Glenmorrie Law is a boutique law firm run by attorney Ed Piper. The firm is located in the Portland, Oregon metropolitan area.

Ed’s practice emphasizes three primary areas. The first lies at the intersection of information security, privacy, and technology law, on which Ed has represented clients ranging from individual entrepreneurs to Fortune 500 companies. As a litigator, Ed has prosecuted and defended information security cases involving claims arising under the Stored Communications Act, the Wiretap Act, the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, the Defend Trade Secrets Act, the Uniform Trade Secrets Act, and numerous other statutory and common law information security regimes. As an advisor, Ed has counseled clients on how best to comply with myriad domestic and international consumer privacy regulations, including the Oregon Consumer Privacy Act (OCPA), the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), and the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Ed’s second area of practice covers all aspects of labor and employment law. He primarily (but not exclusively) represents employers. Ed has both advised on and litigated matters involving the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), and a broad range of other federal and state employment laws. Additionally, Ed routinely represents both employers and employees in disputes over the enforceability of noncompetition agreements and other types of restrictive covenants.

Finally, Ed practices general business law. His experience in that area includes matters involving commercial contracts, corporate governance, antitrust and competition law, government and public policy, and myriad other sorts of business issues. In particular, Ed regularly advises clients on the special conflict of laws problems facing technology companies whose products and services implicate the laws of multiple jurisdictions.

Ed began his career with Paul Hastings LLP in Palo Alto, California. He later practiced at Stoel Rives LLP and Angeli & Calfo LLC, each in Portland, Oregon. Ed also served as general counsel to a large, privately-held technology company that provides business and communications services to customers in the United States, the United Kingdom, and elsewhere around the world. 

Ed earned his B.A. in History and Arabic from Stanford University, where he graduated with distinction and was elected Phi Beta Kappa. During that time, he also studied for several months at the American University in Cairo, Egypt. Ed then earned his J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall), where he was a finalist in the James Patterson McBaine Honors Moot Court Competition and argued before U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor.

Ed is licensed to practice in Oregon, Washington, and California.