Honors & Activities

• Listed among Rising Stars (Employment Litigation: Defense), Oregon Super Lawyers^®, 2013–2018
• Member, Oregon State Bar, Civil Rights Section Executive Committee
• Member, Multnomah Bar Association
• Member, American Bar Association
• Instructor, Portland State University Professional Development Center, Employee & Labor Relations Course, Spring/Summer 2011

Insights & Presentations

• “Breakout Session: Advanced ADA,” SHRM/Stoel Rives 17th Annual Labor and Employment Law Conference, Feb. 2019
• “What workers and businesses should know about the Oregon DHS background check process” (co-author), Portland Business Journal, Nov. 2018
• “Lightning Round: Stay Anchored With Top 10 Practical Tips,” SHRM/Stoel Rives 16th Annual Labor and Employment Law Conference, Feb. 2018
• “Exploring the Rough Waters of Wage and Hour Issues,” SHRM/Stoel Rives 16th Annual Labor and Employment Law Conference, Feb. 2018
• “Labor and Employment Breakfast Briefing: Oregon Legislative Update,” Stoel Rives LLP, Oct. 2017
• “Trump NLRB Shakes Up the Labor World in Striking Down Numerous Obama Board Decisions” (co-author), Stoel Rives World of Employment blog, Dec. 2017
• “Department of Labor Seeks Input on New Rules for White Collar Exemptions” (co-author), Stoel Rives World of Employment blog, Aug. 2017
• “OSHA Rescinds Rule on Union Reps Participating in Safety Walk-Throughs,” Stoel Rives World of Employment blog, May 2017
• “Breaking: Court Rules Against Double Overtime for Oregon Manufacturing Employers” (co-author), Stoel Rives World of Employment blog, March 2017
• “Issues Facing Employers with a Primarily “Graying” Workforce and a Primarily “Millennial” Workforce,” SHRM/Stoel Rives 15th Annual Labor and Employment Law Conference, March 2017
• “Wage and Hour Update (Focus on New Oregon Paycheck Law and Check-in on DOL Exempt Status Rules),” SHRM/Stoel Rives 15th Annual Labor and Employment Law Conference, March 2017
• “Wage and Hour: A Course in Legal Diagnostics,” Stoel Rives Breakfast Seminar, June 8, 2016
• “Significant Wage and Hour Pitfalls,” SHRM/Stoel Rives 14th Annual Labor and Employment Law Conference, March 2016
• “The Ninth Circuit Joins Its Sister Circuits in Ruling That an Employee Who Threatens Co-Workers with Violence Is Not “Qualified” Under the ADA” (co-author), Stoel Rives World of Employment blog, July 2015
• “NLRB Final Rule: “Quickie” Elections are Now Reality” (co-author), Stoel Rives World of Employment blog, Dec. 2014
• “Wage and Hour Basics,” SHRM Rogue Valley Chapter May Legal Seminar, May 15, 2014
• “Litigation 101: What Every HR Professional Should Know,” SHRM/Stoel Rives 12th Annual Labor and Employment Law Conference, March 2014
• “ORS 652.150: Tips to Address and Resolve Loopholes in the Statute’s 12-Day Safe Harbor Provision,” The Verdict, OADC, 2014
• “Supreme Court Holds ‘Donning and Doffing’ Protective Equipment Qualifies as ‘Changing Clothes,’ ” The Verdict, OADC, 2014
• “OFCCP Compliance Update,” SHRM/Stoel Rives 11th Annual Labor and Employment Law Conference, Feb. 2013
• “Court of Appeals Interprets Definition of “Independent Contractor” Under ORS 670.600,” Stoel Rives World of Employment blog, Dec. 2012
• “Oregon Court of Appeals Upholds Wrongful Discharge Claim By Whistleblowing Prison Guard,” Stoel Rives World of Employment blog, Nov. 2012
• “Assessing a Disparate Impact Claim After Ricci v. De Stafano,” OSB Civil Rights Newsletter, Dec. 2011
• “Avoid a $20M Class Action Lawsuit,”Daily Journal of Commerce, Oct. 2011
• “Changes Coming for Enforcing Arbitration Agreements in Employment,”Cascade Business News, Sept. 2011
• “Case Provides Lessons for Employers,” Daily Journal of Commerce, July 2011
• “Oregon’s Final Pay Check Law: Steps to Avoid Easy Mistakes,” Daily Journal of Commerce, Oct. 2010
• “Damage Control: Two Proposals to Limit the Reach and Effect of Oregon’s Wrongful Discharge Tort,” Lewis & Clark Law Review, 2008

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