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I love representing Employees who have been unfairly treated by their employers. Although I'm also a Certified Public Accountant and can help you with taxes, disputes with the IRS and other government agencies as well as financial accounting, my passion is employment law, specifically employee rights. As a result I'm trying to laser focus my practice to that area.
There are employers in practically every industry that try to avoid paying employees what they deserve or that look the other way when there is blatant discrimination going on. Name an industry and I can tell you how employers try to cheat employees to pad the bottom line. Employers bank on the fact that their employees never find an advocate like me to stand up to them.
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. Edmund Burke
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Acquired: 1999
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Posted by Misty | April 27, 2018 | Hired Attorney | Employment & Labor
Excellent Attorney
I retained Mr. Pizl to help with bringing a suit regarding the separation from my former employer & to aid with obtaining unemployment. He is extremely efficient & professional. He is thorough & very good with communicating every step of the process, including having a quick response time to my inqui...
Posted by Ernest | January 07, 2018 | Employment & Labor
Awesome advice and late at night
I had a specific question about the way my boss removed me from the schedule but he didn’t fire me, I posted this at 11:30 PM on a Saturday night and within 10 minutes James replied with some very sound advice about filing unemployment and that I may be entitled to missed wages from breaks and lunch...
"Jim is a diligent and competent employment lawyer. Specifically, Jim's knowledge of wage and hour cases and class actions is extensive. I have worked with and against Jim, and he is a great attorney and works hard to get results for his clients. I definitely endorse this attorney."
"I endorse this attorney. This lawyer provides excellent advice on AVVO and is a solid member of the legal community."
Employment and labor lawyer
2017 - Present
Principal, Entente Law PLLC
2012 - 2018
CFO/General Counsel, BARTELSON TRUCKING LLC
2018 - Present
Washington Employment Lawyers AssociationMember
Settled Pre-Lawsuit
1999
J.D.
1993
B.S.
2024
English
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Can I take legal action if my employer misclassified me as a 1099 contractor and didn’t pay overtime in Washington State?
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