Phillip D. Noble  
phone (206) 689-2129
pnoble@helsell.com

AREAS OF PRACTICE
• Commercial Disputes
• Employment and Labor
• Public Interest and Civil Rights
• Trials and Appeals

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Mr. Noble provides counseling and litigation representation in commercial disputes, with emphasis on employment law and practices. He has extensive experience in representing and advising both employers and employees on the full range of state and federal employment laws. He also represents clients on other business issues, including antitrust and trade regulation, trademarks, trade secrets, copyrights, contracts, securities, fraud, construction, professional negligence, and real property. He has substantial experience in both state and federal courts, as well as with class actions. He has chaired both the firm's Employment Practices and General Litigation groups.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS & ACTIVITIES
Clerkship, Washington State Supreme Court (1971)
Clerkship, United States District Court, Seattle (1972)
American Bar Association: Labor and Employment Law, Antitrust and Trade Regulation, and Litigation Sections.
Washington State Bar Association: Employment Law
and Antitrust and Consumer Protection Sections.
King County Bar Association: Employment Law Section.
Washington School Attorneys Association.

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
City of Bellevue City Council
Eastside Transportation Partnership (Chair)
Eastside Human Services Forum (Chair)
Puget Sound Regional Council Transportation Policy Board
City of Bellevue Transportation Commission (Past Chair)
Bellevue School Board (Past President)

PUBLICATIONS
Mr. Noble has prepared sections on trade secrets, non-competition agreements, and tortuous interference with business relations for the Washington Antitrust and Consumer Protection Handbook, 3d ed. (2001)
He also edited “Justice on Trial,”
Contemporary Issues Series (1971)

He contributed to “National Report: Emerging Problems under the Federal Rules of Evidence,” First and Second Editions; and to Report of the Washington State Bar Association, Special Commission to Study and Report
on the Antitrust Laws.

EDUCATION
University of Washington
(B.S., Business Administration, 1968)
University of Washington (J.D. 1971)

ADMITTED TO PRACTICE
Washington State Bar
United States District Courts for
Western and Eastern Washington
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
United States Supreme Court

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