Oregon Labor Relation Law

Zoe Hollis v. R& R Restaurants, Inc., et al.

Portland, Oregon employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a Fair Labor Standards Act violation theory. Zoe Hollis, a dancer at a Portland strip club called Sassy's, sued the club's owners and managers under the Fair Labor Standards Act ("the FLSAâ€ or "the Actâ€) for misclassifying its dancers as independent contractors and violating corresponding wage and hou... More...

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<h1> United States of America v. Johnell Lee Cleveland </h1>

<h2><center> Portland, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Transporting a Victim Across State Lines for Illegal Sexual Activity </color="red"></h2></center><h2><center> Tigard Repeat Offender Sentenced to Federal Prison for Transporting a Victim Across State Lines for Illegal Sexual Activity and Launderi... More...

$0 (05-07-2024 - OR)

United States of America v. Gregory Lee Rodvelt

Medford, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with boobytrapping of a home that injured an FBI bomb technician. On September 7, 2018, bomb technicians from Oregon State Police (OSP) and the FBI went to a property in Williams formerly owned by Gregory Lee Rodvelt, 71, a former resident of Williams, Oregon, that he had lost in lawsuit. After Rodvelt learned that a re... More...

$0 (06-06-2023 - OR)

United States of America v. Robert J. Jesenik, Andrew N. MacRitchie and Brian K. Rise

Portland, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit fraud. Robert J. Jesenik, 63, former chief executive officer of Aequitas and resident of Lake Oswego, Oregon; Andrew N. MacRitchie, 59, formerly of Palm Harbor, Florida; and Brian K. Rice, 56, of Portland were found guilty of conspiring with one another to commit mail and wire fraud and 28 ind... More...

$0 (05-17-2023 - OR)

United States of America v. Justin Allen Cunningham

Portland, Oregon criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with wire fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1343, which provides: Whoever, having devised or intending to devise any scheme or artifice to defraud, or for obtaining money or property by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises, transmits or causes to be transmitted by means of wire, radio, or tel... More...

$0 (10-14-2022 - OR)

United States of America v. Johnl Jackson

Portland, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged for transporting two teen girls across state lines, drugging and sexually abusing them, and selling them to other men for sex. In 2016, John L. Jackson, age 34, met and befriended Keonte Desmond Scott, 23, also of Vancouver, after Scott's release from prison. Jackson sold Scott cocaine and eventually began coaching him... More...

$0 (07-25-2022 - OR)

United States of America v. Dustin Lee Henderson

Portland, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with robbing a local public house at gunpoint and making off with five cartons of cigarettes. Dustin Lee Henderson, 40, was found guilty of interfering with commerce with threats or violence; possessing a firearm in furtherance of, and using and carrying a firearm during and in relation to, a crime of violence; and il... More...

$0 (04-28-2022 - Or)

United States of America v. Matthew Hogan Peters

Portland, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with tax evasion and submitting false and health care fraud. Matthew Hogan Peters, 38, was sentenced to three years in federal prison and three years' supervised release. Peters was also ordered to pay more than $3,441,263 million in restitution to the IRS, in addition to back taxes Peters has already paid. "F... More...

$0 (12-10-2021 - OR)

United States of America v. Robert J. Jesenick

<center> <img width="400" src="http://www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Portland_OR_Fed.png"> </center> Portland, OR - The United States of America charged Robert J. Jesenick with fraud and money laundering. Jesenik, a former resident of West Linn, Oregon, is charged in a 32-count indictment with conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, wire fraud, bank fraud,... More...

$0 (08-19-2020 - OR)

United States of America v. Jody Tremayne Wafer

<center> <img width="300" src="https://www.wbdg.org/images/fed_courthouse_01.jpg"> </center> Portland, OR - Houston Man Pleads Guilty for Leading Interstate Marijuana Trafficking Conspiracy Jody Tremayne Wafer, 30, of Houston, Texas, pleaded guilty for organizing and leading a conspiracy to traffic marijuana grown in Portland to Texas. According to court documents, d... More...

$0 (10-04-2019 - OR)

United States of America v. Edwin Enoc Lara

<center> <img width="300" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Wayne_L._Morse_United_States_Courthouse_corner_crop.JPG/275px-Wayne_L._Morse_United_States_Courthouse_corner_crop.JPG"> </center> Eugene, OR - Former Bend Campus Security Officer Receives Second Life Sentence for Federal Kidnapping and Carjacking Edwin Enoc Lara, 34, a former campus safety... More...

$0 (04-29-2019 - OR)

United States of America v. Brian A. Oliver

<center> <img width="300" src="https://www.wbdg.org/images/fed_courthouse_01.jpg"> </center> Portland, OR - Former Aequitas Owner and Executive Vice President Pleads Guilty in Fraud and Money Laundering Conspiracy Criminal conspiracy could have cost investors more than $600 million Brian A. Oliver, a former owner and executive vice president of Aequitas Management, LL... More...

$0 (04-20-2019 - OR)

United States of America v. John Jason Burgess

<center> <img width="300" src="https://www.wbdg.org/images/fed_courthouse_01.jpg"> </center> Portland, OR - Hillsboro Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Charge After Stealing Labor Union Funds John Jason Burgess, 43, of Hillsboro, Oregon, pleaded guilty to one count of concealing or destroying labor union records. According to court documents, between 2008 and 2016, Burgess... More...

$0 (12-27-2018 - OR)

United States of America v. Veraphon Phatanakitjumroon

<center> <img width="300" src="https://www.wbdg.org/images/fed_courthouse_01.jpg"> </center> Portland, OR - Oregon Restaurant Owner Sentenced to Prison in Connection With Immigration-Related Forced Labor Scheme Paul Jumroon, also known as Veraphon Phatanakitjumroon, 55, formerly of Beaverton and Depoe Bay, Oregon, and a naturalized citizen originally from Thailand, was sentenced to... More...

$0 (12-18-2018 - OR)

Sarah Meyer and Gail Wooldridge v. State of Oregon

Plaintiffs, Sarah Meyer and Martin Wooldridge, appeal from a general judgment dismissing their action against defendants Oregon State Lottery (the Lottery), Jill Goldsmith, Larry Niswender, Tessa Sugahara, John Kroger, and Craig Durbin.1 Plaintiffs assert five assignments of error. We reject plaintiffs’ fourth assignment of error without written discussion and write only to address their remaini... More...

$0 (07-05-2018 - OR)

Matthew J. Mason v. BCK Corporation

Plaintiff appeals from a limited judgment that, on a motion for summary judgment, dismissed his liquor liability claim against defendant BCK Corporation, the operator of Duffy’s Irish Pub. Plaintiff had alleged that defendant had overserved Mullenix while she was visibly intoxicated and that he was later injured while a passenger in a car that Mullenix drove. Defendant sought summary judgment, a... More...

$0 (07-16-2018 - OR)

United States of America v. Paul Glen Hohag

Defendant Paul Glen Hohag pleaded guilty to failure to register as a sex offender, in violation of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (“SORNA”), 18 U.S.C. § 2250(a). The district court imposed a prison sentence of time served. The court also ordered, as conditions of supervised release, that Defendant participate in a sex offense-specific assessment and... More...

$0 (06-28-2018 - OR)

United States of America v. Thunyarax Phatanakit Jumroon Morelaw Internet Marketing</a> <a href="http://www.morelaw.com/lawyers/recent.asp" target="_new"> National Find A Lawyer Directory</a> 888-354-4529

Portland, OR - Oregon Woman Pleads Guilty for Role in Forced Labor and Visa Fraud Scheme Involving Thai Restaurant Workers Defendant financially benefited from co-defendant’s use of debts, fraud, threats of financial and reputational harm, and other means to compel victims to work at restaurants Tanya Jumroon, also known as Thunyarax Phatanakit Jumroon, 59, of Beaverton, Oregon... More...

$0 (06-19-2018 - OR)

Mutnomah County Sheriff's Office v. Rod Edwads

ORS 408.230(2)(c) requires a public employer to “devise and apply methods” of giving veterans and disabled veterans “special consideration” in the employer’s hiring process when that hiring process does not rank applicants by means of a score. The issue in this case is whether the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office (county) complied with that requirement when it ... More...

$0 (08-10-2017 - Or)

Janell Howard v. City of Coos Bay

We must decide whether the former employee of a City in Oregon may prevail on allegations that it violated the First Amendment and state law by refusing to rehire her. I A Janell Howard served as the Finance Director for the City of Coos Bay (“City”) from 1998 through 2008. On September 16, 2008, after an investigation into whether Howard had shoplifted from Wal-Mart (from which no... More...

$0 (09-29-2017 - OR)

United States of America v. Michael Leeper

Portland, OR - Former Columbia Sportswear Information Technology Employee Pleads Guilty to Computer Intrusions Michael Leeper, 41, of Tigard, Oregon, pleaded guilty in United States District Court to intentionally accessing the Columbia Sportswear Company’s network without authorization in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1030. From May 2000 to February 2014, Leeper was employed by Co... More...

$0 (09-09-2017 - Or)

Johnny R. Johnson v. O'Malley Brothers Corporation

In this wage-claim case, defendant appeals the trial court’s award of attorney fees under ORS 652.200(2) and ORS 652.615. Plaintiff was a commercial truck driver who sued defendant, his former employer, for failing to pay wages that it owed plaintiff, and for withholding a small sum from his paycheck, albeit with his consent. The trial court transferred plaintiff’s case... More...

$0 (06-01-2017 - OR)

Larry Kaplowitz v. Lane County

The issue in this land use case is whether the Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) properly deferred to Lane County’s interpretation of the meaning of “accessory” use and development as used in the county’s forestland zoning regulation. Under ORS 197.829(1), LUBA must affirm a county’s interpretation of its land use regulations unless that interpretation is inconsist... More...

$0 (06-01-2017 - OR)

In the Matter of the Compensation of Barbara J. DeBoard, Claimant

Claimant seeks review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board that upheld employer’s denials of her claim that employer add to her accepted 2012 injury claim the new or omitted condition of disc “protrusions” in the thoracic spine. The board adopted the determination of the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) that claimant’s undisputed disc pathology of the thor... More...

$0 (05-24-2017 - OR)

In the Matter of the Estates of Phillip Chin

The Oregon Probate Code allows an “interested person” to take certain actions with regard to a decedent’s estate, including petitioning to reopen an estate for proper cause. The code defines an “interested person” to include “heirs, devisees, children, spouses, creditors and any others having a property right or claim against the estate of a decedent that may be... More...

$0 (05-24-2017 - OR)

Lydia Patricia Bergstrom v. Associates for Women's Health of Southern Oregon, LLC

Plaintiff appeals a general judgment in favor of defendant. Plaintiff, Lydia Bergstrom, is the mother of a minor son, Garin, and she filed this lawsuit as a conservator on his behalf.1 Defendant Associates for Women’s Health of Southern Oregon, LLC, is an obstetrics clinic that provided plaintiff with prenatal care and assisted with the delivery of Garin. Plaintiff sued d... More...

$0 (02-01-2017 - OR)

Amanda Rae Gaylord v. Driver and Motor Vehicle Services Division

The Driver and Motor Vehicle Services Division (DMV) appeals from a judgment that set aside an administrative order that suspended petitioner’s driver’s license for a year. The circuit court ruled that an administrative law judge (ALJ) had improperly excluded evidence of a urinalysis of a sample that petitioner gave the morning after her arrest for driving under the inf... More...

$0 (02-23-2017 - OR)

Art Robinson v. Peter DeFazio

Defendant Peter DeFazio appeals from a supplemental judgment that awarded him some, but not all, of his attorney fees and costs against plaintiff Art Robinson. On appeal, defendant argues that the trial court erred by applying unlawful and impermissible factors when it reduced defendant’s attorney fee request.1 As explained below, we conclude that the trial court abused i... More...

$0 (03-01-2017 - OR)

Kenneth A. Thomas v. Wasco County

Petitioner Kenneth Thomas appeals from judgments of the circuit court dismissing his petition for a writ of review and his second amended complaint seeking a declaratory judgment.1 The proceedings arise out of petitioner’s objections to an order of the Wasco County Board of Commissioners granting a permit for an “outdoor mass gathering” to petitioner’s neighbor. ORS... More...

$0 (03-01-2017 - OR)

Ray F. Kastle v. Salem Hospital

This appeal concerns the application of the statute of limitations to a complaint for medical malpractice involving newly added defendants. Plaintiff alleged that negligent treatment of low sodium levels in his blood serum caused him to develop a neurological disorder, central pontine myelinolysis (CPM). Invoking ORCP 21 A(9),1 defendants moved to dismiss the complaint as b... More...

$0 (03-15-2017 - OR)

Stephanie M. Dowell v. Oregon Mutual Insurance Company

Auto insurers in Oregon must provide personal injury protection (PIP) benefits to their insureds for certain automotive injury-related expenses, regardless of who is at fault in an accident. ORS 742.520(1). The PIP medical benefits at issue in this case “consist of the following payments for the injury or death of each person” covered: “All reasonable and necessary ex... More...

$0 (02-16-2017 - OR)

Lillian Figueroa v. BNSF Railroad Company

Oregon requires that foreign corporations doing business in this state appoint a registered agent to receive service of process. ORS 60.731(1).1 The primary question that this case presents is whether, by appointing a registered agent in Oregon, defendant (a foreign corporation) impliedly consented to general jurisdiction here—that is, whether defendant consented to have ... More...

$0 (03-02-2017 - OR)

Jesse Brown v. SAIF Corporation

The issue in this workers’ compensation case is whether claimant is entitled to benefits for his “combined condition” claim. Under ORS 656.005(7)(a)(B), a “combined condition” exists when an “otherwise compensable injury” combines with a preexisting condition, and the otherwise compensable injury remains the major contributing cause of that combined condition.... More...

$0 (03-30-2017 - OR)

STATE OF OREGON v. KENNETH EUGENE WOODS <table> <td>

Defendant appeals his convictions for two counts first-degree sexual abuse, ORS 163.427, and one count of second-degree sodomy, ORS 163.395. He assigns error to the trial court’s admission of evidence of his prior uncharged sexual conduct against the same victim. He also assigns error to the trial court’s imposition of restitution. We conclude that the trial court did not err in admitting the ... More...

$0 (04-04-2017 - OR)

United States of America v. Todd Alan Nelson

Portland, OR - Career Offender Sentenced to 15 Years Federal Prison U.S. District Judge Robert E. Jones sentenced Todd Alan Nelson, 51, of Salem, Oregon, to a mandatory minimum of 10 years in prison for possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, followed by a consecutive five-year mandatory minimum sentence for possession of a firearm during and in relation to a drug offens... More...

$0 (07-25-2016 - OR)

United States of America v. Darren Bottinelli

Portland, OR - Owner of Axis Benefits Administrators Pleads Guilty to Theft of $3 Million Dollars from Health Care Reimbursement Trust Account Funds Darrin Bottinelli, 45, of Portland, Oregon, pled guilty Thursday, March 17, 2016, before U.S. District Judge Robert E. Jones to one count of theft in connection with health care. Bottinelli admitted in his plea agreement that between 2009 an... More...

$0 (03-18-2016 - OR)

Wilbur and Kathryn Hardy, v. State Land Board

The State Land Board and the Department of State Lands (collectively, the state) appeal a judgment of the circuit court setting aside the board’s declaration of ownership of the bed and banks of the Rogue River between river miles (RM) 68.5 and 157.51 under the process established in ORS 274.400 to 274.412. It also appeals a supplemental judgment awarding petitioners their attorney fees and cos... More...

$0 (10-19-2015 - OR)

State Of Oregon v. Hickman/Hickman

Defendants Dale and Shannon Hickman have been lifelong members of the Followers of Christ Church. That church—drawing from the Christian Bible’s descriptions that Jesus and his disciples, rather than doctors, healed the sick and disabled—instructs its members to rely on “faith healing” and to eschew conventional medicine. For the Followers of Christ, faith healing entails prayer, anointi... More...

$0 (10-12-2015 - OR)

Blachana, LLC v. BOLI

The Rose City T-Girls is an informal social group that includes straight people, married couples, nonmarried couples, males who identify as females, cross-dressers, males who have physically transitioned to females, lesbians, and gay males. Respondents,1 Blachana, LLC, and Christopher Penner, own and manage a bar in North Portland formerly known as the P Club.2 Respondents seek judicial review of ... More...

$0 (09-29-2015 - OR)

State Of Oregon v. Clemente-Perez

In reviewing a denial of a motion for judgment of acquittal, we describe the pertinent facts and all reasonable inferences that may be drawn from those facts in the light most favorable to the state. State v. Walker, 356 Or 4, 6, 333 P3d 316 (2014). In this case, defendant’s son and estranged wife went to defendant’s house to pick up his son’s backpack before school. While defendant’s wife... More...

$0 (09-17-2015 - OR)