-hearing submissions.
Provide transfer and termination counseling, including preparing transfer consents and termination notices and enforcement of contract terminations.