• Many of Pat's cases have been covered by local television stations and newspapers
• Trial Attorney. Riverside County Public Defender, Riverside, CA, 1975-1978
• Deputy in Charge. Juvenile Court, 1977, Satellite Offices Corona & Banning of California
• Former Member Board of Directors for the Metropolitan Public Defenders, Portland, OR
• Member, Former Board Member, Oregon Criminal Defense Lawyers Association
• Member, Multnomah County Bar Association's Mentor Program
• Listed In: National Directory of Criminal Lawyers; Best Lawyers in America; Super Lawyers Magazine; Portland Monthly Magazine of Top Lawyers
• Speaker/Lecturer: Defense of Homicides, Forfeiture, Evidence, Grand Jury and Criminal Trial Preparation, and Eyewitness Identification, Oregon Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Continuing Legal Education, Oregon State Bar Association

Pat Birmingham
Oregon Criminal Defense Lawyer

Pat Birmingham has over 30 years of criminal law experience and is one of only sixteen Oregon criminal lawyers listed in Best Lawyers in America and is also listed in the National Directory of Criminal Defense Lawyers. He has the highest rating of A.V. by Martindale-Hubbell ("A" for skill and "V" for very high ethics). He is also listed in Martindale-Hubbell's Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers, America’s most exclusive directory of lawyers.

From 1975 to the present, Pat has practiced criminal law in Oregon and California and has tried and won virtually every kind of criminal case from drunk driving to murder. He has also defended clients against charges in so-called "white collar" crimes such as embezzlement and real estate and bank fraud.

Pat is especially adept in defending high profile clients where prosecutors may use criminal charges to make "examples" of corporate, business, and community leaders. Pat possesses the communication savvy needed to cope with the bright, unrelenting eye of the news media. He has appeared on television and has been interviewed by experienced reporters. He has contacts with local reporters and knows the unspoken "media rules," enabling him to help you avoid disastrous public relations pifalls.

While Pat deals with complex criminal cases, he also represents clients caught up in other unfortunate situations. These might range from an assault after a Super Bowl party where punches are thrown to the "one for the road" that results in a drunk driving charge.

Education

• Western State University, J.D., 1975
• Portland State University, B.S., 1970

Bar Admissions

• 1975, State of California and U.S. Federal District Court, Central District of California
• 1978, Supreme Court of the United States
• 1978, State of Oregon
• 1979, U.S. Federal District Court and District of Oregon
• 1988, U.S. Federal District Court, State of Washington

Memberships

• Multnomah County, Washington County & Clackamas County Bar Associations
• State Bar of Oregon
• State Bar of California
• Oregon Criminal Defense Lawyers Association
• California Attorneys for Criminal Justice
• National Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys