Gene Barry Mechanic

Gene Barry Mechanic

Mechanic Law Firm • Portland, OR
Employment LaborEmployment LawGeneral PracticeLabor & EmploymentPersonal Injury

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Contact

Email
Phone
(503) 303-8819
Address
6420 SW Macadam Ave., Portland, OR, 97239-3518, US

Professional

About

Gene Mechanic is a Portland, Oregon labor, employment and health law attorney who started his legal career as a litigator with the New York State Attorney’s General Office and who, as recognized by to the Oregonian newspaper, "has a history of legal success . . in three decades defending Oregon . . . employees. Oregonian columnist Steve Duin said that Gene "bears one of the great names in the history of the bar." Gene has published many articles and is a frequent national and international speaker on labor, employment and health law, and legal ethics. He is a chapter editor of the American Bar Association’s “Developing Labor Law, 4th Edition, and a chapter editor of the 2011 edition of the Oregon State Bar’s Private Sector Labor and Employment Manual. Gene is a National Fellow of the prestigious College of Labor and Employment Lawyers and the 2006 recipient of the “Labor Practitioner of the Year Award” by the Labor and Employment Relations Association. He is past chair of the Oregon State Bar Labor and Employment Law Section and is currently a member of the Executive Committee of the Oregon State Bar’s Health Law Section. Gene has won many substantial jury verdicts, court decisions and settlements for clients in federal and state courts, both at the trial and appellate levels. Gene is admitted to practice law in Oregon, New York, and Florida and has argued in the United States Supreme Court.

About Employment Labor Law

Employment and labor attorneys handle workplace legal matters including discrimination, wrongful termination, and wage disputes. They represent both employees and employers. Common matters include wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment, wage disputes.

Credentials

Education
1972 George Washington University National Law Center
Languages
English

Recognition & Involvement

Awards
2017 Fellow, College of Labor and Employment Lawyers 2017 AV Preeminent 5.0 out of 5 Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell 2017 Oregon Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers 2017 Listed in Best Lawyers of America, Best Lawyers 2016 Employment and Labor Lawyer of the Year, Best Lawyers
Publications
2011 Labor and Employment Law: Private Sector, Oregon State Bar “Labor Disputes” 2007 Lawyers Coordinating Committee, AFL-CIO Bulletin “The Education of an American Labor Lawyer in Tunisia 2003 University of Oregon, Labor Education Research Center Arbitration Under Oregon’s PECBA 2002 Developing Labor Law, American Bar Association & Bureau of National Affairs, Fourth Edition “Handbills, Pickets & Strikes,”
Associations
2008 - Present American Bar Association Member 2000 - Present Oregon Labor & Employment Relations Association Member 1985 - Present Oregon Trial Lawyers Association member 1985 - Present Multnomah Bar Association member 2002 - 2005 AFL-CIO Lawyers Committee Member, Board of Directors
Speaking
2015 Oregon State Bar, Labor and Employment Law Section Marijuana in the Workplace 2013 OregonState Bar Labor & Employment Section NLRB Cases 2012 Oregon State Bar Health Law CLE The Affordable Care Act and Oregon Health Insurance Exchange," 2007 Service Employees International Union Attorneys Conference Ethics and Settlement Issues in Wage and Hour Litigation 2006 Public Employment Relations Board Annual Conference, Employee Discipline and Just Cause,”
Updated: Mar 08, 2026