OUR PRACTICE

We provide legal services to individuals, businesses, contractors, subcontractors, homeowners, landlords, tenants, neighbors, employees, employers, small business owners, groups, buyers, sellers, union members, and others. Our clients range from food service workers to government employees and civil servants, from secretaries and office administrative staff to supervisors, corporate managers, directors, and executives, from medical assistants to nurses and doctors. We represent clients in every position from entry level to CEO in every industry. Our clients are also diverse in race, ethnicity, religion, sexuality, beliefs, and financial background. We believe in equal opportunity, civil rights, and we treat all our clients the same. 

The legal representation and advice we provide varies from case-to case depending on the issues presented and client's goals. We offer single one-off appointments for advice and counseling, negotiate settlement and severance packages, write letters, draft agreements, and represent clients in mediation, arbitration, and in court (litigation). We also handle matters involving life insurance, disability insurance, pensions, and other employee benefits. We provide Human Resources consulting to small and medium sized employers, provide training and education, and investigate workplace complaints. We also represent employees who are fighting for their employment benefits and insurance coverage.  

We have extensive experience negotiating severance packages for employees who are being terminated or who want to resign. We have successfully and smoothly handled complex executive departures, leading to amicable terms and easy transitions. Clients who want to leave without creating conflict and without damaging their reputation benefit from our approach and representation. Of course, if a client prefers to depart in another way, we can do that too, but we do not recommend that approach.   

We have represented numerous Amazon and Microsoft employees. We have helped them keep their jobs, reach agreements regarding severance, and take medical or other leave while they determine their options. We help Amazon employees facing Pivot make decisions and come up with strategies. Our extensive experience representing Amazon employees allows us to provide guidance and insight regarding how to reach specific goals and predict what Amazon will do. We make recommendations based on this history and experience. If an employee has already been terminated or has already decided to leave Amazon or to stay and try to improve, it is not too late for us to help.  We provide advice and strategy regarding how to handle Focus plans, performance evaluations, coaching and 1:1s, Improve Plans, appeal panels, RSUs and stock vests, extending employment, transferring, requesting ADA accommodations, taking medical and other leave, dealing with Human Resources, and negotiating severance pay. 

We have helped several Boeing employees avoid repayments of pension overpayments, resulting in hundreds of thousands of dollar benefits to our clients. 

We file liens for contractors, seek removal of liens for owners, draft agreements, and provide advice regarding contractual terms and obligations. We prepare AIA contracts, and administer and manage construction contracts on small and medium projects. We help our construction clients remain in compliance with safety laws and policies, and we help implement safety and training programs for their employees and laborers.

We also draft deeds, purchase and sale agreements, and handle real estate disputes.  

We represent clients in arbitration, mediation, litigation, and in matters involving the EEOC, Human Rights Commission, Department of Labor, and Labor & Industries. We also handle unemployment appeals and petitions for review. We have extensive experience in all aspects of litigation from filing the lawsuit to written discovery and depositions, to trial.