Title: Principal
Phone: (503) 635-5244
Fax: (503) 635-2955
Email: lbutterfield@carrbutterfield.com
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Ms. Butterfield developed her litigation practice early in her career when she joined a Pacific Northwest insurance defense firm. Her focus was professional and municipal liability and employment law matters. Ms. Butterfield also worked in the Guam office of a large Honolulu-based firm, which predominantly served Fortune 500 companies and international financial institutions. While in Guam, Ms. Butterfield served as lead trial attorney for commercial litigation, employment law, and insurance defense matters. Her practice included complex tax, bankruptcy, and construction litigation, foreclosure proceedings, consumer fraud, and maritime/admiralty matters.
Ms. Butterfield has represented multinational corporations and small, emerging entities in state and federal courts throughout the United States, with a particular focus on commercial and insurance litigation in Oregon and Washington. These matters often include the litigation of the defense and indemnity obligations of insurers and business management. Ms. Butterfield’s most recent litigation experience includes a wide variety of complex business litigation matters, including breach of contract claims, business torts, copyright/trademark infringement, construction defect claims, legal ethics advice, professional malpractice defense, real property disputes and employment law.
EDUCATION:
Willamette University College of Law (J.D., 1991);
Editor, International Law Journal (1989-91)
University of Denver (B.A., Economics & Political Science, 1987)
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS, ACTIVITIES, COMMUNITY SERVICE:
Oregon State Bar, Member
United States District Court (Oregon)
Multnomah County Bar Association, Member
Oregon State Bar Disciplinary Board (Panel Judge 2006 - Present)
American Bar Association, Labor & Employment Law and Litigation Sections
Oregon Women Lawyers, Member
Oregon State Bar Ethics Committee, Member (1999-2002)
Multnomah County Bar Association CLE Committee, Member (1999-2001)
Guam Bar Association Ethics Committee, Member (1995-1997)
Superior Court, Territory of Guam, Indigent Defense Committee (1994-1997)
United States District Court of Guam, Indigent Defense Panel (1995-1997)