Laura A. Fine - Veneta, OR

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • University of Kansas School of Law, Lawrence, Kansas, 1988
    Honors: Recipient, Arthur Hodgson Excellence in Writing Award, 1987
    Honors: National Semi-Finalist, ATLA Moot Court Competition, 1986

• Non Legal Education

  • University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, 1984
    B.S.
    Major: Political Science

Classes and Seminars

• Instructor for OCDLA Trial Skills Training Seminar, Oregon Criminal Defense Lawyer Association, 2008 - Present
  
• Umpqua Forensic Firearms Academy, Firearms Concepts for the Courtroom, 2008
  
• Adjunct Law Professor, Criminal Defense, University of Oregon School of Law, 2004 - 2006
  
• Panelist, Women & Prison Conference, University of Oregon School of Law, 2003
  
• "Defending the Domestic Violence Case", Legal Education Seminar, Oregon Criminal Defense Lawyer Association, 1998
  
• Adjunct Law Professor, Trial Advocacy, University of Oregon School of Law, 1996
  
• Presenter, The New Stalking Law, Oregon State Bar Family Law Conference, Oregon State Bar, 1995

Pro Bono Activities

• Created and Staffed Monthly Volunteer Law Clinic at Looking Glass New Roads Homeless Youth Center; Subsequently Secured Funding to Hire a Half Time Attorney to Assume the Position, 2003 - 2007
• Oregon Racing Commissioner: Appointed by two Oregon Governors to Serve on the Oregon Racing Commission to Adjudicate and Administrate Horse and Dog Racing in Oregon, 1993 - 2001

Published Works

Articles

• Criminal Law - Stop and Frisk, Volume I of The Oregon State Bar Criminal Law Treatise, 2013
  
• Criminal Law - Stop and Frisk, Volume I of The Oregon State Bar Criminal Law Treatise, 2005
  
• Defending the Domestic Violence Case, The Oregon Defense Attorney, 2004
  
• Eugene Police Overzealously Administer Zero Tolerance, Eugene Daily Emerald, February 27, 2004
  
• Crimes Mean Prison Time; Violations Lead to Paying Fines, Eugene Daily Emerald, December 3, 2003
  
• The New Stalking Law, Oregon State Bar Family Law Division Newsletter, 1995

Bar Admissions

• Oregon, 1988
• U.S. District Court District of Oregon, 1991
• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 2003

Specialties and Certifications

• Certified as a NITA Trial Advocacy Instructor, National Institute of Trial Advocacy, 2008

Other Affiliations

• President of the Oregon Criminal Defense Lawyer Association (OCDLA)
• Oregon State Bar
• Oregon Criminal Defense Lawyers Association (Life Member, Education Committee)
• Oregon Criminal Defense Lawyers Association Capital Defenders
• National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
• Lane County Bar Association
• Multnomah County Bar Association
• CJA, 2003 - Present (Panel Attorney)
• Lane County Law & Advocacy Center (Member, Board of Directors)
• Maude Kerns Art Center, 1989 - 1990 (Member, Board of Directors)