Oregon Domestic Violence Law

<h2> <center> State of Oregon v. Karen V. Kayne </h2> </center>

Portland, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of maintaining a dangerous dog, ORS 609.098. Reported by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> Under ORS 609.098(2), “[a] person commits the crime of maintaining a dangerous dog if the person is the keeper of a dog an... More...

$ (06-19-2026 - OR)

<h1> United States of America v. Tomas Plancarte-Benson </h1></h1>

Portland, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Assaulting Federal Law Enforcement Officer Near Local ICE Office. A Portland man made his first appearance in federal court today after assaulting a federal officer near a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office in South Portland. Tomas Plancarte-Benson, 37, has been charged by criminal ... More...

$0 (09-29-2025 - OR)

United States of America v. Scott Raymond Keast

Portland, Oregon, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with in possession of a firearm in violation of 18U.S.C. Â§ 922(g)(1). The Sentencing Guidelines instruct a sentencing court to apply a base offense level of 20 if "the defendant committed any part of the instant offense subsequent to sustaining one felony conviction of . . . a crime of violence.â�... More...

$0 (09-18-2025 - OR)

State of Oregon v. Joseph Washington

Portland, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with child abuse. <img width="200" src="https://www.mcda.us/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Joseph-Washington.png"> Joseph Washington was accused of striking his 20 month old child so hard in the stomach that it caused significant traumatic injuries to the victim, including a perforation of the small intestine.... More...

$0 (09-08-2025 - OR)

Peter Lowes v. Amy Thompson

Bend, Oregon family law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a breach of nondisparagement clause in a stipulated divorce judgment defeated a special motion to strike under Oregon's anti-SLAPP statute, ORS 31.150. Plaintiff Lowes alleged that his ex-wife, defendant Thompson, had breached the nondisparagement clause in the stipulated judgment of dissolution of their marriage when, ... More...

$0 (07-19-2025 - OR)

<h1> United States of America v. Negasi Zuberi </h1>

<h2><center> Medford, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Kidnapping and Sexually Assaulting Two Women and Holding One in a Cell </font/color="red"></center><center> Klamath Falls Man Sentenced to Life in Federal Prison for Kidnapping and Sexually Assaulting Two Women and Holding One in a Cell</h2></cen... More...

$0 (01-17-2025 - OR)

In the Matter of the Mariage of Jason James Gist and Jodie Anne Gist

<h2> Grants Pass, Oregon family law lawyers represented the parties in a divorce. </h2> In this domestic relations proceeding, father appeals from a judgment awarding mother sole legal custody of their two minor children arising out of his motion to modify a previous custody judgment. Advancing seven assignments of error, father argues the trial court erred by (1) isolating one fa... More...

$0 (11-20-2024 - OR)

State of Oregon v. Christopher David Purcell

<h2< McMinnville, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempted first-degree rape, felony strangulation constituting domestic violence, coercion, menacing constituting domestic violence, and harassment. See State v. Peltier, 318 Or.App. 267, 273, 508 P.3d 567, rev den, 370 Or. 197 (2022) (a defendant has a right to be present at trial and may wa... More...

$0 (11-27-2024 - OR)

State of Oregon v. Henry Guerra

<h2> Vale, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawful use of a weapon (UUW) constituting domestic violence, ORS 166.220; and assault in the fourth degree constituting domestic violence, ORS 163.160. The trial court sentenced defendant to five years in prison pursuant to ORS 161.610, and to a concurrent term of 90 days in jail for the assault conviction.... More...

$0 (11-27-2024 - OR)

<h1> United States of America v. Clifford Court Uptegrove </h1>

<h2><center> Portland, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with committing at least ten bank robberies, including five while armed </center><center> Serial Bank Robber Sentenced to Federal Prison </h2></center> </h2></center> A Washington State man who admitted t... More...

$0 (09-19-2024 - 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)

<h1> United States of America v. Keandre Dshawn LaMarcus Brown </h1>

<h2><center> Portland, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Murder Committed Amid Violent Robbery Spree.</h2></center> <h3><center> Portland Man Sentenced to 30 Years in Federal Prison for Murder Committed Amid Violent Robbery Spree </h3></center> A Portland man was sentenced to 30 y... More...

$0 (03-12-2024 - OR)

<h1> United States of America v. Erocl Gacjijo Wanjiku </h1>

<h2><center>Oklahoma City, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Assaulting Federal Immigration Officers.</h2></center> ERICK GACHUHI WANJIKU, 42, of Kenya, was sentenced to serve 36 months in federal prison for assaulting federal officers, announced U.S. Attorney Robert J. Troester. A feder... More...

$0 (01-18-2024 - OR)

United States of America v. Kentrell Allen-Tillman

Portland, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to interfere with commerce by threats or violence in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1951, 18 U.S.C. 371, and 18 U.S.C. 372.... More...

$0 (09-28-2023 - OR)

L.O.K. v. Greater Albany Public School District 8J, et al.

Eugene, Oregon civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on civil rights violation theories. Plaintiff L.O.K. is a twelve-year-old child who is intersex and non-binary. L.O.K. Decl. ¶ 1. ECF No. 34. Plaintiff uses they/them pronouns. L.O.K. Decl. ¶ 1. Plaintiff was a student at Oak Grove Elementary School ("Oak Groveâ€) beginning in 2015, which was thei... More...

$275000 (09-27-2023 - OR)

United States of America v. Eugene Michael Brown

Portland, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm. According to court documents, as part of an ongoing federal racketeering investigation of the Hoover Criminal Gang, law enforcement obtained photos online of Brown, a convicted felon, posing with other known Hoover members. On the evening spanning May 21 and 22, 2022, ... More...

$0 (09-11-2023 - OR)

United States of America v. Gregory Lee Rodvelt

Medford, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with boobytrapping of a home that injured an FBI bomb technician. On September 7, 2018, bomb technicians from Oregon State Police (OSP) and the FBI went to a property in Williams formerly owned by Gregory Lee Rodvelt, 71, a former resident of Williams, Oregon, that he had lost in lawsuit. After Rodvelt learned that a re... More...

$0 (06-06-2023 - 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)

United States of America v. George Gene Rose

Medford, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with armed kidnapping of three adult victims, including a former dating partner, and illegally possessing a stolen firearm as a convicted felon. George Gene Rose, 45, was sentenced to 300 months in federal prison and five years' supervised release. "Mr. Rose's callous and terrifying kidnapping of his former par... More...

$0 (05-19-2022 - OR)

United States of America v. Dustin Lee Henderson

Portland, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with robbing a local public house at gunpoint and making off with five cartons of cigarettes. Dustin Lee Henderson, 40, was found guilty of interfering with commerce with threats or violence; possessing a firearm in furtherance of, and using and carrying a firearm during and in relation to, a crime of violence; and il... More...

$0 (04-28-2022 - 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)

State of Oregon v. Craig Alan Swinney

Portland, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with second-degree assault, fourth-degree assult and unlawful use of a weapon with a firearm. Craig Alan Swinney, age 51, engaged in various acts of violence including shooting a man in the face with a paintball gun, discharging bear mace on multiple occasions and aiming at .357 magnum handgun at a crowd. ... More...

$0 (12-10-2021 - OR)

United States of America v. Royce Francis Speedis

Portland, Oregon criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with felony possession of a semi-automatic pistol and distributing methamphetamine. Royce Francis Speedis, 34, was sentenced to 77 months in federal prison and three years' supervised release. In early March 2019, Royce Francis Speedis, age 34 and co-defendant Lavella Ruth Thompson, 28, also of Pendleton, a... More...

$0 (12-01-2021 - OR)

United States of America v. Aumontae Wayne Smith

Portland, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to traffic drugs. Aumontae Wayne Smith, 22, was Conspiracy to Distribute and Possess with Intent to Distribute Fentanyl; Possession with Intent to Distribute Fentanyl; Possession of Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime; and Possession of Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime... More...

$0 (08-09-2021 - OR)

United States of America v. Nolan Levi Strauss

Portland, Oregon hate crime charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant. Nolan Levi Strauss, 27, was charged with attempting to kill an African-American because he was an African-American. On the morning of Dec. 21, 2019, a man walked into an Arby's restaurant and adjoining Pilot Travel Center in Ontario where he planned to provide documentation for a pending job applica... More...

$0 (06-17-2021 - OR)

United States of America v. James Donald Cooley

<center> <img width="400" src="https://www.usmarshals.gov/district/or/locations/pdx.jpg"> </center> Portland, OR - The United States of America charged James Donald Cooley, age 59, with kidnapping. A Rainier, Oregon man was charged with kidnapping his ex-girlfriend and transporting her from her home in Ilwalco, Washington to Rainier. According to court docum... More...

$0 (06-29-2020 - OR)

United States of America v. Jared Elias Case

Portland, OR - The United States of America charged Jared Elias Case with domestic assault and battery. Jared Elias Case, 26, of Umatilla, Oregon, was sentenced to 37 months in federal prison and three years’ supervised release after repeatedly assaulting his significant other. According to court documents, on July 19, 2018, Case punched his then-significant other in the face, ... More...

$0 (11-19-2019 - 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. Kermit Tyler Poulson

<center> <img width="300" src="https://www.wbdg.org/images/fed_courthouse_01.jpg"> </center> Portland, OR - Oregon Man Sentenced to 14 Months in Federal Prison for Instagram Threats Against Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler. Kermit Tyler Poulson, 40, was sentenced to 14 months in federal prison and one year of supervised release for transmitting threatening communications with the in... More...

$0 (09-28-2019 - OR)

United States of America v. Vasily V. Barbiyeru, Jr.

<center> <img width="300" src="https://www.wbdg.org/images/fed_courthouse_01.jpg"> </center> Portland, OR - Newberg Man Pleads Guilty to Threatening School Shooting at California College Vasiliy V. Barbiyeru, Jr., 24, of Newberg, Oregon, pleaded guilty to one count of transmitting a threatening interstate communication. According to court documents, on October 7, 2017... More...

$0 (08-29-2019 - OR)

United States of America v. Edwin Enoc Lara

<center> <img width="300" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Wayne_L._Morse_United_States_Courthouse_corner_crop.JPG/275px-Wayne_L._Morse_United_States_Courthouse_corner_crop.JPG"> </center> Eugene, OR - Former Bend Campus Security Officer Receives Second Life Sentence for Federal Kidnapping and Carjacking Edwin Enoc Lara, 34, a former campus safety... More...

$0 (04-29-2019 - OR)

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. ANTHONY JAMES HILL </h2

<center> <img width="300" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Seal_of_the_United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Ninth_Circuit.svg/150px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Ninth_Circuit.svg.png"> <h2> <h2> </h2> </center> In February 2012, Hill pointed a firearm at a woman during a drunken argument and fled be... More...

$0 (02-13-2019 - OR)

United States of America v. Benjamin Hernandez

<center> <img width="300" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Wayne_L._Morse_United_States_Courthouse_corner_crop.JPG/275px-Wayne_L._Morse_United_States_Courthouse_corner_crop.JPG"> </center> Eugene, OR - Oregon Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Hate Crime for Threatening Shooting Spree at Eugene Church The Justice Department today announced that defendan... More...

$0 (02-13-2019 - OR)

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. ANTHONY JAMES HILL

<center> <img width="300" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Seal_of_the_United_States_Courts%2C_Ninth_Judicial_Circuit.svg/300px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Courts%2C_Ninth_Judicial_Circuit.svg.png"> <h2> <h2> </h2> </center> In February 2012, Hill pointed a firearm at a woman during a drunken argument and fled before the pol... More...

$0 (02-10-2019 - OR)

United States of America v. Andrew Franklin Kowalczyk

<center> <img width="300" src="https://www.wbdg.org/images/fed_courthouse_01.jpg"> </center> Portland, OR - Former Portland Resident Found Guilty of Sexually Exploiting Children While Babysitting After deliberating for just 20 minutes, a federal jury returned guilty verdicts against Andrew Franklin Kowalczyk, 44, formerly of Portland, for the repeated sexual abuse and exp... More...

$0 (12-09-2018 - Or)

United States of America v. Rhyan Leigh Smith

Porland, OR - Warm Springs Woman Pleads Guilty to Assault with Intent to Commit Murder of Two Family Members Rhyan Leigh Smith, 26, of Warm Springs, Oregon, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to two counts of assault with the intent to commit murder in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 113(a) and 1153, and one count of possession of a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence in violatio... More...

$0 (02-10-2018 - OR)

Brenda M. Diedrich v. Nancy A. Berryhill

Brenda M. Diedrich appeals the district court’s order affirming the Commissioner of Social Security’s (the “Commissioner”) denial of Diedrich’s application for Social Security Disability Insurance (“SSDI”) benefits under Title II of the Social Security Act. The Commissioner determined that Diedrich had become disabled, but an Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) found that her disabi... More...

$0 (10-27-2017 - OR)

R.L.B. v. Tyler Maudlin

Respondent appeals from the trial court’s entry of a stalking protective order (SPO). He contends that the court erred in issuing the SPO, because the contacts upon which the SPO was based were expressive and none “can be deemed to be an unequivocal threat of imminent physical harm.” We agree that the court erred in issuing the SPO and, therefore, reverse. Under O... More...

$0 (02-01-2017 - OR)

Dante R'Marcus Farmer v. Jeff Premo

In this post-conviction relief case, the state1 appeals from a judgment granting petitioner relief on a number of his claims, and remanding the case for a new trial. The state assigns error to the post-conviction court’s rulings on those claims, arguing that petitioner failed to establish, as a matter of law, that he was entitled to relief on any of them. We conclude that... More...

$0 (02-23-2017 - OR)

Lillian Figueroa v. BNSF Railroad Company

Oregon requires that foreign corporations doing business in this state appoint a registered agent to receive service of process. ORS 60.731(1).1 The primary question that this case presents is whether, by appointing a registered agent in Oregon, defendant (a foreign corporation) impliedly consented to general jurisdiction here—that is, whether defendant consented to have ... More...

$0 (03-02-2017 - OR)