About 1 — Columbia River Law

Lara M. Gardner

An Experienced & Compassionate Attorney

Attorney Lara Gardner is one of the founding attorneys of Columbia River Law. She has been an attorney since 2003. Her goal as an attorney is to help people. She particularly likes fighting for individuals who have injuries due to automobile accidents, helping them to recover and get their lives back on track after the anguish and turmoil brought on by these collisions. Lara earned her B.A. in English with Honors from the University of Oregon, her J.D. from Lewis and Clark Law School, and a Master's in Teaching from the University of Portland. When she isn't working, she is a freelance writer, works as a behavior consultant for dogs, rides and trains sport horses, and devotes her time to her many animals and two lovely daughters. Lara has taught in the law school at the University of Oregon as a pro tem professor.

As a law student, Lara published three law review articles. She also interned at the law school’s low-income legal clinic. Lara is admitted to the Oregon State Bar, the U.S. Court, District of Oregon, the Washington State Bar, and the U.S. Court, Western District of Washington.

Lara writes articles for various publications. She enjoys riding sport horses, reading, hiking, and spending time with her two lovely daughters.

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Court Admissions:

U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Oregon
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Washington
Oregon Supreme Court
Oregon Court of Appeals
Oregon Circuit Courts
Washington Supreme Court
Washington Court of Appeals
Washington Superior Courts
Washington District Courts

Lectures:

Legal Issues in Real Estate Foreclosure, National Business Institute, 2012
Chapter 7 Bankruptcy 101, Law Review CLE, 2011
Consumer Bankruptcy 101, Law Review CLE, 2010

Publications:

A Dubious Designation: How one Simple Label Legitimizes Human Rights Abuse, International Legal Perspectives (2005)
State Employers are Not Sovereign: By Analogy, Transfer the Market Participant Exception to the Dormant Commerce Clause to States as Employers, Chicago-Kent Law Review (2004)
A Step Towards True Equality in the Workplace: Requiring Employer Accommodation of Breastfeeding, Women Wisconsin Women’s Law Journal (2002)