Overview
Britney Colton is Stoel Rives’ Chief Administrative Officer, a licensed attorney, and an MBA. She is responsible for providing firm-wide strategic direction and daily oversight of the following functions: Practice Management (practice group directors, e-discovery, knowledge management, practice and project support, paralegals, practice assistants), Operations (facilities, office administration), Human Resources/Benefits (HR, talent development, staff talent acquisition, inclusion & belonging, retirement, payroll).
Britney serves as a trusted advisor to firm leadership and is a member of the Administrative Leadership Team. She is responsible for ensuring the entirety of the human capital functions, policies, and programs foster a healthy, vibrant, and inclusive work environment that motivates employees, recognizes successes, retains strong performers, and aligns with the firm’s strategic goals and objectives.
Before joining Stoel Rives, Britney was Director of Labor & Employee Relations and Deputy (then Senior) General Counsel for TriMet. She was a litigation and labor & employment associate at an AM Law 100 law firm. She was an adjunct professor at the University of Oregon School of Law teaching contract drafting and advanced legal research and writing She was a two-term Judicial Clerk for Chief Judge Ancer L. Haggerty for the United States District Court, District of Oregon.
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United States District Court for the District of Oregon