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Julie Kebler provides employment and traditional labor counsel to employers in both the public and private sectors, with a special emphasis on healthcare, maritime, hospitality and emerging companies. With over twenty-eight years of legal experience from the perspectives of a private, government and in-house counsel, Ms. Kebler is known for alerting clients to potential problems and taking steps early to reduce the possibility of expensive disputes, union issues and litigation. Thoughtful planning and foresight can reduce but not totally eliminate an employer's exposure to employment and labor related disputes and claims. When claims are made or union disputes arise or lawsuits filed, Julie’s experience underscores effective advocacy.
Experience
Equal Employment Opportunity CommissionLitigated individual and class action lawsuits based on race, sex, religion and equal pay issues.
METRO(as an independent agency)Supervised employment and labor relations activities, labor contract negotiations, labor arbitrations and labor policy development.
Representation of Employers before the EEOC. WSHRC, DOL, DLI and other federal and state employment and labor agenciesParticular expertise in prevailing wage and wage and hour issues, FMLA leave, accommodation, and Fair Housing Act discrimination matters.
Representation of Employers before the NLRB and PERCRepresentation of employers before the NLRB and PERC and during union organizing campaigns, union picketing; unfair labor practices, construction site labor actions and collective bargaining. Particular expertise in crafting strategies in response to corporate campaigns, neutrality agreements and public sensitive situations. Development of corresponding management training materials for working in a union environment in the private and public sectors.
U.S. Merit Systems Protection BoardPresided over and mediated employment, discrimination, and whistleblowing related appeals for union and nonunion federal employees in a four-state area.
Professional Activities
- Member, American Health Lawyers Association
- Board Member, Seattle Neighborhood Group, 2006-present
- Executive Committee, Defense Counsel Position, Labor and Employment Section, Washington State Bar Association, 2004-2005
- Treasure and Trustee, Labor and Employment Section, King County Bar Association, 1996-1998
- Conference Co-Chair, Pacific Coast Labor and Employment Law, 1996
Publications
- "2010 - Time to Re-Assess Independent Contractor Status," Garvey Schubert Barer Legal Update, May 28, 2010.
