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"My thesis is that the truly successful lawyer finds a good heart more useful than sharp fangs"                                                    -- Matthew A. Hodel

  FREE WILL FRIDAYS:  As part of my commitment to pro bono service, I offer a limited number of appointments on Fridays to draft free simple wills (wills without living trusts) for active military and veterans, law enforcement, and firefighters.  For questions or an appointment,  call or email.

2014 - another successful
"Empty Bowls" Fundraiser
for Marion-Polk Food Share

The 2014 "Empty Bowls" benefit event (with John Gear Law Office as a co-sponsor) raised over $21,000 to help Marion-Polk Food Share fight hunger in Salem and surrounding communities.

Mark your calendar for next year -- it's always held the weekend before Thanksgiving.

 
Beyond supporting Marion-Polk Food Share, this office also helps support many other worthy nonprofits, including those depicted here on this page.

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    503-339-7787                  503-569-7777

A values-based Oregon law practice serving consumers, elders, employees, and nonprofits
since 2010.

503-339-7787 & 503-569-7777 

• Participating attorney, Military Consumer Justice Project of the National Association of Consumer Advocates.
  
  
• Offering free nonprofit resources lending library for nonprofit executives and board members.
  
  
• Affiliate Member, Nonprofit Association of Oregon
  
  
• Founder, OregonAdminRules.org (Oregon Administrative Rules, but Readable) project
  
  
• Volunteer Supervising Attorney for the
  DeMuniz Resource Center, part of the Marion County Reentry Initiative to help people released from incarceration be successful
  
  
• Author of the "Warranties" chapter, 2013 edition of Consumer Law in Oregon attorney practice manual published by the Oregon State Bar
  
  
• Founder of the Nonprofit Organizations Law Section of the Oregon State Bar 2011; Executive Committee Member 2011-12; Secretary 2013.
  
  
• Presenter, "Tax Exempt Organizations from Start to Finish," legal education seminar
  
  
• House of Delegates member, Oregon State Bar 2011-2014.
  
  
• Lawyer of the Year award winner, 2009, Marion-Polk Volunteer Lawyer Project.
  
  
• Participating Attorney, Oregon State Bar, Military Assistance Panel.  For service members needing MAP help:  Application form (pdf)
  
  
• Volunteer attorney for the The Veterans Consortium Pro Bono Program, providing representation to veterans at the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.
  

 

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