Bio
Employee-Focused Legal Practice
For more than ten years, Leslie’s legal practice has focused solely on the representation of employees. Of Schuck Law’s attorneys, she handles the most diverse types of employment cases, in both Washington and in Oregon. Leslie has represented employees and helped them recover substantial money damages in hundreds of complex cases including protected class discrimination / retaliation claims; interference with and retaliation for use of protected leave; disability and pregnancy accommodations; workplace safety and whistleblower cases; traumatic workplace injury claims; common-law wrongful termination; equal pay claims; wage class actions; and virtually all forms of individual wage-and-hour claims.
Individualized Legal Strategy
Every employment case is unique. Leslie provides individualized attention to understand each client’s specific workplace situation and develop a tailored legal strategy that protects your rights and maximizes your recovery, working diligently to achieve favorable outcomes through both negotiation and litigation. She understands the impacts that unfair workplaces and unpaid wages have on workers and their families, and she fights every day to protect the rights of employees in the Pacific Northwest to fair treatment in the workplace and full and fair pay for their work.
Professional Affiliations and Contributions
Leslie is a current member of the Oregon State Bar Labor & Employment Executive Committee. Along with her partners at Schuck Law, she is also one of the authors of the current Oregon Bar Books Labor and Employment Law in Oregon: Private Sector ch. 4 – “Enforcement of Wage Statues.” She is an active member of the Washington Employment Lawyers Association (WELA), and of the Oregon Trial Lawyers Association (OTLA) and its labor and employment section, where she also previously presented on the topic of COVID-related employment leave laws and wage payment provisions. Attorneys in the Pacific Northwest routinely consult with Leslie on questions of employment law and litigation strategies for representing Oregon and Washington employees.
Education and Personal Background
Leslie grew up in St. Louis, Missouri and earned dual bachelor’s degrees from the University of Missouri-Columbia before moving to San Diego, California, where she worked as a writer, editor, and public interest advocate and earned her Master of Fine Arts degree in Creative Writing. She later moved to the Pacific Northwest and graduated from Lewis & Clark Law School in Oregon with her Juris Doctor (law) degree. When not working for her clients, she enjoys camping and exploring the natural beauty of the northwest. Leslie practices law in state and federal courts across both Oregon and Washington.