LeDuc Montgomery LLC

At LeDuc Montgomery LLC, we use our skills and resources to pursue justice for our clients and promote rule of law. 

Examples of Our Cases:

• Malaer v. Kirkpatrick, et al - Police Misconduct, Jail Abuse, Disability Discrimination - Represented homelessness and disability advocate in federal civil rights litigation against the City of Medford, Medford police officers, Jackson County, Jackson County Sheriff, and a Sheriff's deputy, securing $1.3 million settlement and police department reforms to protect the rights of wheelchair users, following protected litigation over a July 2019 arrest, transport, and detention inside the Jackson County jail that resulted in egregious abuse, torturous conditions, excessive use of force, and a profound lack of respect for the rights of disabled people.  
  • See Maxine Bernstein, Video shows southern Oregon sheriff's deputy slapping disabled homeless activist in wheelchair, The Oregonian (Sept. 14, 2022).
    
    
• Legacy Forest Defense Coalition v. Department of Natural Resources et al - Impact Litigation, ESG Litigation, Government Affairs- Working with a team of environmental litigators, represent non-profit advocacy organization in challenging multiple DNR agency decisions to auction thousands of acres of 90-to-100-year-old structurally complex "legacy forests" for clearcut logging in Washington in contravention of federal contracts and existing state policies and procedures.
  • See LFDC's work to save legacy forests in the short film by Joshua Wright, Preserving Tiger Mountain (Short Film)(2023).

• Haynes v. Taylor - Ballot Measure Challenge, Police Misconduct - On behalf of the ACLU of Oregon, represented multiple electors in successfully challenging the constitutionality and ballot titles of two proposed initiatives filed by the Portland Police Association which sought to undermine the resources, authority, and support for the Community Police Oversight Board and Portland Street Response. 
  • See Christina Nguyen, The Court Rejects Portland Police Union's Arguments and Helps Make Clear That the Police Union's Petition would Repeal the Independence of the Community Board for Police Accountability, ACLU of Oregon (May 23, 2024).

• State v. Warren - Hate Crime - Represented hate crime victim and his family in pushing the Portland Police Bureau and Multnomah County District Attorney to investigate and prosecute a race-motivated assault in which a Black food cart owner was attacked by a white man yelling racial slurs, resulting in a guilty plea, prison sentence, and mandatory bias sensitivity training and community service for the attacker.  
  • See Catalina Gaitán, Family of Black food truck owner attacked by white man in SE Portland hires lawyer to investigate assault, police response, The Oregonian (June 7, 2023).

• Adults in Custody v. Benavidez et al - Prison Misconduct, Sexual Abuse, Retaliation- Represented four victims of sexual harassment and abuse by a former Oregon Department of Corrections corrections officer who retaliated against victims for filing complaints about his abuse, obtaining $410,000 in settlements for victims. 
  • See Conrad Wilson, Former Oregon corrections officer sued for alleged sexual abuse - again, PPB (May 28, 2022).
    
    
• Vogel v. The Evergreen State College - Public Records - Represented government transparency advocate in exposing a public college's covert militarization, weapons purchases, and student surveillance program, obtaining $50,000 settlement upon showing the college illegally withheld government records from public disclosure. 
  • Listen Eoin Higgins, Suing Evergreen (With Daniel Vogel), The Flashpoint Podcast (September 7, 2022).

• Arbitration - Civil Litigation, Business Malfeasance - Won two-day arbitration in $1.6 million breach of contract and defamation dispute, securing complete victory for small business client plus attorney fees and expenses.  Pursued judgment debtor in enforcement proceedings, obtaining sanctions against debtor entity, sanctions against debtor entity's CEO, and a bench warrant for the CEO's arrest.