K C Huffman

K.C. grew up in Reedsport, on the Oregon coast.  After graduation, K.C. headed to Linfield College in McMinnville, Oregon.  In 1997, K.C. earned a Bachelors degree in Finance with a minor in Political Science.  After Linfield, K.C. attended the University of Oregon School of Law and earned his Doctor of Jurisprudence degree in 2000.

Immediately after law school K.C. clerked for the Honorable Lyle C. Velure of the Lane County Circuit Court in Eugene, Oregon.  In April 2001, K.C. joined Thorp, Purdy, Jewett, Urness & Wilkinson, P.C. and became a shareholder of the firm in 2007.  

In March 2022, K.C. joined Bromley Newton, LLP and the firm is now known as Bromley Newton Huffman, LLP.

Outside of the law firm K.C. is involved in the community in different capacities, including:

     •Member of the St. Paul School Foundation;

     •Coach for the Marist Catholic High School JV Baseball Team;

     •Founding Board Member, Area Director, and Coach for Marist Babe Ruth Baseball.

K.C.'s previous community service includes:

     •Member of the Board of Directors and past president of the Lane County Bar Association (LCBA);

     •Coach of the Eugene TimberJacks 11U, 12U, and 13U baseball team;

     •Coach of Kidsports and YMCA basketball and soccer teams;

     •Chair of the LCBA Law Day Committee, where he met with junior high and high school students throughout Lane County to discuss how the legal system works;

     •Member of the Board of Directors of Oregon Community Credit Union;

     •Advisory Board Member of the Lane Community College Small Business Development Center;

     •Member of the Board of Directors and past president of the Lane Memorial Blood Bank (now known as Bloodworks Northwest);

     •Founding member of the Springfield City Club;

     •Member of the Board of Directors of Alvord-Taylor Independent Living Services, Inc.;

     •Co-chair of the LCBA’s Pro-Bono Committee.

In 2011, K.C. was honored by “blue chip” -- the Register-Guard’s business magazine -- as a “20 under 40 Rising Business Star.”  The honor is limited to twenty business professionals under the age of forty based on work performance and community service.  

In 2012 and 2014, K.C. was recognized for his work in the areas of business and municipal government as a “Super Lawyers Rising Star” a peer-based award limited to only 2.5% of the attorneys in the state of Oregon.

K.C. is married to Tristyne, a 1999 UO Law School graduate, and they have four highly active children.