Education
University of Oregon School of Law, J.D. (1990)
University of California, Davis, B.S. (1986)

Practice Emphasis

Employment Law
Litigation
Licensed to practice in Oregon and Washington

Andy joined Hershner Hunter in 1991 and became a partner in 1996.  He chairs our firm’s Labor and Employment Department and also serves as a general advisor to business clients on a wide variety of legal matters.

Andy grew up in Sheboygan, Wisconsin and moved to California to attend college.  He received his undergraduate degree in City and Regional Planning from the University of California, Davis in 1986, and his law degree from the University of Oregon in 1990.

After serving a one year judicial clerkship with the Honorable Gregory G. Foote, Andy joined Hershner Hunter as a trial attorney.  Over the next twelve years Andy honed his employment litigation and appellate skills on a wide range of cases, with a primary emphasis on complex trade secret, fiduciary duty and non-competition disputes and director and officer liability cases. 

In 2003 Andy assumed leadership of the Labor and Employment Department, where he provides strategic day-to-day employment advice to clients ranging from one-employee shops to 40,000-employee multi-national corporations.  He also provides specialized trainings to supervisors and employees on a number of human resource and employment law issues, and represents businesses and human resource professionals before administrative tribunals and state and federal courts.

As a result of his in-depth understanding of our client’s businesses, Andy has become a trusted advisor to clients on a variety of corporate business matters, and in 2007 was nominated by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America, the oldest peer-review publication in the legal profession.

Active in the Society for Human Resource Management, Andy also serves on the Board of Directors of the Lane County Human Resource Association, and is a frequent speaker on employment and business-related topics before human resource managers, business owners and other professional organizations throughout Oregon.  He also takes an active role in shaping our state’s employment legislation, and writes a monthly column on employment and business issues in blue chip, a regional business publication.

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