Julie Lucht

Practice Areas

Labor & Employment Law

Employment Counseling & Training

Employment Litigation

Wage & Hour

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Compliance & Litigation

Workplace Harassment

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Career

Julie Lucht, a partner in the firm's Labor & Employment practice, focuses on employment litigation and counseling. She represents clients in all phases of litigation in defense of numerous types of employment discrimination and other employment-related claims. She counsels and defends clients in connection with issues and claims arising under WLAD, Title VII, ADEA, ADA, FMLA, GINA, FLSA, WARN, NLRA, USERRA and related statutory and common law employment claims, as well as drafting employee handbooks, separation and termination agreements, equal employment opportunity policies, sexual harassment policies, employee leave policies, reasonable accommodation policies and employment contracts. She has served as temporary in-house counsel for a Fortune 100 company, handling a range of employment matters.

Julie also represents clients in special remedies litigation instigated to protect clients from trade secret misappropriation, corporate raiding, breach of contract and fiduciary duties and other employment-related offenses. She counsels clients in arbitration, mediation and other alternative dispute resolution proceedings and defends clients in class action litigation and in lawsuits litigated by the EEOC. She also frequently provides support on labor and employment law issues in the negotiation, diligence and transition planning in mergers and acquisitions for public and private companies.