Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Employment and Labor

Partner - Litigation and Investigations

Farron Curry is a trial and appellate attorney with extensive litigation experience, and a track record of success, in federal and state courts as well as various arbitration forums. Her practice focuses on complex and/or high-stakes litigation, primarily involving commercial, employment and product liability claims.

Farron has successfully represented clients in cases involving contract disputes; non-competition, restrictive covenant, and trade secret claims; consumer protection and fraud-based claims; warranty claims; and product liability act claims. She also has substantial experience defending companies against wage and hour, discrimination, hostile work environment, wrongful termination, and retaliation claims asserted at the administrative agency level or court. Farron’s experience includes litigating numerous mass and class actions.

Farron’s extensive trial experience gives her unique insight into how a company can assess and mitigate risk to, when possible, avoid litigation altogether. Farron is regularly called upon by clients for advice on a variety of employment and business-related issues including non-competition; leaves of absence; disability and accommodation issues; employee discipline and termination; workplace investigations; and wage and hour issues, including those that arise from particular regulations applicable to businesses with employees working or residing in the Pacific Northwest.

Farron works with clients across industries including retailers, manufacturers, health care systems, schools, nonprofits, financial institutions and construction companies. If a company has a dispute with its competitor, customer or employee, Farron has the experience to defend against the claim or craft a creative solution to stop it in its tracks.

A frequent author and speaker on industry topics, she has been featured numerous times on the Washington “Rising Stars” list for her business litigation experience. Farron is a Washington native with deep roots in and a commitment to the community in which she lives. She is a member of the Board of Directors and chair of the Governance Committee of YouthCare, a Seattle-based nonprofit working to end youth homelessness and ensure that young people are valued for who they are and empowered to achieve their potential.