Valerie Leita Hughes

• Appellate
• Counseling and Preventive Law/Training
• Employment Litigation
• Labor & Employment
• Traditional Labor

• Workplace Investigations

Illinois

Washington

Since 1981

Washington

Partner

Perkins Coie LLP

Current

Washington University Law Review

J.D.

1980

Order of the Coif

St. Louis University

1977

Clinical Psychology

Bradley University

B.A.

1975

summa cum laude

Current

Activities: Listed in Best Lawyers in America, 2007, 2008 

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Activities: Listed in Washington Law & Politics, “Washington’s Super Lawyers,” 2007, 2008

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Activities: Peer Review Rated AV in Martindale-Hubbell

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Activities: Federal Bar Association, Western District of Washington, Immediate Past President 2006; President 2005; Vice President 2004; Chair, Pro Bono Committee, 1999 - 2003

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Activities: Lawyer Representative to the Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference, 2005 - 2007

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Activities: Washington State Bar Association, Labor Law Section

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Activities: King County Bar Association, Labor Law Section

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Activities: Washington Council of School Attorneys 

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Activities: Pacific Northwest Ballet, Employment Counsel