Judd Lees has been practicing labor and employment law since 1979 and is a member in the Seattle office. He is the chair of the firm’s Labor and Employment Law Practice Group. Mr. Lees represents both unionized and nonunionized employers in the private and public sector, including clients in the construction, manufacturing and the transportation industries before federal and state agencies, including the Department of Labor, National Labor Relations Board and the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries. Mr. Lees is a past member of the Board of Trustees for the Associated General Contractors of Washington, and is past president of the Western Washington Chapter of Associated Builders and Contractors. Mr. Lees was named to Super Lawyers by Washington Law & Politics magazine in 2006. He has also been recognized by the Seattle Met magazine as a “Top Lawyer” in Labor and Employment for 2010, a designation based upon Martindale-Hubbell's ranking of those practitioners in King County who have been judged by their peers to be “AV Preeminent”—the highest peer-review rating available.