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Chambers & Partners, publishers of Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, has once again recognized Shareholders Carolyn Cairns and Shannon Jost as leading attorneys in Washington.

Stokes Lawrence is proud to announce that it has been named a leading law firm in Employment for Washington in the 2013 edition of Super Lawyers Business Edition.

In the latest development in a push by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to pursue sexual harassment allegations against Evans Fruit, a federal judge refused to grant plaintiffs a new trial.

This spring, a team of Stokes Lawrence employment attorneys, which included Brendan Monahan,Carolyn Cairns, Justo Gonzalez and Sarah Wixson, successfully defended apple grower Evans Fruit against sexual harassment and retaliation claims brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Stokes Lawrence is the only firm in the United States to win against the EEOC at trial in the past year.

The Stokes Lawrence Employment practice has marked another win against Equal Employment Opportunity Commission claims. In a Title VII employment case filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington, a Stokes Lawrence team, including Brendan Monahan, Beth Joffe, Justo Gonzalez and Olivia Gonzalez, obtained a favorable summary judgment ruling on behalf of two agricultural clients facing EEOC claims of discrimination. This is the second time the court has ruled against th...

Stokes Lawrence's Employment practice has tallied another victory. In this latest win, attorney Mathew Harrington represented a woman who was terminated from her position as a partner with a Big Three accounting firm. After a trial on the merits, a panel of three arbitrators found that the accounting firm failed to provide the client with the retirement payout due upon her termination. Noting that the accounting firm did not properly calculate the entire retirement payout due, the arbitration...