D. Michael Reilly
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reillym@lanepowell.com
206.223.7051
Mike Reilly is the Director of Lane Powell’s Labor and Employment and Employee Benefits Practice Group. He concentrates his practice representing small and large employers on employment litigation and advice in claims involving discrimination, wrongful discharge, ERISA, race, sex, religion, retaliation, family responsibility discrimination and disability claims. He has successfully tried over 60 jury trials, arbitrations and bench trials and successfully handled claims before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and Washington State Human Rights Commission. Mike has served as lead counsel in an employee raiding/trade secret cases as reported in the Wall Street Journal, and defended companies in class action claims.
Mike is listed in The Best Lawyers of America®. In 2010, Seattle Business magazine ranked Mike a “Top Lawyer” in Labor and Employment Law. Chambers USA’s Guide to America’s Leading Lawyers for Business listed him a “Leading Lawyer,” describing him as “truly phenomenal [with] superb legal instincts.” In 2006, Washington CEO Magazine named Mike a “Most Amazing” attorney. Super Lawyers magazine routinely designates Mike a “Washington Super Lawyer.” His remarks on employment issues have been quoted in Newsweek, Corporate Legal Times, Seattle Times, Employee Relations Law Journal, Puget Sound Business Journal, CFO.com, and other professional journals and management publications.
Practice Areas
- Director, Lane Powell Labor and Employment Practice Group
- Chair, Lane Powell Retail Industry Team
- Member, Lane Powell Board of Directors
- ERISA Litigation
- Financial Institutions
- Health Care
Professional Associations
- Commissioner, Washington State Economic Development Commission, 2005-2007
- Member, Board of Regents, Gonzaga University
- Gubernatorial Debate Consultant to the Governor, State of Washington
- Past Member, Board of Directors, American Red Cross
- Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)
- Washington State Healthcare Human Resources Association
Education
- Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. (J.D., 1984)
- Member, Board of Editors, Catholic University of America Law Review, 1983-84
- First Place in Moot Court Competition, 1983
- Gonzaga University, Spokane, Washington (B.B.A., cum laude, 1981)
- Outstanding Student of the Year, 1981
- Excellence Award, School of Business Administration, 1981
- Loyalty in Leadership Award, 1981
- Albert Mann Debate Award, 1979
Bar Admissions
- Washington, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and pro hac vice admission in Oregon, Idaho, Alaska, Montana
Shareholder
knappj@lanepowell.com
503.778.2115
Practice Areas
- Business
- Employee Benefits
- ERISA Litigation
- Labor and Employment
- Litigation Practice
- Taxation
Professional Associations
- Western Pension and Benefits Conference, President – Portland Chapter (2002-2003)
- Member, Oregon State Bar
- Member, Multnomah Bar Association
Education
- University of Pennsylvania Law School (J.D., 1989)
- Order of the Coif
- Editor, University of Pennsylvania Law Review
- Publication: “Effective State Regulation of Energy Utility Diversification,” 136 U. Pa. Law Rev. 1677, 1988
- Washington and Lee University (B.A., 1984)
- B.A. in Romance Languages (Spanish/French)
Bar Admissions
- Oregon
- U.S. District Court, District of Oregon
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