Professional Biography

Emily A. Bushaw Partner

  • Seattle

    D +1.206.359.3069

    F +1.206.359.9000

    Seattle

    1201 Third Avenue, Suite 4900

    Seattle, WA 98101-3099

    +1.206.359.3069

    EBushaw@perkinscoie.com

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Overview

Experience

Single Plaintiff Employment Litigation

Bakki v. The Boeing Company

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington
Defense summary judgment motion granted on all claims, including disparate treatment on the basis of race, aiding and abetting discrimination, retaliation, and wrongful discharge in violation of public policy.

Nahum v. The Boeing Company

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington
Defense summary judgment motion granted on all claims, including disparate treatment on the basis of race, hostile work environment in violation of Title VII, and defamation.

Leonard v. The Boeing Company

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington
Defense summary judgment motion granted on all claims, including disparate treatment on the basis of age in violation of the Washington Law Against Discrimination (WLAD) and breach of contract.

Handson v. Overlake Hospital Medical Center

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington
Defense summary judgment motion granted on all claims, including disparate treatment on the basis of race and disability in violation of Title VII and the Washington Law Against Discrimination (WLAD), failure to accommodate in violation of the ADA and the WLAD, retaliation, wrongful discharge, negligent infliction of emotional distress, and intentional infliction of emotional distress.

Kayky v. The Boeing Company

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington
Defense summary judgment motion granted on all claims, including hostile work environment, national origin discrimination, and retaliation.

Kearney v. The Boeing Company

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington
Defense summary judgment motion granted on all claims, including gender discrimination and retaliation under the Washington Law Against Discrimination.

Osborne v. The Boeing Company

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington
Defense summary judgment motion granted on all claims, including hostile work environment, discrimination and retaliation under the Washington Law Against Discrimination.

Lee v. General Dynamics Land Systems

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington
Defense summary judgment motion granted on all claims, including race discrimination and retaliation in violation of Title VII 42, U.S.C. Section 1981, and the Washington Law Against Discrimination.

Johnson v. General Dynamics Land Systems

American Arbitration Association
Defense summary judgment motion granted on all claims, including hostile work environment, race discrimination and retaliation under the Washington Law Against Discrimination.

Leodler v. Vulcan Inc., et al. / Benoit v. Vulcan Inc., et al. / Rosehaley v. Vulcan Inc., et al. / Turner v. Vulcan Inc., et al. / Sandoval v. Vulcan Inc., et al.

Superior Court of Washington, King County
Represented Vulcan and principals in litigation and arbitration arising over workplace disputes.

Class Action Litigation

Butler v. Holiday

Served as local counsel in class action involving alleged misclassification of exempt managers. Case dismissed.

Ginsburg, et al. v. Comcast

Defeated class certification in a putative wage-and-hour class action involving an alleged class of call center employees.

Lucke, et al. v. Comcast

Resolved individual claims prior to class certification in the defense of a putative wage-and-hour class action involving an alleged class of service technician employees.

Sharp v. Amazon

Serve as local counsel in wage and hour putative class action currently pending.

Mina v. Amazon

Serve as local counsel in wage and hour putative class action currently pending.

Wilson v. Independent Brewers United

King County Superior Court
Defense of proposed class action involving service charges and meal and rest breaks. Settled.

Noncompetition/Trade Secrets Litigation

Willis of Seattle v. Parker Smith & Feek, et al.

Superior Court of Washington, King County
Counsel for Willis Group in action alleging breach of non-competition agreements and related tort claims.

General Litigation 

Post Consumer Brands, LLC v. General Mills, Inc.

U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota
Successfully defeated motion for preliminary injunction in design patent infringement action, as lead defense counsel on behalf of defendant General Mills. After transfer of the action from the Eastern District of Missouri to the District of Minnesota, conducted two months of expedited discovery relating to plaintiff’s design patent infringement claim. The District of Minnesota denied the motion for preliminary injunction, holding that General Mills had raised a substantial question concerning the validity of plaintiff’s design patent.

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