Scam Warning!  Updated 14 May 2019

If you are involved in a real estate deal, NEVER wire money based on instructions sent to you by text or email. Scammers have reaped millions of dollars posing as title company reps who send you the "wiring instructions" by text or via a spoofed email disguised as a legit email, but the instructions send your money  to THEIR bank accounts, not the title company. 
If you fall for phony wiring instructions, you will probably lose all your money for good and never get it back.

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John's Real Bosses, Simon and Lucy, resting after a hard morning napping

Anna's Real Bosses, Joe and Poppy (they let her moonlight as a legal assistant)

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

You only live once. But if you work it right, once is enough.
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  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 low-income veterans, law enforcement, and firefighters.  To schedule a consultation or appointment, call Anna at 503-569-7777.

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John Gear Law Office is among the many Oregon businesses supporting Earth Day 2019

Health Care is a Human Right: Everybody in, Nobody Left Out!

Oregon-Based Nonprofit Board resource.

Tax Fairness Oregon works to reform our tax code so that it serves the common good, not special interests.

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"Empty Bowls" fundraiser to fight hunger each year, weekend before Thanksgiving

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To find out how to hire John Gear to help you with your legal issues, call Anna at
                        503-569-7777    

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

                             503-569-7777

• Participating attorney, Military Consumer Justice Project
  
  
• Offering free nonprofit resources lending library for nonprofit executives and board members.
  
  
• Affiliate, Nonprofit Association of Oregon
  
  
• Founder, OregonAdminRules.org (Oregon Administrative Rules, but Readable) project
  
  
• Volunteer Supervising Attorney for the
  DeMuniz Resource Center Legal Clinic, a free program to help people released from jail or prison resolve civil legal issues so they can reintegrate into the community successfully
  
  
• Chapter author in Consumer Law in Oregon, attorney practice manual
  
  
• Chapter co-author in Barbooks attorney practice manual, Rights of Veterans and Military Servicemembers
  
  
• Founder, Nonprofit Organizations Law Section (Oregon State Bar)
  
  
• Presenter, "Tax Exempt Organizations from Start to Finish," legal education seminar
  
  
• Lawyer of the Year award winner, 2009, Marion-Polk Volunteer Lawyer Project.
  
  
• Participating Attorney, Oregon State Bar, Military Assistance Panel.
  
  
• Volunteer attorney - The Veterans Consortium Pro Bono Program, providing representation to veterans at the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.

 

The Northwest Hub exists to empower and mobilize divested Salem residents in need of transportation.

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Safe, professional child care service free for parents who must be in court