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Admitted: 1984, Washington Law School: University of Washington, J.D. Member: King County and Washington State Bar Associations; Member of Executive Committee of WSBA Labor and Employment Section; Washington Employment Lawyers Association; Washington State Trial Lawyers Association. Born: Denver, Colorado, March 17, 1959
Steve Connor has practiced law in the State ofWashington since 1984. Throughout his career Mr. Connor has been involved in the litigation of various types of commercial matters including construction, intellectual property, commercial contract and real estate disputes. For the last twelve years Mr. Connor's practice has focused on employment and civil rights litigation. Mr. Connor has successfully represented employees in federal and state courts in sexual harassment cases, in sexual, racial, age and disability discrimination cases, in wage and hour cases, in breach of contract cases and in retaliation cases. Mr. Connor has also advised employers on the handling and management of related employment issues.
Among the cases Mr. Connor has handled have been Port v. Abercrombie & Fitch, in which plaintiffs alleged the company had violated the Washington's wearing apparel statute and which settled for a full refund of all amounts alleged to have been wrongfully paid by employees following successful certification of a class; Junker and Wagner v. Food Services of America, in which two co-executives were awarded a judgment of $2.2 million dollars after a five-week jury trial concerning unpaid compensation; Scott, Thompson v. PMA et,al, a class action on behalf of female longshore workers in the Port of Tacoma in which the plaintiff class was awarded $3.4 million dollars in monetary relief and other non-monetary relief; Sharkey et. al. v. Reynolds Aluminum, a sexual harassment and discrimination suit in which three plaintiffs were awarded approximately $425,000 in damages by a jury; Hagen v. ILWU, in which the plaintiff became the first registered female foreperson in the history of the ILWU and was awarded approximately $300,000 in damages; Murray v. ILWU, in which the plaintiff was awarded $750,000 in damages and emotional distress following a three-week jury trial for discrimination and harassment; Fisch v. State Patrol, in which a class of state patrol o
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