J. Markham Marshall – Lane Powell PC

Practice/Organization Description

J.Markham Marshall is Counsel to the Firm in the Seattle office of Lane Powell. Mark concentrates his practice on labor law issues. He has represented clients in arbitration proceedings and collective bargaining and advises them in all phases of labor and employment matters. He has represented labor clients in trial in both federal and state court and in proceedings before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, the Washington State Court of Appeals and the Washington State Supreme Court.

Mark is active in the legal community and is a Fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers; past chairman of the Seattle-King County Bar Association's Labor Law and Aviation Law Sections; and active in the American Bar Association's Section on Labor and Employment Law. He has served as a mediator in federal court employment suits, and as a court-appointed arbitrator and mediator in civil actions filed in the Superior Court for King County, Washington. Mark is listed in The Best Lawyers in America (1983 - Present).

Mark was previously a partner at Preston Gates and Ellis LLP. Prior to that, Mark was a field attorney for the National Labor Relations Board's 19th Region (Alaska, Washington, Idaho and Montana). Mark received his LL.B. from Stanford University and an A.B. from Whitman College.

Bar Admissions

*Washington

*U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; Federal Circuit

*Washington State Court of Appeals

*U.S. District Courts; Western District and Eastern District of Washington

*U.S. Court of Military Appeals

Education

*Stanford University (LL.B. 1966)

*Whitman College (A.B., 1962)

Professional Associations & Memberships

*Fellow, College of Labor and Employment Lawyers

*Member, American Bar Association, Committee on Practice and Procedure Under the National Labor Relations Act (management co-chair, Northwest Region of Subcommittee on Regional Practice, 1993-present; management co-chair of Freedom of Information Act Sub committee, 1986-93), Labor and Employment Law Section

*Member, American Bar Association, Employer-Employee Relations Committee, Tort and Insurance Practice Section member, Litigation Section

*Chair, Washington State Bar Association, Ethics Committee, Continuing Legal Education Committee, 1987-88

*Member, State Bar Convention Subcommittee Continuing Legal Education Committee, 1988-89

*Chair, King County Bar Association, Labor Law Section, 1980-81

*Chair, King County Bar Association, Aviation Law Section, 1979-80

*Member, American Employment Law Council

Honors and Awards

*Named as one of The Best Lawyers in America, 1983-Present

Practice Groups

• Labor & Employment Law

Areas of Practice

• Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
• Appellate Practice
• Labor & Employment Law
• Litigation