About Us

Ross Runkel - President and Editor

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

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. 

Harlan Waldrop - Office Manager

Harlan wrangles email requests, billing and tracking, office supplies, and our ever-increasing subscriber database.  Leave it with Harlan and it gets done! 

Jon Weiner and Charlie Hilke - Staff Writers.

Jon and Charlie work days, nights, and weekends to read all the court decisions and write expert summaries for Employment Law Memo. 

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. 

Ellie Runkel - Office Assistant 

Ellie answers the phone, helps with the web site, takes care of customer requests, and does research.