About

Provided by Stoel Rives LLP

Clients look to Stoel Rives’ Labor & Employment group to handle their complex labor and employment challenges. We provide high-quality representation, innovative solutions, and business-driven results. Clients trust us with high-stakes litigation and rely on our team as strategic advisors for day-to-day issues. Our large team distinguishes itself with a full-service approach, offering advice and counsel, dispute resolution, traditional labor representation, investigations, appeals, and training.

We are notable for our depth in highly regulated industry sectors including healthcare, agribusiness, manufacturing, consumer products, and technology, and for representing prominent clients in significant matters. Our clients include some of the most well-known brands and significant employers throughout the West.

Our lawyers have worked on matters that involve novel theories, issues of first impression, and precedent-setting decisions, and have been involved in high-profile work defending several significant wage and hour class actions, representing clients in high-stakes discrimination, retaliation, and non-compete litigation, defending multiple employers in numerous grievances and litigation related to vaccine mandates, and conducting sensitive internal investigations.

Chambers Review

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Labor & Employment - Oregon

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Band 1

What the Team is Known For

Stoel Rives has a large and impressive practice in labor and employment, acting mainly for the employer across the scope of this sector. The team is skilled in litigation matters including non-competition disputes, wage and hour cases, whistle-blower, terminations, and discrimination claims. The department offers significant experience in arbitration matters. Its client base includes a variety of well-known consumer brands, as well as schools, universities, and companies in the health sector.

Work Highlights

  • Stoel Rives represented Walgreens in a wage and hour class action filed against several subsidiaries of Walgreens Pharmacy Services.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Amy Joseph Pedersen
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Amy Joseph Pedersen
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Senior Statespeople
Amy Pedersen is revered for her experience in the labor and employment market, maintaining large multinational clients. Amy Pedersen maintains a practice in assisting in investigations and discrimination cases.

Amy is one of the best attorneys and strongest litigators you could ever hope to work with.

Amy is an outstanding practitioner.

Karen L O'Connor
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Karen L O'Connor
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Band 1
Karen O'Connor regularly conducts workplace investigations in relation to harassment and discrimination complaints. She has significant experience in employment litigation, with particular knowledge around wage-and-hour class actions.

Karen is a valuable resource in our employment litigation matters.

Brenda K Baumgart
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Brenda K Baumgart
Head of Labor & Employment
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Band 3
Brenda Baumgart is well versed in handling single-plaintiff and class action suits in the labor and employment space. She is notably active working with clients in the healthcare sector. Brenda works with top national clients.

Brenda is a great attorney and wonderful to deal with.

Brenda brings a calm sensibility to high stakes litigation.

Todd Hanchett
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Todd Hanchett
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Band 3
Todd Hanchett leads impressive employment class action litigation, but also shows expertise in discrimination cases, as well as arbitration. He is active in the healthcare sector.

Todd is an excellent partner and advisor for all labor and employment matters.

He is able to move with alacrity and flexibility as situations arise.

He is attentive, responsive and he knows his field, which is labor and employment.

Laura Rosenbaum
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Laura Rosenbaum
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Band 4
Laura Rosenbaum provides clients with high-quality advice on labor and employment matters, with particular expertise on disability discrimination and wrongful discharge claims.

Laura is excellent, and she offers valid and sound advice.

She is very talented, smart and logical.

She is extremely knowledgeable about our business and very responsive.

Andrea Thompson
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Andrea Thompson
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Up and Coming

Andrea Thompson is highlighted for her ability to defend clients against claims of discrimination, wrongful termination and wage-and-hour issues.

Andrea Thompson can be relied upon to always serve her client's interests and deliver great results.

Ranked Lawyers at
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Oregon

Labor & Employment

Amy Joseph Pedersen
S
Amy Joseph Pedersen
S
Senior Statespeople
Karen L O'Connor
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Karen L O'Connor
1
Band 1
Brenda K Baumgart
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Brenda K Baumgart
Head of Labor & Employment
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Band 3
Todd Hanchett
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Todd Hanchett
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Band 3
Laura Rosenbaum
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Laura Rosenbaum
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Band 4
Andrea Thompson
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Andrea Thompson
U
Up and Coming

Members

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Brenda K Baumgart

Brenda K Baumgart

Head of Department

Brent Hamilton

Dominik Mackinnon

John Dudrey

Matthew Tellam

Megan Bradford

Melissa Healy

Rachel Gale

Ryan Kunkel

Sophie Shaddy-Farnsworth

Clients

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Kaiser Foundation Health Plan

Legacy Health

Maitripa College

McMenamins, Inc.

New Seasons Market

Oregon Governor’s Office

Oregon Health & Science University

PeaceHealth

Regency Pacific Management

Walgreen Co.

Industries

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Consumer Products

Education

Food & Beverage

Healthcare

Manufacturing

Natural Resources

Real Estate