Joy Ellis

Practice Areas

Labor, Employment & Immigration

Alternative Dispute Resolution

Food & Beverage

Labor & Employment Litigation

Litigation

Education Law

Luxury Law

Career

Joy has 25 years of experience delivering practical employment-related advice, litigating labor and employment disputes, conducting workplace investigations, and advising independent and public schools.

Joy advises and represents employers. Her clients rely on her to provide practical advice and counsel on a broad range of employment law issues. In addition to her advice practice, Joy is a litigator who defends employers. She has successfully handled BOLI and EEOC complaints, and she regularly defends lawsuits in Oregon and Washington’s state and federal courts.

Joy also conducts workplace investigations and has a reputation as a fair, prompt and thorough fact finder.

A unique segment of Joy’s practice involves advising and representing independent schools in virtually all aspects of their operations, including employment matters, educator misconduct, risk management, student and employee handbooks, student discipline, civil rights, enrollment contract and admission issues, education records, and head of school contracts.

Joy is a frequent speaker on various employment and school law topics. She regularly conducts on-site training on preventing educator misconduct, maintaining a harassment-free workplace, implementing leave laws, complying with wage and hour laws, and effective hiring and firing practices.

Expert in these Jurisdictions

Oregon, 1995

Washington, 1996

U.S. District Court, District of Oregon, 1997

U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington, 1996

U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, 1998