Leader Board: 35 New Portland-Area Executives You Should Know (Q1 2025)
Welcome to the latest installment of Leader Board, a quarterly feature in which we introduce Business Journal readers to executives who are new to their positions. […]
Suzanne Stevens | Portland Business Journal
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Janet Hoffman & Associates Adds Shareholders, Changes Name to Hoffman Law
One of Oregon’s best and longest-serving criminal defense law firms, announced today it is adding Christopher Heywood and Justin Rusk as shareholders and changing its name to Hoffman Law. […]
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“Change to Oregon Rape Law?”
The Attorney General’s Sexual Assault Task Force says the bill “removes the question of how a person who is assaulted became incapacitated, and focuses instead on the person’s ability to consent […]
Allison Frost | OPB: Think Out Loud
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“In the Yashanee Vaughn Case, Protecting the Right to Effective Legal Counsel: Guest Opinion”
The decision by Parrish Bennette’s attorneys not to reveal the location of Yashanee Vaughn’s body for more than four months has generated an enormous amount of public scorn […]
Janet Hoffman | The Oregonian
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“Pleading the Fifth”
Julie Sabatier | OPB: Think Out Loud
“Lawyers Busting the Glass Ceiling”
When Janet Hoffman earned her law degree in the late 1970s, she interviewed for a position with a prominent downtown Portland law firm. Hoffman, who went on to practice criminal defense law […]
Andy Giegerich | Portland Business Journal
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“Turnidge Trial”
Julie Sabatier | OPB: Think Out Loud
“Defending Champ”
Whether working as a law clerk, a public defender or one of Oregon’s premier criminal defenders, Hoffman has always been fascinated with using the Constitution effectively […]
Martha Calhoon | Portland Monthly Magazine
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