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Thirty + year AV (Martindale-Hubbell) rated Labor, Employment, and Privacy law attorney with broad experience in all aspects of employer/employee relationships, including drafting employment agreements, and employment manuals, providing supervisor and employee training, assisting employers in handling employee grievances and discrimination or anti-harassment complaints, managing terminations and reductions-in–force, and advising employers on the interaction of an employee's rights under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) the Workers'​ Compensation Act, and state and federal family and pregnancy leave laws. I regularly assist employers in responding to charges before the Bureau of Labor and Industries and the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission, and in defending lawsuits in state and federal court.

 I especially enjoy assisting and advising clients regarding issues related to non-competition, non-solicitation, and non-disclosure agreements. I regularly advise clients on how to better protect their trade secrets through good drafting. On the rare occasion when an issue does arise related to solicitation of clients, or forming a competing business, I assist clients to evaluate the scope of the issue, and to protect their trade secrets using mechanisms ranging from dispute resolution and mediation to litigation and obtaining restraining orders.I am a member of my firm's privacy and data breach group and regularly provide advice and speak on privacy and risk management issues for employers related to employee's use of social networking sites, including how to protect trade secrets from being disseminated through an employee's social networking activities.Specialties: I am an Oregon and Washington Lawyer. Washington Rule of Professional Conduct 7.4 prohibits lawyers from stating or implying that they are specialists in any particular field of the law except in limited circumstances

Listed skills include Employment Law, Litigation, Legal Writing, Employment Discrimination, and 36 others.