Amy Joseph Pedersen

Practice Areas

Amy Joseph Pedersen is senior counsel to the Labor & Employment section of Stoel Rives’ Litigation group. Amy focuses exclusively on employment litigation and counseling, primarily on the employer’s side of a dispute but, on occasion, also represents executives and executive groups. Amy has substantial trial experience in state and federal courts, as well as in administrative proceedings and arbitration, in all areas of employment law including discrimination and wage class actions. She also has significant experience in noncompetition and nonsolicitation agreement negotiation, drafting and enforcement litigation and workplace investigations. Amy is a past member of the firm’s Executive Committee, Pro Bono Committee and Diversity and Inclusion Committee.

Amy regularly provides employment advice to employers in many industries, including entertainment, marketing, sports, manufacturing, architecture, health care, real estate, technology, insurance, retail, nonprofit, forest products, media, financial services, telecommunications, web services and construction.

Professional Memberships

- American Bar Association

- Multnomah Bar Association

- Oregon Association of Defense Counsel

Personal

- Volunteer, Southeast Legal Clinic

- Volunteer, Domestic Violence Project

- Volunteer, Legal Aid Services of Oregon