I hired Blake Dore of Dore Law Firm to represent me in a traffic case in Clackamas County Justice Court. Based on my experience, Blake Dore came to court without having adequately prepared or developed arguments for the case. I was informed for the first time shortly before the hearing that he bel...ieved the County’s case was essentially “bulletproof” and that there were no viable arguments to make. This assessment was not communicated in advance, and there was no prior discussion of strategy or whether proceeding to trial was advisable. After the hearing, I asked specific questions about why certain arguments were not raised, particularly arguments based on the correct revision of the manufacturer’s manual that corresponded to the radar unit actually used in my case. Blake Dore acknowledged that those arguments were not made and explained that decisions were driven largely by how he believed the judge would react, rather than by the substance of the arguments themselves. When I pressed for explanations, my questions were not meaningfully engaged with. Preparation was described primarily in terms of obtaining discovery, negotiating, and the officer “checking the boxes” the judge typically requires, rather than coming to court with fully developed arguments. Additionally, I was not contacted after the trial to be informed of the outcome. I did not receive notice that the case had been lost until 17 days later, when I was finally sent a message through the firm’s online portal. I understand that not every case can be won. However, I expect advance communication, clear strategy discussions, and timely follow-up. Based on my experience, those standards were not met, and I would not recommend hiring Blake Dore. I believe it would be a more sound decision to retain a different attorney.

Non-responsive, fails to attend court, then fails to fix the issue. I'm filing a complaint with the Oregon State bar Association. Also, fails to disclose important information. Mr. Blake failed to appear on my behalf, then didn't request a change in venue to a Municipal court within 30 days after... which would have fixed the issue, he failed to suggest the change of venue strategy while I was out of the country. Instead, he just said the Justice in the matter wanted a signed affidavit from me, taking the blame for his Failure to Appear. Finally, when he saw that I wouldn't lie for him with that local Justice, he pushed me off on to another lawyer (friend) who did absolutely nothing! Would give zero stars if I could. Mr. Blake convinced me to appeal a case to the Oregon Court of Appeals. He failed to disclose how long it would take or that I'd be on the hook for legal fee's of the other side when we duly lost. If I had that information, I probably would not have approved going for an appeal. Use extreme caution if you're using Mr Dore.

I hired Mr. Dore in late August 2018. I was already on the docket for trial for a speeding ticket that I received for going 21 over. Mr. Dore was quick to take my money ($600) but lacked communication from there. It was over a month before I finally got a response from him after several attempts to ...reach him. When he finally reached out to me, he informed me that there was a plea offered from the prosecutor. They would drop the speed to 5 mph over but still assess the same fine at $525. I informed him that the plea was not beneficial to me and I would like to go forward with trial. Almost two weeks later, he emails me and says the judge will not let him withdrawal his plea and there is nothing he can do. If your client says no, I don’t want to take the plea, that means don’t go behind your clients back and accept I plea that I wasn’t interested in. All together, I paid $1125 for a speeding ticket that’s still going to show on my driving record. The best part about this is, when he called to tell me that there is nothing he can do about the plea, I told him I was going to call the Oregon State Bar Association for filing a plea on my behalf without my consent. At that point, he told me he was losing communication with me from this point and good luck. Unbelievably unethical and goes against every right I have. As a citizen, I have the right to a trial and Mr. Dore, singlehandedly, took that right away from me. After he took $600 from me. I will be going a legal route to try to recoup some of my money from this terrible attorney. I’m writing this review to warn other potential clients of his shady business tactics and lack of complete communication.

I was charged with speeding in Milwaukie in Jan 2015. I would not recommend Mr Dore as a traffic attorney, even though he was able to get my case dismissed. The process of getting this ticket dismissed spanned 18 months. Some of the delay was due to the courts, but also some of it was Mr Dore's ch...ronic inability to return phone calls and emails. I lost count of the dozens of calls/emails that went unanswered. That was bad enough, but then there was the Milwaukie judge who subtly alluded to his incompetence. When I did get 'any' information from Blake, it was short, vague 160 character Twitter-like emails. The worst part of having him as my lawyer was that part of the agreement he signed off on promised that 'funds paid to the court would be refunded.' 9 months after the agreement was reached, Blake told me I would not be getting any money back. He blamed it on a court clerk that was 'misinformed.' Blake Dore is an unprofessional amateur and I would definitely not recommend him. He is more interested in social media than adequately and accurately representing his clients. Look him up; he's all over Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, etc..