Michele A. Gammer
   
Law Firm:

Associate General Counsel

Microsoft Corporation

   
Address:

One Microsoft Way

34/5222

  Redmond, WA 98052
   
Phone: 425-703-8777
Fax: 425-727-3846
   
E-mail Address: mgammer@microsoft.com
   
Education:

1981, J.D. cum laude, Georgetown University Law Center;

1977, B.A., Oberlin College

   
Court Admissions:

1983, Supreme Court of Washington;

1983, Western District of Washington;

1988, Eastern District of Washington;

1984, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

   
Legal Experience
 
and Work History: 2000-present: Associate General Counsel, Microsoft Corporation, lead employment and labor in-house practice group handling advice and legal claims.

1990-97, 1999-2000: Partner, Preston Gates & Ellis, employment and labor counseling, training, and litigation.

1997-99: Shareholder and Of Counsel, Sebris Busto, employment and labor counseling, training, and litigation for public and private sector clients (including public school districts).

1983-89: Shareholder, Schweppe Krug & Tausend, P.S., employment and labor counseling and litigation as well as white collar criminal defense.

1981-83: Law Clerk, United States Judge Richard C. Freeman, United States District Court, Northern District of Georgia.

   
Focus of Law Practice: Labor and Employment law. I have experience trying employment cases in state and federal courts in Washington. I generally represent management in such cases.
   
Professional Associations: 2002-03, Chair, Taskforce on Availability of Legal Assistance for Low Income Civil Litigants, Federal Bar Association, Western District of Washington.

2001, President, Federal Bar Association, Western District of Washington.

1997-98, Chair, Lawyer Representatives Coordinating Committee, Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

1996-98, Member, Executive Committee, Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

1993-95, Lawyer Representative, Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

1993-94, Member, Alternative Dispute Resolution Task Force, Federal Bar Association, Western District of Washington.

1986-97, Coordinator, Federal Civil Rights Pro Bono Panel, United States District Court, Western District of Washington.

1994-96, 1991-93, Trustee, Federal Bar Association, Western District of Washington.

   
Alternative Dispute  
Resolution (ADR) Training: April 2008, ABA Section of Dispute Resolution 10th Annual Conference.

January-February 2008, Rule 39.1 Neutral Training, Federal Bar Association, Western District of Washington.

April 2006, Northwest ADR Conference, University of Washington.

   
ADR Experience: I have mediated three employment cases and arbitrated one case.
   
ADR Practice Areas: Employment, Civil Rights.