Oregon Commercial Litigation Law

Ryan Corbridge v. Encompass Indemnity Company

Portland, Oregon, insurance lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on bad faith breach of contract theory. AI Overview Oregon bad faith insurance law has significantly evolved, particularly with the 2023 Moody v. Oregon Community Credit Union decision, which allows policyholders to sue insurers for certain unfair claims handling practices under a common law negligence claim. T... More...

$1 (10-28-2025 - OR)

State of Oregon v. James J. Alfonsi, Vladimir I. Tishenko, Domonique L. William, Kaiâ€™Leif L. Newcom

Portland, Oregon criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with human trafficking. A months-long investigation conducted by the Portland Police Bureau's Human Trafficking Unit (HTU), in coordination with the Multnomah County District Attorney's Office (MCDA), has led to the successful prosecution and sentencing of four individuals in a case involving the trafficking and ... More...

$0 (09-19-2025 - OR)

Pharmacychecker.com, LLC v. Legitscript, LLC

Portland, Oregon civil litigation lawyers represented the parties in an anti-trust violation theory. Two wrongs don't make a right. Nor do they necessarily cancel each other out. In this case, PharmacyChecker.com LLC ("PharmacyCheckerâ€) sued its competitor LegitScript LLC ("LegitScriptâ€) for engaging in a group boycott in violation of antitrust laws. LegitScrip... More...

$0 (05-28-2025 - OR)

Kelly Cahill, et al. v. Insider, Inc., et al.

Portland, Oregon, civil litigation lawyer represented the Plaintiffs seeking the return of information inadvertently disclosed to the Defendants. The panel held that the district court, as part of its inherent powers to oversee discovery in cases before it, had authority to order The Oregonian to return or destroy the documents because, as an intervenor, The Oregonian was a party to the c... More...

$0 (03-19-2025 - OR)

Mark Snyder v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company

<h2> Portland, Oregon bad faith breach of insurance contract law lawyer represented the Plaintiff. </h2> On July 17, 2002 Plaintiff Mark Synder ("Snyder") was riding a bicycle when he was struck by a motor vehicle driven by Chris Knight ("Knight"). Knight was at fault in causing this accident. As a result of this accident, Snyder suffered very serious spinal injuries which left h... More...

$0 (10-08-2024 - OR)

City of Grants Pass, Oregon v. Johnson, et al.

<h2> Grants Pass, Oregon civil rights lawyers represented Plaintiff who sued claiming that Defendant's city ordinances violated their constitutional rights by prohibiting camping on public property. </h2> Grants Pass, Oregon, is home to roughly 38,000 people, about 600 of whom are estimated to experience homelessness on a given day. Like many local governments across the Nation, G... More...

$0 (06-28-2024 - OR)

United States of America v. Peter James Mirras

<h2> Portland, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with simple possession of cocaine. </h2> 21 U.S.C. 844 provide: (a) Unlawful acts; penalties It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly or intentionally to possess a controlled substance unless such substance was obtained directly, or pursuant... More...

$0 (06-10-2024 - OR)

<h1> United States of America v. Johnell Lee Cleveland </h1>

<h2><center> Portland, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Transporting a Victim Across State Lines for Illegal Sexual Activity </color="red"></h2></center><h2><center> Tigard Repeat Offender Sentenced to Federal Prison for Transporting a Victim Across State Lines for Illegal Sexual Activity and Launderi... More...

$0 (05-07-2024 - OR)

Laura Tomas v. Allstate Indemnity Company

Portland, Oregon insurance law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a bad faith breach of contract theory. This case was filed in the Multnomah County Circuit Court, 23CV18653, and was removed to federal court by Allstate Indemnity Company. Oregon Supreme Court Confirms First Party Insurance Bad Faith in Oregon. After decades of dispute by lower courts, the ... More...

$0 (03-21-2024 - OR)

Alana Marie Souza, et al. v. Brick House, Inc.

Eugene, Oregon intellectual property lawyers represented the Plaintiffs who sued the Defendant on a 15 U.S.C. 1125 Trademark Infringement (Lanham Act) violation theory. 15 U.S.C. 1125 provides: (1) Any person who, on or in connection with any goods or services, or any container for goods, uses in commerce any word, term, name, symbol, or device, or any combination thereof, or any... More...

$0 (12-10-2023 - OR)

United States of America v. Idaho Power Company

Portland, Oregon civil litigation lawyers represented Defendant accused of negligently causing fires. Idaho Power Company, a Boise, Idaho-based utility that provides electricity to several states, including Oregon, has agreed to pay $1.5 million to settle allegations by the United States relating to the May 2014 Powerline and August 2015 Lime Hill fires in Baker County, Oregon. T... More...

$0 (08-25-2022 - OR)

United States of America v. Johnl Jackson

Portland, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged for transporting two teen girls across state lines, drugging and sexually abusing them, and selling them to other men for sex. In 2016, John L. Jackson, age 34, met and befriended Keonte Desmond Scott, 23, also of Vancouver, after Scott's release from prison. Jackson sold Scott cocaine and eventually began coaching him... More...

$0 (07-25-2022 - OR)

Jeff Gist v. Zoan Management, Inc., et al.

Portland, Oregon civil litigation lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on a breach of contract theory. After plaintiff filed this class-action complaint against defendants in the trial court, defendants filed a motion to compel arbitration. The trial court granted the motion. Plaintiff appealed, and the Court of Appeals affirmed. Gist v. Zoan Management, Inc., 305 Or.App... More...

$0 (07-08-2022 - OR)

United States of America v. Malik Fard Muhammad

Portland, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with unlawful possession of a destructive device. Malik Fard Muhammad, age 25, traveled to Portland with his girlfriend from their home in Indianapolis to violently engage in area riots. On September 5, 2020, during a large civil disturbance in east Portland, demonstrators threw dangerous objects at police, including c... More...

$0 (03-28-2022 - OR)

United States of America v. Jeremy Clawson

Portland, Oregon fraud charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Jeremy Clawson, 32, pleaded guilty to one count of theft of public money. Clawson took advantage of economic relief programs administered by the Small Business Administration (SBA) through Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDLs) and the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), as authorized by the Coronavirus Aid, Relie... More...

$0 (06-09-2021 - OR)

United States of America v. Yuan Xie

Eugene, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with illegally trafficking in endangered turtles. Yuan Xie, 30, was charged for his role in a scheme to purchase hundreds of endangered and vulnerable turtles in the U.S. and smuggle them via U.S. mail and commercial airline flights to China. Beginning in at least May 2017 and continuing until October 2018, Xie ... More...

$0 (05-09-2021 - OR)

United States of America v. Susan Tranberg

Eugene, Oregon fraud charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Susan Tranberg, 62, of Eugene, Oregon, who was for defrauding her former employer, the Weyerhaeuser Company, out of more than $4.5 million. Beginning as early as June 2004 and continuing to January 2019, Tranberg defrauded Weyerhaeuser out of more than $4.5 million by submitting fraudulent invoices for payment to ... More...

$0 (04-19-2021 - OR)

United States of America v. Marcus Raiford

Portland, Oregon bank fraud criminal defense lawyer represented Marcus Raiford, 22, who was charged with bank fraud for engaging in a scheme whereby he would recruit others, including minors, to deposit fraudulent checks into their personal bank accounts and withdraw cash. According to court documents, beginning in August 2017 and continuing until at least September 2018, Raiford and others re... More...

$0 (03-31-2021 - OR)

United States of America v. William Hamann

Eugene, Oregon sexually abusing a minor female charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, William Hamann, 38, a former Eugene elementary school teacher who was charge with sexually abusing a minor female. On several occasions beginning in 2018 and continuing until July 2019, Hamann paid a minor female for oral sex and recorded the minor performing the sex acts. The minor femal... More...

$0 (03-04-2021 - OR)

United States of America v. Roderick Ariwite and Thomas Adams

Portland, Oregon criminal defense lawyers represented defendants charged with fraud. A federal grand jury in Portland has returned a 6 count indictment charging Roderick Ariwite, age 65, a resident on the Fort Hall Reservation in Idaho, and Thomas Adams, age 48, a resident on the Warm Springs Reservation, with Conspiracy and Theft/Misapplication of Funds from a Tribal Organization. This ... More...

$0 (09-29-2020 - OR)

United States of America v. Xiao Dong Qin

Eugene, OR - The United States of America charged Xiao Dong Qin with conspiracy to smuggle endangered turtles from the United States. A Chinese national pleaded guilty today for directing a scheme whereby hundreds of endangered and vulnerable turtles were purchased in the U.S. and smuggled via U.S. mail and commercial airline flights to China. Xiao Dong Qin, 34, a resident of Sha... More...

$0 (11-29-2019 - OR)

United States of America v. Jody Tremayne Wafer

<center> <img width="300" src="https://www.wbdg.org/images/fed_courthouse_01.jpg"> </center> Portland, OR - Houston Man Pleads Guilty for Leading Interstate Marijuana Trafficking Conspiracy Jody Tremayne Wafer, 30, of Houston, Texas, pleaded guilty for organizing and leading a conspiracy to traffic marijuana grown in Portland to Texas. According to court documents, d... More...

$0 (10-04-2019 - OR)

United States of America v. Sammy Rasema Yetisen aka Rasema Handanovic aka Zolja

<center> <img width="300" src="https://www.wbdg.org/images/fed_courthouse_01.jpg"> </center> Portland, OR - Justice Department Secures Denaturalization of Convicted War Criminal Who Fraudulently Obtained Refugee Status and U.S. Citizenship Defendant Concealed that She Had Murdered Six Unarmed Civilians and Prisoners of War During the 1990s Balkans Conflict Judge Marco... More...

$0 (03-06-2019 - OR)

United States of America v. Mary Holden Ayala

<center> <img width="300" src="https://www.wbdg.org/images/fed_courthouse_01.jpg"> </center> Portland, OR - Jury Convicts Former President of Oregon Foster Care Agency on Theft, Money Laundering and Tax Evasion Charges A federal jury found Mary Holden Ayala, 59, of Portland, guilty of stealing nearly $1 million from an Oregon foster care agency, money laundering and filing fal... More...

$0 (02-08-2019 - OR)

Gold Medal, LLC, d/b/a Run Gum v. USA Track & Field; United States Olympic Committee

Appellant Gold Medal LLC d/b/a Run Gum (Run Gum) appeals the district court’s order dismissing its complaint. Run Gum alleged that Appellees USA Track & Field (USATF) and the United States Olympic Committee (Olympic Committee) engaged in an anticompetitive conspiracy in violation of antitrust law by imposing advertising restrictions during the Olympic Trials for track ... More...

$0 (08-09-2018 - OR)

Sarah Meyer and Gail Wooldridge v. State of Oregon

Father appeals from the trial court’s supplemental judgment awarding sole custody of their minor child, T, to mother and modifying parenting time provisions of a 2006 stipulated judgment. Prior to the supplemental judgment, father was T’s legal custodian, and a general parenting-time plan provided for equal parenting time. Father first assigns error to the trial court’s determination that th... More...

$0 (07-05-2018 - OR)

Sarah Meyer and Gail Wooldridge v. State of Oregon

Plaintiffs, Sarah Meyer and Martin Wooldridge, appeal from a general judgment dismissing their action against defendants Oregon State Lottery (the Lottery), Jill Goldsmith, Larry Niswender, Tessa Sugahara, John Kroger, and Craig Durbin.1 Plaintiffs assert five assignments of error. We reject plaintiffs’ fourth assignment of error without written discussion and write only to address their remaini... More...

$0 (07-05-2018 - OR)

Angela Johnson Musa v. Dr. Carrie Miles and Dr. Joseph Elia

Petitioner seeks judicial review after the Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) denied her motion to intervene in an appeal of the City of Eugene’s approval of a development application. LUBA ruled that petitioner had not “appeared” before the city during the proceedings on the application and therefore was not entitled to intervene before LUBA. See ORS 197.830(7)(b) (limiting “[p]ersons who m... More...

$0 (07-05-2018 - OR)

Angela Johnson Musa v. Dr. Carrie Miles and Dr. Joseph Elia

This appeal involves a dispute over attorney fees in an action on an automobile insurance policy. Plaintiff sued defendant for personal injury protection (PIP) and uninsured motorist (UM) benefits under his automobile insurance policy with defendant after he was involved in a motor vehicle accident with an uninsured driver. The only issues remaining in the case after court-annexed arbitration and ... More...

$0 (07-16-2018 - OR)

Robert Law v. Ronald Zemp

This review proceeding arises out of a post-judgment order charging a judgment debtor’s interests in four limited partnerships and a limited liability company to satisfy the judgment creditor’s judgment against him. The charging order was issued over the limited partnerships’ and limited liability company’s objections that ancillary provisions included in the chargi... More...

$0 (01-11-2018 - OR)

United States of America v. Geoffrey S. Walsh

Portland, OR - Former Bank of Oswego Executive Receives Federal Prison Sentence for Fraud U.S. District Court Judge Michael H. Simon sentenced Geoffrey S. Walsh, a former vice president of the Bank of Oswego, to 30 months in federal prison followed by a three-year term of supervised release. Walsh had previously pleaded guilty to one count each of conspiracy to make false entries in bank ... More...

$0 (01-29-2018 - OR)

Martin Allen Johnson v. Jeff Premo

In a two-phased jury trial, petitioner was convicted of aggravated murder and sentenced to death for killing a fifteen-year-old girl, HF. The state’s theory of the case was that petitioner had killed HF intentionally in furtherance of, or in an effort to conceal, the commission of sexual offenses against her. This court affirmed his convictions and sentence. State v. John... More...

$0 (08-03-2017 - OR)

Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon v. Joseph Y. Aizawa, et al.

Ordinarily, a party entitled to recover attorney fees incurred in litigating the merits of a fee-generating claim also may receive attorney fees incurred in determining the amount of the resulting fee award. See Strawn v. Farmers Ins. Co., 353 Or 210, 234, 297 P3d 439 (2013) (awarding so-called “fees on fees” to which no objection was raised); Crandon Capital Partners v... More...

$0 (10-05-2017 - OR)

Larisa's Home Care, LLC v. Karen Nichols-Sheilds

The issue presented is whether an adult foster care provider claiming unjust enrichment may recover the reasonable value of its services from a defendant who, through fraud, obtained a lower rate from the provider for the services. We conclude that, generally, a defendant who obtains discounted services as a result of fraud is unjustly enriched to the extent of the reasonab... More...

$0 (11-09-2017 - OR)

Janell Howard v. City of Coos Bay

We must decide whether the former employee of a City in Oregon may prevail on allegations that it violated the First Amendment and state law by refusing to rehire her. I A Janell Howard served as the Finance Director for the City of Coos Bay (“City”) from 1998 through 2008. On September 16, 2008, after an investigation into whether Howard had shoplifted from Wal-Mart (from which no... More...

$0 (09-29-2017 - OR)

United States of America v. Michael Leeper

Portland, OR - Former Columbia Sportswear Information Technology Employee Pleads Guilty to Computer Intrusions Michael Leeper, 41, of Tigard, Oregon, pleaded guilty in United States District Court to intentionally accessing the Columbia Sportswear Company’s network without authorization in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1030. From May 2000 to February 2014, Leeper was employed by Co... More...

$0 (09-09-2017 - Or)

United States of America v. $11,500 In United States Currency

This appeal is from a civil forfeiture of $11,500 under 21 U.S.C. § 881(a)(6). The claimant and his wife are heroin addicts, who have been buying and selling drugs for most of their lives. When the claimant, through a friend, tried to post the $11,500 as bail for his wife, the government seized the cash. At trial, the government had two theories: first, that the money was ... More...

$0 (09-06-2017 - OR)

Macadam Bay Homeowners Association v. David Soyster, Joy Soyster and James Idle

Defendants David Soyster, Joy Soyster, and James Idle appeal from a general judgment granting declaratory relief to plaintiff Macadam Bay Homeowners Association (Macadam Bay). On appeal, defendants assign error to the trial court’s grant of Macadam Bay’s motion for summary judgment. Defendants contend that the trial court incorrectly concluded, as a matter of law, that ... More...

$0 (06-01-2017 - OR)

Johnny R. Johnson v. O'Malley Brothers Corporation

In this wage-claim case, defendant appeals the trial court’s award of attorney fees under ORS 652.200(2) and ORS 652.615. Plaintiff was a commercial truck driver who sued defendant, his former employer, for failing to pay wages that it owed plaintiff, and for withholding a small sum from his paycheck, albeit with his consent. The trial court transferred plaintiff’s case... More...

$0 (06-01-2017 - OR)

Larry Kaplowitz v. Lane County

The issue in this land use case is whether the Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) properly deferred to Lane County’s interpretation of the meaning of “accessory” use and development as used in the county’s forestland zoning regulation. Under ORS 197.829(1), LUBA must affirm a county’s interpretation of its land use regulations unless that interpretation is inconsist... More...

$0 (06-01-2017 - OR)