Barran Liebman

Todd A. Hanchett

Todd A. Hanchett
Partner

Barran Liebman LLP
601 SW 2nd Avenue, Suite 2300
Portland, Oregon 97204

Direct Dial: 503-276-2103
Fax: 503-274-1212

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Todd Hanchett is an attorney at Barran Liebman LLP and represents management in employment and labor law matters. Todd is a frequent speaker on a variety of employment and labor law topics. He currently serves as a Director for the Oregon Chapter of the Federal Bar Association. Todd is the past chair of the Oregon State Bar Diversity Section's Best Practices Committee, as well as the past chair of the Employment Law Practice Group Chair of the Oregon Association of Defense Counsel. He received his J.D. from Willamette University College of Law and his B.S., cum laude, in Business Administration and Accounting from Walla Walla College. Todd is the author of "Public Policy Challenges to Labor Arbitration Awards: Still A Safe Harbor For Silly Fact Finding?" published in the Willamette Law Review. Since 2008, Todd has been listed in the Oregon Super Lawyers magazine as a Rising Star. Todd is admitted to practice in Oregon and Washington.

Professional Experience and Affiliations

  • Listed in Oregon Super Lawyers as a Rising Star, 2008-present
  • Oregon Association of Defense Counsel, Employment Law Practice Group, Chair (2008-present), Publications Representative (2006-2008)
  • Oregon State Bar, Diversity Section, Best Practices Committee (2001-2004), Chair (2003-2004)
  • Oregon State Bar, House of Delegates (2001-2004)
  • Oregon State Bar, New Lawyer's Division
  • Federal Bar Association, Director, Oregon Chapter (2005-present)
  • Campaign for Equal Justice, Associates Committee (2001-2004)
  • Oregon Minority Lawyers Association
  • American Bar Association, Labor and Employment Section
  • Multnomah Bar Association

Featured Presentations

  • 06/15/2010 - Barran Liebman Breakfast Seminar: The Beginning is the End is the Beginning: Effective Employment & Severance Agreements
  • 09/17/2009 - Barran Liebman Annual Labor & Employment Seminar - "Focusing the Binoculars: A Close Look at the Employee Free Choice Act"
  • 09/09/2008 - How to Respond to a BOLI Complaint
  • 05/13/2008 - SHRMA - Conducting Investigations
  • 07/10/2007 - BL Breakfast Seminar- Employment Law 101 for Small Businesses
  • 06/16/2007 - OADC Annual Convention
  • 06/12/2007 - COEM - FMLA Update
  • 06/08/2007 - OLI Annual Labor and Employment Seminar
  • 04/26/2007 - Workdrugfree Seminar - Manufacturing Businesses
  • 03/14/2007 - Council on Education Management - FMLA 2-Day Seminar
  • 12/07/2006 - COEM - Public Sector Workplace Investigations
  • 05/02/2006 - Barran Liebman Breakfast Seminar - E-Discovery
  • A Cruise Through Employment Law: Barran Liebman 2005 Annual Labor Seminar, "Employer Liability for Identity Theft" (September 2005)
  • Federal Bar Association, "Discovery" (November 2004)
  • Cafe Legal: Barran Liebman 2004 Annual Labor Seminar, "A Review of Overtime Regulations" (September 2004)
  • Multnomah Bar Association CLE, "Employment Contracts, Handbooks, and Non-competes"" (September 2004)
  • Oregon Risk Insurance Managers Society, "Employment Case Law Update" (June 2004)
  • Council on Education Management, "Workplace Harassment and Internal Investigations" (May 2004)
  • Lorman Education Seminars, "Employment At Will And The Exceptions To The Rule" (March 2004)

Featured Publications

  • "Hiring Independent Contractors Becoming Riskier," Daily Journal of Commerce, August 26, 2010
  • "Retaliation Redux: Is the Rabbit Out of the Hat?" Oregon Association of Defense Counsel, Fall 2006 Issue
  • Contributing Editor to "Developing Labor Law" published by the American Bar Association (2005-present)
  • "Public Policy Challenges to Labor Arbitration Awards: Still A Safe Harbor For Silly Fact Finding?" Willamette Law Review, 38 Willamette L. Rev. 233 (2002)
  • "Ninth Circuit Employment Law Update", Oregon Association of Defense Counsel Newsletter (Spring 2002)

Practice Areas

Bar Admissions

  • Oregon
  • Washington
  • U.S. District Court, District of Oregon
  • U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

Academics

  • Willamette University College of Law (J.D., 1999)
  • Willamette Law Review, Staff Editor
  • Moot Court Board
  • Multicultural Law Students Association, President (1997-1998)
  • Teaching Assistant for Associate Professor M.H. "Sam" Jacobson
  • Teaching Assistant for Professor Michael B. Wise
  • High Honors, Legal Research and Writing
  • Oregon Law Scholar
  • Walla Walla College (B.S., cum laude, Business Administration/Accounting)