Rick represents national and Northwest companies in a wide range of labor and employment matters, including labor disputes and employment litigation. Rick devotes a significant portion of his practice to the arbitration and mediation of employment matters and serves as a member of the American Arbitration Association's commercial and employment panels and the panel of mediators for the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington.
CONTACT INFO
206-892-2142
rick.rasmussen@stokeslaw.com
PRACTICE AREAS
Labor and Employment
Alternative Dispute Resolution
EDUCATION
University of Wisconsin Law School, J.D., Order of the Coif and editor-in-chief of the Wisconsin Law Review (1974)
University of California at Los Angeles, B.A. in History (1965)
ADMITTED TO PRACTICE
Washington
U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Washington
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
U.S. Supreme Court
ASSISTANT
PROFESSIONAL & COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
Rick is past chair of the King County Bar Association's Labor Law Section, past chair of the Pacific Coast Labor Conference, and presently serves as co-chair of the Washington State Bar Association Committee for Diversity.
RECENT PUBLICATIONS & SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
Recent presentations have included effective advocacy in mediation for the Office of the Attorney General and U.S. Department of Justice, advocacy in arbitration for the American Arbitration Association, and mediation of sexual harassment cases for the Washington State Bar Association.
Rick is a frequent speaker on employment and labor relations issues and the mediation process.
RECOGNITION
Mentor of the Year, King County Bar Association Young Lawyers Division (2009)
Regularly selected as Super Lawyer, Washington Super Lawyers®, including in 2010
The Best Lawyers in America® in Alternative Dispute Resolution and Employment Law (since 1993)
AV® rated by Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review
BACKGROUND & INTERESTS
I love travel, photography and my grandchildren.
