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Stephanie Volin
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15 hours ago

Hot Mike

Loose lips, public records tampering, and general fuckery — Last Friday, I was zoom-attending an Oregon State Bar public meeting, when out of nowhere, the Bar’s CFO Mike Williams suddenly confused me with disgraced former attorney Lori Deveny. To be clear: I’m not a lawyer, I didn’t steal $4 million from personal injury clients, and I’m not sitting in…

True Crime

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Hot Mike
Hot Mike
True Crime

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Aug 1

How Oregon’s public defense crisis could become a direct tax on lawyers

Bad news for Oregon’s legal community: At a recent public Bar meeting, a representative of the agency casually indicated that there were a lot of malpractice claims rolling in from victims of inadequate public defense — due not only to the statewide shortage of such lawyers, but also to the…

Attorney

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How Oregon’s public defense crisis could become a direct tax on lawyers
How Oregon’s public defense crisis could become a direct tax on lawyers
Attorney

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Jul 19

Settlement Reached in Whistleblower Retaliation Suit

Improperly fired Oregon OPDS Executive Director Stephen Singer to receive $380,000 — The public whistleblower lawsuit filed late last year by Stephen Singer — the wrongfully terminated Executive Director of Oregon’s beleaguered Office of Public Defense Services — has apparently been settled, as first reported yesterday in the Oregonian. Singer’s attorneys had asked for more than $2.4 million in damages for his…

Justice

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Settlement Reached in Whistleblower Retaliation Suit
Settlement Reached in Whistleblower Retaliation Suit
Justice

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Jul 12

Bean There, Done That

Malpractice lawsuit filed by alleged Terry Bean sex abuse victim to be dismissed; civil case against Bean apparently settled in 2022 — It’s difficult to keep track of all the various criminal and civil court cases stemming from the alleged sexual encounter between Terry Bean, his former partner Kiah Lawson, and the minor known by the pseudonym “M.S.G.” in September 2013, but here’s a brief update.

True Crime

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Bean There, Done That
Bean There, Done That
True Crime

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Jul 7

Lowe’s Added as Defendant in Freddy Nelson Jr. Lawsuit

Family of shooting victim seeks $150 million judgment for his wrongful death — Earlier this week, Multnomah Judge Leslie Bottomly permitted the family of shooting victim Freddy Nelson Jr. to file an amended complaint in their wrongful death suit, adding the national retailer Lowe’s Home Centers as an additional defendant, and increasing sixfold the amount sought in damages. Judge Bottomly rejected the original…

Oregon

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Lowe’s Added as Defendant in Freddy Nelson Jr. Lawsuit
Lowe’s Added as Defendant in Freddy Nelson Jr. Lawsuit
Oregon

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Jun 15

But-for Vanessa Sturgeon

Updates from the Freddy Nelson Jr. wrongful death suit — Now that private security guard Logan Gimbel has been found guilty of his second-degree murder of Freddy Nelson Jr., and sentenced to life — or at minimum, 25 years — it’s time to check in with the civil case filed by Nelson’s family in late 2021. The wrongful death suit…

True Crime

6 min read

But-for Vanessa Sturgeon
But-for Vanessa Sturgeon
True Crime

6 min read


Jun 11

Stopping the Clock

Clear signs of public corruption at the Oregon State Bar — Ever since disgraced former attorney Lori Deveny’s crime spree first came to light, the Oregon State Bar has consistently striven to reduce (or eliminate) the amount that she owes her 135 victims — by allowing her to keep “her cut” of the stolen funds, and steering victims away from lawsuits…

Lawyers

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Stopping the Clock
Stopping the Clock
Lawyers

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Jun 9

Former Hood River District Attorney Disbars Himself

Another Oregon lawyer quietly resigns without consequence — Just months after the state paid $150,000 to settle a lawsuit filed against him — with no acknowledgement of guilt — former Hood River District Attorney John Sewell’s resignation from the practice of law was quietly accepted by the Oregon Supreme Court… also with no admission of guilt. Such a…

Oregon

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Former Hood River District Attorney Disbars Himself
Former Hood River District Attorney Disbars Himself
Oregon

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Jun 8

Malpractice Assurance

Why is Oregon’s mandatory attorney malpractice insurer paying off bad claims? — In Oregon, lawyers in private practice are required to maintain malpractice insurance, supposedly to protect consumers. That sounds great until you realize that the mandatory insurance agent is the Oregon State Bar — the badly-politicized agency that also regulates the attorneys it insures, i.e. a huge conflict of interest.

Oregon

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Malpractice Assurance
Malpractice Assurance
Oregon

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Jun 5

Is Oregon poised to retaliate against whistleblower Stephen Singer, again?

As significant statutory changes to Oregon’s inadequate public defense system make their way through the legislature and onto the governor’s desk, it’s important to track the progress of the lawsuit filed last fall by improperly-fired Office of Public Defense Services Executive Director Stephen Singer. Singer’s complaint about his mistreatment apparently…

Oregon

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Is Oregon poised to retaliate against whistleblower Stephen Singer, again?
Is Oregon poised to retaliate against whistleblower Stephen Singer, again?
Oregon

2 min read

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