BRUCE L. SCHROEDER

Employment / Litigation Attorney
(206) 676-7000

Practice: Bruce L. Schroeder’s practice is concentrated on representing management in the entire range of employment law matters.

Experience: Mr. Schroeder’s practice includes wrongful discharge, fair employment practice and labor-management litigation; unfair labor practices and other proceedings before the National Labor Relations Board and the Public Employment Relations Commission; union organizing campaigns; labor negotiations, grievance, and interest arbitrations; and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Washington State Human Rights Commission, Department of Labor, and wage/hour matters. He provides preventive counseling to clients to avoid or minimize the risk of litigation.

Bruce is the author of Supervising Employees Legally and Effectively, the Basics of Collective Bargaining in Washington, the Washington State Public Employment Overtime Guide, and co-author of An Overtime Handbook for Washington State Employers. Bruce also has extensive experience in conducting a wide variety of training programs for supervisors. Bruce’s clients are in all major sectors and include numerous public agencies. Prior to studying law, Bruce was a field examiner for the National Labor Relations Board.

Bruce was selected as a Super Lawyer for 2008 and 2009 by Washington Law & Politics Magazine. In addition, he is listed in Best Lawyers in America for 2008, 2009 and 2010.

Education: Bruce graduated from the University of Puget Sound in 1979, summa cum laude and Phi Kappa Phi. Bruce was the recipient of the Adam Smith award for academic excellence in economics. He graduated with highest honors and Order of the Coif from the University of Washington Law School in 1983. He was the Topics Editor for the Washington Law Review.

Memberships: Washington State Bar Association.