Rich Meneghello is the managing partner in the Portland, Oregon office. He focuses much of his practice on disability discrimination defense issues. He was the lead associate attorney before the U.S. Supreme Court in the 1999 case of Albertsons v. Kirkingburg, a decision interpreting the Americans with Disabilities Act in favor of employers. Besides disability discrimination matters, Rich commonly appears in court defending claims of sexual harassment, gender discrimination, workers compensation discrimination, public accommodation, race discrimination, retaliation, wage and hour violations, and family and medical leave discrimination. He also regularly represents employers in labor grievance arbitrations. Rich has spoken at many regional and national employment law seminars and he has written numerous articles on employment law topics that have been published in regional and national publications. He is "AV" Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell and has been listed in Oregon Super Lawyers. In 2006, he was named one of Oregon's "Top 40 Under 40" by the Portland Business Journal, an award honoring local business leaders. He has been listed in Chambers USA, America's Leading Business Lawyers since 2007 and in The Best Lawyers in America 2010 and 2011.