Rhonda Cate Canby

Experience

Successfully defended non-profit foundation in four-day arbitration of wrongful termination claims.

Successfully defended small employer in trial of wage claims.

Successfully mediated claims involving employment disputes of all kinds, including serious breaches of ethics and acts of moral turpitude.

Won summary judgment in numerous discrimination and harassment cases lodged against public and private employers.

Prevailed on appeal in several appellate matters involving a variety of employment, disability, contract and environmental matters.

Successfully negotiated resolution of cases involving significant contract and fraud claims by a major university against a national software company.

Successfully defended or satisfactorily resolved scores of Americans with Disabilities Act cases, many involving removal of physical barriers or workplace accommodation and one involving accommodation of students.

Counseled clients and offered customized training about compliance with state and federal regulations involving privacy, wage and hour law, workplace accommodation, sexual harassment and discrimination.

Conducted numerous complex workplace investigations of alleged sexual harassment.

Successfully defended companies in administrative proceedings by state and federal authorities, including the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing and the California Department of Labor.

Advised clients on employment issues arising out of discipline, drug-testing, reductions in force, intellectual property, unfair competition and other matters.

Drafted contracts, letters and policies regarding a wide array of employment matters.

Represented clients in fee disputes arising out of civil rights cases; arbitrated one such attorney fee dispute.

Presently serves as Marketing Partner at Downey Brand, LLP.

Served for two years as sole judicial law clerk to The Honorable Wallace P. Carson, Jr., Chief Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court.

Served during law school as Articles Editor of Law Review.

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