David Rosen has announced the opening of High Desert Law, LLC in Bend. The firm’s practice emphasizes personal injury law.

David Rosen

Amy Hoven has joined the Professional Liability Fund as a claims attorney. Her previous practice was with Kennedy Watts Arellano LLP. She is a 2002 graduate of Loyola Law School in Los Angeles. Her undergraduate degree is from University of California, Santa Barbara.

Amy Hoven

Cierra Brown is the 2017-2018 OGALLA Co-Chair. She has served on the OGALLA board since served as the student representative from Willamette University College of Law. She has a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Criminal Justice from University of Nevada, Reno. She founded Metro Law Group, where her practice emphasizes DUII and criminal defense.

Kamron Graham will continue to serve as co-chair.

Cierra Brown

Sonya Fischer became the newest Clackamas County commissioner on February 9. She will complete the term of Jim Bernard. who was elected board chairman on November 8. For more information, click here.

Sonya Fischer

Andrea Turner has joined the Reynolds law Firm, PC in Corvallis.

Andrea is a determined advocate who takes a client centered approach while practicing family and appellate law with The Reynolds Law Firm, PC. She is a graduate of the University of New Mexico and earned her law degree from Willamette University College of Law in 2014.

During law school, she worked with the Office of Public Defense Services, Appellate Division, on criminal appeals and later with the Appellate Commissioner’s Office in the Oregon Court of Appeals. In her spare time, she volunteered with CAUSA, and was a Willamette Law Online staff writer for The United States Supreme Court and The Ninth Circuit summary services.

After graduation, she worked as a judicial extern in Marion County Circuit Court. In her solo firm, The Law Office of Andrea Turner, LLC, she practiced impact appellate litigation, nonprofit corporate governance, administrative compliance and criminal defense.

Andrea Turner

Anastasia (Stacie) Yu Meisner has joined the firm as Of Counsel. Meisner’s practice focuses on estate planning, probate, trust and estate administration, guardianships and conservatorships, as well as business transactions and formation.

Meisner brings more than 15 years of experience in advising individuals, family businesses, small businesses, homeowners associations and non-profit organizations. She also has extensive experience as a probate and civil court mediator.

Before entering private practice, Meisner clerked with the Bureau of Labor and Industries. During law school, she held clerkships with the Oregon Judicial Department, Oregon Court of Appeals, Oregon Department of Justice and the U.S. Consulate in Shanghai. Meisner earned both her law degree and bachelor’s degree from Willamette University.

Meisner volunteers with a number of community and professional groups. She was one of the founders of Clackamas Women Lawyers. Since 2008, she has been the treasurer for Friends of the Lake Oswego Public Library. Meisner served as outside legal counsel to Mercy Corps, and as pro bono counsel to the Korean American Citizens League and Friends of Opportunities for Law in Oregon. She is a past member of the Oregon State Board of Accountancy, an honorary and former board member of Oregon Minority Lawyers Association, and has twice served on the Oregon Governor’s Judicial Screening Committee.

An active member of the Oregon State Bar, Meisner serves as legislative chair on the Elder Law Section’s executive committee. She has been a member of the House of Delegates from 2004 through 2016, was a founding board member of the OSB Diversity Section, and served for four years on the OSB Affirmative Action Committee. Meisner received the OSB President’s Affirmative Action Award in 2005.

Meisner is a contributing author to an American Bar Association book, Dear Sisters, Dear Daughters: Strategies for Success for Multicultural Women Attorneys, and an Oregon State Bar publication, The Ethical Oregon Lawyer.

With roots dating back to 1927, Portland-based Samuels Yoelin Kantor LLP is one of Oregon’s oldest law firms. Dedicated to helping businesses, entrepreneurs and families build their legacies, the firm’s attorneys provide advice and handle litigation in the areas of business law, taxation, trusts and estates, securities, real estate, employment and family law. U.S. News & World Report ranks Samuels Yoelin Kantor first for Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law in Oregon. To learn more about the firm, visit www.samuelslaw.com.

Stacie Yu Meisner