Attorney lipscombk@lanepowell.com
206.223.7078
Kelly Lipscomb focuses her practice in the areas of labor and employment law and general litigation.
She has represented employment clients in arbitration proceedings and collective bargaining, and she advises them in all phases of labor and employment matters, including wage and hour, FMLA, sex, race and disability discrimination issues. Additionally, Kelly drafts employee handbooks and conducts workplace training for employees on harassment and discrimination policies as well as best practices for management. Kelly also represents national companies in claims involving consumer banking laws and long term care facilities in Washington. Kelly has also served as a Human
Resources Director for a large organization.
Cline & Associates, Associate Attorney (2010-2012)
Breskin Johnson & Townsend, PLLC, Legal Intern (2009-2010)
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Federal Administrative Hearings,
Judicial Intern for The Honorable Zulema Hinojos-Fall (2009)
Snohomish County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office, Civil Division, Tort and Employment Unit,
Legal Intern (2008)
Coulter & Associates, P.C.
Paralegal (2006-2007)
Legal Assistant (2005-2006)
Washington
U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Seattle University School of Law (J.D., cum laude , 2010)
CALI Excellence for the Future Award: Advanced Constitutional Law, First Amendment
University of Georgia (B.A., 2006)
Recipient of the Helping Outstanding Pupils Educationally (HOPE) Scholarship
Oxford University
School of Public and International Affairs Exchange Program (Spring 2004)

Cannabis
Financial Institutions
Labor and Employment
Long Term Care and Seniors Housing
Wage and Hour
“Employers Prepare for the Big Impact of White-Collar Exemption Reform,” Puget Sound Business
Best Practices for Best Employers™: How to Become a Best Workplace Starting
Today Special Insert, Co-author (August 21, 2015)
“Employment Unplugged: The Effects of Mobile Technology on the Employment Relationship,”
Puget Sound Business Journal Best Practices for Best Employers™: How to Become a Best
Workplace Starting Today Special Insert, Co-author (August 22, 2014)
“Staying Competitive in the LTC Industry While Avoiding Misclassification Under the FLSA,”
American Health Lawyers Association’s LTC-SIR Advisor , Volume 16, Issue 2, Co-author
(November 2013)
“A+ Training: Risk Management and Best Practices in Human Resources,” Washington Health Care
Association, Co-presenter (October 15, 2015)
“Digging Your Wage and Hour Practices Out of the ‘Jurassic’ Period,” Lane Powell’s 33rd Annual
Labor and Employment Seminar, Seattle, Co-presenter (September 15, 2015)
“Early Case Considerations” and “Filing and Responding to an Administrative Charge,” National
Business Institute Employment Discrimination Law Seminar (May 5, 2015)
“A+ Training: Risk Management and Best Practices in Human Resources,” Washington Health Care
Association, Co-presenter (April 8, 2015)
“Employment Unplugged: Mobile Technology and the Employment Relationship,” Lake
Washington Human Resource Association’s 2015 Symposium, Co-presenter (February 10, 2015)
“Pets in the Workplace,” Building Owners and Managers Association — Seattle King County
Seminar (October 29, 2014)
“Employment Unplugged: The Effects of Mobile Technology on All Phases of the Employment
Relationship,” Lane Powell’s 32nd Annual Labor and Employment Seminar, Seattle, Co-presenter
(September 9, 2014)
“Overtime Calculation Workshop,” Lane Powell’s “Auditing Compliance With Changing Overtime
Laws — A Practical Workshop for Liberal Arts Majors Who Avoided Math Classes in College”
Seminar, Seattle (May 29, 2014)
“Imperative Information That Every Employee Handbook Should Contain” and “Discrimination and
Harassment,” National Business Institute Human Resource Law Seminar (March 4, 2014;
March 5, 2014)
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“Handling Discrimination Claims,” National Business Institute Employment Discrimination Law
Seminar (December 12, 2013)
“Just the Facts, Ma’am: How the Seattle Criminal Background Check Ordinance Affects What,
When and How You Can Inquire About Criminal Histories in the Hiring Process,” Lane Powell
Labor and Employment Law Seminar, Co-presenter, Seattle (December 5, 2013)
“Exempt or Nonexempt? That is the Question,” Lorman Education Services Employment Law
Update Seminar, Co-presenter (November 1, 2013)
“Reaching 88 MPH in a DeLorean: Burning Questions I Wish I Had Asked My Employment
Attorneys,” Lane Powell’s 31st Annual Labor and Employment Law Seminar, Co-presenter, Seattle
(September 19, 2013)
“Wage and Hour Compliance: Exemptions Workshop,” Lane Powell’s Wage and Hour Seminar,
Seattle, Co-Presenter (May 16, 2013)
Named as a “Washington Rising Star,” Super Lawyers ® magazine, Employment Litigation: Defense
(2016)
Continuing Legal Education Chair, King County Washington Women Lawyers Board (2015)
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