Former Oregon attorney Lori Deveny is guilty of federal charges — This morning, in US District Court in Portland, disgraced former attorney Lori Deveny finally pleaded guilty to seven charges of mail, wire, and bank fraud; aggravated identity theft; filing a false tax return; and engaging in monetary transactions with criminally derived property. …

Supreme Court Justices must be prosecuted for defrauding the legislative branch and the American people — America, we have an urgent problem: Lots of us — including some who are savvy, have legal experience, and who should know better — are at a loss for what to do when a judge commits a crime. The answer, of course, is to prosecute them, just like we do…

When Jajuane Etheridge reported Clackamas Judge Susie Norby’s apparently racist conduct to the Oregon Commission on Judicial Fitness and Disability last year, he had no expectations of accountability or justice. He knew that the majority of judicial whistleblowers are derided as merely disgruntled — rather than acknowledged as injured —…

Oregon Attorney Megan Moeller pleads guilty to wire fraud — Earlier this month, in US District Court, former attorney Megan Moeller (aka Megan Perry) finally pleaded guilty to one count each of wire fraud and identity theft. …

Moeller’s trial for identity theft, wire fraud, and forgery was finally set to begin in August, after six delays — *** Read the latest on the criminal case against Megan Perry (Moeller), click here. Last Friday, federal prosecutors filed a “superseding information” in the criminal case already commenced against former Albany-area attorney Megan Moeller (aka Perry), for her wire fraud and identity theft.

No public defender available due to the statewide shortage — Oregon’s public defender shortage and due process crisis has come full circle, stranding an actual judge in jail. According to an order signed yesterday, John Mann, Oregon’s chief administrative law judge — charged with ten counts of encouraging child sexual abuse in the first degree — remains in the custody…

With Oregon currently under fire for its understaffed and unconstitutional public defense system, it’s finally time to talk about what happened to Jajuane Etheridge in Clackamas a decade ago, while his state-paid attorney was supposed to be safeguarding his due process rights. Due process basically means fair, transparent, and equal…

Will Oregon perform an audit of his cases? — John Mann, Oregon’s chief administrative law judge, was placed on unpaid leave after being indicted on ten counts of encouraging child sexual abuse in the first degree, a class B felony. The indictment against the judge shows that conduct allegedly took place in summer 2020, and involved visual recordings with…

Trial was set to begin on Tuesday — ***Read the latest on the criminal cases against Lori Deveny, click here. On Friday, Mark Ahlemeyer, the federal public defender assigned to represent disgraced former Portland, Oregon attorney Lori Deveny, filed an unopposed motion to waive “her right to a speedy trial,” and asked the court to “set a change…