The 2026 listing of leading Employer-focused Portland Employment Lawyers details attorneys practising within the areas of employment and industrial relations matters across the greater Portland legal market whose practice has a strong employer representation focus and who have been identified by the city’s employment lawyers for their expertise and abilities in these areas.
Preeminent
Paula Barran, Barran Liebman LLP
Brenda Baumgart, Stoel Rives LLP
Naomi Haslitt, Miller Nash LLP
Kristin Bremer Moore, Tonkon Torp LLP
Karen O’Connor, Stoel Rives LLP
Karen O’Kasey, Hart Wagner LLP
Liani Reeves, Miller Nash LLP
Leading
Kyle Abraham, Ogletree Deakins
Courtney Angeli, Buchanan Angeli Sullivan & Ferrer LLP
Clarence Belnavis, Fisher Phillips
Paul Buchanan, Buchanan Angeli Sullivan & Ferrer LLP
Kyle Busse, Markowitz Herbold PC
Robert Carey, Tonkon Torp LLP
Adam Collier, CDR Labor Law LLC
Michael Garone, Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt
Todd Hanchett, Stoel Rives LLP
Edwin Harnden, Barran Liebman LLP
Richard Alli Jr, Miller Nash LLP
Shayda Zaerpoor Le, Barran Liebman LLP
Todd Lyon, Fisher Phillips
Laura Salerno Owens, Markowitz Herbold PC
Doug Parker, Ballard Spahr LLP
Kathy Peck, Peck Rubanoff & Hatfield PC
Laura Rosenbaum, Stoel Rives LLP
Stephen Scott, Fisher Phillips
Andrea Thompson, Stoel Rives LLP
Recommended
Amy Angel, Barran Liebman LLP
Francis Barnwell, Arbor Employment Law
Mark Crabtree, Jackson Lewis P.C.
Clay Creps, Tonkon Torp LLP
Stacie Damazo DeSimone, Miller Nash LLP
Elizabeth Falcone, Ogletree Deakins
April Upchurch Fredrickson, Miller Nash LLP
Sarah Hale, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Melissa Healy, Stoel Rives LLP
Kathryn Hindman, Arbor Employment Law
Jordan Jeter, Tonkon Torp LLP
Blerina Kotori, Tonkon Torp LLP
Alan Lee, CDR Labor Law LLC
Chris Morgan, Barran Liebman LLP
Paul Ostroff, Ballard Spahr LLP
Dan Rowan, CDR Labor Law LLC
Andrew Schpak, Barran Liebman LLP
Lisa Shevlin, Littler Mendelson P.C.
Christine Thelen, Ballard Spahr LLP
Christie Totten, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Maryann Yelnosky, Arbor Employment Law