Josh Halladay
Professional Bio
Josh Halladay advises and defends public schools on a wide range of school district administration matters, with a particular emphasis on labor relations and general counsel for public schools. Josh’s labor relations work includes representing school districts at collective bargaining tables and in arbitration hearings. Josh’s general counsel work includes employment law, public works, construction, real property transactions, and school district governance.
Josh graduated from Seattle University School of Law with honors in 2019, completed a Master of Public Administration degree from the University of Southern California’s Price School of Public Policy in 2014, and earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Oregon in 2012. During law school, Josh externed with the Honorable Theresa Fricke of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, clerked with the Washington Attorney General’s Office, and served as a Notes and Comments Editor of the Seattle University Law Review. Prior to law school, Josh worked on state-wide ballot measure campaigns and as an AmeriCorps VISTA in public schools in Reno, Nevada. Before joining PFR in the summer of 2021, Josh represented municipal clients with McGavick Graves.