Legal Services & Lawyers

I am the managing shareholder of Martin & Veley, P.C., a law firm with offices in downtown Portland, Oregon and Camas, Washington. I have been practicing law since 1999, and I am licensed to practice law in Oregon and Washington.

Martin & Veley, P.C. focuses on Family Law, Real Estate, Construction, and General & Commercial litigation. My practice concentrates on civil litigation, legal advice, and disputes relating to real estate, construction, contracts, businesses, and individuals, including construction contract drafting, review and advice; representation of contractors and owners regarding construction defects and other disputes relating to the construction industry; construction lien preparation and foreclosure; commercial contract disputes and breach of contract actions; debt collections, including lawsuits, garnishments and property seizures; judgment liens; mortgage and deed of trust real estate foreclosures; adverse possession, boundary line, fence line and other neighbor disputes; express and implied easements; matters involving restrictive covenants and height restrictions; nuisances; representation of home owners associations and enforcement of the HOA's Conditions, Covenants & Restrictions (CCRs); and other disputes and legal issues between individuals, businesses, neighbors, property owners, construction contractors, and/or material suppliers. Shareholder Lisa E. Martin's practice focuses on all aspects of family law, including divorce, separation, child custody, paternity, child and spousal support, parenting plans, visitation, and domestic violence.

When not practicing law, I enjoy spending time with my wife and four year old daughter, our Boston Terrier Ruby Sue, and friends. I enjoy spending time outdoors in the great pacific northwest outdoors, whitewater rafting, skiing, hiking, and golfing, along with playing poker indoors when it rains.

John Lutgens has been practicing law in Southwest Washington and the Portland metropolitan area since 1992. After graduating from Willamette University, College of Law in 1992, he joined the Portland firm of Sims & Sims. While at Sims & Sims he practiced in criminal defense, personal injury, estate planning & probate, real estate law, commercial fishing law, business transactions, and litigation.

Since 1994, when John Lutgens opened his firm in Vancouver, Washington, he has practiced in multiple areas, including plaintiff’s personal injury, criminal defense, estate planning & probate, business formation and transaction, family law, bankruptcy, and real property law.

John Lutgens is licensed to practice law in Washington and Oregon, with his practice emphasizing criminal defense, estate planning & probate, bankruptcy, family law, and business formation & acquisitions. He is admitted to the Washington and Oregon State Courts, and Federal Western District Court for Washington.

John Lutgens has appeared in the Superior and District Courts for Clark County, Cowlitz County, and Skamania County; the Circuit Courts for Clackamas County, Marion County, Multnomah County, Washington County; and the Municipal Courts for Battle Ground, Camas, Kalama, La Center, Ridgefield, Stevenson, Vancouver, Washougal and Woodland, Washington, and Lake Oswego, Oregon.