SGB is proud to announce that its client, Todd Pierce, prevailed on claims against the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Judgment in Pierce’s favor has been entered for damages over $4.6 million. Pierce was recruited away from a lucrative job and his home in San Francisco to join the Gates Foundation in a newly conceived…

"Becky is a role model to all of us; she’s fearless in any battle, but she’ll never fight dirty; she listens as much as she advocates; she puts her clients first and she’ll deflect any praise you send her way. Congrats, Becky!" - SGB's Lindsay Halm WSAJ's outgoing President Darrell Cochran of Pfau Cochran Vertetis Amala…

SGB's Jamal Whitehead spoke on the panel discussing this topic at the Washington State Bar Association's event Decoding the Law. Read about it here.

The lawsuit filed against The GEO Group, Inc., alleging the company violated Washington minimum wage law by failing to pay civil immigration detainees the lawful minimum wage for work essential to the operation of the Northwest Immigration Detention Center, may proceed as a class action, ruled a federal judge. The lawsuit filed by attorneys Adam…

THE HONORABLE JAMES L. ROBART In Service of the Western District of Washington, the Northwest, & Beyond By Lindsay L. Halm Just inside the door to Judge Robart's chambers is a pile of partially-folded post-it notes, gathered in a glazed ceramic bowl. I can't resist the intrigue and, without touching, lean over and peek…