Workplace Investigations, Employment Law, and Conflict Resolution
About Me:
I am a seasoned attorney and investigator, good at combining careful fact finding with authentic human connection and empathy. Workplace complaints require detailed, methodical and well-documented investigation; at the same time, people at work require meaningful resolution and practical ways to move forward. I am a skilled mediator, with training in equity and trauma-informed approaches. Investigations are an opportunity for real listening and understanding, but it takes intention and experience to bring that energy to a legalistic process built on careful examination and detail.
My experience resolving conflicts both inside and outside of courtroom and arbitration settings has equipped me with the ability to meet moments of complexity and high emotion with grounding and attunement.
With more than 10 years in labor and employment advising, I am versed in several areas including wage and hour, protected leave and accommodation, and anti-discrimination law.
Services
Workplace Investigations
I investigate claims of workplace misconduct, including harassment, discrimination, retaliation, and other alleged policy violations. My approach is thorough, precise, empathetic and trauma-informed. My investigative reports balance needed detail with readability.
Conflict Resolution
I advise on wage and hour, protected leave, disability accommodation and anti-discrimination matters.
(206) 300-3987
Employment Law
I provide mediation services to resolve workplace conflict.
Stress in conflict can elicit fight, flight, freeze, shut-down and fawn responses in our nervous systems, especially at work where we face performance demands, complex institutional structures and power dynamics. Successful conflict resolution requires trauma awareness, basic knowledge of nervous system states and techniques for maximizing connection and executive function in times of strain. I apply this knowledge with empathy, attunement, grounding, and Non-Violent Communication (NVC) concepts to support people moving toward resolution in conflict.