Practice Emphasis

Employment Defense
General Liability and Products Liability
Municipal Defense and Consultation

Practice Experience

• Associate Attorney, since 2010
• Office of Multnomah County Attorney
  Portland, Oregon
  Law Clerk, 2008 – 2009
• Bonneville Power Administration
  Portland, Oregon
  Law Clerk, 2007 – 2008
• Cosgrave Vergeer Kester LLP
  Portland, Oregon
  Paralegal, 2005 – 2006
• Mesch, Clark & Rothschild, P.C.
  Tucson, Arizona
  Paralegal, 2000 – 2005

Education

• Lewis and Clark College
  Northwestern School of Law,
  J.D., 2009
• Pima Community College
  A.A.S. (Paralegal Studies), High Honors, 2000
• University of California
  Los Angeles, CA
  Political Science Studies

Admitted to Practice

Oregon State Courts
U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

Professional Associations

Oregon State Bar
Multnomah Bar Association

Publications

• Co-author with Steve Johansen,
  Step-Two Analysis: Legislative History, in INTERPRETING OREGON LAW
  (Steve Johansen, Hon. Jack L. Landau, & Anne E. Villella eds., Oregon State Bar 2009)
• Comment,
  Wave New World: Promoting Ocean Wave Energy Development Through Federal-State Coordination and Streamlined Licensing
  39 ENVIRONMENTAL LAW 1161 (2009)