Meet the team

Matt has been practicing employment law in Seattle for more than 30 years.   He has been the principal attorney at Bean Law Group since founding the firm in 2004. 

He has represented clients against the major employers in the region, including Microsoft, Amazon, AWS, Google, Meta, Boeing, UW, and Providence.  He focuses on employment discrimination, retaliation, and disability accommodation.  He routinely advises clients in addressing issues that are currently existing with the goal of either continuing employment or negotiating a severance.

He is also experienced with employment contracts and severance agreements, wage and hour claims,  and other wrongful discharge claims based on violations of public policy.

Education

• B.A. Philosophy University of Puget Sound 1989
• J. D. University of Oregon 1993

Admitted

• Washington State Bar Association
• US District Ct WD of WA
• US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

Member

• Washington Employment Lawyers Association

Prior to becoming an attorney, Jason served five years as Military Police in the US Army. After being honorably discharged, he worked on tall ships, including the Amistad. He then worked as a contractor to the Navy doing torpedo retrieval, and for the Army Corp of Engineers at the Ballard Locks. When he was at the US Army Corp of Engineers, Jason also served as a union steward. His work as a union steward led him to law school, with the objective of becoming an employment attorney.

Jason attended Seattle University and graduated cum laude in 2023. He has worked at Bean Law Group since 2022, when he was still in law school. Jason handles discrimination and retaliation cases, wage theft, and unemployment insurance appeals.