Patrick M. Madden
Recognized since 2005
Seattle, Washington
Practice Areas
Employment Law - Management
Litigation - Labor and Employment
Mr. Madden focuses his practice on employment law and class action matters. He advises employers on various issues, including wage and hour payment and compliance and compensation plan design; assists employers responding to agency investigations; and represents employers in wage and hour, discrimination, and other class actions and individual lawsuits at state and federal levels. Mr. Madden has worked on over a hundred class actions, some involving putative classes of hundreds of thousands of employees and potential damages in excess of a billion dollars, including lawsuits involving wage calculation and payment issues, entitlement to overtime and benefits, off-the-clock claims, challenges to exempt status, claims to employee status, adverse treatment and adverse impact discrimination, harassment, and systemic retaliation.
Contact & Links
- Direct Phone Number: 206-623-7580
- Phone Number: 206-623-7580
- Lawyer Page: https://www.klgates.com/Patrick-M-Madden
Location
- 925 Fourth Avenue, Suite 2900
Seattle, WA 98104
Education
- Pacific Lutheran University, BFA, graduated 1983
Bar Admissions
- Washington, 1991
Affiliations
- Association of Washington Business, Employment Law Committee - Former Chairperson
Federal Clerkships
- United States Court of Appeals
Headquarters:
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
298 The Best Lawyers in America® awards
5 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America awards
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
- Litigation - Labor and Employment, Seattle (2020)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2024 for work in:
- Employment Law - Management
- Litigation - Labor and Employment
Special Focus:
- Class Actions
- COVID-19
- Defense
- Management
- Wage-Hour Law
Awards:
- Association of Washington Business "Heavy Lifter Award" for going "above and beyond the call for the business community"
Publications
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