Practice Emphasis
Employment Law
Business Planning
Licensed to practice in Oregon and Washington
Education
University of Oregon School of Law, J.D. (1990)
University of California, Davis, B.S. (1986)
Andy joined Hershner Hunter in 1991 and became a partner in 1996. He chairs our firm’s Labor and Employment Department and also serves as a general advisor to business clients on a wide variety of legal matters.
Andy grew up in Wisconsin and received his undergraduate degree in City and Regional Planning from the University of California, Davis in 1986. He received his law degree from the University of Oregon in 1990.
After serving a one year judicial clerkship Andy joined Hershner Hunter as a trial attorney, honing his employment litigation and appellate skills on a wide range of complex trade secret, fiduciary duty and non-competition disputes and director and officer liability cases.
In 2003 Andy assumed leadership of the firm’s Labor and Employment Department, where he provides strategic day-to-day employment advice to clients ranging from one-employee shops to 40,000-employee multi-national corporations. He also provides specialized trainings to supervisors and employees on a number of human resource and employment law issues, and represents businesses and human resource professionals before administrative tribunals and state and federal courts.
Andy has also become a trusted advisor to clients on a variety of corporate business matters, and in 2007 was nominated by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America, the oldest peer-review publication in the legal profession.
Andy has served on the firm’s management committee since 1996, serves on the Board of Directors of the Lane County Human Resource Association, and is a frequent speaker on employment and business-related topics before human resource managers, business owners and other professional organizations throughout the Northwest. He also takes an active role in shaping our state’s employment legislation, and writes a monthly column on employment and business issues in blue chip, a regional business publication.
In his free time Andy enjoys surfing and competitive swimming. A founding member of the AquaDucks Masters Swim Club, Andy also enjoys playing guitar, woodworking and spending time with his wife, Alison.
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