Craig A. Crispin

Of Counsel

Mr. Crispin is a founding member of the firm. In 1992, he left an employer-side labor and employment law firm to form Crispin Employment Law. Since 1981, his practice has encompassed a focus on, and since 1984 has been exclusively on labor and employment matters, first for employers and since 1992 primarily on behalf of individuals. Mr. Crispin became Of Counsel at Crispin Hannon, LLC in January 2022. 

Mr. Crispin is sought out for his strategic representation of individuals in highly complex employment situations, often involving higher level executive employees, in connection with changes in employment, acceptance of a new position, promotions, demotions, developing exit strategies, negotiating severance, and litigating breaches of employment contracts.

An experienced litigator, Mr. Crispin also represents individuals at all levels who have been discriminated against based on age, race, gender, sexual orientation, disability, workers' compensation claim, or safety complaint; sexually or racially harassed; denied their medical leaves or been retaliated against for making use of medical leave; unlawfully paid; not reinstated to employment upon return to work from an on-the-job injury; or in some other way treated unlawfully. He is requested to associate with other lawyers in the trial of their employment cases on a regular basis.

Mr. Crispin has had the opportunity to appear twice before the United States Supreme Court in employment cases. He has argued employment cases before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, the Oregon Supreme Court, and the Oregon Court of Appeals. Many of these cases have resulted in important appellate rulings expanding the rights of employees.

Martindale-Hubbell, the premier lawyer rating service in the United States, provides an objective indicator of a lawyer's high ethical standards and professional ability. Attorneys receive a Peer Review Ratings™ based on evaluations by other members of the bar and the judiciary. Since 1999, Martindale-Hubbell has rated Mr. Crispin "AV Preeminent," a significant rating accomplishment and testament to the fact that Mr. Crispin's peers rank him at the highest level of professional excellence.

Mr. Crispin has also been named to the Oregon Super Lawyers list as one of the top attorneys in employment law and litigation in Oregon every year since 2006. No more than 5 percent of the lawyers in the state are selected by Super Lawyers. Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters business, is a rating service of outstanding lawyers who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement.

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Listed by The Best Lawyers in America® - Employment Law - Individuals since 2015. Listed in Seattle Magazine, Best Lawyers In The Pacific Northwest 2016.

Mr. Crispin has served as a member of the editorial board for the Oregon State Bar publication, Federal Civil Litigation, and has contributed chapters to other publications on "Equal Employment Opportunity - Discrimination on the Basis of Race Color, Sex, Religion, or National Origin," "Summary Judgment," "The Family Medical Leave Act," "Jury Instructions, Jury Verdicts, Findings by the Court," "The Americans with Disabilities Act," and "Equal Employment Opportunity Enforcement." He has been an invited presenter at National Conventions of the National Employment Lawyers Association, the American Bar Association Labor and Employment Section, and the Oregon Trial Lawyers Association.