Jillian Barron is a shareholder with SEBRIS BUSTO JAMES. She assists employers in developing effective, legally compliant employment policies and resolving emergent problems. She has successfully represented clients in trial and appellate courts, arbitrations, mediations, and administrative agency proceedings. Jillian also conducts workplace investigations for public and private employers, and serves as a mediator. She is listed in The Best Lawyers in America.

Practice Focus

• Counseling on Employment Policies and Practices
• Discipline and Discharge Issues
• Wage and Hour Matters
• Employment, Severance, and Non-Competition Agreements
• Disability Accommodation
• Discrimination and Harassment Charges
• Employment-Related Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Employer Representation in Labor Arbitrations
• Neutral Workplace Investigations
• Mediation of Workplace and Employment-Related Disputes

Professional & Community Activities

Jillian is an elected member of the Executive Committee of the Washington State Bar Association-Labor & Employment Law Section. She serves as Secretary of the Washington Defense Trial Lawyers, and is a former Chair of that organization's Employment Law Section.

Jillian has been a mediator for community-based dispute resolution centers since 1995 and for the Federal Executive Board since 2005. She serves as a volunteer attorney at one of the neighborhood legal clinics run by the King County Bar Association. Jillian is also a member of the Civil Rights Pro Bono Panel of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington.

Educational Background

Jillian attended Reed College and received a B.A. in Fine Arts from Alfred University. She received her J.D. in 1988 from Columbia University School of Law, where she was a Kent Scholar, a Stone Scholar, Head Articles Editor of the Journal of Transnational Law, and was awarded the Milton B. Conford prize for Jurisprudence. In 1988, Jillian also received a Masters Degree in International Affairs from the Columbia School of International and Public Affairs.

Prior to joining Sebris Busto James, Jillian worked in private practice in Seattle for several years, then served as a career law clerk for Judge Eldon B. Mahon of the U.S. District Court in Fort Worth, Texas. Before attending law school, Jillian was a chef in several well-respected restaurants.