Areas of Practice Rudy Englund serves as the Firm's Director of Wage and Hour and Class Action Litigation. In April 2006, he was inducted into the American College of Trial Lawyers. His practice emphasizes commercial and complex litigation in federal and state courts, class action litigation, including extensive wage and hour experience, securities litigation, intellectual property disputes, consumer fraud, as well as business dispute resolution. Rudy has been active in the ABA Section of Litigation for several years serving in multiple leadership capacities. In addition, he recently completed a five-year term on the ABA Standing Committee on Federal Judiciary. Practice Group and Specialty Team Memberships · Director, Litigation Practice Group · Director, Wage and Hour Practice Group · Business Crisis Management and Emergency Remedies · Class Action Defense · Director and Officer Liability · Financial Institutions · Retail · Securities Litigation Representative Matters and Clients · Thiebes v. Wal-Mart - Wage and Hour Collective Action two-phase trial to judgment involving off-the-clock work allegations · Bradford v. McDonnell Douglas - Products Liability Defense Verdict against 34 plaintiffs after three month trial · In re River Park Square Project Board Litigation - Obtained dismissal of target defendent Prudential by motion to dismiss on eve of trial in bondholders' securities litigation · In re Cray Inc. Derivative Litigation - Successful motions to dismiss in companion federal and state court shareholder derivative actions · In re Cutter and Buck Inc. Securities Litigation - Successful settlements in companion securities and shareholder derivative actions · Moore/Klink and Smith/Ballard v. Wal-Mart - Wage and Hour Class Actions in Oregon and California involving late pay at termination claims and related penalties · McFarlin v. Wal-Mart, Wage and Hour Class Action involving off-the-clock work allegations pending in Alaska · Saipan Sweatshop Litigation - Civil RICO Class Action regarding Saipan garment manufacturing industry · UFCW v Nordstrom - Wage and Hour Class Action successful settlement in one of the first such nationwide cases involving off-the-clock work allegations · Huntley v Frito-Lay - Wage and Hour Class Action successful resolution including renegotiating CBA · Boursee v Texaco - Contract Employee Class Action successfully defeating class certification · Rutledge v. Wells Fargo Bank - Consumer Fraud Class Action · Vukich v. Nabisco - Wage and Hour Class Action · Contos v Wells Fargo Escrow Consumer Fraud Class Action - Successfully defended class certification Publications · "The Class Action Fairness Act's Impact on State Consumer Protection Laws," Defense Counsel Journal, Co-author (July 2005) Awards and Honors · Named as one of The Best Lawyers in America®, Commercial Litigation, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions Defendants (2010-2012) · Selected "Local Litigation Star" by Benchmark Litigation, Class Actions, Employment Litigation, Securities (2008-2012) · Recommended by Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, Litigation: General Commercial (2004-2011) · Named as a "Washington Super Lawyer," Super Lawyers magazine, Business Litigation (2000-2011) · Peer Review Rated "AV" in Martindale-Hubbell Professional and Community Activities · American College of Trial Lawyers · Member, ABA Standing Committee on Federal Judiciary (1997-2002) · Fellow of the American Bar Association · Member, International Association of Defense Counsel · Council Member, ABA Section of Litigation (1994-1997) · Federal Bar Association Western District of Washington News 12.28.2011, Twenty Lane Powell Attorneys Listed as 'Best in the Business' by Seattle Business Magazine 11.29.2011, Lane Powell's Litigation Department Receives High Marks in 2012 Benchmark Litigation Legal Guide 08.31.2011, 43 Lane Powell Attorneys Named in The Best Lawyers in America® 2012 08.09.2011, Thirty-six Lane Powell Attorneys Listed as Top Lawyers in Seattle Metropolitan Magazine 06.20.2011, Twenty-six Lane Powell Attorneys Named 'Washington Super Lawyers;' Ten Lane Powell Attorneys Named As 'Washington Rising Stars' 06.14.2011, Chambers USA Recommends Lane Powell in Multiple Categories for 2011 03.21.2011, Chambers USA Recommends Eighteen Lane Powell Attorneys and Ten Practice Groups 10.04.2010, Lane Powell Recommended by Benchmark Litigation 2011 08.05.2010, 41 Lane Powell Attorneys Named in 'Best Lawyers in America' 2011 07.20.2010, 58 Lane Powell Attorneys Listed as Top Lawyers in Seattle Metropolitan Magazine 06.11.2010, Chambers USA Recommends Twenty Lane Powell Attorneys and Nine Practice Groups 06.06.2010, 28 Lane Powell Attorneys Named Washington Super Lawyers 2010 04.13.2010, Puget Sound Business Journal Names Best Lawyers 2010 07.30.2009, 34 Lane Powell Attorneys Named in 'Best Lawyers in America' 2010 06.12.2009, Chambers USA Recommends 19 Lane Powell Attorneys and Nine Practice Groups 06.02.2009, 25 Lane Powell Attorneys Named Washington Super Lawyers 01.27.2009, Lane Powell Recommended in Benchmark Litigation Survey 06.02.2008, 23 Lane Powell Attorneys Named Washington Super Lawyers 02.21.2008, Fourteen Attorneys Recommended by Chambers 07.18.2007, Ten Lawyers Named in Chambers USA 06.05.2007, 20 Attorneys Selected as 2007 Washington SuperLawyers Articles 07.01.2005, The Class Action Fairness Act's Impact on State Consumer Protection Laws - An Overview of the Act's Effect on Forum Shopping 04.01.2004, Class Action Alert Fellow: American Bar Association. |