In Case No C09-01379 Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano stipulated to a $450,000 damage payment for civil rights act retaliation when our client filed and defended a civil rights claim against his supervisor.
Snohomish Co. Case No. 04-2-06486 -- The court's June 1, 2008 Order
Confirming Class Action Settlement approved an award of $425,000 to be
distributed among the Latino surnamed workers for unpaid wage, double
unpaid wage, overtime wage, double overtime wage, unfunded insurance
benefits, and legal fee reimbursements which the employer withheld from
them.
Snohomish Co. Case No. 03-2-10084-4 -- The arbitrator awarded the
clients $49,210.31 for unpaid wage, double unpaid wage, interest, costs, and
legal fee reimbursements.
Dewey v. Seattle School District No. 1 (King County No. 93-2-18677-9)
-- $343,000 judgment entered upon six-day discrimination trial. No appeal.
Bohon v. Arco (King County No. 86-2-18134-2) -- Trial testimony
prompted Court of Appeals to instruct the trial judge to enter judgment
determining the defendant committed disability discrimination. (On retrial of
damage amount, the claim settled, amount under seal).
Hahn v. Yale (Court of Appeals Docket No. 37839-2-I) -- Court of
Appeals reversed in part with instructions to enter Rule 68 judgement for the
plaintiff and for the defendant to pay plaintiff's legal fees.
Washington Court of Appeals Division 1 (Docket No. 58478-2-I) -- The
court reversed dismissal of our client's guaranteed 3-year employment
contract claim, and remanded the case for a trial on the contract.
IMMIGRATION OUTCOMES
1. In Re: Expedited Removal at the Northern Border -- A cross
border L-1 business owner was extraordinarily removed from the US at the
northern border for 5 years without a hearing based upon an error
interpreting the client's visa authority. Based upon an appeal to the US
Attorney General, the client's L-1 business authorization was renewed and the
Expedited Removal action was cancelled and forever removed from his
US CIS records.
2. Other Outcomes
LIMITATION ON USE It would be unwise to believe that your case will
have the results described above simply because they have been achieved in
other cases. Each case is different, the product of different facts and
circumstances. No person can predict the outcome of your case based upon a
past experience. Representative experiences are reported above solely to
illustrate the breadth of and extent of the lawyer's experience.
There is no substitute for an individualized assessment by a trained
employment lawyer. Please call me with your concerns about Employee
Rights and Responsibilities.
Snohomish Co. Case No. 04-2-06486 -- The court's June 1, 2008 Order
Confirming Class Action Settlement approved an award of $425,000 to be
distributed among the Latino surnamed workers for unpaid wage, double
unpaid wage, overtime wage, double overtime wage, unfunded insurance
benefits, and legal fee reimbursements which the employer withheld from
them.
Snohomish Co. Case No. 03-2-10084-4 -- The arbitrator awarded the
clients $49,210.31 for unpaid wage, double unpaid wage, interest, costs, and
legal fee reimbursements.
Dewey v. Seattle School District No. 1 (King County No. 93-2-18677-9)
-- $343,000 judgment entered upon six-day discrimination trial. No appeal.
Bohon v. Arco (King County No. 86-2-18134-2) -- Trial testimony
prompted Court of Appeals to instruct the trial judge to enter judgment
determining the defendant committed disability discrimination. (On retrial of
damage amount, the claim settled, amount under seal).
Hahn v. Yale (Court of Appeals Docket No. 37839-2-I) -- Court of
Appeals reversed in part with instructions to enter Rule 68 judgement for the
plaintiff and for the defendant to pay plaintiff's legal fees.
Washington Court of Appeals Division 1 (Docket No. 58478-2-I) -- The
court reversed dismissal of our client's guaranteed 3-year employment
contract claim, and remanded the case for a trial on the contract.
IMMIGRATION OUTCOMES
1. In Re: Expedited Removal at the Northern Border -- A cross
border L-1 business owner was extraordinarily removed from the US at the
northern border for 5 years without a hearing based upon an error
interpreting the client's visa authority. Based upon an appeal to the US
Attorney General, the client's L-1 business authorization was renewed and the
Expedited Removal action was cancelled and forever removed from his
US CIS records.
2. Other Outcomes
- Issuance of TN employment authorizations for scientists,
technologist, and marketing professionals - Issuance of K1 fiancée visa to authorize overseas fiancée to enter the
country for her wedding - Reinstated a banned Nexus traveler border crossing card
- Issuance of family member green card
- Permanent resident held in detention as wrongly accused deportable
violent offender freed and case dismissed - Secured L1-B intra-company transfer visas for cross-border special knowledge geo-technical workers
- Secured L1-A intra-company transfer visas for chief executive and operations managers of small firms to open and spearhead a US Office
LIMITATION ON USE It would be unwise to believe that your case will
have the results described above simply because they have been achieved in
other cases. Each case is different, the product of different facts and
circumstances. No person can predict the outcome of your case based upon a
past experience. Representative experiences are reported above solely to
illustrate the breadth of and extent of the lawyer's experience.
There is no substitute for an individualized assessment by a trained
employment lawyer. Please call me with your concerns about Employee
Rights and Responsibilities.
M. A. JACOBSON, P.S., INC.
EMPLOYMENT & IMMIGRATION LAW
Representative Experience
Mike Jacobson
119 First Avenue S
Suite 200
Seattle, WA 98104
Tel: 206-447-1560
Fax: 206-447-1523
119 First Avenue S
Suite 200
Seattle, WA 98104
Tel: 206-447-1560
Fax: 206-447-1523
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