Carney Badley Spellman, P.S. is a Pacific Northwest law firm located in Seattle, Washington. Our clients will tell you we are known for providing exceptional value in legal services by recognizing case objectives early and obtaining cost-effective results. The Carney firm provides legal services in business, litigation, construction, government affairs and insurance to individuals and to privately-held and publicly-traded companies.
We counsel our clients on a broad range of employment topics, provide in-house trainings for management and employees and conduct client seminars. We strongly believe in client continuing education and provide our clients with newsletters, online legislative information from our government affairs team and updates on developments in the law.
We routinely counsel our clients on:
- Personnel policies
- Employee handbooks
- Wage and hour laws (state and federal)
- Employment and consulting agreements
- ERISA
- Business protection agreements including non-compete and trade secret issues
- Workplace privacy issues
- Workplace investigations
- Discrimination and harassment
- Drug and alcohol testing
- Hiring
- Performance management and evaluations
- Management
- FMLA claims
- Termination policies and procedures
We provide advice and training for owners, management and staff. See Employment Trainings for a representative list of trainings. To sign up to receive invitations to our client seminars or newsletters, please email receptionist@carneylaw.com.
Employment Litigation
Carney attorneys evaluate the costs and risks of litigation and evaluate resolution options at the earliest possible step through negotiation and mediation. Sometimes it is necessary to litigate and we have a full team of successful litigators who provide effective and efficient representation in litigation. We routinely represent clients in state and federal court, administrative actions and arbitrations.