2022 Winter Conference: Employment Law

Day 1: Employment Law
 

Co-Chairs/Co-Editors:
Diego Alonso Rondon Ichikawa, Vreeland Law PLLC
Ada Wong, AKW Law, P.C.

Register for Day 2 - Trial Skills

Day 1 Schedule
5.25 Law & Legal, .75 Ethics CLE Credits

7:25–8:25AM  Breakfast in Exhibit Hall

8:25–8:30  Welcome from Co-Chairs
     Diego Alonso Rondon Ichikawa, Vreeland Law PLLC
     Ada Wong, AKW LAW, P.C.

8:30–9:00  Potential Defenses to Employment Claims
     Aubrie Hicks, Dobson Hicks PLLC

9:00–9:30  Trial of an Employment Case
     Susan Mindenbergs, Law Office of Susan B. Mindenbergs
     Jeffrey Needle, Law Offices of Jeffrey L. Needle

 9:30–10:00  Refashioning Your Practice Every Decade or Less
     Victoria Vreeland, Vreeland Law PLLC

10:00-10:30  Class Actions
     Adam Berger & Lindsay Halm, Schroeter Goldmark & Bender

10:30–11:00  Exhibit Hall Break

11:00–11:30  Attorneys’ Fees
     Judith Lonnquist, Law Offices of Judith A. Lonnquist, P.S.

11:30AM–12:00PM  Retaliation
     Ada Wong, AKW LAW, P.C.

12:00–12:30  Lunch

12:30–1:30  Washington State Wage and Hour Law
     Marc Cote, Frank Freed Subit & Thomas LLP
     Beau Haynes, Washington Wage Claim Project

1:30–2:15  ETHICS
     Jesse Wing, MacDonald Hoague & Bayless

2:15–2:45  Exhibit Hall Break

2:45–4:00  Panel
     Religious Discrimination and Accommodation - Munia Jabbar, Frank Freed Subit & Thomas LLP
     Age Discrimination – Darryl Parker (Civil Rights Justice Center PLLC)
     Race and Color Discrimination - Hardeep Rekhi, Rekhi & Wolk, P.S.
     Pretrial Motions – Sean Phelan, Frank Freed Subit & Thomas LLP