SAPPHIRE LEGAL, PLLC

The legal representation and advice we provide varies from case-to case depending on the issues presented and our client's goals. We provide 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 insurance coverage, appealing a denial of unemployment benefits, and clients seeking anti-harassment orders, injunctions, and evictions.  

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 usually 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. 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 our 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 also helped several Boeing employees avoid repayment or reimbursement of pension overpayments, resulting in hundreds of thousands of dollars saved. 

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, including landlord-tenant disputes and unlawful detainer actions. 

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 in front of the Office of Administrative Hearings and petitions for review to the Commission of the Employment Security Department and Superior Court.