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102 Employment & Labor lawyers are available in Portland, Oregon. These lawyers are rated between 4.1/5 to 4.5/5 and 59% provide free consultation.

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Avvo Rating: Rated 5.0 out of 5

Haley Morrison

Firm: Epstein Becker Green
1050 SW 6th Avenue , Portland , Oregon 97204
Practice Areas: Employment & Labor
Haley's practice focuses on employment litigation defense.  She has defended companies in cases of all sizes and sophistication, with clients that range from start-ups to Fortune 100 businesses.. She has been named one of the country’s “Top 100 High Stakes Litigators,” and has been recognized for multiple years by Best Lawyers in America, Chambers’ America’s Leading Lawyers, and Super Lawyers, among others.. Haley is licensed to practice in California and Oregon.
Avvo Rating: Rated 4.6 out of 5

Jennifer Morrissey

Firm: BLACK HELTERLINE LLP
805 SW Broadway Ste 1900 , Portland , Oregon 97205
Practice Areas: Civil , Employment & Labor , Immigration & Naturalization , Immigration, Immigration, Immigration
Avvo Rating: Rated 4.9 out of 5

Jose Klein

Firm: Klein Munsinger, LLC
1215 SE 8th Avenue Suite F , Portland , Oregon 97214
Practice Areas: Employment & Labor
Tenacious. Smart. Compassionate. A Harvard Law School graduate, Jose Klein specializes in client-focused representation in employment law and civil rights matters in Oregon and Washington. Achieving justice and fairness for his clients is his mission. Getting there requires understanding the unique needs and concerns of the individuals and small businesses who hire him. It also requires the courage to fight for what is right.. Prior to co-founding Klein Munsinger, Jose gained skills and insights as a litigator and labor negotiator at top local and national employment and labor law firms. He spent nearly a decade developing inside knowledge about how employers and employers’ attorneys approach workplace disputes. Now running his own shop, Jose applies those insights to vindicate the rights of victims of harassment, discrimination and retaliation at work. Jose represents victims of discrimination based on race, gender, sexual orientation, disability and other protected classifications. He litigates wage and hour claims, violations of protected leave laws, and breach of contract cases.

John Ostrander

707 SW Washington St Ste 1500 , Portland , Oregon 97205
Practice Areas: Employment & Labor
Avvo Rating: Rated 3.3 out of 5

John Kodachi

1000 SW Broadway Ste 910 , Portland , Oregon 97205
Practice Areas: Business & Commercial, Employment & Labor , Immigration, Immigration
Avvo Rating: Rated 5.0 out of 5

Joel Christiansen

Firm: Vogele & Christiansen
812 NW 17th Ave , Portland , Oregon 97209
Practice Areas: Employment & Labor
Avvo Rating: Rated 5.0 out of 5

Jim Vogele

Firm: Jim Vogele, Attorney at Law
812 NW 17th Avenue , Portland , Oregon 97209
Practice Areas: Employment & Labor
Since graduating from Harvard Law School, Jim W. Vogele has been an active member of the Montana State Bar (1988), the California State Bar (1991), the Oregon State Bar (2011), and the Washington State Bar (2021).  During law school, he was a summer law clerk for the Alaska Supreme Court.  He received his B.A. with Honors in English Literature from Montana State University.. Jim has published articles, reviews, and chapters on employment law and other topics.   He has lectured on employment law at numerous Continuing Legal Education seminars, and has given presentations on legal history and practice to law students and college students.  He has served as a volunteer attorney for the Montana Legal Services Association and for the Legal Aid Society of California Worker's Rights Clinic in San Francisco.. Jim grew up on a ranch in eastern Montana; he has substantial blue-collar work experience, including jobs as a house painter, a ranch hand, a landscaper, a roughneck in the Williston Basin oil fields, and as a seismographer in the mountains of Wyoming.  He has also worked as a bartender, an LSAT preparation instructor, and as a tutor to Crow Indian students at Montana State University.. Jim enjoys biking, hiking, camping, cross-country skiing, reading and writing.. Jim W. Vogele has served as second chair trial counsel in state and federal court trials in class actions leading to the recovery of over $200 million in overtime wages and other damages for several thousand employees.  He is equally proud of having successfully litigated many smaller but equally important discrimination, harassment, and civil rights cases.
Avvo Rating: Rated 3.8 out of 5

Jessica T. Hamilton

Firm: Ball Janik LLP
East Main Street , Portland , Oregon 97204
Practice Areas: Corporate ,Employment & Labor ,Environmental
Avvo Rating: Rated 4.5 out of 5

Jennifer Warberg

Firm: Bullard Law
200 SW Market St., Suite 1900 , Portland , Oregon 97201
Practice Areas: Civil , Employment & Labor , Estate Planning, Probate , Litigation

Jeffrey Woodcox

Firm: Tonkon Torp LLP
1300 SW 5th Ave Ste 2400 , Portland , Oregon 97201
Practice Areas: Corporate , Employment & Labor, Employment & Labor, Employment & Labor, Employment & Labor
Avvo Rating: Rated 3.7 out of 5

Iayesha Smith

Southwest Oak Street , Portland , Oregon 97223
Practice Areas: Civil Rights,Corporate ,Discrimination,Employment & Labor ,Family ,Labor ,Sexual Harassment,Wages/Commissions/Overtime,Wrongful Termination
Avvo Rating: Rated 3.4 out of 5

Jeffrey Robertson

601 Sw 2nd Ave Ste 2300 , Portland , Oregon 97204
Practice Areas: Employee Benefits, ERISA, Wages/Commissions/Overtime, Employment & Labor
Avvo Rating: Rated 3.3 out of 5

Jeffrey R. Spere

Southwest Broadway , Portland , Oregon 97205
Practice Areas: Banking & Finance,Bankruptcy,Business & Commercial,Employment & Labor ,Real Estate
Avvo Rating: Rated 5.0 out of 5

Jean Back

Firm: Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt
PacWest Center , Portland , Oregon 97204
Practice Areas: Employment & Labor , Employment & Labor, Employment & Labor
Avvo Rating: Rated 3.4 out of 5

James M. Baumgartner

Firm: Black Helterline LLP
Southwest Broadway , Portland , Oregon 97205
Practice Areas: Business & Commercial,Corporate ,Employment & Labor ,Family
Avvo Rating: Rated 5.0 out of 5

James Coon

Firm: Swanson Thomas & Coon
820 SW Second Avenue, Suite 200 , Portland , Oregon 97204
Practice Areas: Appellate , Environmental , Personal Injury, Products Liability, Social Security Benefits & Disability, Workers Compensation, Employment & Labor, Employment & Labor
Jim was born in Chicago in 1949. He worked as a construction laborer, apprentice plumber, dishwasher, golf caddy, and parking attendant during high school and college. He graduated from Yale University in 1971 and the Lewis and Clark Law School in 1977, having served as Editor-in-Chief of the law review. He spent a year as a law clerk to the Hon. Robert C. Belloni in Federal Court before beginning private practice.. Jim has devoted his practice since 1978 to representing individuals, labor unions and non-profit public interest groups against government agencies, employers and insurance companies. He is a past chair and long-time member of the Oregon Trial Lawyers association Amicus committee. He has taught at Lewis and Clark Law School and speaks at conferences for lawyers on punitive damages, product liability, appellate practice, social security and the coordination of public and private disability benefits. Jim is a member of the Bars of the Oregon Supreme Court, United States Supreme Court, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and United States District Court. He has served on the boards of the Northwest Environmental Defense Center, Oregon Environmental Council, Portland Sustainability Commission, and Community Cycling Center.. He performs irregularly at Artichoke Music. Jim and his wife Cheryl live in Northwest Portland and ride their tandem bike to work.
Avvo Rating: Rated 5.0 out of 5

Jacqueline Damm

Firm: Ogeltree Deakins
222 SW Columbia Street , Portland , Oregon 97201
Practice Areas: Employment & Labor , Labor , Employment & Labor
Avvo Rating: Rated 4.5 out of 5

J Porter

Firm: Miller Nash Graham & Dunn LLP
111 SW 5th Ave Ste 3400 , Portland , Oregon 97204
Practice Areas: Civil , Education , Labor , Employment & Labor, Employment & Labor, Employment & Labor
Michael Porter is a partner in the employment law and labor relations and education law practice teams at Miller Nash Graham & Dunn LLP. Since 2000, Mike has worked with public and private employers in all areas of labor and employment law, providing strategic advice and counsel to reduce the risk of employment claims and representing employers in court and in front of administrative bodies. Mike's work includes defense of wage-and-hour class actions; trials centering on employment discrimination, retaliation, and whistleblower claims; and litigation of constitutional claims asserted against public entities such as those involving the First Amendment, including speech and religious-freedom cases, and procedural and substantive due process and other constitutional claims. Mike represents employers dealing with traditional labor issues, ranging from negotiating with unions, arbitrating grievances, and representing employers in matters involving the National Labor Relations Act and the Oregon Public Employee Collective Bargaining Act. Mike’s practice also focuses on serving public school districts, private schools, and higher education institutions on issues involving employment, including tenure issues, student rights and discipline, education programs, and federal and state regulatory compliance. Through this work, Mike has tried lawsuits and has addressed issues through the Office of Civil Rights ("OCR") and other regulatory bodies, including extensive negotiations with OCR and the United States Department of Justice to obtain favorable resolution terms for institutions. This education-related work has encompassed litigation and advice and counsel under Title IX of the Education Amendments, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, the Americans With Disabilities Act, the Fair Housing Act, and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, as well as constitutional issues such as public-forum restrictions and equal protection restrictions on consideration of race or other protected status in educational programs. Mike's practice encompasses litigation and providing practical strategies concerning a range of issues concerning civil and contractual rights of faculty, employees, students, and community members. Mike regularly undertakes speaking engagements and provides training to clients and to industry groups. Mike's presentations include employment- and education-related topics for the National Association of College and University Attorneys, the National School Boards Association Council of School Attorneys, the Oregon Chapter of the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources, the Oregon School Boards Association, and the Confederation of Oregon School Administrators.
Avvo Rating: Rated 4.5 out of 5

J Albies

1 SW Co\lumbia St., #1850 , Portland , Oregon 97204
Practice Areas: Employment & Labor
Avvo Rating: Rated 4.0 out of 5

Joseph Haddad

Firm: JJH Law, P.C.
220 NW 8th Ave. , Portland , Oregon 97209
Practice Areas: Employment & Labor
Experienced employment attorney and trial advocate, I seek to efficiently resolve the employment questions and disputes that may threaten not only the bottom line but the delicate balance of any workplace.  I have benefited from practicing within one of the largest firms in the Pacific Northwest and a preeminent national labor/employment firm, and apply the skills I gained at these firms to employers and businesses of all sizes and cultures.

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