Prior Experience

• Partner, Buchanan Angeli Altschul & Sullivan LLP, Portland, Oregon (June 2008 to present)
• Partner, McKanna Bishop Joffe & Sullivan LLP, Portland, Oregon (August 2002-May 2008)
• Associate, Hoevet, Snyder & Boise, P.C., Portland, Oregon (September 1997-July 2002)
• Associate, Bernabei & Katz, Washington, D.C. (September 1995-September 1997)
• Law Clerk, Honorable Malcolm F. Marsh, U.S. District Court Judge for the District of Oregon (August 1993-August 1995)

Education

• New York University Law School (J.D., 1993), Annual Survey of American Law, Articles Editor
• Princeton University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1989).

Bar Memberships

State bars of Oregon, Washington, California and District of Columbia (inactive status); U.S. District Court for the Districts of Oregon, Western District of Washington, Maryland and District of Columbia; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Legal Activities and Honors

Oregon State Bar

• Steering Committee, OSB Economic Survey (2007)
• Federal Practice and Procedure Committee (2005-2008)
• Chair (2007-2008)
• Civil Rights Section Newsletter Editorial Board (2004-present)
• Civil Rights Section Executive Committee (2002-2004)
• Public Service and Information Committee (2000 2002)

Multnomah Bar Association

• Public Service Committee (1998-2000)
• Recipient, YLS Award of Merit (May 2000) for outstanding service to the profession for coordinating YLS Dropout Prevention Program.

Oregon Trial Lawyers Association

• President (2009-present)
• Board of Governors (1999-present)
• Executive Committee Member (2006-present)
• Co-Chair, Employment Section (2001-2006)
• Co-Chair, Women’ Caucus (1999-2000)
• Co-Chair, New Lawyers’ Section (1999-2000)
• Recipient, Volunteer of the Year Award (August 2000)

Oregon Foundation for Reproductive Health (2009–present)

Northwest Women’s Law Center Legal Committee Member, Pregnancy and Family Responsibilities Discrimination Subcommittee (2006-present)

Federal Bar Association

Oregon Women Lawyers

National Employment Lawyers Association

Association of Trial Lawyers of America

Gus J. Solomon American Inns of Court (1998-2005)

Community Service

Multnomah CourtCare

• Member, Advisory Committee (2006-present)
• Member, Steering Committee for Annual Fundraising Drive (2002-present)

Frequent presenter at CLE sessions sponsored by the Oregon State Bar, Oregon Trial Lawyers Association, Federal Bar Association, Multnomah Bar Association, National Business Institute and Oregon Law Institute on topics related to employment law and civil litigation.