Chris Kitchel
Experience
Chris Kitchel is a partner of the firm and has been a trial lawyer for almost 30 years.
Her practice focuses exclusively on employment issues, primarily employment
litigation, physician peer review, and related proceedings. Chris is an active member
of the Health and Hospital Law Group; she handles physician discipline and credentials
hearings and other health care issues that involve either administrative proceedings or
courts throughout the Northwest.
Professional Honors and Activities
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Selected by Best Lawyers® as Litigation-Labor & Employment Law Lawyer of the
Year, Portland, 2014
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Listed in Best Lawyers in America© (currently: Employment Law-Management,
Litigation-Labor and Employment), 1995-2016
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Partner
Listed in Oregon Super Lawyers® (Employment & Labor, Employment Litigation:
Portland, OR
Defense), 2006-2015
(503) 294-9429 direct
Selected as one of "America's Leading Lawyers for Business" (Oregon)
by Chambers USA (currently: Labor & Employment), 2006-2016
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Fellow, the American College of Trial Lawyers
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Member, Alternative Dispute Resolution Panel, National Health Lawyers
(503) 220-2480 fax
chris.kitchel@stoel.com
Education
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Association
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Oregon State Chair, American College of Trial Lawyers
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Past President, Oregon Association of Defense Counsel
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State chair and co-chair, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and Moot Court
Committees for the American College of Trial Lawyers
Northwestern School of Law at Lewis
and Clark College, J.D., cum laude,
1981
Recipient, Cornelius Award
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Portland State University, M.B.A.,
1977
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University of Minnesota, B.S.B., 1973
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Member, Washington Association of Defense Trial Lawyers
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Member, American Bar Association
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Oregon
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Member, Clark County Bar Association
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Washington
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Member, Multnomah County Bar Association
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U.S. District Court for the District of
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Former C.P.A., Oregon
Admissions
Oregon
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Western Districts of Washington
Publications
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Author of chapters for the Oregon State Bar Evidence manual, Remedies manual
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U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth
Circuit
and Damages manual
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Civic Activities
U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and
U.S. Supreme Court
Chris Kitchel
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Former Officer, Board of Trustees, Oregon Episcopal School
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Former Director, Southwest Washington Independent Forward Thrust ("SWIFT")
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Former member of Research Board of Portland City Club