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Courtney

Courtney McFate

Associate

Courtney McFate provides timely, thoughtful and strategic legal advice to clients regarding a wide variety of employment matters.

Prior to joining Lane Powell, Courtney was in-house employment counsel for a large consumer services company in Northern California, acting as a strategic legal partner for Human Resources, Total Rewards and all business units. Prior to that, Courtney practiced employment law in private practice. Her experience includes:

Counseling management on numerous employment matters, including employee handbooks, exit interviews, sexual harassment, discrimination, retaliation, investigations, leaves of absence, reasonable accommodations under federal and various state laws, workers’ compensation, and compliance with immigration law and regulations
Representing management in employment litigation matters and before administrative bodies, including matters involving wage and hour disputes, harassment, retaliation and discrimination
Initiating and leading cross-divisional and enterprise employment-related compliance projects, including wage and hour audits and mitigation plans, arbitration programs, amendments to employee handbooks, drug and alcohol testing and background check policies, and reasonable suspicion training
Conducting personnel investigations regarding allegations of sexual harassment, sexual assault, racial bias and anti-union bias
Developing and conducting training programs on employment law issues for human resources professionals, management and front-line employees

Professional Experience

AAA Northern California, Nevada & Utah, Employment Counsel (2019-2021)

Van De Poel, Levy, Thomas & Arneal LLP, Senior Associate Attorney (2013-2019)

State Bar of California, Law Clerk (2011-2012)

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, Pro Se Department, Judicial Extern (2010)

Community Involvement

Oregon Women Lawyers, Introvert Lawyers Committee, Member

Multnomah Bar Association, Member

Thought Leadership

July 21, 2021Event / CLE
Today’s Forefront of Training and Workforce Pipelines
Association of Washington Business | Tacoma, Washington
June 22, 2021Event / CLE
Employer Vaccine Mandates — Tread Lightly Despite EEOC Guidance
Community Bankers of Washington | Virtual
June 7, 2021News
Labor, Employment & Benefits Legal Update Quoted in McKnight’s Long Term Care News Article ‘Offering a COVID-19 Vaccination Incentive? Tread Carefully, Experts Suggest’
In the News
June 2, 2021Publication
EEOC Says Employers Can Mandate COVID-19 Vaccines, but Tread Carefully…
COVID-19 Resource
April 1, 2021News
McFate Joins Labor, Employment & Benefits Team
Firm Announcement

Practices & Industries

Labor, Employment & Benefits

Education

Golden Gate University School of Law, J.D., 2012
California State University, Los Angeles, M.A., Communication Studies, 2006
University of California at Los Angeles, B.A., Women's Studies, 2002

Admissions

Oregon
California

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