Comfortable in both the litigation and advice spaces, Hannah Ard has represented employers in Department of Labor investigations; discrimination, retaliation, and harassment claims; class action wage and hour disputes; and complaints filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and state and local administrative agencies.
Hannah also advises clients on the beginning and end of the employment relationship, and crafts offer letters, employment agreements, and confidentiality agreements, as well as severance packages. She helps clients comply with federal and state wage and hour laws and employee classifications under the Fair Labor Standards Act and state law, and with federal and state accommodation laws.
Services
Experience
Representative Matters
- Obtained favorable settlements in employment discrimination, harassment, and wage and hour matters
- Defended a mortgage lender sued for hiring an employee subject to non-compete and non-solicitation agreements
- Represented health care entity in wage and hour class action involving provision of meal breaks
Professional Highlights
Speaking Engagements
Presenter, "Best Practices for Best Employers,” Lane Powell Labor & Employment Seminar, September & October, 2021, 2023, 2024
Presenter, “Employment Law Update,” National Business Institute, May 10, 2023
"Employee Handbooks and Policies in the 21st Century," National Business Institute, May 10, 2023 "How to Bring Washington Employee Handbooks Into Compliance," National Business Institute, November 10, 2022
Board Memberships & Community Service
St. John’s College Alumni Association Board, 2024-present
Bainbridge Island Water Polo Club, 2019-2021
BSA Troop 1804, Scoutmaster, Board Member, 2019-2023
St. Cecilia Parish, Altar Server Coordinator, 2017-present; Annual Fundraising Auction, Chair, 2013-2014
Credentials
Education
Harvard Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1997)
Harvard Women's Law Journal, Executive Editor
Harvard Defenders
University of Maryland (M.A., Sociology, 1994)
St. John's College (B.A. 1992)
Admissions
Washington
District of Columbia
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
U.S. Supreme Court