About
Jill has almost 20 years of employment law experience and excels in
workplace mediation, investigation/fact-finding, training, coaching and
consulting with businesses and attorneys to develop strategies for resolving
difficult situations. She has worked with large and small companies in the
private and public sectors and in a wide variety of industries.
After graduating from UC Hastings College of the Law in 1991, Jill practiced
labor and employment law in Oregon with Lane Powell Spears Lubersky, and
later became in-house counsel with Tri-Met. Jill became a mediator in 1998,
and since 2002, Jill has provided neutral investigation/fact-finding and
mediation as a consultant and an expert witness to parties involved in
workplace conflict, as well as corporate training programs for employees and
managers in employment-related issues such as equal employment opportunity,
harassment and discrimination.
Professional Activities
- Arbitrator, Better Business Bureau 1999 to present (pro bono)
- Advisory Council Member, The West Women’s and Children’s Shelter
Professional Organizations
- Portland Human Resources Management Association
- Society for Human Resource Management
- Oregon Mediation Association
- Oregon State Bar
Education
- JD, University of California, Hastings College of the Law
- BA, History, 1986, University of California, Santa Cruz (Phi Beta Kappa and College Honors)
- Mediation Training, University of Washington School of Law
- Executive Coach Training, Water the Bamboo™ Center for Leadership