Oregon

Young Lawyers in ‘Lost Generation’ Seek a Foothold in the Legal Marketplace

Bridget Budbill didn’t expect to be $150,000 in debt and working a temporary job as a newly minted law graduate from the University of Oregon. But she is. Her fundraising job for the Oregon Democratic Caucus concludes in November, at the same time the 28-year-old is supposed to start making…

Aug 6, 2012 12:39 PM CDT

Initially Defiant re ‘Fresh-Faced Eager Beavers’ from FBI, Kinnucan Takes Plea

After making headlines when he publicly proclaimed his innocence and said he had refused to cooperate and wear a wire in a federal investigation, the founder of Broadband Research LLC pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court in Manhattan in an insider-trading case. John Kinnucan, 55, pleaded guilty to conspiracy and…

Jul 26, 2012 3:19 PM CDT

Research Firm Chief Who Nixed FBI Wire, Proclaimed Innocence in Client Email Expected to Take a Plea

The head of an independent research firm who publicly proclaimed his innocence and said he refused to wear a wire when approached in 2010 by federal agents pursuing a major insider-trading probe is now expected to take a plea. John Kinnucan, 55, is likely to appear in federal court in…

Jul 25, 2012 3:52 PM CDT

Student, 20, Charged with Theft, Original Owner Faces Abuse Probe In High-Profile Dog-Custody Case

A hotly contested legal battle over the ownership of a mixed-breed dog in Oregon has heated up further, and it now appears possible that neither one of the individuals who want to keep the German shepherd-husky may be allowed to do so. Jordan Biggs, a 20-year-old Oregon State University student…

Jul 23, 2012 5:10 PM CDT

Judge Acquits Man Who Stripped Naked in Airport Protest

An Oregon judge has acquitted a Portland man who took off all his clothes at an airport security checkpoint. The defendant, tech consultant John Brennan, testified that he stripped to protest invasive security procedures after he underwent a pat down and a test of the screener’s gloves found nitrates, report…

Jul 19, 2012 12:49 PM CDT

Woman Who Says She Found and Trained Stray Dog Lawyers Up, Files Declaratory Judgment Action

Updated: Is Sam Hanson-Fleming the lawful owner of Chase, a mixed-breed dog who jumped the fence of his Portland, Ore., home a year ago? Or does the German shepherd-husky mix belong to Jordan Biggs, who found him, named him Bear, and got him trained to be an asthma service dog?…

Jul 16, 2012 9:12 PM CDT

Woman Accused of Misusing Popular Tax Software to Obtain $2.1M Tax Refund Asks for Public Defender

An Oregon woman accused of using TurboTax to file a falsified return and obtain a $2.1 million state tax refund to which she wasn’t entitled has requested a public defender. Krystle Marie Reyes, 25, was granted the PD by Marion County Circuit Judge Joseph Ochoa on Thursday, as she appeared…

Jul 5, 2012 10:38 PM CDT

Top Oregon Court Says Much, But Not All, of 1,247 Boy Scout ‘Ineligible Volunteer’ Files Are Public

In a decision considered important not only to those involved in child sex-abuse cases but to a wide array of organizations seeking to reveal or keep secret material that has been seen by a jury, Oregon’s top court on Thursday upheld a lower-court ruling that 20,000 pages of confidential Boy…

Jun 14, 2012 8:51 PM CDT

Authorities Say Woman Used TurboTax to Get Fraudulent $2.1M Refund on False $3M Earnings Claim

Observers are wondering how a 25-year-old Oregon woman whose only criminal history appears to be a traffic ticket was able to use popular tax-preparation software to obtain a $2.1 million state tax refund to which authorities say she wasn’t entitled. Krystle Marie Reyes is accused of falsely claiming on an…

Jun 11, 2012 11:25 PM CDT

Retired Judge to Become Oregon’s First Female AG This Month

Ellen Rosenblum hadn’t planned on becoming Oregon’s first female attorney general until November when voters make the call. But this week, Gov. John Kitzhaber announced he’s putting her in the job six months early. Rosenblum, a retired judge, will succeed John Kroger, who resigned his AG post early to become…

Jun 8, 2012 3:35 PM CDT

Lawyer’s Spilled Coffee Reference Doesn’t Work; Jury Awards $900K for Herpes Infection

An Oregon jury was apparently unimpressed with a defense lawyer’s inference that a woman suing over a herpes infection was money hungry. Last week Multnomah County jurors ordered a retired dentist to pay the woman $900,000, the Oregonian reports. The Beaverton woman, who filed suit under a pseudonym, was a…

Jun 5, 2012 2:14 PM CDT

Mom of Missing Oregon Boy, 7, Files $10M Custodial Interference Suit Seeking Answers From Stepmom

The mother of a 7-year-old boy who disappeared in Portland, Ore., nearly two years ago has filed an unusual civil lawsuit against the child’s stepmother. It seeks $10 million in compensatory damages for emotional distress due to Terri Horman’s alleged custodial interference concerning Kyron Horman and a court order requiring…

Jun 1, 2012 10:55 PM CDT

‘Nude But Not Lewd’ Passenger Takes It All Off for Airport Security, Faces Indecent Exposure Charge

A tech worker who took it all off for airport security at the Portland, Ore., airport is facing an indecent exposure charge. However, John E. Brennan, 49, said he was “nude but not lewd” and argued that his act of protest—he said he removed everything only after walking through a…

Apr 19, 2012 5:34 PM CDT

Well-Known Law Firm Leads List of Top ‘Low-Car’ Portland, Ore., Companies

A combination of transit benefits, a lack of free automobile parking and participation by workers helped a well-known Portland, Ore., law firm lead the list of the city’s top 25 “low-car” companies, in a three-way tie for the most points scored (210 out of a possible 250). Stoel Rives appears…

Apr 11, 2012 9:29 PM CDT

Difficult Job Market Not a Problem for 4 Law Grads Who Set Up Their Own Firm

At a time when many law students and recent graduates are having a hard time finding jobs in the legal field, four Willamette University alumni knew what they were doing months before they graduated in 2010. In a venture that some law professors warned them to reconsider, Richard McBreen, Eric…

Apr 5, 2012 9:25 PM CDT