Todd A. Hanchett

Experience

Todd Hanchett is partner of the firm and represents employers in litigation and labor law matters. He represents clients before state and federal courts in Oregon and Washington, as well as in labor arbitrations and before the National Labor Relations Board. A frequent speaker and author on a variety of employment and labor law topics, Todd currently serves as a Director for the Oregon Chapter of the Federal Bar Association and is the Chair of the Employment Section of the Oregon Association of Defense Counsel.

Before joining Stoel Rives, Todd was a partner at Barran Liebman LLP.

Professional Honors & Activities

• Listed in Best Lawyers in America® (currently: Employment Law–Management), 2011-2013
• Selected as a Super Lawyer by Oregon Super Lawyers®, 2013
• Selected as an Oregon Rising Star^SM by Oregon Super Lawyers®, 2008-2012
• AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated with Martindale-Hubbell®
• Director, Oregon Association of Defense Counsel 2013
• Chair (2008-present), Publications Representative (2006-2008), Employment Law Practice Group, Oregon Association of Defense Counsel
• Director, Oregon Chapter, Federal Bar Association, 2005-present
• Member, Oregon Minority Lawyers Association
• Member, Labor and Employment Section, American Bar Association
• Member, Multnomah Bar Association
• Member (2001-2004), Former Chair (2003-2004), Best Practices Committee, Diversity Section, Oregon State Bar
• Member, House of Delegates, Oregon State Bar, 2001-2004
• Member, Associates Committee, Campaign for Equal Justice, 2001-2004

Presentations

• "HR Recipes for Success: A Pinch of This, a Dash of That: Dealing with Micro-Inequities in the Workplace" SHRM Oregon State Council Eleventh Annual Labor & Employment Law Conference, Mar. 2013
• "2012 Employment and Labor Law Update," Rogue Valley SHRM Seminar, May 2012
• "Labor Law Update: Recent Developments at the NLRB," Klamath Basin SHRM Seminar, Apr. 2012
• "Takin' Care of Business: Labor Law for Non-Union Employers," SHRM Oregon State Council Tenth Annual Labor & Employment Law Conference, Mar. 2012
• "Creating & Maintaining a Healthy Workplace," Barran Liebman LLP Breakfast Seminar, July 2011
• "Discovery," Multnomah Bar Association Young Litigators Forum Seminar Series, Feb. 2011
• "Privacy Issues in the Workplace," Barran Liebman LLP Annual Seminar. Sept. 2010
• "The Beginning is the End is the Beginning: Effective Employment & Severance Agreements," Barran Liebman LLP Breakfast Seminar, June 2010
• "Focusing the Binoculars: A Close Look at the Employee Free Choice Act," Barran Liebman LLP Annual Labor & Employment Seminar, Sept. 2009
• "How to Respond to a BOLI Complaint," Sept. 2008
• "Conducting Investigations," SHRMA, May 2008
• "Employment Law 101 for Small Businesses," Barran Liebman LLP Breakfast Seminar, July 2007
• OADC Annual Convention, June 2007
• "FMLA Update," Council on Education Management (COEM), June 2007
• OLI Annual Labor and Employment Seminar, June 2007
• "Manufacturing Businesses," Workdrugfree Seminar, Apr. 2007
• COEM FMLA Two-Day Seminar, Mar. 2007
• "Public Sector Workplace Investigations," COEM, Dec. 2006
• "E-Discovery," Barran Liebman LLP Breakfast Seminar, May 2006
• "Employer Liability for Identity Theft," Barran Liebman LLP Annual Labor Seminar, Sept. 2005
• "Discovery," Federal Bar Association, Nov. 2004
• "A Review of Overtime Regulations," Barran Liebman LLP Annual Labor Seminar, Sept. 2004
• "Employment Contracts, Handbooks and Non-competes," Multnomah Bar Association CLE, Sept. 2004
• "Employment Case Law Update," Oregon Risk Insurance Managers Society, June 2004
• "Workplace Harassment and Internal Investigations," COEM, May 2004
• "Employment At Will And The Exceptions To The Rule," Lorman Education Seminars, Mar. 2004

Civic Activities

• Director, Maurice Lucas Foundation

Publications

• "OMG! The NLRB Publishes First Social Media Decisions," Portland Business Journal, Feb. 2013
• Contributing Editor, Developing Labor Law, American Bar Association, 2005-2012
• "Watch Out for So-Called 'Facebook Firings,'" Oregon Business Magazine, Sept. 2010
• "Hiring Independent Contractors Becoming Riskier," Daily Journal of Commerce, Aug. 2010
• "Retaliation Redux: Is the Rabbit Out of the Hat?," Oregon Association of Defense Counsel, Fall 2006
• "Public Policy Challenges to Labor Arbitration Awards: Still A Safe Harbor For Silly Fact Finding?," Willamette Law Review, 2002
• "Ninth Circuit Employment Law Update," Oregon Association of Defense Counsel Newsletter, Spring 2002

Education

• Willamette University College of Law, J.D., 1999
  Associate Editor, Willamette Law Review
  Moot Court Board
  President, Multicultural Law Students Association, 1997-1998
  Oregon Law Scholar
• Walla Walla College, B.S., Business Administration/Accounting, 1996, cum laude

Admissions

• Oregon
• Washington
• U.S. District Courts for the District of Oregon and the Eastern and Western Districts of Washington
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

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