Feider, Darren A.

Current Employment Position(s)

Member, since 1999

Languages

• French

Lawyer Overview

Darren Feider is an equity member in the Seattle office. His legal practice has three primary areas of concentration: general employment litigation, construction defect litigation and general commercial litigation. A member of the firm for more than 17 years, Mr. Feider launched his career as a lawyer with Fulbright & Jaworski in Texas before joining Williams Kastner. He is a frequent speaker and author on labor issues and legislation as well as topics related to commercial litigation. He is fluent in French understands Italian, Portuguese and Spanish. 

Mr. Feider’s employment litigation includes defending employers in harassment and discrimination claims, unpaid wages and overtime claims, disability and accommodation claims, unemployment compensation and workers compensation claims, and noncompete, non-solicitation and confidentiality claims. Mr. Feider also defends employers in response to EEOC and Washington State Human Rights Commission investigations. He further has handled investigations for private employers in response to harassment and discrimination claims.

Mr. Feider’s construction experience includes defending general contractors from owners claims and pursuing third party claims against subcontractors in construction defect cases. Mr. Feider has represented multiple trades, including concrete, electrical, siding, roofing, insulation, and flooring from claims asserted by general contractors. 

Mr. Feider’s commercial experience includes representing corporations in all forms of disputes including breach of contract, antitrust, collection, enforcement of judgments. 

Areas of Practice

• Labor & Employment
• Litigation - Commercial
• Construction

West Practice Categories

Employment Law -- Employee, Employment Law -- Employer, Labor Law, Litigation & Appeals, Business & Commercial Law

Bar Admissions

• Texas, 1990
• Washington, 1993
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Washington
• U.S. District Court Western District of Washington
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Texas Bar Association (Member)
• Washington State Bar Association (Member)
• American Bar Association (Member, Labor & Employment Section)
• King County Bar Association (Member, Labor & Employment Section)
• Washington State Bar Association (Member, Litigation Section)
• British-American Chamber of Commerce
• French-American Chamber of Commerce
• American Bar Association (Member, Construction Section)
• Dutch-American Chamber of Commerce

Past Employment Positions

• Williams Kastner, Associate, 1993 - 1999
• Fulbright & Jaworski, Associate, 1990 - 1992

Education

• University of San Diego School of Law, San Diego, California, 1990
  J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
  Honors: cum laude
  Honors: American Jurisprudence Award
  Law Review: The University of San Diego Law Review, Member
• Paris Law School, Paris, France, 1988
• Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, 1986
  BA, Bachelor of Arts
• University of Paris-Sorbonne, Paris, France, 1987
• University of Avignon, Avignon, France, 1985

Published Works

• The Seven 'W's' of the Employee Termination Meeting, Washington Healthcare News, June, 2009
• Obama Administration Changes Employment Rules of the Game, The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, April, 2009
• "Independent Contractor Prevented from Suing Job Site Owner", Williams Kastner Labor and Employment Advisor, Summer, 2010
• "Employee Misconduct May Bar Unemployment Compensation", Williams Kastner Labor and Employment Advisor, Summer, 2010
• "Defamation in Discrimination Cases", Williams Kastner Labor and Employment Advisor, Summer, 2010
• "Hospital Not Held Liable for Nurse's Consensual Affair with Patient", Williams Kastner Labor and Employment Advisor, Spring, 2010
• "Severance Agreement", Williams Kastner Labor and Employment Advisor, Spring, 2010
• "Overtime Exemptions Protect Apple Packing Business", Williams Kastner Labor and Employment Advisor, Spring , 2010
• "Statute of Limitations Skewers Ex-Employee's Claims", Williams Kastner Labor and Employment Advisor, Spring, 2010
• "Terminated Employee Agreements and the Right of Arbitration", Williams Kastner Labor and Employment Advisor, Spring, 2010
• "Profile Testing of Prospective Employees - What are Your Rights and When is it Wrong", Progressive Rentals, December 2005-January 2006
• "Snow Days", Puget Sound Business Journal, November 16, 2005
• Co-Author, "Employment Affirmative Defenses", King County Bar Association, May, 2005
• "Employees Harassing Other Employees", Puget Sound Business Journal, April 20, 2005
• "Paying Employees During Rest Periods", Puget Sound Business Journal, August 2, 2004
• "Ask a Legal Expert: Must Employers Pay Employees During Lunch and Rest Periods?", Puget Sound Business Journal, May 6, 2004
• Co-Author, "Report on the Subcommittee on Legislative Developments", ABA Labor & Employment Section's Mid-Year Meeting, Employee Rights & Responsibilities Committee, March, 2004
• "Federal Whistleblower and Retaliation Laws", Employment Law E-Desk Reference. Defense Research Institute , 2004
• "Ask a Legal Expert: Must You Write Up or Document an Employee's Poor Performance Before You Terminate Them?", Puget Sound Business Journal, October 31, 2003

Address

Two Union Square
601 Union Street, Suite 4100
Seattle, WA 98101-2380

Phones

(206) 233-2906

Faxes

(206) 628-6611

Emails

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Websites

http://www.williamskastner.com