SEATTLE (Dec. 5, 2006) – The global law firm Dorsey & Whitney LLP today announced that Carllene M. Placide has joined the firm’s Seattle office as a partner in the Employment group. Placide will concentrate her practice on employment litigation, employment counsel, and business-based immigration matters.
Placide has been a shareholder in the Seattle law firm of Foster Pepper, PLLC since 2006 and an associate from 2003 to 2005. Previously, she was an associate at the Seattle office of Lane Powell, PC.
Placide is experienced in a broad range of employment issues, including discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wrongful discharge litigation, and statutory and regulatory compliance advice. Her clients include municipalities, financial institutions, a leading sporting goods retailer, large grocery store chains, and various private employers. Placide also has extensive experience representing companies on business immigration matters concerning non-immigrant and immigration status, visas, and employer sanctions imposed under federal immigration law.
Bryce Holland, partner-in-charge of the Dorsey & Whitney Seattle office, said: “Carllene is a superior employment and immigration lawyer, with a strong combination of litigation and compliance experience. Her abilities will help support the employment implications of our global practices, as well our general employment counsel in Seattle and throughout the Puget Sound region.”
Placide received her J.D. from Seattle University Law School, and her B.S. from Cornell University.