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About Us

Ross Runkel - President and Editor

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

Ross makes the perfect father of LawMemo.  An employment law professor for 30 years and first on his block to own a computer (back when people wondered “what do you do with one?”), his mantra is “World’s Best Employment Law Update Service".  Whether he’s emailing, editing, data crunching, or just signing our checks, we think he’s the best.

In his spare time?  It’s tough to choose between his BMW motorcycle, digital camera, and writing the world’s next best thriller. Ask him about children Matt, Scott, and Ellie -  and who won the last Scrabble game. 

Layne Young - Vice President

Layne has the heart of a teacher, the mind of an attorney, and the soul of an artist.  With credentials in all three, she packs a pretty cool punch for our marketing scene.

In her spare time?  Find her haunting junk stores, modeling for life drawing, making and showing art.  Ask her about children Leah, Roman, and Ellie - and latest Scrabble scores (Ross wins sometimes – but not by much.) 

Tia M. Bufton - Office Administrator

Tia can do no wrong.  She wrangles email requests, billing and tracking, office supplies and our ever-increasing subscriber database.  Leave it with Tia and it gets done!

Tia is a graduate of Western Oregon University.  She earned her B.S.  in Criminal Justice, emphasizing in crime prevention,  with a minor  in Forensic Chemistry.

Editor: Ross Runkel, Professor of Law Emeritus. email Ross@LawMemo.Com, Phone 503-399-8028. Copyright LawMemo, Inc.