Donna E. Lurie
Public Employment Relations Commission (PERC)
- Biography
In addition to a college degree in Labor Relations and a Law degree, Donna has specialized in employment and discrimination law throughout her career. She has adjudicated 120+ arbitration cases in the public and private sectors, mediated 100+ workplace disputes, served as a lead in contract negotiations, and co-chaired labor-management committees on numerous issues. Donna has served as a Hearing Officer, Arbitrator, Mediator, and organizational development consultant since 2012. Donna has developed job classification systems, evaluation protocols, and employee handbooks for nonprofit organizations and public agencies.
Donna is the former Chair of the King County Bar Dispute Resolution Section, a former member and speaker for the Northwest ADR Conference, and a current member of the Planning Committee for the Pacific Coast Labor & Employment Conference. She is the founder of a Multicultural Steering Committee for East King County community organizations working to reduce cultural and linguistic barriers to mental health resources and services.
- Practice Areas
- Arbitration & Mediation
- Business Arbitration, Consumer Arbitration
- Employment Law
- Employee Benefits, Employment Contracts, Employment Discrimination, ERISA, Overtime & Unpaid Wages, Sexual Harassment, Whistleblower, Wrongful Termination
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Litigation
- Consumer Law
- Class Action
- Civil Rights
- Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Discrimination, Employment
- Workers’ Compensation
- Video Conferencing
- Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
- Washington
- Washington State Bar Association
- ID Number: 13157
- Since 1983
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- Professional Experience
- Panel Arbitrator
- Public Employment Relations Commission (PERC)
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2021 –
Current
- Serve as arbitrator for grievance cases when selected by the parties. Serve as arbitrator when assigned to law enforcement cases.
- Panel Arbitrator
- Oregon Employment Relations Board (ERB)
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2021 –
Current
- Serve as grievance arbitrator when selected by the parties
- Panel Arbitrator
- Alaska Arbitration Panel
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2019 –
Current
- Serve as arbitrator when selected by the parties
- Panel Arbitrator for Labor, Employment, and Consumer cases
- American Arbitration Association (AAA)
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2017 –
Current
- Serve as independent arbitrator when selected by the parties or assigned to cases by the AAA.
- Labor Arbitrator
- Federal Mediation & Conciliation Service (FMCS)
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2016 –
Current
- Serve as arbitrator selected by the parties or assigned by FMCS.
- Education
- Pepperdine University
- Professional certificate (2013) | Advanced Mediation
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2013
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2013 - Honors: Straus Institute of Dispute Resolution at Pepperdine Law School
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- University of Wisconsin – Madison
- J.D. (1980) | Law
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1977
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1980 - Honors: Honors graduate of the Law School
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- Pennsylvania State University – University Park
- B.A. (1977) | Labor Relations
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1973
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1977 - Honors: Summa Cum Laude degree; winner of Schell-Butensky award as top student in the department
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- Professional Associations
- WA Public Employment Relations Commission
- Panel Arbitrator
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2021 –
Current - Activities: Grievance arbitrator and member of Law Enforcement Arbitrator Roster
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- Oregon Employment Relations Board
- Panel Arbitrator
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2021 –
Current - Activities: Grievance arbitrator in private and public sector cases
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- American Arbitration Association
- Panel Arbitrator
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2017 –
Current - Activities: Panel Member for Labor, Employment, and Consumer arbitration cases
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- Federal Mediation & Conciliation Service
- Labor Arbitrator
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2016 –
Current -
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Washington State Bar
 # 13157
- Member
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1983 –
Current -
- Publications
- Arbitrating Disputes Involving Education Professionals
- Arbitration Quarterly of the Northwest
- January, 1991
- Websites & Blogs
- Website
- Lurie Workplace Solutions
- Contact & Address
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