Gainey Law, PLLC Seattle Employment Law Attorney

  Five Ways to Get an Attorney to Call You Back You’ve been fired or pushed out because of your race or gender or other protected class status , or after speaking up about sexual harassment, discrimination - that's retaliation. You start contacting attorneys, hoping for help, but no one gets back to you. It's frustrating and it can feel personal. It isn’t. Most employment firms get more messages a week then they can respond to. The ones that get a quick response share one thing in common: clarity and a lack of red flags. Here’s how to make your story stand out and get a call back. 1. Lead With What Happened—Not How It Felt Start with the facts. Attorneys need to know what happened, where, and when before they can evaluate your case. Include: Your full name and contact information (email, and phone at minimum) The employer’s name (Do not leave this out - lawyers need to do conflict checks) Your job title, wage or salary, and start/end dates What you reported ...

 RESOURCES FOR WA WORKERS SUFFERING IN DIFFICULT WORKPLACES When you’re being mistreated at work — targeted, sexually harassed, or punished for speaking up — it can be hard to know where to turn. You don’t have to navigate it alone. Washington has strong worker-protection laws and several organizations that offer free or low-cost guidance, even if you aren't yet ready to hire an attorney. Below are reliable starting points for understanding your rights, finding support, and taking action to protect yourself. Each link leads to a legitimate state or nonprofit resource that can help you make informed choices about your next steps. Washington State Department of Labor & Industries (L&I) The Washington State Department of Labor & Industries provides comprehensive information on workers' rights in Washington, including wage and hour laws, workplace safety standards, and workers' compensation benefits. Great if you need your former employer to pay out you...

10/25/2025: See the InvestigateWest article, IME providers still in the news, still a massive expense to Washington and still allegedly incompetent or worse - read more: https://www.investigatewest.org/retired-docs-earn-millions-examining-injured-washington-workers/  Labor Retired docs earn millions examining injured Washington workers 'This is a wonderful way to make six figures saying no,' said one attorney about Independent Medical Examiners' role in evaluating workers' comp claims. Gainey Law, PLLC currently represents client(s) related to the wrongful acts of Dr. Douglas Robinson and the Washington State entities that enabled his bizarre and harmful behavior for decades. Despite numerous complaints, the Department of Labor and Industry did nothing to protect Washington workers against Dr. Douglas one of LNI’s highest paid medical examiners. If you received a forced medical exam (IME, independent medical exam) from Dr. Robinson we want to here from you. Please call ...

Don't just watch our Democracy being dismantled, stay informed and do what you can to stop it.     No More Denial.  The Dismantling of Democracy is Underway I am not the first to notice or to say, that our democracy is under attack , but it is alarming how many people who should be saying it aren't saying it. Or maybe getting my news off ads on Instagram is not exhaustive. So, I found democracy docket, with Marc Elias of Perkins Coie (no hissing my plaintiff's attorneys brethren). They are tracking all of the lawsuits against Trump and his regime as well as almost everything else is this quickly evolving hellscape.  Stay informed. The harms are real. (ICE RAIDS, POLITIZATION OF THE DOJ, ) Silence is dangerous. The choice to see clearly, and speak up is still ours. Talk to each other, reason things out, find credible sources of information and share them. Stand up for and with your neighbors.  Stay Strong. In Solidarity, ~Nicole Gainey ...

Most people are unaware that statutory caps apply to damages available in Federal Court. These caps drastically limit the recovery that a plaintiff can receive from a winning lawsuit. To put it simply even if a jury awards Millions of dollars to a plaintiff that was discriminated against in the workplace, in most cases that plaintiff's recovery will be reduced to AT MOST $300,000. Why don't people know this? The media loves an exciting headline that sells the seemingly contradicting ideals that a) that David can beat Goliath - a single person we can speak truth to power and win against all odds and b) there is too much litigation, and people are just out to shake down corporations. Otherwise, headlines would look something like this: Jane Doe wins 127-million-dollar lawsuit against Acme Executive for Racism and Sexual Harassment BUT  Damages awarded will be reduced to the statutory limit of $300,000. Not exactly effective click bait.     But the truth, in this emplo...