Andrew Schpak

Practice Areas

Andrew Schpak is the Co-Managing Partner at Barran Liebman and has been exclusively representing management in employment litigation, providing advice in employment matters, and performing independent investigations for over nineteen 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 in state and federal court proceedings and before state and federal administrative agencies.

Professional Memberships

National Association of College & University Attorneys (NACUA): Member (2023-present)

American Bar Association Board of Governors: Member (2020-2023); Executive Committee (2021-2023); Finance Committee: Chair (2021-2023), Member (2020-2023); Governance Committee, Member (2020-2021); Liaison to the Standing Committee on Membership (2020-2023); Liaison to the Standing Committee on Bar Activities and Service (2020-2023)

American Bar Association: Standing Committee on Audit, Member (2023-present)

American Bar Association Fund for Justice & Education, Member (2023-present)

American Counsel Association Board of Directors: President (2024-present); President-Elect (2023-present); Secretary/Treasurer (2021-2023); Member (2019-present)

American Bar Association House of Delegates: At-Large Delegate (2018-2020; 2023-present); Select Committee, Reporter (2018-2020); American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division Delegate (2015-2018); Oregon State Bar Young Lawyer Delegate (2014-2015); Multnomah Bar Association Delegate (2010-2014); Member (2010-present)

American Bar Association Judicial Division Lawyers Conference: Chair-Elect (2024-present), Secretary (2018-2019; 2023-2024), Vice-Chair (2019-2020); Membership Committee Chair (2019-2020); Executive Committee, Member (2017-2020; 2023-present); Public Outreach, Education, and Service Committee, Co-Chair (2017-2019); Court Funding Committee, Co-Chair (2016-2017); Perspectives of Young Lawyers on the Judiciary Committee, Co-Chair (2016-2017)

American Bar Association Standing Committee on Meetings and Travel, Member (2015-2018)

American Bar Foundation: Oregon Chapter of the Fellows, Chair (2020-present); Co-Chair (2017-2020); Institutional Relations, Chair (2016-2020); Board of Directors, Member (2015-2020); Life Fellow (2013-present)

American Bar Association Law Practice Division: Client Development & Marketing Committee, Member (2023-present); Lawyer Leadership & Management Committee, Member (2023-present); Professional Development Committee, Member (2023-present); Member Development Committee, Vice-Chair for Member Engagement (2019-2020); Council Member (2018-2020); Co-Chair (2018-2019); Vice-Chair (2016-2018); Attorney Well-Being Committee, Member (2015-2018); LP Fellow (2015-2016)

Multnomah Bar Association: Large Law Firm Managing Partners Roundtable, Chair (2019-present); Immediate Past President (2018-2019); President (2017-2018); President-Elect (2016-2017); Treasurer (2016-2017); Finance & Operations Committee, Chair (2016-2017), Member (2015-2019); Executive Committee, Member (2016-2019); CLE Committee, Board Liaison (2016-2017); Board of Directors, Member (2008-2009; 2014-present); Judicial Screening Committee, Board Liaison (2014-2015); Membership Committee, Member (2009-2010); Wintersmash Committee, Chair (2006-2007), Member (2005-2007)

Career

Actively involved with the American Bar Association (ABA), Andrew is the Treasurer-Elect nominee and serves on the Standing Committee on Scope and Correlation of Work (SCOPE), the Standing Committee on Audit, and as the State Membership Chair liaison to the Standing Committee on Membership (SCOM). He is also a member of the Council of the ABA Fund for Justice and Education, Chair-Elect of the Judicial Lawyers Conference Executive Committee, a Delegate-at-Large to the ABA House of Delegates, and Co-Vice Chair of the Select Committee.

Outside of ABA involvement, Andrew currently serves as a Board Member of the Portland Metro Chamber and is a graduate of Leadership Portland and a Past Chair of the Leadership Portland Alumni Association. He is also President of the American Counsel Association, a Life Fellow of the American Bar Foundation and Chair of the Oregon Chapter of the Fellows. Andrew previously served as a member of the ABA Board of Governors, President of the Multnomah Bar Association (MBA), and led both the ABA Young Lawyers Division (YLD) and the MBA Young Lawyers Section. He is listed as an “Up & Coming Attorney” by Chambers & Partners USA, was first listed in the Oregon Super Lawyers Magazine as a Rising Star in 2009, and has been listed as a Super Lawyer since 2013. He was honored by the Portland Business Journal’s “Forty Under 40” as a leading executive and by the Multnomah Bar Association as a Mentor of the Year.

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 just completed seven years as a Board Member of Transition Projects, Inc., which provided an outlet to further the Organization’s mission to help people transition from homelessness to housing.

Andrew graduated from Reed College and received his J.D. from Cornell Law School. 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.

Publications

Featured in the Oregon State Bar Bulletin: “Does Where You Work Matter?, ” March 2025

“Ninth Circuit Upholds Oregon’s Conversational Privacy Statute – Notice Required to Record In-Person Conversations,” Barran Liebman Electronic Alert, January 13, 2025

Quoted in Bloomberg Law: “Workplace Religious Objections Struggle Despite New Legal Test,” June 7, 2024

“DOL Increases Salary Requirements for White-Collar & HCE Exemptions,” Barran Liebman Electronic Alert, April 23, 2024

“Oregon Employers: Watch Out for Tip Pooling Rules,” Barran Liebman Electronic Alert, March 12, 2024

“The U.S. Department of Labor Has Issued Its Final Rule, Changing the Independent Contractor Test (Again),” Barran Liebman Electronic Alert, January 12, 2024