Ball Janik's employment practice includes (1) general employment law counseling and (2) litigation of employment-related disputes. We represent a broad spectrum of employers in manufacturing, high-tech, retail, and service industries. We advise clients in connection with all aspects of employment law, including employment policies and agreements, hiring and termination, state and federal discrimination, sexual harassment, and leave laws, wage and hour requirements, insurance coverage for employment claims, protection of the employer's intellectual property, and related matters. We handle a broad range of employment litigation matters in state and federal courts and agencies in Oregon and Washington.

Barran Liebman LLP is one of the Northwest's premier labor and employment law firms. In addition to advising and guiding employers through the increasingly complicated world of employment litigation, we strive to offer comprehensive problem-prevention services related to labor and employment law.

Fisher & Phillips LLP was founded in 1943 and is one of the first U.S. law firms to concentrate its practice exclusively upon representation of employers in labor and employment matters. After more than 60 years of continued growth and success, we are now one of the largest national law firms in the increasingly complex field of labor and employment law. Our expertise and continuing focus upon employment-related matters assure our clients of reduced start-up times, greater cost efficiencies, and better outcomes. Because of our size and experience, we are able to offer employers advice in all of the myriad areas of labor and employment law.

The Employment and Labor Practice Group at Foster Pepper Tooze LLP represents and advises private and public sector employers in virtually every aspect of employment and labor law.   We advise employers on a broad range of employment issues, including the Americans With Disabilities Act, discrimination, affirmative action, employment at will, wrongful discharge, immigration, wage and hour, unemployment compensation, industrial insurance, drug and alcohol, and health and safety matters, as well as employee benefits and employment-related tax questions.

HLGR clients include global corporations, local businesses, individuals and government entities of all kinds. We represent our clients' interests in Oregon, Washington, California. Our Labor and Employment Group works closely with clients to make employees both efficient and effective, and to prevent costly disruptions to the client's business. We provide creative and strategic legal expertise targeted to each client's goals and business environment - to help clients identify and address issues before they become costly lawsuits. Our goal is simple - to help governments and businesses of all types and sizes to maintain a productive, profitable and legal workplace.

Harrang Long Gary Rudnick P.C.
360 E. 10th Avenue, Suite 300
Eugene, OR 97401-3248
Phone: 541 485-0220
Toll free: (800) 315-4172
Fax: 541 686-6564
Contact: Christine S. Cusick Nesbit
christine.nesbit@harrang.com

Jordan Schrader PC works with employers on compliance with local, state, and federal employment laws to avoid litigation and ensure a strong defense in the event of a dispute.  If a claim advances to litigation, we have the experience and knowledge to deal efficiently and effectively with the issues, whether for a small, closely held company or a large corporation.  In addition, our practice includes negotiating collective bargaining agreements, employment contract negotiations, labor arbitration, union elections, and grievances.  We also represent clients in the areas of executive compensation, deferred compensation, benefits planning, and ERISA advice.

Miller Nash is one of the Pacific Northwest's largest and most respected multiservice law firms. In 2001, our firm was ranked one of the Northwest's best by Corporate Board Member magazine. Miller Nash was named by 32,500 members of corporate boards across America who were asked what firms they most admired nationally and in their own hometowns.  We have more than 150 attorneys to serve you through our offices in Portland, Oregon and Seattle and Vancouver, Washington.

Gordon Osaka counsels and defends employers in labor and employment matters. He brings over 26 years of actual trial experience to the table and thereby provides practicable, cost effective answers to labor and employment business questions and successful, cost effective strategies in the courtroom and in arbitration. Visit Gordon's website at www.gordonosaka.com.

The lawyers at Paul & Sugerman, PC have thirty years of combined experience representing workers in sexual harassment, race, disability and gender discrimination, wage and hour disputes, non-compete agreements and family medical leave cases in state and federal courts.  We have successfully concluded multiple class action cases involving discrimination.  We offer free initial consultations and contingent fee representation where appropriate.  Please see our we site at www.pspc.com.

Primarily emphasizing employment related litigation the Law Office of John S. Razor offers employees and employers with litigation services in both federal and state courts.  In addition to a significant Plaintiff’s practice in employment related litigation, Mr. Razor provides a cost-effective alternative to employers faced with employment related claims or lawsuits.  Please visit my website at www.johnrazor.com. 

Emphasizing prevention, we provide employers with the information they need to manage their workforce and avoid liability. Our clients range from small dental practices to an employer with several thousand employees. We assist employers in creating important documents. When problems arise, we help our clients conduct investigations and make tough decisions about discipline and discharge. We also defend our clients in employment claims and lawsuits in state and federal court.

Employers face an increasingly complex world, in terms of dealing with Federal, State, and even Local regulations regarding employment issues.  Our attorneys practicing labor and employment law advise employers on how to avoid problems, and also represent employers in State and Federal court, as well as in administrative proceedings with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Oregon State Wage and Hour Division, and the Civil Rights Division of the Oregon Department of Justice.

Positive employment relations are essential to the overall health of any business. Our firm helps employers develop and maintain constructive relationships with their employees. Federal and state laws governing employee relations have increased both in numbers and complexity in recent years, especially in the areas of sex and age discrimination, wrongful termination, workplace safety, job security, immigration, business acquisitions, and management/union relations.

For more than half a century, Stoel Rives' labor and employment attorneys have been providing counseling and litigation services across the full spectrum of labor, employment, employee benefits and workers' compensation law. Today, Stoel Rives has more than thirty attorneys specializing in labor, employment and employee benefits law. Our labor and employment attorneys work closely with clients throughout the Northwest and Intermountain West to prevent liability and litigation by providing practical, preventative counseling on labor and employment issues. When litigation does arise, we provide our clients with a vigorous, thorough, well-reasoned defense that is aimed at achieving the best possible result.

No matter the size or nature of a company's workforce, labor and employment issues are critical to a business' ongoing success.  For more than two decades, Tonkon Torp LLP has advised and counseled its clients on all aspects of employment law and has successfully defended companies in some of the most significant employment and labor cases in Oregon, Washington and other states.   Tonkon Torp serves as counsel to businesses from Fortune 500 corporations to family-owned entities to small start-ups.  Pacific Northwest employers trust the firm to promote positive employee relations, protect competitive positions, deal with union activity, and defend employment litigation.