DARVO is sticky as hell… and it works — It’s time to raise awareness of DARVO again, after Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ response to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union speech. Just a few minutes in, Sanders said, “The dividing line in America is no longer between right or left: The choice is between normal or crazy.” …

The Oregon State Bar may now destroy evidence of Lori Deveny’s crimes — As of this morning, the Oregon State Bar has permission to destroy all of the material that remains in the agency’s possession that it had obtained during its custodianship over the former attorney’s law practice. …

Check back daily for brief dispatches during multi-day hearing — Former Oregon attorney Lori Deveny is currently being sentenced in the state’s criminal case against her. The hearing began today and is slated for for the next seven business days. …

New details in the suspicious death of Robert Deveny — This morning, former Oregon attorney Lori Deveny will belly up to the bar, to receive her sentence in the state’s criminal case against her. She has already been given 8.5 …

Analyzing Lori Deveny and the Oregon State Bar’s receipts — *** UPDATE: The Oregon State Bar apparently provided the U.S. Attorney out-of-date information for the federal exhibit — see footnote*** In advance of her sentencing in federal court, the U.S. Attorney filed a document showing the extent of the theft committed by now-convicted former attorney Lori Deveny. The spreadsheet* shows…

8 Ways that Oregon Women Lawyers could help Lori Deveny’s victims… if they wanted to — Only disgraced former attorney Lori Deveny knows for certain when she started stealing from her vulnerable clients through forgery and fraud, but records suggest that her scheme began as early as 2003 and continued relentlessly until at least the time of her arrest in 2019. That was roughly the same…

Oregon attorney must serve more than eight years and pay over $4.5 million in restitution — *** For the latest on the criminal cases against Deveny, click here *** Disgraced Portland attorney Lori Deveny was sentenced today in federal court, for multiple counts of fraud, theft, identity theft, and tax evasion. In its blistering memorandum, the government asked for 111 months for the former bar darling…

J.J. Etheridge faces retaliation for exposing Judicial racism — The case of JaJuane “J.J.” Etheridge provides a singular lens through which to view the many problems plaguing Oregon’s justice system and judicial branch: public corruption, civil rights violations, inadequate public defenders, non-unanimous jury verdicts, lack of accountability and transparency, and, of course, racism. Etheridge was prosecuted for multiple counts…

Attorney Jennifer Nash suspended in 2001 for misconduct — Oregon has over 15,000 licensed attorneys — most of whom have never been disciplined by the state bar, and many of whom regularly volunteer for important causes, such as serving on the embattled Office of Public Defense Services Commission. That’s why it’s remarkable that outgoing Oregon Supreme Court Chief Justice…