Current Employment Position(s)

Associate, since 2005

Year Joined Organization: 2005

Lawyer Overview

As a human resources professional, Rosa guided municipal entities and a large public hospital in all aspects of human resource matters for more than 10 years. Now as an attorney, she brings this substantial "real world" experience to the table in advising her public and private clients. Rosa has extensive experience in conducting internal investigations, managing labor relations, handling employee grievance procedures, managing leaves of absence, and advising on discipline and discharge. She provides management advice and counsel regarding personnel policies and procedures, discipline and discharge, leave laws, wage and hour laws, safety and health issues, and labor relations, as well as business immigration matters. Rosa regularly assists clients regarding public record and open public meeting compliance. She is also a regular contributor to Foster Pepper's Local Open Government legal blog: www.localopengovernment.com.

Rosa has also defended employers before various courts and agencies against discrimination and harassment claims, wage and hour claims, labor disputes, wrongful discharge claims, and workers' compensation retaliation claims. Rosa has also represented employers in litigation and arbitration involving claims for violation of the duty of loyalty and breach of non-competition agreements.

Areas of Practice

• Employment and Labor Relations
• Public Records Response Squad
• Native American

West Practice Categories

Employment Law -- Employer, Labor Law, Constitutional Law

Bar Admissions

• Washington, 2005

Professional Associations and Memberships

• American Bar Association
• Washington State Bar Association
• King County Bar Association
• American Immigration Lawyers Association

Classes and Seminars

• Speaker, Challenges with a Mobile Workforce, Lorman Education Services, Tacoma, WA - December 12, 2007
• Speaker, Managing Difficult Behaviors in the Work Place, Seattle, WA - October 25, 2006
• Speaker, Employee Selection Procedures: What Passes Muster?, Yakima, WA - September 26, 2006
• Speaker, Business Immigration Records, Lorman Education Services, Spokane, WA - May 25, 2006
• Creating a Peer Mediation Program in your Hospital District, Co-Presenter, in conjunction with AWPHD, Kennewick / Seattle, WA - January / March 2006
• Speaker, Implementing Performance Evaluations That Are a Win-Win for Employers and Employees: Maximizing the Benefits and Minimizing the Drawbacks, Council on Education in Management - Seattle, WA - January 2006
• Workplace Harassment: The Issue is Respect, Co-Presenter, Foster Pepper PLLC - Seattle, WA - January 2006
• Speaker, Mandatory EAP Referrals and Last Chance Agreements, EAPA Northwest Chapter - Seattle, WA - October 2005

Past Employment Positions

• Harborview Medical Center - Seattle, Washington, Senior Human Resource Consultant, 2005 - Present
• City of Seattle (Human Services Department) - Seattle, Washington, Senior Personnel Specialist, 2001 - 2004
• Seattle University - Seattle, Washington, Student Employment Coordinator, Student Financial Services, 1994 - 2001
• City of Seattle - Seattle, Washington, Personnel Specialist, Human Services Department

Education

• Seattle University, School of Law, Seattle, Washington, 2004
  J.D.
  Honors: cum laude
• Seattle University, 1997
  M.P.A.
• Western Washington University, 1994
  B.A.
  Major: Human Services

Address

1111 Third Avenue
Suite 3400
Seattle, WA 98101-3299

Phones

(206) 447-7907

Faxes

(206) 749-2107

Emails

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Websites

http://www.foster.com