Representative Experience
Represents clients in all aspects of traditional labor law including: corporate campaigns; union elections; union representation proceedings; unfair labor practice proceedings; collective bargaining; contract administration; and grievance and arbitration proceedings

Provides advice and counsel on issues related to: employee discipline; leave of absence; termination; workplace investigations; and government audits and investigations

Lead counsel representing clients in both individual and class action suits in state and federal court, private arbitration and before the National Labor Relations Board

Prior Experience
Associate, Jackson Lewis, LLP, San Francisco, California

Corporate Counsel, Labor Ready, Inc., Tacoma, Washington

Presentations
Regular presenter at state and national conferences. Topics include: wage and hour compliance, collective bargaining, corporate campaigns, union avoidance, leave management and administration, employment discrimination, wrongful termination, preventive counseling and professional ethics.

Memberships and Activities
Washington State Bar Association

State Bar of California

Admitted to all California and Washington State and Federal Courts and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

Education
J.D., Northwestern School of Law - Lewis and Clark College, Portland, Oregon, 2000

Syracuse University College of Law, Syracuse, New York

B.S. in Political Science, University of Oregon, 1996