Washington County has a new program that could allow you to avoid a criminal Reckless Driving conviction if it was charged as part of a DUII case. A lot of times, if someone is arrested for DUII, they may have also been charged with reckless driving. Reckless driving is a criminal charge and carries aRead More
Oregon Law Blog
From Retirement to Entrepreneurship
It used to be that retirement meant golf, hiking, card games and travel. But things have changed. People are healthier and live longer and are choosing to continue working past normal retirement age. And, we’ve seen a recent trend of older entrepreneurs. People who had a long work career and qualify by age for retirement,Read More
Was Mohamed Mohamud Entrapped? – Portland Oregon Terror Trial
This week Mohamed Mohamud goes on trial for the Pioneer Square bombing plot. He doesn’t deny participation in the actual act of terror. His Defense is entrapment. With more police agencies running sting operations clients often ask about the entrapment defense. The Mohamed Mohamud trial illustrates how difficult it is to use entrapment as aRead More
Oregon Ignition Interlock Device Providers
As drunk driving lawyers, we assist our criminal defense clients not only during the DUII investigation, pre trial and trial phases, we also help them if the court or DMV imposes conditions or sanctions. Whether someone is convicted of a driving under the influence, or is placed on Diversion for a DUII, Oregon DUII lawRead More
Mortgage Forgiveness Tax Treatment
People considering a short sale or a deed in lieu of foreclosure or a strategic default need to consider how the IRS will treat the debt that is forgiven. Because the IRS typically treats debt that is forgiven as “income” A short sale particularly can result in the mortgage company sending the homeowner a 1099Read More
