The 2026 listing of leading Employer-focused Seattle Employment Lawyers details attorneys practising within the areas of employment and industrial relations matters across the greater Seattle legal market whose practice has a strong employer representation focus and who have been identified by the city’s employment lawyers for their expertise and abilities in these areas.
Preeminent
D. Michael Reilly, Ballard Spahr
Laurence Shapero, Ogletree Deakins
Leading
Mark Berry, Davis Wright Tremaine
Anthony Byergo, Ogletree Deakins
Kenneth Diamond, Winterbauer & Diamond
Molly Gabel, Seyfarth Shaw
Kevin Hamilton, Ashurst Perkins Coie
Ryan Hammond, Littler Mendelson
Jeffrey James, Sebris Busto James
Harry Korrell, Davis Wright Tremaine
Adam Pankratz, Ogletree Deakins
Lauren Parris Watts, Seyfarth Shaw
James Sanders, Ashurst Perkins Coie
Priya Vivian, Ballard Spahr
Steven Winterbauer, Winterbauer & Diamond
Recommended
Katheryn Bradley, Ballard Spahr
Emily Bushaw, Ashurst Perkins Coie
Julie Lucht, Ashurst Perkins Coie
Kyle Nelson, Seyfarth Shaw
Kathryn Rosen, Seyfarth Shaw
Devin Smith, Seyfarth Shaw
Daniel Swedlow, Seyfarth Shaw