Allyson Krueger is an employment lawyer whose practice emphasizes employment advice work, policy review, and investigating workplace misconduct. She also litigates employment cases involving contract, discrimination, retaliation, wrongful termination and tort claims as well as cases involving trade secrets, confidentiality, non-competition and/or non-solicitation agreements. She has substantial experience advising and representing employers in the state and federal courts, in private arbitration and before administrative agencies. Allyson also has an active business litigation and appellate practice.
Allyson is a frequent speaker on a variety of employment law topics. She has given presentations for the Oregon State Bar Association, the Oregon Bureau of Labor & Industries, the Portland Human Resource Management Association and many other organizations. Allyson is also the past chair of the Oregon State Bar Association’s Labor and Employment Law Section. Allyson has been listed by Chambers and Partners as one of America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, Employment Law, Chambers USA since 2007 and as an Oregon Super Lawyer since 2009.
In her free time, Allyson enjoys hiking, cross-country skiing and cooking.
Bar Admissions
- Oregon, 1996
- U.S. District Court, Oregon, 1996
- Washington, 1997
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Washington, 2001
- U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington, 2001
- Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, 2003
Education
- University of Oregon School of Law, J.D., Order of the Coif, 1996
- University of California, Irvine, B.A., Social Ecology, magna cum laude, 1993
Representative Presentations and Publications
- Blanket Leave Policy Costs Employer $4.85 Million, Dunn Carney Enews, February 2013
- Independent Contractor Law: Improper Classification Results in Assessment Against Employer, Dunn Carney Enews, January 2013
- Hearing on Proposed Mandatory Sick Leave Ordinance, Dunn Carney Enews, January 2013
- Perspectives: What business laws are you watching?, Portland Business Journal, August 17, 2012
- New Workplace Posting Requirement on Hold, Dunn Carney Enews, April 2012
- Harassment Training: What Supervisors Need to Know (2011)
- Working with Outside Counsel (2010)
- The ADA Amendments Act of 2008 and Reasonable Accommodation Issues (2008 and 2009)
- Avoiding Individual Liability as a Supervisor (PHRMA, 2009)
- Employer Liability Issues: Faragher/Ellerth, “Cat’s Paw” and Other Rules (2007)
- Featured in Daily Journal of Commerce Article “Attorneys Will Play Role in BOLI Education Campaign” (June 24, 2010)
Representative Reported Cases
- Lasley v. Combined Transport, Inc., 351 Or. 1 (Or. 2011) (ordering new trial where evidence improperly excluded)
- Hoang v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., 724 F. Supp. 2d 1094 (D. Or. 2010) (summary judgment for employer in case involving claims of FMLA and ADA discrimination)
- Brown v. Mydatt Services, Inc., 2008 WL 1925401 (D. Or. 2008) (summary judgment for security service in case involving claims of race discrimination)
- Boring v. Alaska Airlines, Inc., 123 Wash. App. 187 (Wash. 2004) (affirming summary judgment for employer in wrongful discharge case)
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Oregon State Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section Executive Committee (2005-2010), Chair (2009)
- University of Oregon School of Law Alumni Association, (2004-Present), President (2009-2011)
- Washington State Bar Association
- Federal Bar Association
- Multnomah County Bar Association
- Multnomah Bar Foundation, Board of Directors (2012-2014)
- Defense Research Institute
