is an attorney with the law firm of DLA Piper LLP in Seattle. She focuses her practice on employment advice and counseling, workplace investigations, and employment guidance on transactional matters for a wide range of employers. Ms. Cates regularly advises clients on various issues, including workplace misconduct, discrimination, harassment, retaliation, hiring and termination, wage and hour laws, state and federal leave laws, ADA accommodations, reductions in force, and employment handbooks and policies. She has also conducted workplace investigations on allegations of harassment, discrimination, retaliation, bullying, and unethical conduct. Ms. Cates has experience conducting workplace investigations of all sizes, including high-profile investigations that have made national headlines. She earned her B.A. degree from the University of Washington and her J.D. degree from UCLA School of Law. Ms. Cates is a member of the Washington and King County bar associations, and State Bar of California.

is special counsel in the Seattle office of Littler Mendelson P.C., and has been advocating for clients in all forms of litigation for over 25 years. He has represented individuals, small businesses, non-profit and educational institutions in state and federal courts in California, Pennsylvania, and Washington and across the United States. As a business trial attorney, Mr. Johnson has broad experience in areas including complex commercial litigation, consumer fraud, antitrust, employment discrimination, wrongful termination, and wage and hour violations. Aside from handling litigation matters, he has also negotiated executive compensation agreements and institutional vendor contracts on behalf of numerous private companies and educational institutions, as well has handling collective bargaining negotiations and National Labor Relations Board matters. Mr. Johnson earned his B.A. degree from University of Washington, his M.P.A. degree from University of Washington and his J.D. degree from University of California, Hastings College of Law.

is a partner with the employment/labor, ERISA/life, health and disability, and cannabis, hemp and CBD practice groups; and is a co-managing partner of Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP's Seattle office. Her employment and labor practice focuses on employers, and includes a hybrid of counseling and litigation. Ms. Turner is an experienced litigator who has represented and defended employers in matters involving claims for wrongful discharge, discrimination, harassment, retaliation, privacy, defamation, ADA, leave and benefits, breach of contract, violation of non-competition and non-solicitation agreements, and wage and hour. She practices in both Washington and Oregon's state and federal trial and appellate courts, and in arbitrations before American Arbitration Association, and Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services. Ms. Turner also has experience representing clients before federal and state agencies including the National Labors Relations Board, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Department of Labor, Department of Health, Washington's Labor and Industries, Washington's Human Rights Commission, Employee Security Department, Seattle Office of Civil Rights, Oregon's Bureau of Labor and Industries, and other state and local administrative agencies. She earned her bachelor's degree from University of California, San Diego and her J.D. degree, cum laude, from New England School of Law. Ms. Turner is a member of American, Washington State and King County bar associations; Oregon State Bar, Washington Defense Trial Lawyers, and Defense Research Institute. She is admitted to practice in Washington, Oregon and Massachusetts; U.S. District Courts, Washington, Eastern and Western districts; U.S. District Court, Oregon; U.S. District Courts, District of Massachusetts; and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

is a partner in the law offices of DSK Law. He is board-certified as a trial lawyer by both The Florida Bar and the National Board of Trial Advocacy. Over the course of his practice, Mr. Knight has generally focused on personal injury litigation. He earned his B.S.B.A. degree, summa cum laude, from the University of Central Florida and his J.D. degree from Stetson University College of Law.