Ross Runkel [email] 

Ross Runkel, founder of

Courses he has taught: Arbitration, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution, Employment Discrimination, Employment Law, Federal Rules, Internship, Labor Law, Legal Ethics, Mortgages, Natural Resources, Negotiation, Sales, Suretyship, Uniform Commercial Code. 

He is a neutral arbitrator in labor-management disputes in the Western states, serving on a number of permanent panels (police, fire, lumber, maritime) and rosters (FMCS, Oregon ERB).

He has served as Chair of the Oregon State Bar Section on Labor and Employment Law, Commissioner and Vice-Chair of the Oregon Dispute Resolution Commission, Director of the Willamette University Center for Dispute Resolution, Director of the Portland Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, and in a number of other professional and civic positions. 

Runkel received his bachelor's degree and his law degree from the University of Washington, where he was Associate Editor of the Washington Law Review and a member of Order of the Coif. He was a teaching fellow at Stanford University Law School, practiced law in Seattle with Riddell, Williams, Voorhees, Ivie & Bullitt, and served on the law faculties at Lewis and Clark College, Texas Tech University, University of Washington, and Willamette University. 

Ross Runkel spoke at the Washington State Bar CLE on Alternative Dispute Resolution on Arbitration: 9th Circuit and Supreme Court Update and Commentary, September 26, 2008.

Ross Runkel was the lead-off speaker at the Texas District & County Attorneys Association Civil Law Seminar on Recent Trends in National Employment Law, May 16, 2007. 

Ross Runkel spoke at the State Bar of Texas Labor & Employment Law Section Annual Update & Skills Conference, October 7, 2006. 

Ross Runkel in the press: 

• "When does Title VII's Statute of Limitations Bar Claims Regarding Discriminatory Disparities in Current Pay?" 34 Preview of United States Supreme Court Cases 129 (American Bar Association, November 27, 2006) (print only). 
• Unions Fear Federal Decision Could Erode Rights of Workers 
• "Does RICO Apply When a Corporation Allegedly Contracts With a Recruiter to Obtain Illegal Employees?" 33 Preview of United States Supreme Court Cases 364 (American Bar Association, April 17, 2006) (print only) 
• Walking the Line on Religion: Age-Bias Suit Against Catholic Diocese Doesn’t Play in Peoria or the 7th Circuit 
• No Pity for 'Poor Losers" - 11th Circuit Threatens Sanctions for Some Appeals of Arbitration Rulings 
• Stopping Influenza at the Door 
• When employers play politics 
• Pact mentality 
• New national medical support notice should eliminate health plan hassles Be prepared for new national qualified medical child support order standards 
• Take this conversion and shove it! 
• Supreme Court examines HMO physician incentives

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