Linda D. Walton - Lawyer in Seattle, WA

Linda D. Walton is a member of the firm's Labor Employment Law National

practice and former chair of the firm's Strategic Diversity Committee. In her

practice, Ms. Walton defends both private sector and public sector employers in

state and federal employment-related litigation matters. Through day-to-day

counseling and the design and presentation of preventative law training programs

for managers, supervisors and human resources personnel, Ms. Walton also devotes

a significant part of her practice to advising employers on how to avoid

employment litigation. Ms. Walton advises and trains clients on a wide range of

employment law matters, including among others, wage-and-hour law compliance,

FMLA compliance, Title VII compliance, workplace harassment, and newly emerging

employment law issues related to employee and employer use of social media. Ms.

Walton is also often called upon to conduct sensitive workplace investigations

on behalf of both private sector and public sector employers.

A frequent

lecturer on the subject of employment law, Ms. Walton served for a number of

years as an adjunct professor teaching Employment Discrimination Law at the

Seattle University School of Law, and she has served on the faculty of both the

National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA) Northwest Regional Program, and the

NITA Northwest Regional Deposition Program. Ms. Walton also regularly

contributes to client updates on labor and employment issues. See «Have You Updated Your FMLA Policy

Yet? The New FMLA Regulations Require Immediate Steps to Ensure Employer

Compliance» and «Jury's $1.8 Million Message to

Employer: No Pretexting in Employee Investigations.»