PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — This coming week the Portland City Council is expected to vote on a new 3-year agreement with Multnomah County whether to continue funding the Joint Office of Homeless Services. But it’s not a done deal. One of the hot button issues is that the county keeps giving out tens of thousands of tents and tarps to the homeless at the same time the City of Portland is paying millions for removing them in clean-up efforts. Attorney John DiLorenzo sued the city on behalf of sev...
John R. "Jack" Faust (born June 16, 1932) is a retired Portland, Oregon, attorney, television personality and political activist. Early life Education Faust graduated from Jefferson High School in Portland, Oregon in 1949, the University of Oregon in 1953, and graduated first in his class ...
of the impeachment articles against Philadelphia’s district attorney. It has also corrected the homicide totals in Portland in 2022 and 2023 and the spelling of Todd Lochner’s last name.
A longtime Portland lawyer with a background as a public defender and as a federal prosecutor was confirmed as a federal judge for the District of Maine on Tuesday. The Senate confirmed Stacey Neumann in a 50-43 vote to be a U.S. District judge in Bangor. Both of Maine’s senators – Susan Collins and Angus King – voted in favor. Neumann is a private attorney and partner at Murray Plumb & Murray, where she has worked since 2013. She joined the firm after about four years as a prosecutor for ...
Portland City Commissioner Rene Gonzalez received a joint endorsement from Washington, Clackamas, and Multnomah County-elect district attorneys.
PORTLAND, Ore.—A former Portland attorney was sentenced to federal prison today for defrauding more than one hundred clients out of millions of dollars in insurance proceeds and using the stolen money to bankroll a lavish lifestyle. Lori E. Deveny, 57, was sentenced to 101 months in federal prison and three years’ supervised release. Deveny was also ordered to pay more than $4.5 million in restitution to her victims. “It’s hard to overstate the extraordinary impact Ms. Deveny’s crimes had on the many innocent and vulnerable victims wh ...
PORTLAND, Ore.—A former Portland attorney pleaded guilty today to multiple felony charges after perpetrating a scheme to defraud her clients and use the proceeds to pay for personal expenses. Lori E. Deveny, 56, pleaded guilty to mail, bank, and wire fraud; aggravated identity theft; money laundering; and filing a false tax return. According to court documents, between April 2011 and May 2019, Deveny systematically stole funds she held in trust for her clients. The funds were derived from insu...
Voters in Multnomah County, Oregon — home to Portland — are on the cusp of ousting their progressive incumbent district attorney, Mike Schmidt, and replacing him with one of his deputies who was on...
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A Portland trial attorney said Oregon lawmakers' decision to recriminalize drugs could signal a sea change in the deeply blue state. "It's not progressive to just let people rot in gutters...