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As a law student at Willamette University College of Law, Elizabeth worked on proposed legislation for the Oregon Legislature, amicus briefs regarding labor law, arbitration, and contract disputes as a clerk for SEIU local 503 in Salem. Upon graduation and admittance to the Oregon State Bar, Elizbeth was a judicial law clerk in Multnomah County where she gained experience in many litigation practices across various areas of law, which ultimately led her to extensive knowledge and research in juvenile delinquency, juvenile dependency, and family law cases. Over the last 6 years of her legal career, Elizabeth has focused on issues related to domestic violence and child abuse cases and dissolution matters involving complex financial issues.

Appeals in state in federal courts.  Eli Stutsman has achieved significant success as an appellate attorney, including “impact litigation.” Learn more…. Defending physicians, pharmacists and nurses.  Stutsman also represents licensed healthcare providers, including:. PhysiciansPharmacists andNurses. in medical licensing and DEA Registration matters before state licensing boards and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). Learn more…. Reforming Public Policy In addition to the day-to-day practice of law, Stutsman has been the lead author on significant legislation. Learn more…. Stutsman has also co-founded organizations necessary to political reform, including the Death With Dignity National Center where he served as the founding President for ten years and continues to serve today on the Board of Directors.. Eli Stutsman is a practicing attorney in Portland, Oregon. He was the lead author of the Oregon Death with Dignity Act in 1993 and served as the lead political and legal strategist during the 1994 campaign to pass the law and again during the 1997 campaign to defeat its repeal. Stutsman successfully defended the Death with Dignity law in the first federal court challenge spanning 1994 to 1997. See Lee v. State of Oregon,107 F.3d 1382 (9th Cir. 1997), cert. denied, 522 U.S. 927 (1997). He later prevailed against the United States Attorney General and the Drug Enforcement Administration in a second round of federal court litigation spanning 2001-2006, in which he won an injunction against the United States Attorney General on behalf of a physician and a pharmacist, both threatened with criminal sanctions. On January 17, 2006, the United States Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in favor of the physician, pharmacist, and the State of Oregon. See Oregon v. Ashcroft, 192 F. 1077 (D.Or. 2002), 368 F.3d 1118 (9th Cir. 2004), Gonzales v. Oregon, 126 S.Ct. 904 (2006).. Stutsman has been interviewed by David Broder of The Washington Post, Ellen Goodman for an article in the Boston Globe, Diane Rehm onThe Diane Rehm Show, and Nina Totenberg of National Public Radio, among others, and has also appeared before the National Press Club.. Stutsman co-founded Oregon Right to Die in 1993, the political action committee that passed the Oregon Death with Dignity Act into law. He was the founding president of the Oregon Death with Dignity Legal Defense and Education Center in 1995 (which later became the Death with Dignity National Center), as well as the Oregon Death with Dignity Political Action Fund, founded in 2001. In 2007, Stutsman authored the Washington Death with Dignity Act, passed into law by Washington voters on November 4, 2008, and at various times he consulted on the Vermont Death with Dignity Act passed into law on May 20, 2013.. Hear about the current status of Oregon’s Death with Dignity Act in Stutsman’s 2014 interview on OPB’s Think Out Loud and read more in his articles in the Summer 2013 American Bar Association’s GPSolo Magazine and the Spring 2015 issue of Trial Lawyer magazine, the quarterly journal of the Oregon Trial Lawyers Association.. Media Highlights. As an attorney in Portland Oregon, and serving clients across the country, my work has resulted in high-profile media coverage.. Licensure Blog. If you are physician, pharmacist, nurse or other licensed healthcare professional, you may learn more about my licensure practice by reviewing my periodic licensure blog posts.. Appellate Blog. If your case is on appeal, or soon will be, you may learn more about my appellate practice by reviewing my periodic appellate blog posts.. DEA Prosecutions Blog. Finally, if you possess a DEA Registration, or have some other interest in DEA prosecutions, you may learn more about this aspect of my practice by reviewing my periodic DEA Prosecutions blog posts.

Anthony has represented accused individuals in hundreds of criminal cases and has spent his entire career in retained criminal defense. He advocates for his clients at all stages of pretrial litigation, trial practice, internal inquiries, and pre-indictment criminal investigations. His advocacy is driven by empathy, curiosity, creativity, and communication.. Anthony is licensed to practice in state and federal courts in both Oregon and Washington. He is an active member of the Oregon Criminal Defense Lawyers’ Association and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Anthony was named to SuperLawyers’ list of Rising Stars in 2022, 2023, and 2024.. Anthony was previously a clerk at the Federal Public Defender’s office in Portland, and worked for the Oregon Innocence Project. Anthony received his BA from Gonzaga University, and his JD from Lewis & Clark Law School.. Anthony is interested in developing legal issues that intersect with science and technology. Past representative cases have involved litigating issues related to human anatomy, brain science, criminal forensics, and computer crime.

Ann Chapman has been practicing in the bankruptcy arena for nearly forty years. She specializes in the representation of individuals and small business in Chapters 7 (liquidation) and Chapter 13 (wage earner and small business reorganization), focusing primarily on debtor representation.. She has been recognized for her many achievements, including public speaking on bankruptcy topics on a regional and local basis, her pro bono efforts and her professionalism as a member of the bar. She has been A/V rated by Martindale Hubbell for over 25 years and has been a Super Lawyer in the consumer area for more than 10 years. She was the proud recipient of the William N. Stiles Award in 2014 which is an award given by the Debtor-Creditor section that recognizes significant contributions to the Debtor-Creditor section and members of the public. She strives to provide competent and compassionate representation to her clients.

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Aaron has extensive experience representing long-term care providers (skilled nursing, assisted living, independent living facilities), landlords, and management companies to these providers and related businesses. For eight years he served as Vice President and General Counsel of Evergreen Healthcare Management, L.L.C. (now a subsidiary of EmpRes Healthcare Group, Inc.) and its affiliated companies which managed or operated over 60 skilled nursing and assisted living facilities in eight western states, including Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada and Montana. He has handled the acquisition and sale of operations or real estate of over 200 long-term care facilities. He has been borrower's counsel with regard to accounts receivable, real estate, HUD, and Fannie Mae loans. He has represented purchasers in long term care acquisitions out of bankruptcies and receiverships and has represented management companies and operators in the negotiation of management agreements.. Aaron has also been involved in numerous health care regulatory, licensure and certification issues, including the Stark Law, the Anti-Kickback Law and the False Claims Act.. During his tenure at Evergreen, Aaron managed the company's general, professional and employment litigation and he counsels companies on risk management strategies and on insurance issues, including captive programs.. Aaron has represented CEOs and other senior executives in the long-term care industry in negotiating employment agreements. He is also familiar with issues unique to business owners sued under alter ego theories and has successfully defended such cases in the long-term care industry.. Prior to becoming General Counsel for Evergreen, Aaron had a general business practice where he represented corporations, limited liability companies, and partnerships in entity formation and maintenance matters, the purchase and sale of businesses, finance transactions and real property matters.. Aaron also represents tax-exempt entities with regard to taxation, governance and general business issues