Overview
Cambria Judd Babbitt is a labor and employment attorney who supports clients with workplace disputes, employment advice, civil litigation, and workplace investigations brought by federal and state agencies. Cambria previously worked with Stoel Rives’ Labor & Employment group as a summer associate, supporting public and private employers, including large healthcare companies, with employment advice, dispute resolution, and preparation for agency proceedings and litigation.
Before entering private practice, Cambria clerked for Justice Salvador Mungia of the Washington State Supreme Court. During law school, she also served as a judicial extern to Justice Raquel Montoya-Lewis at the Washington State Supreme Court. She earned her J.D. from Seattle University School of Law, where she graduated in the top 5% of her class and received eight CALI Awards. She also won four advocacy competitions and served as the Executive In-House Competition Chair of the Moot Court Board and Executive Research & Training Editor of the Seattle Journal for Social Justice.
Her broader legal experience also includes working with employers, employees, and companies to secure business and work-related visas, representing immigrants with asylum, detention, and deportation matters, preparing clients for administrative proceedings and matters involving public benefits, and drafting briefs and filings for pro bono matters in federal court.
Education
Seattle University School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 2025
Seattle Pacific University, B.A., magna cum laude, History; Political Science; and Honors Liberal Arts, 2022
Admissions
Washington
United States District Court, Western District of Washington
United States District Court for the District of Colorado
Experience
Labor & Employment
- Researched employment law issues, provided actionable advice for clients, and prepared administrative and civil litigation materials.
- Researched legal ethics issues and prepared memoranda, motions, and correspondence for attorney disciplinary matters.
- Collaborated with employers and companies to prepare organizational documents, review work agreements, apprenticeship plans, and business finances, and submit filings to secure work and business-related visas.
Litigation
- Conducted case research and prepared substantive internal and court-wide writing for the Washington State Supreme Court.
- Drafted briefs and filings for federal court matters.
- Drafted briefs, prepared hearing materials, and participated in administrative proceedings.
- Prepared immigration filings and researched immigration law and federal policy developments.
- Provides pro bono representation for asylum seekers, individuals in immigration detention and/or deportation proceedings, and for individuals protected by the Violence Against Women Act.
Recognition
- Law Academic Honors Scholarship, Seattle University School of Law
- CALI Award Recipient for Pretrial Advocacy, Arbitration, Intensive Deposition Practice, Health Law, Professional Responsibility, Judicial Externship Seminar, Property Law, and Criminal Law
- First Place, Bond ABA Moot Court Competition
- First Place, Arbitration Competition
- First Place, Client Counseling Competition
- Second Place, All-State ABOTA Voir Dire Competition
- Lingren Award for Most Outstanding Honors Student, Seattle Pacific University
- Top Writing Award, School of Business, Government, and Economics, Seattle Pacific University
- Youth Advocacy Award, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
Affiliations
Professional
- Washington State Bar Association, Member, 2025–present
- King County Bar Association, Member, 2025–present
- National Order of the Barristers, 2025–present
Civic
- Elected Board Member, Rainier Beach Presbyterian Church, 2026–present
- Pro Bono Attorney, Northwest Immigrant Rights Project, 2025–present
- Big Sister mentorship, homework, and reading group, 2025–present
- Volunteer, Riverton Center and Pro Se Asylum Clinic, 2024–present
- Volunteer, OneAmerica Citizenship Days, 2023–present