Craig Sims will join a panel of distinguished judges and attorneys for a discussion about understanding and handling implicit bias in mediations and arbitrations. Find event and registration details here.

SGB’s Becky Roe is quoted in a Seattle Times cover-story about sexual assaults within University of Washington’s athletic department.

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!

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.