Edward J. Hill's practice emphasizes workers' compensation law and labor and employment law, including wage claims. Ed is a member of the Oregon State Bar and the Federal Bar for the District of Oregon.

Ed received his Bachelor of Arts Degree in International Affairs from Georgetown University and his law degree from the Northwestern School of Law at Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon. At Northwestern, Ed received an American Bar Association Certificate in Environmental and Natural Resources law. In the years between undergraduate and legal studies, Ed worked first as a journalist in Asia and later as a high school Teacher in New York City. Ed has been a member of the Seafarer's International Union and the United Federation of Teachers.

Ed has helped develop and implement litigation and legislation strategies to improve the rights and benefits of injured workers in Oregon. In 2000, Ed wrote a chapter for the Continuing Legal Education treatise on workers' compensation published by the Oregon State Bar. In 2002, he wrote a chapter for the Continuing Legal Education handbook on private sector labor and employment law published by the Oregon State Bar.

From 1997 to 2004, Ed served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Better People, a non profit organization that provides job counseling, job placement and job retention services for ex-criminal offenders.

When not working, Ed enjoys travelling, camping, hiking and skiing. Ed is also a collector of historically significant recordings of American jazz, blues and R & B music and is a contributing writer to "Wax Poetics" magazine. Ed also has a radio program on KPSU 1450AM in Portland.