RoundGlass Bellevue
Aspenwood Building
1800 114 Ave #200
Bellevue, WA 98004
Members: $110; Non-Members $140
Includes full lunch and Legal Seminar
Schedule
| Time | Segment | Speakers |
|---|---|---|
| 9:45 AM to 10:00 AM | Registration | |
| 10:00 AM to 10:10 AM | Opening Remarks | |
| 10:10 AM to 11:10 AM | An overview of Current Employment Law Issues – State & Federal | Josh Brittingham |
| 11:10 AM to 11:20 AM | Break/Snack | |
| 11:20 AM to 12:30 PM | How to Manage Political Expression at Work | Amy Robinson |
| 12:30 PM to 1:15 PM | Lunch RoundGlass presentation |
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| 1:30 PM to 2:30 PM | Unemployment and Insurance Claims | Don Dowie |
| 2:30 PM to 3:15 PM | How to Work with a Lawyer Panel | Jennifer Berry and Darren Feider |
Joshua Brittingham
Josh Brittingham is a seasoned labor and employment attorney who is conscientious, compelling, and compassionate. He represents and counsels management clients in connection with all types of labor and employment matters arising under federal and state law. Mr. Brittingham helps private and public employers reduce their legal exposure by implementing effective personnel policies and practices. He also represents high-level executives in employment matters. His wide-ranging practice includes drafting and enforcing employment, confidentiality, and non-competition agreements, and defending claims regarding wrongful discharge, discrimination, sexual harassment, and wage-and-hour issues in state and federal courts and administrative agencies. Mr. Brittingham also provides representation on labor relations matters, such as collective bargaining, arbitrations, union organizational campaigns, and National Labor Relations Board proceedings.
Amy Robinson
Amy Robinson, a partner with Miller Nash LLP and the co-chair of the firm’s employment law & labor relations team, represents public and private employers throughout Washington, Oregon, and Alaska. She advises on a broad range of workplace-related issues and provides experienced counsel on compliance challenges and disputes covering the entire employment life cycle from hiring to separation. Before becoming an attorney, Amy was in the trenches as an HR professional, so she knows first-hand how workplaces function and the daily pressures and many responsibilities that fall to HR. Amy is also a past president of Southwest Washington SHRM, past Southwest Region Director on the Washington State Human Resources Council, and has held leadership positions in both legal and HR professional organizations.
Don Dowie
Don Dowie is a Lead Administrative Law Judge with the Washington State Office of Administrative Hearings on the unemployment insurance caseload. In five years with the office, Don has adjudicated several thousand cases involving a myriad of issues. With more than 20 years in the legal profession, Don has also worked as a trial attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice and as an assistant chief litigation counsel for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington, D.C. He is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley where he earned his law degree.
Jennifer Berry
Jennifer Berry is an employment lawyer with over 20 years advising in the HR profession. She has been in-house counsel for DWT and Virginia Mason. Jennifer has been a “must see” speaker for LWHRA for many years – always sharing the latest in HR Law and supporting LWHRA and the HR industry.
Darren Feider
Darren Feider is a shareholder with SEBRIS BUSTO JAMES and the head of the firm’s litigation group. His practice involves general employment litigation, wage and hour disputes, trade secret, covenant not to compete and non-solicitation litigation as well as copyright infringement and trademark matters. Mr. Feider’s employment work focuses on wrongful discharge and discrimination claims, the drafting of employment and consulting contracts, non-compete agreements and severance packages for both employees and employers and conducting investigations for private and public employers in response to EEOC and Washington State Human Rights Commission complaints. He also handles general commercial litigation.