Stoel Rives Attorney Victor Kisch Inducted as Fellow in College of Labor and Employment Lawyers
12/17/2007

CONTACT: Kristen Leis, Business Development Manager, (503) 294-9343

PORTLAND- In recognition of his outstanding professional performance, Victor Kisch, a partner in the law firm Stoel Rives LLP, was inducted as a fellow in the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers, an organization established to foster excellence in the efforts of labor and employment law attorneys. Election as a fellow is the highest recognition by colleagues of sustained outstanding performance in the field of labor and employment law. Lawyers must have a minimum of 20 years' experience before they may be considered for fellowship.

Newly elected fellows were installed on November 10, 2007, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, during the American Bar Association's Labor and Employment Law Section's Continuing Legal Education Conference. In addition to being nominated by two sponsors, candidates are required to demonstrate the highest professional qualifications and ethical standards; the highest level of character, integrity, professional expertise and leadership; sustained, exceptionally high-quality service to clients, bar, bench and public; and significant evidence of scholarship, teaching and/or published writings on labor and employment law.

Victor Kisch is a partner and chair of the Labor and Employment Group at Stoel Rives LLP, which includes approximately 40 attorneys in five states.  

About the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers: The college was established in 1995 through an initiative of the Council of the Section of Labor and Employment Law of the American Bar Association and operates as a freestanding organization. With this year's inductions, the college is represented by 910 members in 42 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and Canada.

About Stoel Rives LLP: Stoel Rives is a business law firm providing counseling and litigation services to a wide range of clients throughout the United States. The firm has more than 350 attorneys operating out of 11 offices in seven states. Stoel Rives is regarded as a leader in energy, natural resources, environmental, litigation, corporate and intellectual property law. For more information, visit www.stoel.com.