Law Firm Overview

Publications

Eugene Police Overzealously Administer Zero Tolerance, Eugene Daily Emerald, February 27, 2004

Crimes Mean Prison Time; Violations Lead to Paying Fines, Eugene Daily Emerald, December 3, 2003

Areas of Practice

• Murder
• Attempted Murder
• Sex Crimes
• Rape
• Child Pornography
• Solicitation
• Indecent Exposure
• Kidnap
• Assault
• Robbery
• Burglary
• Identity Theft
• Computer Crime
• Forgery/Counterfeit
• Theft
• Crimes of Alleged Domestic Violence

Published Works

• Criminal Law - Stop and Frisk, Volume I of The Oregon State Bar Criminal Law Treatise, 2005
• Defending the Domestic Violence Case, The Oregon Defense Attorney, 2004
• Eugene Police Overzealously Administer Zero Tolerance, Eugene Daily Emerald, February 27, 2004
• Crimes Mean Prison Time; Violations Lead to Paying Fines, Eugene Daily Emerald, December 3, 2003
• The New Stalking Law, Oregon State Bar Family Law Division Newsletter, 1995

Classes and Seminars

• Instructor for NITA/OCDLA Trial Skills Training Seminar, Oregon Criminal Defense Lawyer Association, 2008
• Umpqua Forensic Firearms Academy, Firearms Concepts for the Courtroom, 2008
• Adjunct Law Professor, Criminal Defense, University of Oregon School of Law, 2004 - 2006
• Panelist, Women & Prison Conference, University of Oregon School of Law, 2003
• "Defending the Domestic Violence Case", Legal Education Seminar, Oregon Criminal Defense Lawyer Association, 1998
• Adjunct Law Professor, Trial Advocacy, University of Oregon School of Law, 1996
• Presenter, The New Stalking Law, Oregon State Bar Family Law Conference, Oregon State Bar, 1995

Pro Bono Activities

• Created and staffed monthly volunteer law clinic at Looking Glass New Roads Homeless Youth center; subsequently secured funding to hire a half time attorney to assume the position, 2003 - 2007
• Oregon Racing Commissioner: Appointed by two Oregon Governors to serve on the Oregon Racing Commission to adjudicate and administrate horse and dog racing in Oregon, 1993 - 2001

West Practice Categories

Criminal Law, Domestic Violence & Neglect, Personal Injury -- Defense, Personal Injury -- Plaintiff, Science & Technology Law