Jesse Wing
Phone: 206.622.1604Fax: 206.343.3961
PRACTICE EMPHASIS AND EXPERIENCE
Litigation
Employment Law
Fair Housing
Civil Rights
Probate litigation
Jesse's practice focuses on employment, discrimination, fair housing, public accommodations, free speech, civil rights, and probate litigation. He is a trial attorney with an emphasis on counseling clients.
Since 1994, Jesse has been a certified mediator and mediation trainer.
CURRENT PROFESSIONAL AND CIVIC INVOLVEMENT
- President, American Civil Liberties Union of Washington 2008-2012
- Chairman, Washington Employment Lawyers Association 2005-2008
- Chair of Legislative Committee, Washington Employment Lawyers Association 2009-Present
- Planning Committee, National Employment Lawyers Association Annual Convention 2008-2010
- Planning Committee, Pacific Coast Labor & Employment Law CLE Convention
- Legislative Steering Committee, Washington State Association for Justice
- Member, Washington State Bar Association
EDUCATION
Oberlin College, B.A., 1987
University of Wisconsin Law School, J.D., 1991
Law Clerk to Hon. David Cohen, U.S. District Court of Maine
BAR/COURT ADMISSIONS
Washington State Bar, 1998
United States District Court, Western District of Washington, 1997
United States District Court, Eastern District of Washington, 2011
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 2001
Illinois State Bar, 1993
United State District Court, Northern District of Illinois (Trial Bar), 1993
Wisconsin State Bar, 1991
United States District Court, Western District of Wisconsin, 1991
United States Supreme Court, 1997
RECENT PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
Author, Civil Rights Law Deskbook Chapter "Fair Housing" (WSAJ, 2011)
Author, Employment Law Deskbook chapter "The Tort of Wrongful Discharge in Violation of Public Policy" (WSAJ, 2009)
Author, Employment Law Deskbook chapter on "Ethics" (WSAJ, 2009)
Presenter, Wrongful Discharge in Violation of Public Policy" (WELA, 2010 CLE)
Presenter, "Fair Housing: A Primer" (WSAJ, 2011 CLE)
Presenter, "Electronic Discovery" (WELA, 2010 CLE)
Presenter, "Common Failings in Independent Investigations in Employment" (KCBA, 2010)
Presenter, Training for HUD investigators, "Investigating Fair Housing Complaints"
Presenter, "The Tort of Wrongful Discharge" (WSTLA Annual Convention)
Presenter, "Civil Rights Remedies" (CLS CLE)
Presenter, "Fair Housing and Occupancy Restrictions" (Fair Housing Consortium CLE)
Presenter, "Avoiding/Exploiting Pleading Pitfalls" (ABA Employment Law CLE)
Presenter, "Removal of Fiduciaries: Substance and Procedure" (WSBA CLE)
Frequent lecturer on civil liberties issues
Visiting Lecturer, University of Washington Evans School of Public Policy and undergraduate classes on civil rights and fair housing (annually)
MARCH 26, 2013
WA LAWMAKERS DEBATE EMPLOYEE PRIVACY IN DIGITAL AGE Attorney Jesse Wing is interviewed on the radio about legislation that protects employee privacy rights by barring employers from conditioning employment on providing access to their personal Facebook and other social media accounts. Read more »
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