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Attorneys

St. Andrew Legal Clinic has 14 full-time attorneys who work at our three offices locations serving Multnomah, Washington, Clackamas, and Columbia Counties. Following is some background on each of them:

Multnomah County

Joel Overlund, Executive Director
Joel has been working for SALC as a practicing attorney since 1990 and became the Executive Director of the Clinic in 1995. Before working at SALC, Joel worked at the law firm of Casteel & Carson and got his law degree from Willamette University in 1987.

Shelly Matthys, Branch Manager
Shelly has been an attorney for SALC since 1998. She graduated from Seattle University Law School in 1995 and then worked as a volunteer prosecutor at the Multnomah County District Attorney's Office. Shelly is the Multnomah County Branch Manager.

Brittany A. Berkey
Brittany Berkey graduated from the University of Connecticut School of Law in 2002. She is admitted to practice in New York State as well as Oregon. While in NYC she prosecuted child abuse and neglect cases in Bronx Family Court. Before joining the SALC staff in the Fall of 2005, Brittany spent a year as an AmeriCorps attorney doing domestic violence advocacy at Legal Aid Services of Oregon.

James F. LaSasso
James graduated from University of Oregon Law School in 1981. After law school James worked throughout the 80's as a law clerk, paralegal, and in private practice primarily in the area of family law. In 1990, James joined SALC and has been working as a staff attorney ever since.

Kelly D. Lemarr
Kelly is a graduate of Willamette University College of Law and a practicing attorney in Oregon since 2003. Since then she has focused her practice on a wide range of family law issues. In addition to her work at SALC, Kelly accepts pro bono court appointments as the attorney for children in high conflict domestic relations cases.

Connie C. Lukes
After a career in telecommunications and acting as a union steward, Connie Lukes decided to expand on her interest in conflict management and graduated from Marylhurst University in 2002 with a degree in Communications, concentrating in mediation and conflict resolution. She has acted as a volunteer mediator for several years. While attending Lewis and Clark Law School, Connie worked as a law clerk at St. Andrew while interning at Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office and Lewis and Clark Legal Clinic. After being admitted to practice law in the spring of 2006, Connie worked as a contract attorney while working as a volunteer attorney in St. Andrew night clinic. She was hired as a staff attorney in the fall of 2006.

Washington County

Michelle Prosser, Branch Manager
Michelle graduated from Lewis and Clark School of Law in 1999. In 2003, she went into solo practice limited to domestic relations. In 2006, she joined St. Andrew Legal Clinic at the Washington County office and now serves as Branch Manager.

Jonathan M. Berman
Jon joined the Washington County office in June 2006. He is a graduate of Columbia University where he majored in Political Science. After working or several years on Wall Street, he went on to study at the University of Connecticut School of Law where he graduated near the top of his class. Prior to joining the SALC staff, Jon clerked for the Honorable Michael McShane at the Multnomah County Circuit Court. Jon was admitted to the Oregon State Bar in 2005.

Antonio J. Gonzalez
Antonio J. Gonzalez graduated from Lewis & Clark School of Law in 2006 and was admitted to practice in the state of Oregon the same year. Before joining the SALC staff he worked to protect the rights of Oregon’s farm worker community and volunteered at Common Grounds Collective in New Orleans to help the survivors of Hurricane Katrina.

Kaori Tanabe
Kaori started as a volunteer for SALC in September 2007 and was quickly hired as a staff attorney. She is a graduate of Lewis and Clark Law School. Kaori worked as a pro bono attorney for Catholic Charities Immigration Services and was a corporate counsel intern for Mentor Graphics prior to joining SALC. She is fluent in Spanish and proficiently speaks Japanese.

Michelle van Grunsven
Michelle joined the Washington County office in July of 2007. She attended college at Cornell University and law school at the New York University School of Law. Prior to joining St. Andrew Legal Clinic, She was the AmeriCorps attorney for Legal Aid Services of Oregon in Multnomah County. Michelle was admitted to the Oregon State Bar in 2005.

Lauren E. Walchli
Lauren has been with the Hillsboro office since October 2006. She received her J.D. from William & Mary School of Law, and her B.A. in Spanish from the University of Oregon.

Clackamas County

Elaine Hamm, Branch Manager
Elaine started working at SALC's Multnomah County office in April 2000. When SALC opened its office in Clackamas County in December 2001, Elaine was hired as its new Branch Manager. She graduated from University of San Diego School of Law in 1985 and practiced at a number of California law firms before moving to Oregon to work at SALC.

Rachel E. Diamond
Rachel joined the Clackamas County office as an attorney in June 2007 after being admitted to the Oregon State Bar. She is a graduate of Portland State University, where she majored in Social Science, and the Lewis and Clark School of Law. Prior to joining the SALC staff, Rachel clerked for the Clackamas County office of St. Andrew Legal Clinic and interned for the Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office as well as Lewis and Clark’s practical skills clinic.

Camilla A. Thurmond
Camilla graduated from Lewis & Clark School of Law in 2002. Before joining SALC, she clerked for 2 1/2 years at the Multnomah County Courthouse, and then served as the staff attorney for the Oregon Coalition against Domestic & Sexual Violence. Camilla joined SALC in 2006.


Staff

Multnomah County Office
503-281-1500
Ahndrayah Andrews Bookkeeper ext. 14
Maria I. Beauchaton Legal Secretary ext. 16
Brittany A. Berkey Attorney ext. 11
Richard Dixon PT Clerical Assistant ext. 23
Courtney R. Dunleavy Development Associate ext. 21
Jessica Gorham Legal Secretary ext. 13
James F. LaSasso Attorney ext. 17
Kelly D. Lemarr Attorney ext. 15
Connie Lukes Attorney ext. 18
Michael Mason Vice President - Finance & Operations ext. 20
Shelly D. Matthys Attorney /Branch Manager ext. 12
Katie O'Brien Vice President - Development ext. 24
Joel K. Overlund Attorney/Executive Director ext. 19
Eileen J. Stein Receptionist ext. 10

Washington County Office
503-648-1600
Jonathan M. Berman Attorney ext. 17
Brenda A. Doran III Legal Assistant ext. 22
Antonio J. Gonzalez Attorney ext. 25
Stephanie May Law Clerk/Receptionist ext. 15
Rose L Moore Legal Secretary ext. 26
Michelle L. Prosser Attorney/Branch Manager ext. 24
Laurie Raines Legal Secretary/Bookkeeper ext. 10
Kaori Tanabe Attorney ext. 11
Michelle M. van Grunsven Attorney ext. 23
Lauren E. Walchli Attorney ext. 12
Yessenia Medina Receptionist ext. 13

Clackamas County Office
503-557-9800
Rachel Diamond Attorney ext. 15
Elaine N. Hamm Attorney/Branch Manager ext. 12
Patti Hansen Legal Assistant ext. 10
Camilla Thurmond Attorney ext. 11


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