KW Economics provides employment damages analysis for cases venued in Seattle, Washington. For an employment claim arising in Seattle, the but-for pay path comes from the employee's own records and the mitigation analysis rests on wage data for the employee's occupation in the Seattle area, with each element presented separately for the remedy that applies. Civil claims arising in Seattle are typically heard in the Superior Court sitting in King County. Deposition and trial testimony are available for Seattle matters, in person or by remote appearance where the forum allows.
Employers such as Amazon, Microsoft, and Boeing shape the Seattle labor market, and where an analysis turns on local economic conditions it measures them against Seattle-area data and the records of the person or business at issue rather than against a citywide average. Plaintiff and defense.
Back pay, front pay, and lost benefits in discrimination, retaliation, wrongful termination, and wage-and-hour matters. The analysis reconstructs what the employee would have earned in the position, including raises, bonuses, and benefit accruals, measures actual interim earnings, and evaluates mitigation and the period over which front pay is reasonable. In wage-and-hour matters the same records drive an hours and pay reconstruction for the individual claim or the class.
KW Economics serves counsel throughout Seattle and the surrounding King County area. Our economists reconstruct back pay and front pay from the employee's own pay and benefit records and measure mitigation against wage data for the employee's occupation in the Seattle area, and are familiar with the court system and disclosure requirements that affect employment damages engagements in Washington.
Employment damages analysis for Seattle matters is directed by Christopher Skerritt, M.Ed., MBA, Chief of Economic Services, who is available to testify to it.
KW Economics offers complementary economic damages services for Seattle cases.
We also provide employment damages analysis in these Washington communities.
Yes. KW Economics provides employment damages analysis for attorneys handling matters venued in Seattle, Washington, for plaintiff and defense counsel across the case mix common to Seattle matters.
Earnings and household services are measured against the plaintiff's own records and against wage data for the Seattle area, with data for Washington as a whole used only where a local figure is unavailable and only with the substitution stated. The source behind every figure is documented so the loss can be traced and defended.
KW Economics provides full economic damages reports, preliminary damages estimates for settlement evaluation, reviews and rebuttals of opposing economic reports, and deposition and trial testimony, sized to both trial-track and settlement matters. The appropriate deliverable depends on case posture.
Request a consultation on Employment Damages in Seattle or call (201) 343-0700. Plaintiff and defense counsel.