Portland, OR
Appeals Lawyer at Portland, OR
Practice Areas: Appeals, Administrative Law, Litigation
OUTCOME: Affirmed in favor of my client
The US Supreme Court affirmed lower court opinions enjoining former US Attorney General John Ashcroft from prosecuting Oregon physicians and pharmacists. This opinion is an important victory for p ... hysicians, pharmacists, and patients everywhere. It establishes the US Attorney General may not define the scope of legitimate medical practice, and the States, not the federal government, regulate the practice of medicine
OUTCOME: Reversed in substantial part in favor of my client
This Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals opinion is a big victory for any physician practicing anywhere in the United States defending against Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) inquiries, investigatio ... ns, or prosecutions because this opinion best illustrates the differences between the civil standard of care and the criminal conviction standard and the harm that will attach to physicians when these two distinctly different legal standards are confused or conflated.This opinion was also a huge victory for my clients, two Gary, Indiana, physicians, because it vacated their 15-year and five-year sentences, and returned their case to the federal trial court for re-sentencing. Perhaps more importantly, after an additional two and one-half months of intense litigation with the U.S. Attorney’s office and a series of thoughtful rulings from the District Court, both physicians were released from federal prison pending resentencing.
OUTCOME: Unanimous reversal in favor of my client
The Oregon Supreme Court reversed the Oregon Court of Appeals in favor of my clients. This case is an important victory for children throughout Oregon because it establishes the new legal precedent to ... be applied in future third-party child custody disputes.
OUTCOME: Unanimous reversal in favor of my client
The Oregon Court of Appeals reversed the Circuit Court (trial court), in favor of my client, a seven-year-old child. This case is an important victory for children throughout Oregon because it preserve ... s the statutory process intended by the Legislative Assembly to establish paternity against the types of defenses raised by Mr.Ellinwood against Lillian in the trial court.
OUTCOME: Affirmed in favor of my clients
Another victory on appeal came from the Oregon Supreme Court in the case of Lincoln Interagency Narcotics Team v. Kitzhaber (3.51 MB), decided October 19, 2006. In this decision, the Oregon Supreme Cou ... rt reversed the Oregon Court of Appeals in favor of my clients, the sponsors of Ballot Measure 3-2000. With this victory fresh in hand, Ballot Measure 3-2000 was the only constitutional amendment from the 2000 election that remained in effect after legal challenges. Ballot Measure 3-2000 was also one of the very few constitutional amendments to survive a separate-vote challenge in recent Oregon history.
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