Background
Mentzer, Michelle C. was born on November 24, 1955 in France.
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Michelle C. Mentzer
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Wesleyan University (Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, 1977). Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California (Juris Doctor, 1984). Spoken languages: Spanish.
Career
Worked at Schwerin, Campbell & Barnard, Limited Liability Partnership (Seattle, Washington) specializing in Civil and Appellate Practice. Labor (Union) and Employment Law, Employment Discrimination, Wrongful Termination, Contract and Benefit Disputes, Mediation and Arbitration Services. Admitted to the bar, 1984, California and United States.
District Court, Northern District of California.
1986, Washington and United States. District Court, Western and Eastern Districts of Washington.
Phi Beta Kappa. Order of the Coif. Recipient: American Jurisprudence Award in Criminal Law, 1981.
Robert P. Cowell Fellowship in Labor Law, 1983.
Author: "Unions Right to Information about Occupational Health Hazards under the National Labor Relations Acting," 5 Industrial Relations Law Journal 247 (1993). Schwerin, Burns, Campbell & French, Limited Liability Partnership traces its roots back to the 1920"s when George Vanderveer defended the International Who's Who in the Everett Massacre. Currently, the 9 lawyer firm primarily represents labor unions in the service, industrial, publishing, maritime, longshore, airline, construction, theatrical, school and public employment arenas.
Representative clients include Teamsters, Service Employees, Machinists, ILWU, Newspaper Guild, Inlandboatmen"s Union, and Operating Engineers.
A significant portion of the firm"s practice is also devoted to representing individuals in sex, age, race, sexual harassment, national origin and disability discrimination cases as well as other employment related disputes. The firm believes in preventive law and economical litigation and mediation to benefit working people.
