Dmitri Iglitzin is a partner in the firm of Schwerin Campbell Barnard Iglitzin & Lavitt, LLP. He received his B.A. from Yale University, 1983, magna cum laude, and his J.D. from the University of Michigan School of Law, 1986, magna cum laude. Mr. Iglitzin was formerly a law clerk for Chief Judge Barbara Rothstein, United States District Court, Western District of Washington.   He was formerly an assistant professor of law at the University of Washington School of Law and has taught labor law there in recent years as an adjunct professor of law.

Mr. Iglitzin's practice is centered on union-side labor and employment law, and he spends most of his time advising and representing public- and private-sector labor unions in local, state, and federal proceedings.  The scope of his practice also includes representing unions in land use issues, federal contracting disputes, criminal proceedings, and a wide variety of other civil and administrative matters.  

Mr. Iglitzin also advises unions regarding campaign finance issues, e.g., compliance with IRS and Public Disclosure Commission requirements.

Among Mr. Iglitzin's most notable legal accomplishments is the case of Wingert v. Yellow Freight Systems, Inc., which resulted in a decision by the Washington State Supreme Court holding that all employees in Washington State have a legally enforceable right to a paid ten-minute rest period after every three consecutive hours of work.  Mr. Iglitzin has been named a "Washington State Super Lawyer" by Washington Law & Politics Magazine every year since 2007.  He was also honored in 2010 as Washington State Jobs With Justice's "Movement Lawyer."

Mr. Iglitzin is also a frequent public commentator on matters of concern to unions. His editorials have appeared in the Los Angeles Times, the Christian Science Monitor, the Tacoma News Tribune, the Spokane Spokesman Review, the Philadelphia Inquirer, and the Washington Examiner, among other newspapers, and on popular websites such as The Huffington Post, The Nation, and Truthout.org.

Representative Work

• Seattle School v. IUOE 609
• Ackley-Bell v. Seattle School District
• Teamsters Local 174 v. Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway
• Wingert et. Al. v. Yellow Freight Systems, Inc.
• Humble v. The Boeing Company
• Sergeant v. Inlandboatmen's Union of the Pacific
• Ramos v. Tacoma Community College