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Experience
Labor & Employment
Boykin v. The Boeing Company
Defense of wage-and-hour class action with 20,000 class members. Summary judgment on all claims; affirmed, 128 F.3d 1279 (9th Cir. 1997)
Egashira, et al. v. The Boeing Company
Defense of ERISA class action claiming severance benefits. Summary judgment; affirmed, 16 Fed. App'x. 808 (9th Cir. 2001)
Bynum, et al. v. The Boeing Company
Defense of 18-plaintiff breach of contract and fraud in employment claims. Obtained verdicts for defendant in seven-week jury trial; affirmed, 85 Wn. App. 1065 (1997)
Fred Andersen, et al. v. City of Everett
Defense of Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) overtime claims by 90 police officers. Three-week bench trial; defense judgment; affirmed.
Houston v. Seattle School District
Defense of racial discrimination claims. Three week jury trial, defense verdict.
Beck, et al. v. The Boeing Company, et al.
Defense of Title VII sex discrimination class action with 30,000 class members. Settled on eve of trial.
Carr v. Puget Sound Energy
Defense of whistleblower wrongful discharge claims. Summary judgment; aff'd, 126 Fed. App'x. 414 (9th Cir. 2005)
Maple Valley Professional Firefighters Local 362 v. King County Fire Protection District Number 43
Defense of fire district against union claim to compel arbitration. Summary judgment dismissing the claim; aff'd, 145 P.3d 1247 (Wash. Ct. App. 2006
