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Examples of the types of cases we handle and results that we have obtained for our clients:

• $320,000 combined settlement for woman who was fired after complaining about sexual harassment.
• $120,000.00 settlement for woman for failure to hire and failure to promote claims.
• $30,000.00 verdict after trial in favor of woman who was terminated after requesting accommodations for her religion; plaintiff had $7,000.00 in lost wages.
• $40,000.00 verdict after trial in favor of transgendered person who was taken off work after starting sex-reassignment surgery.
• Reversal of a sign ordinance at the City of Mountlake Terrace that was in violation of the First Amendment by prohibiting our clients from posting their yard sign advertising weekly bible study and fellowship meetings.
• Court of Appeals decision reversing the decision of the Employment Security Department to deny unemployment benefits to individual who was terminated for repeated acts of workplace negligence. Wilson v. Employment Security Dept. 87 Wash.App. 197, 940 P.2d 269 (1997)
• Court of Appeals decision reversing the decision of the Employment Security Department to deny unemployment benefits to individual who quit work because of potentially illegal demands by her employer. Robinson v. Employment Security Dept. 84 Wash.App. 774, 930 P.2d 926) (1996)
• Court of Appeals decision reversing the decision of the Employment Security Department to deny unemployment benefits to individuals who accepted severance pay and “volunteered” for layoff Nielsen v. v. Employment Security Dept., 93.Wash.App. 31, 966 P.2d 399)(1998)
• Successfully argued to King County Superior Court that our client’s former employer was not entitled to restraining order that would have required our client to give up a $100,000.00/year job. Client was served paperwork and contacted attorney at 5:00 p.m. the day before the hearing was set; we worked through the night and the next day to prepare opposition papers, including obtaining a statement from an expert witness in the industry.

If you have had work-related problems with any of these, you may want to consult us:

• Sexual harassment
• Racial harassment
• Disability discrimination
• Sex discrimination
• Age discrimination
• Sexual Orientation discrimination
• National Origin discrimination
• Retaliation
• Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
• USSERA (right to return to work following military service)
• Wrongful discharge in violation of public policy

Disclaimer: The information presented in this website should not be considered to be formal legal advice, nor the formation of an attorney-client relationship. Results of past cases are not a promise of future results, and all results are fact-dependent and vary on a case-by-case basis.