Russell J. Reid is one of the Pacific Northwest’s preeminent employee benefits and union-side labor attorneys. A graduate of Whitman College and Stanford University School of Law, he joined the firm in 1968 and has devoted his practice to representing working men and women and collectively bargained trust funds ever since. Mr. Reid is a member of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers, a highly exclusive, invitation-only organization whose membership is confined to the country’s most respected labor lawyers, union and management.

David Ballew represents unions in both private and public sectors throughout the Pacific Northwest in day-to-day matters, arbitration, unfair labor practice proceedings and civil litigation. In addition, David represents Trust funds which provide benefits to workers and their families. His representation of Trust Funds has included litigation involving collections, benefit denials, withdrawal liability, and Trustee deadlock arbitration. David has served as a co-chair for the Pacific Coast Labor and Employment Law Conference Labor Subcommittee and as a speaker at the 17th Annual Labor and Employment Law Conference of the American Bar Association.

David is admitted to practice in the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Washington, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and the U.S. Supreme Court. David has also been admitted pro hac vice in U.S. District Courts throughout the Western states. David has been selected as one of the Top Attorneys in Washington State by Washington Super Lawyers Magazine and Seattle Met Magazine in 2013, 2016, and 2018–2025.

Representative cases include Ben Franklin Transit (Teamsters Local 839), Decision 13409-A (PECB, 2022); Ben Franklin Transit (Teamsters Local 760); Decision 13550 (PECB, 2022); Pasco Housing Authority, Decision 5927-A (PECB, 1997) aff’d, 98 Wn. App. 809 (2000); Benton County, Decision 12920-A (PECB, 2019); Northwest Dairy Ass’n v. Western Conference of Teamsters Pension Tr. Fund, No. C17-0214RSL, 2017 BL 442385 (W.D. Wash. Dec. 11, 2017); Lewis County, 126 BNA LA 1336 (Romeo, 2009); United Parcel Service, 124 BNA LA 1032 (Gaba, 2007).

Thomas A. Leahy joined the firm in 2002, after serving as a staff attorney for the Service Employees International Union Washington State Council for five years. He graduated cum laude from Seattle University School of Law, where he was an associate editor of the law review, and received his undergraduate degree with honors from the University of Notre Dame. Tom’s practice is equally divided between representing labor unions throughout the Pacific Northwest and various Trust Funds.

Tom is admitted to practice in the United States District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Washington, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court. Through the firm’s representation of Trust Funds, Tom has also been admitted pro hac vice in United States District Courts and Bankruptcy courts throughout the United States.

Alicia Cantrell began her work in the labor movement with the United Auto Workers, where she served as a Research and Data Analyst before and throughout law school. Alicia researched labor conditions and developments in labor law, analyzed worker survey data, and supported organizing campaigns, giving her firsthand experience with the challenges facing workers and the role unions play in protecting their rights.

Alicia’s legal and policy experience includes work with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts Civil Rights Unit, where she supported investigations and litigation involving the Americans with Disabilities Act and Fair Housing Act; working on federal litigation and constitutional issues as a legal intern for a judge in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts; and serving as a law clerk for the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, where she worked on civil rights and judicial nominations.

Alicia earned her J.D. from Northeastern University School of Law and her B.A. in Politics, Economics, Policy, and Law, cum laude, from Mills College. At Northeastern Law, she founded the school’s Mock Trial Team and participated in the Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Clinic and Harvard Law School’s Family Justice Clinic at the Legal Services Center. She brings her background in organized labor, litigation, and public-interest advocacy to her work representing workers and their unions.