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2025 Regional Compliance Webinar: West Region Update

Wednesday, Oct. 29
9:00 am PT | 12:00 pm ET

The compliance landscape surrounding absence and disability management is changing at a dizzying pace. DMEC’s annual compliance update webinar series is intended to help employers who might be struggling to keep up with the changes impacting their organizations. Each session in this five-part series focuses on a different region of the United States — bringing you the latest developments in circuit court decisions, legislative updates, leave and accommodation guidance, and other critical compliance news.

This webinar will cover content specific to the Western region of the United States: Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Arizona, New Mexico, Alaska, Washington, Oregon, California, and Hawaii (9th and 10th circuit courts).

Learning Objectives

  • Gain a practical understanding of how the various disability and leave management laws work together throughout the region.
  • Understand recently updated and pending legislation impacting absence and disability management in the West.
  • Learn about recent circuit court decisions that impact disability and absence management under the jurisdiction of the 9th and 10th circuit courts.
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Presented by

Michael Griffin
Office Managing Principal and
Office Litigation Manager
Jackson Lewis P.C.
Scott Ruygrok
Principal
Jackson Lewis P.C.

This session qualifies for the following CEUs:

1 ADMS, 1 CDMS, 1 CLMS, 1 PHR, and 1 SHRM

TO QUALIFY FOR CEUs

  • You must attend the full duration of the webinar. Following the webinar and once attendance has been confirmed, you will receive an email with CEU reporting information.
  • You must register for and watch the webinar individually. Group participation does not qualify for CEU credit.
  • CLMS Exclusively offered by DMEC, the Certified Leave Management Specialist (CLMS) program is the only professional designation of its kind that provides interactive, hands-on training to ensure your programs effectively comply with state and federal leave laws. Learn more about the CLMS program.

Exclusively offered by DMEC, the Certified Leave Management Specialist (CLMS) program is the only professional designation of its kind that provides interactive, hands-on training to ensure your programs effectively comply with state and federal leave laws. Learn more about the CLMS program.

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Michael Griffin
Office Managing Principal and
Office Litigation Manager
Jackson Lewis P.C.

Mike Griffin is office managing principal and office litigation manager in the Seattle, Washington, office of Jackson Lewis P.C. and co-leader of the firm’s Hotels & Leisure industry group. He is also the Disability, Leave and Health Management coordinator for the Seattle office.

Mike has a broad area of practice and responsibility within the firm. He acts as lead counsel in all aspects of employment litigation, including defending discrimination, harassment, and retaliation claims. He also has substantial jury trial and employment arbitration experience, having tried cases involving disparate treatment based on gender, disability, race, and military status/activity, failure to accommodate, retaliation, and wrongful termination.

In addition to his litigation responsibilities, Mike provides advice and counsel to employers on a wide range of workplace law issues, with a focus on employee leave, pregnancy accommodation, disability accommodation. As part of advice and counsel practice, Mike also provides clients with training in a variety of areas including harassment and discrimination prevention.

Mike places high importance on understanding the client’s business, goals, and risk tolerance. He understands that clients are looking for practical legal services that focus on the everyday needs of the organization. Mike therefore provides clients with innovative support and straightforward, plain language information on emerging workplace issues. Clients view him as a true business partner, not just their lawyer. Mike is known for his ability to develop creative solutions to complex workplace issues, and as a result, clients trust his judgment.

Scott Ruygrok
Principal
Jackson Lewis P.C.

Adrianus Scott Ruygrok is a principal in the Orange County, California, office of Jackson Lewis P.C. and co-leader of the firm’s National Compliance and Multi-State Solutions practice group. His practice focuses on providing preventive advice and counsel, as well as representing employers in workplace law matters.

Scott regularly advises clients on compliance with federal and state labor and employment laws such as the Fair Employment and Housing Act, Fair Labor Standards Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, National Labor Relations Act, and the Americans with Disabilities Act. He advises clients on a variety of other labor and employment issues, including wage and hour compliance, leave of absences, paid sick leave, employee benefits, social media, and sexual harassment.

In addition, Scott represents clients in both federal and state courts, as well as before administrative agencies, including the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, California Civil Rights Department, California Department of Labor Standards Enforcement, and National Labor Relations Board. Scott also advocates on behalf of employers during labor representation elections and collective bargaining negotiations.

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Lindsay Lueken

VP, Disability & Leave Operations

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Seth Turner, Chief Strategy Officer
Seth Turner

Chief Strategy Officer

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Michael Griffin
Office Managing Principal and
Office Litigation Manager
Jackson Lewis P.C.

Mike Griffin is office managing principal and office litigation manager in the Seattle, Washington, office of Jackson Lewis P.C. and co-leader of the firm’s Hotels & Leisure industry group. He is also the Disability, Leave and Health Management coordinator for the Seattle office.

Mike has a broad area of practice and responsibility within the firm. He acts as lead counsel in all aspects of employment litigation, including defending discrimination, harassment, and retaliation claims. He also has substantial jury trial and employment arbitration experience, having tried cases involving disparate treatment based on gender, disability, race, and military status/activity, failure to accommodate, retaliation, and wrongful termination.

In addition to his litigation responsibilities, Mike provides advice and counsel to employers on a wide range of workplace law issues, with a focus on employee leave, pregnancy accommodation, disability accommodation. As part of advice and counsel practice, Mike also provides clients with training in a variety of areas including harassment and discrimination prevention.

Mike places high importance on understanding the client’s business, goals, and risk tolerance. He understands that clients are looking for practical legal services that focus on the everyday needs of the organization. Mike therefore provides clients with innovative support and straightforward, plain language information on emerging workplace issues. Clients view him as a true business partner, not just their lawyer. Mike is known for his ability to develop creative solutions to complex workplace issues, and as a result, clients trust his judgment.