Naomi Haslitt

Representative Experience

• Education Plus

  • Advised higher education institution on policy and underlying process documents, as well as navigating investigations and grievance processes, under Title IX regulations.

  • Successfully represented university in tenure hearing regarding a professor’s just dismissal after allegations of bullying and harassment. The decision, first issued by the university committee, was then appealed to the university’s Board of Trustees, and then upheld by the circuit court.

  • Conducted investigation of discrimination claims raised in EEOC complaint against public university, prepared response, and received favorable decision dismissing all allegations.

  • Conducted internal review for private university regarding departmental conflict and bullying complaints, and provided conclusions and recommendations based on findings.

  • Conducted investigation for public college regarding an internal complaint of race discrimination, whistleblowing, and retaliation.

  • Obtained directed verdict for a school district at trial on negligence claim arising from alleged student-on-student bullying.

• Employment Law Plus

  • Reviewed and analyzed employee positions to determine exemption status with regard to overtime regulations provided in the Federal Labor Standards Act.

  • Crafted a global sales incentive compensation plan for manufacturer with distribution capabilities in more than 110 countries.

  • Won a jury verdict after a four-day trial defeating all claims arising from plaintiff’s termination of employment. Plaintiff alleged that he had been discriminated and retaliated against for utilizing the workers’ compensation system after an injury on the job.

  • Our client (the employer) won a unanimous jury verdict in a case brought by plaintiff, a disabled worker, for discrimination and retaliation in her employment. The judgment was affirmed by the Oregon Court of Appeals.

  • Favorable decisions from Bureau of Labor and Industries/Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for various public entities (including school districts) and private employers.

  • Obtained summary judgment for employer in workers’ compensation discrimination/failure-to-reinstate case.

  • Received favorable employer decisions in representation and classification hearings for Employment Relations Board.

  • Received favorable employer decision in binding interest arbitration regarding collective bargaining agreement dispute.

  • Obtained decision for employer in employee grievance arising from contract interpretation dispute.

• Financial Services Plus

  • Oversaw investigation of whistleblower complaint alleging hostile work environment and financial and project management concerns.

  • Prepared complex executive employment and noncompete agreements in several acquisitions made by a regional bank holding company with more than fifteen bank divisions.

  • Prepared employment agreements and offer letters for a merger between two bank holding companies, with twenty subsidiaries collectively.

• General Employment Advice and Training Plus

  • Routinely advises companies, both large and small, on employment-related issues such as leave laws, disability and accommodation, and wage-and-hour, and conducts performance reviews, as well as assists companies in developing internal investigation protocols and reviewing internal workplace policies.

  • Regularly provides training to employers on a variety of issues, including harassment, discipline and discharge, protected leave, performance evaluations, and social media.

  • Provided union awareness training to managers and supervisors in numerous manufacturing and service settings.