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Andrew Schpak is the Co-Managing Partner at Barran Liebman and has been exclusively representing management in employment litigation and providing advice in employment matters for over eighteen years. He works with prominent Oregon companies, government entities, and non-profits, navigating complex employment laws and crafting strategies and solutions for their success. Andrew drafts and updates workplace policies and employee handbooks, provides workplace training, and advises clients on employment issues when they arise. He also drafts, reviews, and negotiates employment, partnership, and independent contractor agreements, as well as confidentiality, non-solicitation, and non-competition agreements. Andrew spends the majority of his time representing clients before state and federal administrative agencies and in state and federal court proceedings.

Professional Memberships

Actively involved with the American Bar Association (ABA), he represents District 19 (Oregon, South Carolina, and Iowa) on the ABA Board of Governors and is serving his second consecutive term as Chair of the Board’s Finance Committee and as a member of the Executive Committee. He is also a Life Fellow of the American Bar Foundation and Chair of the Oregon Chapter of the Fellows. Andrew currently serves as a Board Member of the Portland Business Alliance and is a graduate of Leadership Portland and a Past Chair of the Leadership Portland Alumni Association. Andrew previously served as President of the Multnomah Bar Association (MBA) and led both the ABA Young Lawyers Division (YLD) and the MBA Young Lawyers Section. Having supported the Campaign for Equal Justice ever since he started practicing law, he now serves as Treasurer of its Board of Directors and as Chair of its Finance Committee and Large Firm Partners Committee.

Andrew has a passion for helping those who are houseless and trying to find stability. As Chair of the ABA YLD, he developed and implemented “Project Street Youth: Young Lawyers Advocating for Homeless Youth,” which provided young lawyers across the country with the education and materials they needed to set up free legal aid clinics in their respective cities. Andrew now serves as Co-Chair of the Board of Transition Projects, Inc., which provides an outlet for him to help people transition from homelessness to housing. He also serves as a member of the Board’s Executive, Governance, and Development Committees.

He is admitted to practice in Oregon and Washington state and federal courts and is certified as a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) by the Human Resources Certification Institute (HRCI) and as a Senior Certified Professional (SCP) by the Society for Human Resources Management.

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