Meet Tamara

I have many interests I enjoy when I am not helping clients. As part of the Guide Dogs for the Blind program in Boring, Oregon and San Rafael, California, I have been a volunteer puppy raiser for the Pups with Vision Puppy Raising Club. I have volunteered with Friends of Trees, St. Andrew Legal Clinic, Rose City Gymnastics Academy, the Portland Fruit Tree Project, and have been trained as a Neighborhood Tree Steward with Portland Urban Forestry.

I have been a member of Daybreak Cohousing, an intentional community in North Portland, residing there for more than eight years.

I also thoroughly enjoy spending time with my partner, my two daughters, and pets, and enjoy gardening and walking in the beautiful Pacific Northwest forests.

Professional

  • Oregon State Bar since 1991–Elder Law and Estate Planning Sections
  • US District Court, District of Oregon since July 1992
  • Elders in Action Advisory Commission, 2013-2016
  • Oregon Women Lawyers, member
  • Multnomah Bar Association, member
  • Legal Aid Services of Oregon – Senior Law Project volunteer, 2008 – present

Education

  • 1991: Willamette University College of Law, Salem, Oregon, Juris Doctor
  • 1983: University of Southern California, Certificate in Computer Systems Applications
  • 1982: American University, Washington, D.C., Masters in Public Administration
  • 1980: SUNY-Binghamton, Binghamton, NY. B.A. Political Science

Volunteer

  • Lester Viles North Portland Project Association Board, 2015 – present (Treasurer)
  • Overlook Neighborhood Board, 2011 – 2017 (Treasurer)
  • Friends of Trees, 2010 – present
  • Portland Urban Forestry: Tree Steward, 2011 – 2016
  • Pups with Vision, Guide Dogs for the Blind: Puppy Raiser, 2003 – 2009

Offices:
Eastside:
1827 NE 44th Ave., #130
Portland, OR  97213

Westside:
Beaverton Round Executive Suites
12725 SW Millikan Ave. STE 300
Beaverton, OR 97005

Mail:
16409 SE Division #216 – 132
Portland, OR 97236

(503) 352-5955