Practice Areas

• Employment
• Fair Housing
• Consumer Protection

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• Employment Law Advice 

• Litigation and Pre-Litigation Services: administrative bodies, state and federal court 

• Employment Contracts/Separation Agreements 

• Federal Employee representation in proceedings before the Equal Employment Opportunities 
  Commission (EEOC), Merit System Protection Board (MSPB) and Office of Special Counsel 

• Workplace Investigations

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Resources

​Discrimination 
Equal Employment Opportunities Commission (EEOC): https://www.eeoc.gov/ 
-Laws and Guidance: https://www.eeoc.gov/laws/index.cfm

Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries (BOLI) Civil Rights Division: 
https://www.oregon.gov/BOLI/Pages/index.aspx 

U.S. Department of Justice (U.S. DOJ): 
https://www.justice.gov/crt/employment-litigation-section 

Wage and Hour 
Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries (BOLI) Wage and Hour Division: 
https://www.oregon.gov/BOLI/WHD/Pages/index.aspx 

U.S. Department of Labor:  
https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd 

Federal Employees: 
Equal Employment Opportunities Commission (EEOC): Discrimination: 
https://www.eeoc.gov/federal/fed_employees/index.cfm 

Merit System Protection Board (MSPB): Discipline or Discharge for Performance and Misconduct: https://www.mspb.gov/ 

Office of Special Counsel (OSC): Whistleblower Claims- including waste, fraud, mismanagement, abuse of authority and prohibited personnel practices (PPP): https://osc.gov/ 

Service member protections: Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA): https://www.dol.gov/agencies/vets/programs/userra

​• Preparing and filing administrative complaints of fair housing discrimination with Oregon Bureau 
  of Labor and Industries (BOLI) and Equal Employment Opportunities Commission EEOC) 

• Litigation in administrative forums, state and federal court

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Resources

​• U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD): https://www.hud.gov/
fair housing 

• Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries (BOLI): https://www.oregon.gov/boli/CRD/Pages/
   Housing-Discrimination-Questionnaire-(English)-.aspx 

• U.S. Department of Justice: fair housing testing: https://www.justice.gov/crt/fair-housing-
   testing-program-1

• Fair Housing Council of Oregon (FHCO): http://fhco.org/ 

• Community Alliance of Tenants (CAT): http://oregoncat.org/

• Litigate cases involving and misrepresentation and fraud in consumer transactions under the UTPA.

 • Use the UTPA as a tool to combat the unlawful practice of law, such as "notaries" and unlicensed 
   practitioners who target immigrant and other vulnerable populations.

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Resources

• Oregon Department of Justice: Consumer Protection and Financial Fraud https://www.doj.state.or.us/consumer-protection/about-us/ 

• Oregon State Bar (OSB):  https://www.osbar.org/index.html#
• Unlawful practice of law (UPL) complaint: https://www.osbar.org/_docs/resources/UPLComplaintForm.pdf 
•UPL facts re: unlicensed immigration practitioners: https://www.osbar.org/upl/faq.html