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Trish K. Murphy

Trish K. Murphy

Excellence in Workplace Investigations and Higher Ed/Title IX Investigations
  • Employment Law
  • Oregon, Washington
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Biography

Attorney/Investigator Trish Murphy is the founder of Northwest Workplace Law PLLC, based in Seattle, Washington. Since graduating from law school in 1996, Trish has focused exclusively on impartial investigations, employment law, and labor relations.

Trish devotes the majority of her practice to conducting independent investigations of workplace, higher ed, and Title IX complaints. She conducts investigations on topics ranging from discrimination, harassment, and retaliation to general misconduct, ethics violations, and bullying. Clients rely on her to ensure a thorough and impartial process with clear, carefully reasoned findings that help them make well-informed decisions. Trish takes care to treat all involved with dignity, respect, and sensitivity. Her investigative experience spans more than 300 cases, a broad array of industries, diverse workforces and cultures, union and nonunion workplaces, individuals at all organizational levels, and issues of widely varying scope, complexity, and seriousness.

Trish is an Association of Workplace Investigators Certificate Holder (AWI-CH), a certified Title IX investigator, and a licensed private investigator in Washington and Oregon. She was President of the Northwest Association of Title IX Administrators from 2021-22.

She also has served as a Contributing Editor for Bloomberg’s labor law treatise, The Developing Labor Law, since 2015.

Trish earned her J.D. from the University of Washington School of Law, where she was an Editor of the Washington Law Review and received the 1996 Mary Ellen Krug Award for excellence in labor and employment law. Trish has held a number of professional leadership positions, including Chair of the King County Bar Association Labor and Employment Law Section and Chair of the Pacific Coast Labor and Employment Law Conference.

Education
University of Washington School of Law
J.D. (1996) | labor and employment law
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Honors: Mary Ellen Krug Award
Activities: Washington Law Review
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University of Washington
B.A. (1993)
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Honors: magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa
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Professional Experience
Attorney/Investigator
Northwest Workplace Law PLLC
Current
Speaking Engagements
Workplace Investigations for a Unionized Workforce, 47th Collective Bargaining and Arbitration Conference
LERA, Northwest Chapter
Best Practices for Effective Credibility Assessments
NWATIXA
Investigative Interviews and Evidence Gathering, Seattle, WA
WAPELRA
Workplace Investigations, Seattle, WA
Association of Workplace Investigators
Ethical Issues in Employment Investigations, Pacific Northwest Workplace Forum
Jackson Lewis
Certifications
Civil Rights Investigator Level 4 Certification (Due Process)
ATIXA
SPHR
HR Certification Institute
AWI-CH
Association of Workplace Investigators
SHRM-SCP
Society of Human Resources Management
Civil Rights Investigator Level 3 Certification (Sexual Violence)
ATIXA
K-12 Civil Rights Investigator Certification
ATIXA
Title IX Hearing Officer and Decision Maker Certification
ATIXA
Title IX Regulations Implementation Certification
ATIXA
Civil Rights Investigator Level 4 Certification (Advanced Interviewing)
ATIXA
Civil Rights Investigator Level 2 Certification (Advanced)
ATIXA
Title IX Hearing Chair Certification
ATIXA
Investigation Report Writing Certification
ATIXA
504/ADA Coordinator Certification
ATIXA
Gender Equity Foundations for Higher Education Certification
ATIXA
Awards
Excellence in Collaboration
Microsoft
Mary Ellen Krug Award
King County Bar Association
Professional Associations
Association of Workplace Investigators
Member
Current
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American Bar Association
Member
Current
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Association of Title IX Administrators
Member
Current
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King County Bar Association
Member
Current
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Society for Human Resource Management
Member
Current
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Northwest Association of Title IX Administrators
President
- Current
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Washington State Bar  # 26533
Member
- Current
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Pacific Coast Labor & Employment Law Conference Planning Committee
Subcommittee Chair
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King County Bar Association Labor & Employment Section
Trustee
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King County Bar Association Labor & Employment Section
Section Chair
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Pacific Coast Labor & Employment Law Conference Planning Committee
Chair
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Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
Oregon
Oregon State Bar
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Washington
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U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington
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Fees
  • Rates, Retainers and Additional Information
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Practice Area
Employment Law
Employment Contracts, Employment Discrimination, Sexual Harassment, Whistleblower, Wrongful Termination
Additional Practice Areas
  • Independent Investigations
  • Labor Law
Languages
  • English: Spoken, Written
Websites & Blogs
Website
Website
Website
Contact & Map
Northwest Workplace Law PLLC
1215 Fourth Avenue Suite 1350
Seattle, WA 98161
Monday: 8:30 AM - 5 PM
Tuesday: 8:30 AM - 5 PM
Wednesday: 8:30 AM - 5 PM
Thursday: 8:30 AM - 5 PM
Friday: 8:30 AM - 5 PM
Saturday: Closed (Today)
Sunday: Closed
Notice: By appointment only.