From wage and hour class actions to advising employers and employees on noncompetition and severance issues, our lawyers handle many aspects of employment law. Our experience representing both plaintiffs and defendants, and employers and employees, gives us a unique advantage and the inside track when negotiating and litigating employment matters.
Josh Ross, along with co-counsel Diane Sykes, represented a Portland Public Schools administrator in a court case alleging discrimination and retaliation.
Learn MoreStoll Berne attorney Steve Larson represented Oregon drivers for FedEx Ground in a class action alleging that FedEx Ground misclassified the drivers as independent contractors, but treated them like employees. After the Ninth Circuit ruled in favor of the Oregon drivers, the case settled.
Learn MoreStoll Berne served on the Steering Committee and as liaison counsel in a nationwide class and collective action under federal and state laws brought on behalf of approximately 2800 claims adjusters working in states across the country.
Learn MoreSteve Larson represented agricultural employees in an employment class action against Stahlbush Island Farms for failure to pay overtime wages under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act and the Oregon Wage and Hour Law.
Learn MoreThe firm represented the Chief Operating Officer for a major food products company, who was terminated without being paid a large severance payment that was owed.
Learn MoreStoll Berne attorneys Steve Larson and Jen Wagner obtained a settlement from Bottomley Evergreens in a wage and hour class action in Oregon state court on behalf of over 400 seasonal workers that made Christmas wreaths at an Oregon facility.
Learn MoreRite Aid assistant store managers sued the national pharmacy giant in federal court, alleging that they had been improperly misclassified as exempt from overtime when they performed no managerial tasks.
Learn MoreStoll Berne attorneys Robert Stoll and Jennifer Wagner negotiated a $14.5 million settlement in a federal civil rights class action against the Portland Public School District.
Learn MoreKeith Dubanevich represented a senior executive who sought severance benefits in arbitration after a merger of two public companies resulted in a substantial change in her responsibilities.
Learn MoreSteve Larson represented former employees of Smurfit Newsprint who filed a class action against their former employer to recover statutory penalties for the alleged late payment of wages after the plant was sold.
Learn MoreRob Shlachter and Tim DeJong, representing the CEO, successfully litigated a wrongful termination case on behalf of a fired CEO, which resulted in a substantial severance payment and a public statement that CEO was fired "without cause."
Learn MoreSteve Larson obtained an injunction prohibiting former employees from starting a competing business using a client list and other proprietary information that were improperly taken from the client, a medical device manufacturer.
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