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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.
                                                                                                   -- unknown

  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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  I belong to those professional organizations shown below; the many others shown are those I help support through contributions.

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

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

Life Member

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ConsumerAdvocates.org

Life Member Wisconsin NROTC Alumni Association

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

Oregon-Based Nonprofit Board resource.

JohnGearLaw.com/SalemConsumerLaw.com
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: " Helping Servicemembers on Active Duty and Veterans as Civil Litigants, Consumers, and Taxpayers
  
  
• 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.

 

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