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Nic Doherty
Associate
I enjoy crafting legal strategies that help employers focus on their business.
Nic Doherty works with employers and management to resolve a broad spectrum of local, state, and federal employment issues, including wage and hour, leave, workplace health and safety, harassment, discrimination, and wrongful termination claims. He collaborates with clients and expert witnesses to craft and execute compelling legal strategies to help achieve the most favorable outcomes for his clients. Nic also regularly conducts complex investigations of workplace misconduct for his corporate clients.
Admitted to Practice
- Washington, 2019
- U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington
Education
- J.D., Seattle University School of Law, 2019, magna cum laude
- Editor-in-Chief, Seattle Journal for Social Justice
- National Order of Barristers
- CALI Excellence Awards for Torts, Property, Legal Research & Writing, Business Entities, Professional Responsibility, Civil Rights Amicus Clinic
- B.A., Political Science, Western Washington University, 2015
- President, Student Economic Association
- President, Student Economic Association
Memberships & Affiliations
- Volunteer, Street Youth Legal Advocates of Washington
- Member; Board Member, 2018-2019 – QLaw Association of Washington
Professional Recognition
- Named "One to Watch" by Best Lawyers in Labor and Employment Law - Management, 2025
Background
- Associate, 2019-2020; Summer Associate, 2018; Fox Rothschild LLP, Seattle
- Clinic Student, Ronald A. Peterson Civil Rights Clinic, Seattle, 2019
- Research Assistant, Prof. Laurel Oates, Seattle University School of Law, Seattle, 2016-2019
- Legal Extern, Starbucks Coffee Company, Seattle, 2017
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Publications
08.15.24
News
2025 Edition of Best Lawyers Recognizes More Than 180 Davis Wright Tremaine Attorneys for Excellence Read More mountains
08.23.21
Insights
Counseling
Washington's 2021 Emergency Standard on Employee Exposure to Wildfire Smoke Read More trees in smoke
08.23.21
Insights
Northwest
Washington's 2021 Emergency Standard on Employee Exposure to Wildfire Smoke Read More 07.31.20
Publications
"Navigating Washington State Employment and Leave Laws During the COVID-19 Pandemic," Fox Rothschild
01.14.20
Publications
"New FLSA Rule Updates Test for 'Joint Employer' Status," Fox Rothschild
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