Shayda Zaerpoor Le

Ranked in 1 Practice Areas

Band 4

Labor & Employment

Oregon

3 Years Ranked

About

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USA

Practice Areas

Shayda Le advises employers, management, and higher education institutions on a wide range of employment issues and litigation, including trade secrets, noncompetition agreements, wrongful termination, discrimination, policy review, workplace investigations, Title IX, and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). Shayda counsels clients with the aim of providing efficient and proactive solutions, and carries that approach into litigating claims to resolution. She has successfully represented clients before Circuit and District Courts and through all stages of employment litigation, including depositions, oral argument, mediation, and trial. She uses her advocacy skills to argue on behalf of clients before judges and administrative agencies. In addition, she is experienced in workplace investigations and completed a certificate through the Association of Workplace Investigators (AWI) Training Institute. Shayda regularly provides trainings on compliance and changing legislation. She recognizes that legal advice should be tailored to work hand-in-hand with the business goals and needs of each individual employer, and should suit their particular workplace. As a result, she strives to get to know her clients and their businesses.

Professional Memberships

Shayda is also actively engaged with the broader community. She serves on the Board of Directors for the American Bar Foundation, and as a Board Member and Philanthropy Committee Member for the YMCA of Columbia-Willamette. She sat on the American Bar Association Board of Governors, is a Past President of the Multnomah Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Section, and was also the Board’s Delegate to the American Bar Association. She served as an adjunct professor for graduate classes at Lewis and Clark College. As part of her commitment to justice and equity, Shayda was a Co-Chair of the Campaign for Equal Justice, which is the fundraising arm for Legal Aid Services of Oregon. She is a proud member of the Andisheh Center for Iranian cultural heritage and is a Past-President of its Board of Directors.

Career

Shayda earned her B.S. at Portland State University, and her J.D. at Boston University School of Law. She is licensed to practice in Oregon, the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Washington, and Massachusetts.

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

USA

Labor & Employment - Oregon

Band 4

Shayda Le is an increasingly recognized employment specialist who handles wrongful termination lawsuits and workplace investigations, as well as non-disclosure violations.

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