Mr. Michael O. Stevens
Stevens & Legal
Michael Stevens has a background in insurance defense representing individuals to large corporations in a wide variety of cases from personal injury to wrongful death and construction defects. He handled cases with values of as much as $4 million, and drafted many successful motions for summary judgment. An Oregon native, he graduated from Oregon State University with his bachelor’s degree and earned his juris doctorate at Willamette University College of Law in Salem in 2009. At Willamette he was an editor and writer for Willamette Law Online and the Web & Publication Editor for the Willamette Sports Law Journal. He has two daughters and lives in Hillsboro.
Most of his practice consists of personal injuries (auto accidents, dog bites), employment law (final paychecks, discrimination), and business law (LLC formation, registered agent). He also is not afraid to take on the big insurance companies when needed.
- Willamette University College of Law
- J.D. (2009) | Law
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- Activities: Willamette Law Online, Willamette Sports Law Journal
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- Oregon State University
- B.S. (1997) | History
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- Honors: Dean's list, Phi Alpha Theta
- Activities: KBVR-TV
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- Shareholder & Attorney
- Stevens & Legal
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- Field Legal
- Liberty Mutual
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- Primer on Copyright, Art+Feminism 2016 Eugene Meet Up, Eugene, Oregon
- Wikipedia
- Covered how copyright laws as applied to the usage of images on Wikipedia.
- Rising Star
- Super Lawyers
- 10 Best Attorneys - Client Satisfaction
- American Institute of Personal Injury Attorneys
- Top 100 Litigation - Oregon
- The American Society of Legal Advocates
- Top 100 - Civil Plaintiff
- The National Trial Lawyers
- Recipient
- Lawyers of Distinction
- Oregon Trial Lawyers Association
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- National Trial Lawyers
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- Washington County Bar Association
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- National Employment Lawyers Association # NELA20160712152618
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- Oregon State Bar Association Intelectual Property Rights Section
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- Oregon State Bar # 095198
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- Activities: House of Delegates
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- American Bar Association
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- Oregon
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- U.S. District of Oregon
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- 9th Circuit
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Free Consultation
A free 30-minute consultation is available. - Credit Cards Accepted
- Contingent Fees
- Construction Law
- Construction Contracts, Construction Defects, Construction Liens, Construction Litigation
- Employment Law
- Employee Benefits, Employment Contracts, Employment Discrimination, ERISA, Overtime & Unpaid Wages, Sexual Harassment, Whistleblower, Wrongful Termination
- Insurance Claims
- Bad Faith Insurance, Business Insurance, Disability Insurance, Health Insurance, Life Insurance, Motor Vehicle Insurance, Property Insurance
- Personal Injury
- Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
- Intellectual Property
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- Products Liability
- Drugs & Medical Devices, Motor Vehicle Defects, Toxic Torts
- English: Spoken, Written
- Q. Is a text message considered written notice in Oregon if the recipient acknowledged and responded to the message?
- A: Yes, a text message works for the written notice required in a final paycheck. Just make sure your text has the content required.
- Q. My job says they require me to come in an hour early before my shift. But I'm not being paid for that time.
- A: If they require you to be there, then at a minimum they owe you for waiting time: https://www.oregon.gov/boli/workers/Pages/paid-time.aspx If you are actually working, then they owe you for just regular hours (and potentially OT if it makes you go over 40 hours in a week). Can they fire you, yes; are they supposed to, no. They also are not supposed to be making you come in early uncompensated, but they are. And if they did fire you for it, it would be a wrongful termination.
- Q. In Oregon, is calling out sick protected even if it is not FMLA?
- A: It can be proteceted under Oregon's Sick Leave law, which covers care for a sick child. However, whether they violated the law depends on if you still had sick leave available and if you followed their reporting rules.
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