Shareholder 121 SW Morrison Suite 900 97204 main: (503) 221-0309 direct: (503) 889-8856 fax: (503) 242-2457 tleachman@littler.com Focus Areas Litigation and Trials Discrimination and Harassment Leaves of Absence and Disability Accommodation Labor Management Relations Higher Education Overview Tamsen L. Leachman devotes her legal career to assisting employers and organizations in all areas of employment and labor law. She represents employers in a wide variety of employment-related lawsuits, administrative hearings, grievances, arbitrations, unfair labor practices, and in collective bargaining. She also provides advice and counsel to employers regarding the myriad of laws governing the employment relationship with an emphasis on prevention through compliance, coupled with the development of strategic, system-driven solutions. Tamsen rounds out her practice through her proactive training programs targeted at human resource professionals, managers, executives, and in-house counsel. These programs often begin with root-cause analysis, move to development of systems or programs to eliminate core problems, and conclude with educational training to ensure the new solutions and tools are used effectively and knowledge deficits are corrected. Professional and Community Affiliations President, Board of Directors, Former General Counsel, Member, Board of Directors, Executive Committee, Children's Developmental Health Institute 1
Recognition Named, The Best Lawyers in America, 2014-2016 Named, America's Leading Lawyers for Business, Chambers USA, 2014 and 2015 Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America Named, Super Lawyer, Mountain States, Corporate Counsel Education J.D., University of Idaho College of Law, 1993 B.A., Eastern Washington University, 1990 Bar Admissions Oregon Washington Idaho Courts U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit Oregon Supreme Court Oregon Court of Appeals Washington State Supreme Court Washington Court of Appeals Idaho Supreme Court Idaho Court of Appeals U.S. District Court, District of Oregon U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Washington U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington U.S. District Court, District of Idaho Publications & Press August 18, 2015 Littler Attorneys Recognized in the Best Lawyers in America 2016 Edition August 4, 2015 The Big Move Toward Big Data in Employment Littler Report 2
May 20, 2015 Chambers USA Recognizes Littler and Its Attorneys February 17, 2015 Everything old is new again: How the EEOC is reinventing itself Oregon Business August 18, 2014 Littler Attorneys Included in the Best Lawyers in America 2015 Edition May 23, 2014 Littler and Its Attorneys Ranked In 2014 Chambers USA Guide February 16, 2014 Workplace bullying is a growing, complicated problem for employers Business Insurance January 15, 2014 Littler s Portland Office Rings in New Year with New Shareholder September 20, 2013 Unpaid Interns Could Cost Millions August 2, 2013 When Disaster Strikes Vancouver Business Journal April 19, 2013 U.S. Supreme Court's ERISA decision comes with a footnote for employers Daily Journal of Commerce - Oregon April 15, 2013 Even Paid Internship Programs Come With Risk Law360.com 3
February 22, 2013 Gun Debate Brings Firearms Issue to the Workplace February 20, 2013 PBJ Focus Section: Lawyers Guns & Money October 19, 2012 The Final Paycheck: Do It Right or Pay the Price Compensation.BLR.com June 7, 2012 Returning troops pose unique employment law considerations Daily Journal of Commerce - Oregon March 28, 2012 Challenges Ahead for Returning Veterans KGW.com May 13, 2011 Wage Violations? There's An App For That, Too Oregon Business April 15, 2011 Q&A: Tamsen Leachman: Partner at Fisher & Phillips Daily Journal of Commerce - Oregon December 2010 Privacy, Blurred Boundaries, and the Social Media Frenzy November 2010 As We Prepare for Winter, Watch Out for the ICE Storm October 2010 Outing the Elephant 4
September 2010 What Can We Learn From Mark Hurd August 2010 Summer Update Edition July 2010 Success is the Sum of the Details June 2010 Turning Up the Regulatory Heat May 2010 Common Pay Mistakes Can Be Uncommonly Expensive April 2010 New Developments Mean New To-Do's March 2010 Now More Than Ever: Domestic Violence in the Workplace Hits Home February 2010 Happy Birthday ADA January 2010 Looking Back and Planning Ahead December 18, 2009 Industry Has a Chance to Address Bullying First 5
September 2009 My Most Memorable Trial Speaking Engagements November 4, 2015 DOL's Proposed Changes to the White Collar Regulations: What Should Employers Do Now? October 30, 2014 The Termination Process Hiring and Terminating, The Ins and Outs of Employment Law Seminar - Sterling Education Services Inc. (SES), Vancouver, WA October 9, 2014 A Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 September 16, 2014 Using Social Media to Recruit and Retain August 19, 2014 Shades of Gray in Wage and Hour Law 2014 Annual Conference - Local Government Personnel Institute (LGPI), Silverton, OR June 19, 2014 Managing Attendance & Leave Laws (FMLA, OFLA & ADA) Xenium HR, Tualatin, OR May 13, 2014 The Contentious Employee 2014 Edition Ada County Employment Association (ACEA) April 29, 2014 General Employment & Contract Law for Managers Second Annual Conference of the Council of Language Access Coordinators - National Center for State Courts (NCSC), 6
April 2, 2014 Pathway to Partnership & Working with the Business Community Women's Law Caucus - University of Idaho March 20, 2014 FMLA, OFLA & ADA Issues at Work 28th Annual Public Employment Relations Conference (PERC) - University of Oregon, Salem, OR March 12, 2014 The Employee From Hell Portland Medical Community Managers, 7