Ryan Groshong is a partner in the Seattle office of K&L Gates, where he focuses his practice on labor and employment advice and litigation. He advises employers on a wide range of labor and employment issues, including hiring, discipline, termination, discrimination, harassment, retaliation, noncompetition, labor/management relations, and wage and hour matters. As an employment litigator, Ryan represents clients in state and federal courts and before federal, state, and local agencies. Ryan works with both private and public employers, including school districts and nonprofit organizations.
Ryan also litigates complex commercial disputes on behalf of clients in state and federal court, particularly in the areas of products liability and toxic tort defense. His experience includes taking depositions of both plaintiffs and fact witnesses, in addition to arguing numerous motions on behalf of clients.
Ryan maintains an active pro bono practice, including representing asylum-seekers and local nonprofit agencies.