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Noah joined the firm in 2019. He was born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, but knew he wanted to live in the Pacific Northwest from the time he first set foot here. It just took a little longer to get to Portland than first planned. Over the years Noah has practiced labor law in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Florida, and Illinois, representing public and private sector unions, including affiliates of the UFCW, IAFF, Teamsters, AFSCME, and IBEW.

 

Noah has represented unions and their members in hundreds of arbitrations, representation cases, and unfair labor practice hearings. He has argued cases before the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the 7th, 9th,  and 11th Circuits. He has represented unions and workers in federal and state trial courts and before the National Labor Relations Board and state labor boards, including the Oregon Employment Relations Board. Throughout his career, Noah has presented trainings and seminars and provided advice to Unions and their members.

 

Representative Cases 

Teamsters Locals 162 and 305 and Albertsons (Arbitration 2024) – Prevailed in challenging employer’s unilateral change to payroll practices affecting roughly 120 drivers, resulting in hundreds of thousands of dollars of back pay.

 

UFCW Local 555 and Kaiser Permanente (Arbitration 2023-24) – Won reinstatement and full make-whole relief for nine employees unjustly terminated due to employer’s refusal to accommodate their sincerely-held religious beliefs.

 

Teamsters Local 162 and UPS (Arbitration 2022) – Prevailed in dispute over UPS’s attempt to unilaterally implement a personal vehicle driver program.

 

IAFF Local 149 and City of Boise (Arbitration 2022) – Won reinstatement for firefighter terminated for alleged violation of City drug-free workplace policy where the employee’s use of marijuana was legal when and where it occurred and the employee did not report to duty under its influence.

 

AFSCME and Oregon Construction Contractors Board (Arbitration 2021) – Challenged wrongful discharge of worker who allegedly misrepresented self as an employee of another agency, winning reinstatement, backpay, and interest.

 

IAFF Local 1660 and Tualatin Valley Fire Rescue (Arbitration 2020) – Arbitrated dispute over unilateral change to firefighters’ schedules, resulting in award in favor of Union directing employer to comply with parties’ letter of understanding on scheduling issues.

 

AFSCME and Oregon Department of Corrections (Arbitration 2020). Arbitrated dispute concerning whether employees could request and receive compensatory time in lieu of overtime and won; arbitrator agreed that the contract precluded the employer from denying all compensatory time requests as a matter of policy.

 

 

Education

University of Virginia School of Law, JD, 1994

University of Chicago, AB, History, 1991

 

Admissions

Oregon 2017

Washington 2019

Idaho 2026

US District Court for Oregon 2017

US District Court for Washington 2019