A job is never just a job—it’s stability, dignity, and opportunity. As SGB’s Carson Phillips-Spotts writes in this month’s Washington State Association for Justice Trial News, when someone loses their job due to race, sex, disability, or another protected status, our employment laws attempt to capture the gravity of the loss by providing a remedy.
The plaintiffs are committed to confronting the institutional failures that allowed Jason Zaccaria to harass his employees and to prevent it from happening to others.
Cori Latousek was held to different standards than her counterparts and experienced targeted and unfair discrimination based on her gender and sexuality.
A King County Superior Court jury has decided in favor of Linda O’Brien, a cancer survivor, who experienced discriminatory and retaliatory treatment by her former employer, an orthodontic and dental clinic with locations in Western Washington when they failed to accommodate her diagnosis and later wrongfully terminated her employment. Ms. O’Brien, who was represented by the law firm Schroeter Goldmark & Bender (SGB), received $3,263,230 in total damages.
A King County Superior Court jury has decided in favor of two Bellevue restaurant employees who were denied adequate wages and overtime pay, resulting in to date, awards of more than $680,000.
Nobody should face discrimination or harassment in the workplace or be punished for speaking out against it.
“Workplace Conflict and the Corporate Medical Playbook: How to Safeguard Your Career” will stream live via webinar on at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 19.
Schroeter Goldmark & Bender today announced it has secured a $375,000 settlement on behalf of a Lakewood woman who was discriminated and retaliated against after she disclosed her pregnancy to supervisors.
In case you haven't heard, Jamal Whitehead is speaking about workplace rights at the next Future For Us event on June 13. The #FutureForUs is a new group dedicated to advancing women of color to the highest levels of corporate, government, and social sector organizations.
Lindsay Halm co-authored a winning amicus brief in the Floeting v. Group Health case on behalf of Legal Voice. She argued – and the Washington Supreme Court agreed – that places of public accommodation (like hotels, restaurants, bars, and hospitals) must be held directly responsible when their employees discriminate against customers. Way to go Lindsay!
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