Patricia Ferrell-French, Attorney at Law

An adage to always remember: A person who is her/his own lawyer has a fool for a client. This means that by being your own attorney you are not likely to win your case and likely to lose a lot more. If you try to represent yourself in a court matter, even if you are simply filing a document you drafted yourself without the help of an attorney, you will make mistakes -- maybe lasting mistakes that cannot be fixed even by the best of attorneys.

"Wisdom is knowing the right path to take... integrity is taking it." ~M. H. McKee

Not all of the best Portland metro area attorneys are located in just downtown Portland. Some of us like being located in the suburbs where there is less traffic and easy, free parking for our clients. And our overhead is less than those downtown attorneys so that we can charge our clients less than those downtown Portland attorneys.