Activities
Professional Plus
- Multnomah Bar Association
- CLE Committee, member, 2016-2019
- past chair, 2018-2019
- Membership Committee, member, 2010-2013
- past chair
- past chair
- CLE Committee, member, 2016-2019
- Oregon State Bar, member
- Quality of Life Committee, member, 2013-2015
- Federal Bar Association, member
Civic Plus
- Harpole Memorial Legacy Scholarship Committee, Lewis & Clark Law School, member
- St. Andrew Legal Clinic Taste For Justice
- Planning Committee
- Susan G. Komen Oregon & SW Washington, Ambassador Board, 2015-2018
- Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Light the Night Walk Team Captain, 2014-present
Recognition
• Selected for inclusion as an Oregon Super Lawyers—Rising Star, 2012-2019
Insights from Cody
- “Are Third Parties Excused From Liability for Aiding and Abetting Unlawful Employment Practices? Don’t (A)bet on It . . .” Miller Nash Graham & Dunn, News You Can Use (May 2021)
- “LGBTQ+ Victory: Considerations for Employers After Supreme Court Holds that Title VII Prohibits Discrimination on the Basis of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity,” Miller Nash Graham & Dunn, News You Can Use (June 2020)
- “Is Institutional Academic Freedom on the Decline?” Campus Legal Advisor (July 2019)
- “Responding to a Crisis: How Human Resources Can Make Things Better, Not Worse,” Associated General Contractors, Constructor Magazine, coauthor (June 2019)
- “Equal Pay Victory for Employees: Employers May Not Use Prior Salary to Justify a Wage Differential Between Male and Female Employees,” Miller Nash Graham & Dunn, News You Can Use (Apr. 2018)
- “Oregon Equalizer: While Paycheck Fairness Continues to Stall in Congress, Oregon Legislature Mandates Equity in Compensation,” Miller Nash Graham & Dunn, News You Can Use (July 2017)
- “Isn’t One Trial Enough? Jury Award Reversed and Remanded for Insufficient Evidence of Damages in Construction Contract Claim,” Miller Nash Graham & Dunn, News You Can Use (Nov. 2016)
- “Everybody Out of the Pool: Ninth Circuit Determines That Only Customarily Tipped Employees May Participate in Tip-Pooling Arrangements Under Fair Labor Standards Act,” Miller Nash Graham & Dunn, News You Can Use (Mar. 2016)
- “Effective Use of Legal Resources Plays Significant Role in Managing Risk,” Campus Legal Advisor (Sept. 2015)
- “Corporate Designee Depositions Under ORCP 39 C(6): Be Prepared . . . Or Else,” Oregon State Bar Corporate Counsel Section, Corporate Counselor (Nov. 2011)
- “No Major Renovations: 2020 Oregon Employment Law Update,” Miller Nash Graham & Dunn, Employment Law Seminar (Dec. 2020)
- “Icebergs Lurking Below the Surface: Best Practices for Conducting Unsinkable Workplace Investigations,” Miller Nash Graham & Dunn, Employment Law Seminar (Oct. 2019)
- “Hot Topics and Best Practices for the Shifting Landscape of Employment Law,” Associated General Contractors, AGC Summer Convention (Aug. 2019)
- “The Game is Afoot: Local, State, Federal, Union Update, Including the Equal Pay Act and Compliance,” Miller Nash Graham & Dunn, Employment Law Seminar (Nov. 2018)
- “Employment and Labor Law Update: Top 7¾ Developments in 2017 (and the First Two Months of 2018),” Oregon State Bar, Government Law: Of the People, By the People CLE Seminar (Feb. 2018)
- “It’s a Wild Ride on This Roller Coaster: Local, State, Federal, and Labor Law Updates,” Miller Nash Graham & Dunn, Employment Law Seminar (Nov. 2017)
- “Evil Spells and Fairy Tales: State, Federal, and Union Updates for 2016,” Miller Nash Graham & Dunn, Employment Law Seminar (Nov. 2016)
- “Working with Law Enforcement,” National School Boards Association, School Law Practice Seminar (Oct. 2016)
- “Theories of Discrimination, Harassment and Retaliation,” Willamette Valley Higher Education Consortium, Management Development Seminar (Dec. 2015)
- “Oregon and Federal Disability Laws,” Oregon State Bar Labor & Employment Section, Labor and Employment Law Boot Camp (Nov. 2015)
- “Another Dimension of Sight, Sound, and Mind: The Bermuda Triangle of Family Leave, Reasonable Accommodations, and Workers’ Compensation,” Miller Nash Graham & Dunn, Employment Law Seminar (Oct. 2015)
- “Real Estate Foreclosures in a Commercial Context,” Oregon Paralegal Association Debtor/Creditor Specialty Group, Quarterly Meeting (Oct. 2012)
Outside the Office
Cody enjoys trying new restaurants, collecting wine (particularly Walla Walla syrahs), crushing escape rooms and pub trivia with his wife, and playing Magic: the Gathering and watching movies with his kids. He is an avid supporter of Tottenham Hostpur F.C. and the Denver Broncos. He also enjoys powerlifting and has a barbell squat PR of 3x1 at 395.