McCleary Employment Lawyers

I have been in private practice for over 35 years. My offices were originally in Woodinville. I opened an office in Bellevue in 1993 where I currently practice.

Emma Kazaryan has a civil litigation practice with an emphasis on employment law. She has successfully represented clients in severance negotiations, workplace investigations, government investigations, and licensing matters. Her accomplishments include helping clients obtain professional licensure despite challenging obstacles and resolving a wide variety of matters (including workplace and government investigations) with stellar settlements for her clients. Emma’s pragmatic and focused approach to litigation has enabled her to resolve several cases with a motion for summary judgment. Emma’s transactional work – which includes drafting employee handbooks and policies for the firm’s employer clients and counseling them...

Russ Mead is a business attorney who for the last several years has served as general counsel for two of the nation’s most notable animal welfare non-profits, Best Friends Animal Society and Farm Sanctuary. He is also a founder and general counsel for Animal Law Coalition. He is licensed as an attorney in Washington and Utah. Russ has represented a number of nonprofits as well as businesses as large as Chrysler and as small as a local shipwright. He counsels individuals on business matters. His practice has included business litigation and advising clients about organizational structure, business and entertainment contracts,...

Dr. Louise B. Andrew is a fifth generation physician trained at Duke and Johns Hopkins, and is former faculty in Internal Medicine and Emergency Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She is a leader in organized emergency medicine. A charter Life Fellow in the American College of Emergency Physicians, she has chaired the Personal and Professional Well Being Committee and the Public Relations Committee, the Professional Liability Task Force Expert Witness subcommittee, and is a past Speaker of the ACEP House of Delegates. She is also cofounder and past president of the American Association of Women...

Mr. Marra is a shareholder at Davis Grimm Payne & Marra. He has over 25 years of experience representing management in all types of employment litigation and provides advice on a wide-range of employment matters. His practice focuses on advocacy in private and public sector labor and employment law including claims of wrongful discharge, discrimination and harassment, and wage/hour litigation in state and federal courts. A significant part of his practice is devoted to representing clients in matters related to union relationships and collective bargaining. Prior to entering private practice, Mr. Marra was as an attorney at the National...