About Whitney Stark

Whitney, a native Portlander, returned home after starting her legal career in San Francisco more than a decade ago, where she developed her skills as a litigator representing employees in complex, class action litigation, as well as people facing employment discrimination.

Whitney handles matters for individuals in a wide range of matters, including employment discrimination, wage and hour violations, and breach of contract violations. She has extensive experience in individual as well as complex class action litigation, including employment, civil rights, and consumer cases. Whitney collaborates closely with her clients and approaches her cases strategically, creatively and effectively to meet each client’s unique needs. Whitney also represents labor organizations, including providing daily counsel and support to labor organizations.

Prior to joining Albies & Stark, Whitney focused on employment and high-impact consumer rights class actions and litigated numerous class actions resulting in substantial recoveries for consumers and employees. She served as a judicial extern to the Honorable Magistrate Edward Chen of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.

Whitney was selected as one of the 2019 recipients of the Arthur H. Bryant Public Justice Award by the Oregon Trial Lawyers Association, along with fellow attorneys Dana Sullivan, Charese Rohny, and Ashley Vaughn. She and her fellow attorneys received the award for their work on behalf of sexual harassment survivors in claims against the Oregon Legislature. Their case led to significant changes in policy regarding the handling of charges of harassment ir discrimination at the Oregon Legislature, and a $1.3 million settlement on behalf of the survivors.