Protecting Your Rights at Work
Our lawyers have extensive experience and a strong reputation for representing employees, as well as advising small businesses and non-profit organizations. We work in all areas of employment law, including matters involving discrimination, retaliation, wrongful termination, breach of contract, and noncompetition agreements. Our attorneys strategically and vigorously pursue the interests of our clients by fighting for the best possible outcome in any employment matter they bring to us. Our attorneys also have experience litigating the enforceability of employee non-competes, non-solicitation clauses, and restrictive covenants, including resisting temporary restraining orders and injunctions.
Workplace Discrimination
The U.S. Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, and national origin. The Washington Law Against Discrimination goes even further and also prohibits discrimination on the basis of familial or marital status, sexual orientation, age, military status, and disability. If you are discriminated against based on one of these protected categories, you may have a claim.
Pregnancy Discrimination
Although discrimination against pregnancy is prohibited, some people begin to experience discrimination once they announce their pregnancy to their employers. Pregnancy discrimination may include unfair discipline, demotion, harassment, or even termination. If you believe you have been treated unfairly due to a pregnancy, the birth of a child, or because of your children, you may have a claim against your employer.
Sexual Harassment
Sexual harassment is considered a form of discrimination based on sex under the law. If you have experienced sexual harassment at your workplace, regardless of your gender, sex, or sexual orientation, you may have a claim against your employer. Sexual harassment can come in many forms, from lewd comments, to attempted fondling, to demands for sexual favors. Regardless of how the harassment occurs, it is prohibited and your rights are protected.
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Employment Law Team
Employment Law Victories
Allowing Clients to Put the Past Behind Them
Fields v. Washington Department of Early Learning
Together with our partners at the ACLU, we successfully fought to help a client put a criminal
conviction for theft behind her. After learning of a decades-old conviction, the Department of
Early Learning revoked our client’s child care license without considering that she had gone
through drug court and recovery decades earlier, and had been successfully working in
childcare for years. The Washington State Supreme Court ruled in 2019 that the client must
have a fair chance to show her qualifications and cannot be categorically denied a license
based on a decades-old conviction.
Helping Employees Recover Unpaid Wages
Scientific Computing Company Confidential Settlements
Terrell Marshall negotiated confidential pre-litigation settlements for two executive-level
employees and one hourly employee, all of whom were not being paid wages and benefits as
they became due from local scientific computing and engineering companies.
Think you have a case?
If you think your rights have been violated, we’ll help you determine if you have a case.