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Sarah J. Ryan
Partner
Portland, Oregon 97204
t 503.944.6103
f 503.295.1058
vcard“We are committed to understanding the unique challenges faced by each of our clients, whether they are large corporations, small businesses or public entities. We succeed by understanding our clients’ goals and delivering targeted strategies to achieve them.”
Sarah Ryan chairs the firm's Labor and Employment law practice group. She has been in private practice in Portland, Oregon since 1983 and has been a partner with Ball Janik LLP since 1990. Her principal areas of practice are employment law and complex commercial litigation. Ms. Ryan represents some of Oregon’s leading employers and provides counsel and litigation services in general employment law as well as a wide range of employee relations issues. She has been recognized by peers as an industry leader in labor and employment according to Chambers USA and maintains the AV® Preeminent™ Rating from Martindale-Hubbell®, American Registry.
Ms. Ryan has extensive experience advising clients and litigating employment claims regarding harassment, discrimination and retaliation, intellectual property protection, breach of contract, wrongful termination, Title VII, ADA, ADEA, employment torts, wage and hour, and state and federal family medical leave laws. She has defended clients in Oregon and Washington state and federal courts and before the EEOC, the Oregon Bureau of Labor & Industries (BOLI) and the Washington Human Rights Commission. Recently, Ms. Ryan achieved her eighth summary judgment dismissal in favor of one large private employer client.
“We are committed to understanding the unique challenges faced by each of our clients, whether they are large corporations, small businesses or public entities. We succeed by understanding our clients’ goals and delivering targeted strategies to achieve them.”
Sarah Ryan chairs the firm's Labor and Employment law practice group. She has been in private practice in Portland, Oregon since 1983 and has been a partner with Ball Janik LLP since 1990. Her principal areas of practice are employment law and complex commercial litigation. Ms. Ryan represents some of Oregon’s leading employers and provides counsel and litigation services in general employment law as well as a wide range of employee relations issues. She has been recognized by peers as an industry leader in labor and employment according to Chambers USA and maintains the AV® Preeminent™ Rating from Martindale-Hubbell®, American Registry.
Ms. Ryan has extensive experience advising clients and litigating employment claims regarding harassment, discrimination and retaliation, intellectual property protection, breach of contract, wrongful termination, Title VII, ADA, ADEA, employment torts, wage and hour, and state and federal family medical leave laws. She has defended clients in Oregon and Washington state and federal courts and before the EEOC, the Oregon Bureau of Labor & Industries (BOLI) and the Washington Human Rights Commission. Recently, Ms. Ryan achieved her eighth summary judgment dismissal in favor of one large private employer client.
Ms. Ryan is a frequent speaker on employment issues, including claims avoidance, reductions-in-force, harassment, discrimination and retaliation, and legally required leaves. She is a member and past president of the Oregon chapter of the Federal Bar Association. Ms. Ryan was the third woman to hold the position of president in the organization's 34-year history. Ms. Ryan is also a former member of the Executive Committee of the Oregon State Bar Business Litigation Section and served as an attorney representative to the Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference. Before entering private practice, she served as a law clerk to the Honorable George J. Woodrich of the Lane County Circuit Court.
Ms. Ryan was a founding director of Oregon Lawyers Against Hunger and served as general counsel to the Portland Human Resource Management Association (PHRMA). Ms. Ryan currently serves on the boards of the Make-A-Wish Foundation® of Oregon and the Multnomah Bar Foundation.
Representative Clients
Ashforth Pacific, Inc.
Holland Residential LLC
Intel Corporation
Melvin Mark Companies
Northwest Staffing Resources
Olympic Controls
Oregon Scientific, Inc.
Pacific Seafood Group
Prodapt North America
Polygon Northwest Company
Temp•Control Mechanical Corporation
WaferTech, LLC
Practice Areas
Education
J.D., 1982
University of Oregon School of Law
American Jurisprudence Award
for Excellence
B.A., cum laude, Philosophy, 1979
University of Nebraska, Omaha
Outstanding Student Award
Admissions
District of Columbia
Oregon
Washington
U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
U.S. Supreme Court
Honors
Chambers USA Industry Leader, Labor & Employment
AV® Preeminent™ Rating Martindale-Hubbell®, American Registry
Outstanding Volunteer Award, Multnomah Bar Association 1993
News
Employment Law Report, April 2012
04/06/2012Ball Janik LLP Attorneys Named 2011 Super Lawyers
09/13/2011Employment Law Report, February 2011
02/25/2011Employment Law Report, November 2010
11/18/2010Ball Janik LLP Attorneys Named 2010 Super Lawyers
11/17/2010Employment Law Report, June 2010
06/18/2010Employment Law Report, April 2010
04/22/2010
Events
The Explosion of Wage and Hour Litigation: What Every Employer Needs to Know
06/23/2011
Employers' Duties to Accommodate:
12/02/2010
Legislative Update
01/21/2010
E-Verify, the Employment Lawyer's Perspective
01/14/2010
Portland, OR
