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Lawyer Overview

Judd Lees has been practicing labor and employment law since 1979 and is a Member in the Seattle office. He is the chair of the firm's Labor and Employment Law Practice Group. Mr. Lees represents both unionized and nonunionized employers in the private and public sector, including clients in the construction, manufacturing and the transportation industries before federal and state agencies, including the Department of Labor, National Labor Relations Board and the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries. Mr. Lees is a past member of the Board of Trustees for the Associated General Contractors of Washington, and is past President of the Western Washington Chapter of Associated Builders and Contractors. He was named to Super Lawyers by Washington Law & Politics magazine in 2006.

Areas of Practice

• Construction
• Labor & Employment
• Class Action

West Practice Categories

Construction Law, Employment Law -- Employee, Employment Law -- Employer, Labor Law

Bar Admissions

• Washington, 1980
• U.S. District Court Western District of Washington
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Washington
• U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
• U.S. Supreme Court

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Associated General Contractors of America (Member, Legal Affairs Committee)
• Western Washington Chapter of Associated Builders and Contractors (Chapter Counsel, Education Committee and President, 1989)
• Seattle-King County Bar Association (Member, Labor Law Section and CLE Labor & Employment Subcommittee)
• Washington State Bar Association (Member, Public Procurement and Private Construction Law)
• King County Bar Foundation (President's Council)
• Seattle Chapter of Associated General Contractors, 1993 - 1996 (Board of Trustees)
• Seattle Chapter of Associated General Contractors (Former Chair, Legal Affairs Committee)
• Bellevue Rotary CLub (Past President)
• Bellevue Schools Foundation, 1996 - 2005 (Past President and Board of Trustees)
• Bellevue PTSA Council, 1999 - 2001 (Director-at-Large,)
• Evergreen School, 1998 - 2004 (Board of Trustees)

Honors and Awards

• Super Lawyer, Washington Law & Politics Magazine, 2006 - Present

Education

• Boston University School of Law, Boston, Massachusetts, 1979
  JD, Doctor of Jurisprudence
• University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois, 1975
  BA, Bachelor of Arts
  Honors: cum laude
  Honors: With Highest Distinction in Political Science
  Honors: Phi Beta Kappa

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Published Works

• Obama Administration Changes Employment Rules of the Game, The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, April, 2009
• Obama Signs Executive Orders Undoing Bush's Support for Open Shop, AGC Works, February 18, 2009
• Court Overturns Union Button Ban, Newsline, September, 2008
• Challenging the Prehire Agreement Labor Law Journal, February, 1985
• The Survival of Contract Terms: The Quagmire Expands Labor Law Journal, September, 1985
• Trust Fund Collection Action After Contract Term Labor Law Journal, May, 1986
• EAJA's Elusive Standards for Recovery of Attorneys' Fees Labor Law Journal, June, 1987
• To Arbitrate or Not to Arbitrate--Who Decides the Question? Labor Law Journal, June, 1988

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