2019–2020 Annual Report Summer 2020 JUSTICE CONNECTS Your record-breaking year helps connect legal aid to clients harmed by the COVID-19 pandemic. wenty-nine years ago, Oregon lawyers launched the • Legal aid continues to provide critical legal population continues to grow, legal problems will TCampaign for Equal Justice’s first annual fund drive representation in domestic violence cases at a time also multiply. to support Oregon’s civil legal aid programs. Since when domestic violence survivors may be isolated then, the legal community has contributed over $30 with their abusers. That is why your continued support is so critical. In million to the annual fund drive, plus almost $2 million Oregon, we believe in justice for all, not just for those • Legal aid has expanded a statewide hotline to help to CEJ’s endowment fund. Last year, you really outdid who can afford it. Legal aid provides fairness for all in more clients with legal issues related to unemployment yourselves, raising a record-breaking $1.8 million for the justice system, regardless of economic status. It insurance, medical needs, and other public benefits. legal aid! These funds will be a big help to legal aid as helps people protect their livelihoods, housing, health, they support clients who are struggling through the • Legal aid is advocating for the health and safety for safety, and families. Ensuring access to justice is a COVID-19 pandemic. vulnerable Oregonians, including farmworkers and proud tradition in the Oregon legal profession. homeless individuals. As the COVID-19 crisis continues to impact our The 2020-21 annual fund drive kicks off this communities, more people will have new and Just as legal aid is an essential part of the response September. Let’s continue to break records and do our unanticipated civil legal problems. Lawyers are trained to this crisis, legal aid will be a critical component of best to stay connected with each other and with our to spot issues and quickly pivot to solve problems. Our the economic recovery in our communities. Prior to vulnerable neighbors who have lost so much to the three Oregon legal aid programs are doing just that. COVID-19, we were meeting 15% of the civil legal COVID-19 crisis. Together, we can make a difference. They have responded quickly and comprehensively to needs of low-income Oregonians. Now, as the poverty Together, we are legal aid. the new challenges presented by the pandemic and economic crisis. • Offices serving all 36 Oregon counties remain open for clients by phone, email, and video conferencing. • Legal aid is providing extensive information to the public about important changes in landlord-tenant law, public benefits, and employment law. Legal Aid Helps People Understand Their Rights egal aid attorneys Kathryn McNeill and Mike LPijanowski participated in a community education webinar with U.S. Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici and Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum. Kathryn and Mike helped answer legal questions from Oregonians affected by the pandemic. Legal aid’s expertise and client education materials have been shared widely by the Oregon Health Authority, many local governments, Top: Janice Morgan, LASO; and Marisa Samuelson and Kelsey Top: Chief Justice Martha Walters, Oregon Supreme Court, at the and other important community partners. Through Heilman, OLC, at Party Under the Stars. Annual Awards Luncheon. these collaborative efforts, we are reaching more Bottom: Andrea Malone, LASO; Kathryn Olney, SAIF Corp; and Rep Bottom: Hon Steven Bushong, Multnomah County Presiding Judge; people than ever before. Cheri Helt, Oregon Legislature, at the Central Oregon Luncheon. Ed Harnden, Barran Liebman; and Hon Adrienne Nelson, Oregon Supreme Court, at the Advisory Committee Meeting. 620 SW Fifth Avenue, Suite 1225 ● Portland, OR 97204 ● 503-295-8442 ● [email protected] ● www.cej-oregon.org 1 2019 Visionaries, Benefactors, and Champions VISIONARIES David A Lokting Jane Carlin Eric A Grasberger Kenneth Manne Dean T Sandow Individual Contributors of $5,000 Molly K Marcum Hon Suzanne Bradley Chanti Derek Douglas Green David B Markowitz Jeffrey D Sapiro and above Julia Elizabeth Markley & Breeze Chanti Douglas D Hagen Hon Jean Kerr Maurer Andrew M Schpak Cynthia L Bauerly Christine B Mason Jeffrey P Chicoine Sarah I Hale Wendy McIndoo Harold B Scoggins, III Larry A Brisbee Michael Mason Linda Clingan Gabrielle A Hansen Walter W McMonies, Jr Penny H Serrurier & Michael Templeton Randy & Robin Compton Katherine A McDowell Robert J Harris Tara Kaylene Millan Peter L Serrurier Roger A Cooke & Joan Cirillo Ed & Sara Clay Goodman Erich W Merrill Jr & Laura IB Diane Henkels Todd A Mitchell Kerry J Shepherd Merrill Maya R & Margaret Janay Haas Crawford Peacock Sara Christina Heskett Chris Morgan Francine Shetterly John Casey Mills Stephen C Hall Craig A Crispin Christopher K Heuer Janice R Morgan Lane P Shetterly Keil M Mueller Sandra A Hansberger & David David W Criswell Thomas & Cyndy Hillier Molly Jo Mullen Charmin B Shiely Barr Toan-Hao B Nguyen John B Rocky Dallum Audrey B Hirsch Mike Naeve Andrew U Shull Edwin A Harnden Carol Noonan Dallas Steven DeLuca Charlotte Hodde Hon Lynn R Nakamoto Michael R Silvey Natalie L Hocken Darcy Michele Norville Kimberly Despeaux Molly Kitchel Honore Paul Neese Derek D Simmons Anna Marie Joyce & Tami J Parr Mary J Oberst Aleta E Doerr Charles F Hudson William F Nessly, Jr Hon Ann Marie Simmons John Moot Milo E Ormseth Michael & Cheryl Dotten Richard C Hunt Cathryn Newson Patrick J Simpson Amy Joseph Pedersen Yoona Park Susan F Drake Hon Mary & Art James James B Northrop Joan P Snyder J Randolph Pickett Jennifer H Rackstraw John J Dunbar Wilson Scott Jarrell Kathryn Olney Anna Sortun Waylon J Pickett Guy A Randles Jeffrey M Edelson Drew L Johnson Hon Darleen Ortega Darsee Staley Michael M Schnitzer Martha L Rice Nicole C Elgin Nicholas A Kampars Turid L Owren Michael R Stebbins Hon Gregory F & Dale H Silver Peter C Richter Stephen F English Lee D Kell Douglas S Parker C Robert Steringer N Robert & Barre Stoll Joshua & Racheli Karlinsky Ross John N Estes, III Albert N Kennedy Sara Parsons Kristin H Sterling Roslyn Lipton Tucker Suzanne Rowe & Mark Corley Kathleen A Evans Bill & Susan Kirtley Jocelyn Claire Pease Diane S Sykes Roy W Tucker Kurt W Ruttum Linda K Eyerman Kimberley J Kitzmiller Alan C Perkins Christine E Thelen Hon L Randall Weisberg Peter Sage Andrea M Farley Glenn Klein Marc D Perrin Trisha Thompson Louis D Savage William P Ferranti Adam C Kobos Joseph E Piucci Bernie Thurber & Jerralyn Ness Robert A Shlachter Valerie Fisher Robert Koch Stephen V Piucci Iris Tilley BENEFACTORS Hon Michael H Simon Individual Contributors of $2,000 Heather M Fossity Hon Paula J Kurshner Marie Porter Thomas H Tongue Thomas W & Becky Sondag to $4,999 Margo S Fowler Shay LaBray Travis S Prestwich Donald & Cynthia Trelstad John W Stephens Ann & Rob Armstrong Lorey H Freeman Wayne D Landsverk Lisa F Rackner Evans W Van Buren, Jr Karen Stolzberg Kathleen Barron Laura and Ron Fritz Frank V Langfitt, III Hon Thomas J Rastetter E Walter Van Valkenburg David F Sugerman Jeffrey M Batchelor Sara L Gabin William L Larkins, Jr Kathleen J Rastetter Mary K VanderWeele Charles S Tauman Kathleen Beaufait John C Gartland Shayda Zaerpoor Le Sean Patrick Ray Mark R Wada Nancy S Tauman Steven C Berman Linda Jean Gast Andrew Lee Traci Renee Ray Stephen & Mabsie Walters Bradley F Tellam Gary M Berne William A Gaylord Rosalind M Lee Hon David F Rees Peter A Werner Andrea H Thompson Rep Suzanne Bonamici Charles D Gazzola Rodney E Lewis, Jr Linly F Rees Paul Wight Valerie Athena Tomasi Carmen M Calzacorta Michael J Gentry Richard F Liebman Joe B & Marian Richards Steven M Wilker Wm Randolph Turnbow Thomas Chow Hon Timothy C Gerking Hon Morgan Wren Long Jeffrey G Robertson Kirsten Williams John H VanLandingham, IV Donald J Churnside Benjamin Gifford Mark A Long Joan Robinson Charles R Williamson David Wade William L Clydesdale Josh M Goldberg Sarah M Lowe Hon Ilisa Rooke-Ley Harry Wilson Jennifer S & Lee Wagner Amie V Colby Michael B Goldstein David R Ludwig David M Rosen Donald Winfree Hon Martha Lee Walters Jeffrey G Condit Monica A Goracke Jesse D Lyon Elden M & Marjorie Rosenthal Jason Edward Wolf Heather L Weigler Timothy J Conway Corbett Gordon Kirk B Maag Renee E Rothauge Jennifer L Woodhouse Hon Merri Souther Wyatt Sarah J Crooks Denise Nicole Gorrell Janice L Mackey Thomas C Sand Sen Ron L Wyden Ira Zarov Andrew Davis Theresa K Deibele Timothy S DeJong CHAMPIONS Keith S Dubanevich Individual Contributors of $1,000 to $1,999 William G Earle Lea Ann Easton Richard D Adams Amy Edwards Thomas Richard Adams Ed & Sue Einowski Carole F Alexander David A Ernst Robert L Allen Michael J Esler Adell Amos Brian Evans Amy L Angel Brien Flanagan & Carol Noonan Kenneth S Antell Morris J Galen Howard G Arnett Gerry Gaydos Hon G Philip Arnold Kirk H Gibson Jonathan & Deanne Ater Peter H Glade Nelson D Atkin, II Sara N Gray David C Baca S Ward Greene Paula A Barran Ronald L Greenman Laura Beane Michael E Haglund J David Bennett Christine L Hein John A Bennett James K Hein Jonathan A Bennett Cynda Herbold Carol J Bernick Henry H Hewitt Paul S Bierly Lisa A Kaner Lauren F Blaesing Matthew H Kehoe Daniel A Blaufus Keith A Ketterling Bryana L Blessinger Elizabeth C Knight Anton J Bokal Ethan D Knight Donovan L Bonner Hon Theodore Kulongoski Todd Bradley Margaret B Kushner Kristin L Bremer Moore Hon Erin C Lagesen Nathan Charles Brunette Above Top: Hon Greg Silver, Multnomah County Above Top: Julia Markley, Perkins Coie; and Wayne Above Top: Elizabeth Knight, Dunn Steve D Larson Lawrence B Burke Circuit Court; Ward Greene, Williams Kastner Landsverk, Miller Nash Graham & Dunn, at the Annual Carney, and John Moot at the Debra Fee Jing Lee & Peter Sage Dean Marcilynn Burke Susan Burkhardt Greene & Markley; and Dale Silver at the Advisory Awards Luncheon.