General Areas of Practice:
Labor/employment and commercial litigation, including all aspects of
employer counseling and representing both management and aggrieved employees
in trial and appeal of non-competition, trade secrets, employment
discrimination, labor, wrongful discharge, ERISA, FMLA, wage/hour,
Sarbanes/Oxley, worker’s compensation and OSHA/WISHA matters. He is the
featured expert in the nationally recognized LearnKey interactive training
program entitled “The ADA and Disability Law.”
Other Legal Experience: Ralph
has successfully pursued and defended hundreds of claims involving public
entities and private companies before federal and state courts and agencies.
He has also obtained favorable decisions in a number of significant cases
before state and federal appellate courts in Washington.
Law School: Brigham Young
University (J.D., cum laude, 1981)
Undergraduate School: Brigham
Young University (B.A., Economics 1978)
Professional Activites/Honors:
Asia-Pacific Lawyers Association, BYU Management Society, J. Reuben Clark
Law Society, Amicus Committee of the Washington Self-Insurers Association,
Employment Law Committee of the Washington Defense Trial Lawyers
Association, American Bar Association, Labor and Employment Section, King
County Bar Association and Labor Section.
