Ann Marie Painter was quoted in the Big Law Business article, “#MeToo Movement Brings Busy Times for Labor Lawyers,” regarding the Perkins Coie workplace harassment task force, the national conversation about sexual misconduct and the wave of high-profile workplace sexual harassment allegations.

“We felt that it would be a great thing to, in a more formal way, gather a group of attorneys from different practice areas that could be triggered or mobilized very quickly when a client has a need that needs to be addressed promptly,” said partner Ann Marie Painter.

“No practitioner who’s been practicing in the area of labor and employment for the past 25 years is surprised by any of these allegations,” said Painter. “What is surprising is the volume and the public nature of them and the swiftness with which employers are taking action in response to these allegations.”

Painter said the public nature of the recent allegations has changed the way her clients are thinking.

“It is apparently getting the attention of investors, shareholders, business partners, so that it has taken on a greater degree of significance,” she said.