Portland, Oregon
Román Hernández is a partner at the law firm of Cable Huston, LLP. Mr. Hernández has a national litigation practice and focuses his practice in the areas of employment law and commercial litigation.
Mr. Hernández is a former National President of the Hispanic National Bar Association (HNBA). He is also a founder and former chairman of the Board of Directors of the HNBA Legal Education Fund, the HNBA’s charitable foundation which develops pipeline programs for Hispanic youth considering entering the legal profession. He has received the “The Edwin J. Peterson Professionalism Award” presented by the Oregon Bench and Bar Commission on Professionalism, the “Spirit of Excellence Award” presented by the American Bar Association, the “Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Alumni Award” presented by OSU, the “Distinguished Alumni Award” presented by the OSU College of Science, the “Distinguished Graduate Award” presented by Lewis and Clark Law School, and the “Judge James M. Burns Federal Practice Award” presented by the Oregon Chapter of the Federal Association.
Mr. Hernández is a former chairman of the Board of Directors of the Portland Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. He is also a former member of the Board of Directors of the Oregon Health & Science University and of the Oregon Community Foundation, the sixth largest community foundation in the nation with assets in excess of $2 billion. He served on the City of Portland’s Council of Economic Advisors, which advices on economic and workforce development priorities. In March 2020, Mr. Hernández was selected to serve on the Mayor’s COVID-19 Economic Recovery Task Force.
Mr. Hernández earned a bachelor’s degree in general science from Oregon State University in 1992. While an OSU undergraduate, he was involved in campus groups such as the Hispanic Student Union, the Educational Opportunities Program, the Air Force ROTC program and the Arnold Air Society. As an alum, he has been engaged with the OSU Alumni Association to help rebuild alumni connections to OSU and each other through reviving the Chicano/a Latino/a Alumni Network. His law degree is from Lewis and Clark Law School. In 2024, he was Lewis and Clark Law School’s Commencement Speaker and received an Honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters.
