Jul 8, 2016
Celia Howes begins another year representing the Portland area on the Oregon Criminal Defense Association Board of Directors. She has served as an OCDLA Board member since 2013. (6/20/16) © Geoffrey Squier Silver Image Date: 6/17/2016 Jun 18, 2016
Ron Hoevet received the prestigious James M. Burns Federal Practice Award on May 26, 2016. Named in honor of a widely respected federal trial judge, the late James M. Burns, the award recognizes those who have improved the practice of law before the U.S. District... Apr 13, 2016
Per’s client was accused of striking his girlfriend with a laundry detergent bottle and was charged with Assault in the Second Degree, a Measure 11 offense which, upon conviction, would have resulted in a mandatory sentence of 70 months. (Washington County Circuit... Feb 25, 2016
Text messages between a former girlfriend and Per’s client were the key to victory in Washington County Circuit Court Case Number D160137M. The jury found Per’s client not guilty of both counts — harassment and interference with making a police report in... Dec 28, 2015
In a published opinion, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit agreed with Per that the government failed to prove that his client was responsible for a kilogram or more of heroin in connection with the client’s conviction for a conspiracy to delivery heroin. ... Jun 11, 2015
On June 11, 2015, a Washington County jury quickly found Ron’s client not guilty on charges of Assault II and two counts of Unlawful Use of a Weapon. Our client faced a mandatory 70 month sentence if she were convicted. The state claimed that client stabbed her... Oct 17, 2012
Per’s client was charged with felony criminal mischief for having gone onto a vacant neighboring property to lower a culvert in an effort to reduce flooding. The jury rejected the felony charge, but found the defendant guilty of misdemeanor criminal mischief based on... Feb 25, 2011
A Washington County jury found Per’s client not guilty of Reckless Driving and Reckless Endangerment. (Washington County Case Number D103266M). The state claimed that the client drove a friend’s sports car at excessive speed, causing her to lose control of the... Nov 12, 2010
A federal jury returned a not guilty verdict for Per’s client, in a case in which the government alleged the client tried to hire an undercover FBI agent, posing as a hit man, to kill his former girlfriend. (District of Oregon Case Number 3:10-cr-00155-KI). READ... 