A new entrant into the Oregon lawyer blogosphere: Ben Knaupp, aka Lawyer Ben.
He’s been blogging about consumer and small business real estate issues with a recent focus on homeowners facing debt and foreclosure, with a recent 8-part blog series on Dealing with Foreclosure in Oregon.
For more than you may want to know about judges who perform marriages, but worth reading for the sheer joy of it:
“Cash and Marry: Some little-known judicial history from the man who made it,” by Justice William W. Bedsworth:
Excerpt: “…Dave doesn’t do weddings any more.(3) He’s a federal judge now. Apparently the feds don’t do weddings. My understanding is that too many brides object to having two guys in dark suits standing behind the celebrant, talking into their sleeves throughout the ceremony.(4) ….
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I didn’t set out to be a price-gouger. I was perfectly happy performing weddings for $150 a pop. For that price, I did more than just show up in a robe and say the magic words. I sat down with the couple, found out how they wanted their wedding performed, got some cute details about them for the ceremony, put together something that suited them and fit within the outline I’d developed, and warned them to practice the kiss.
The Oregon State Bar 2009 edition of their Oregon Legislation Highlights arrived today and we’re very happy. It organizes by subject (or by legal practice area) over 400 bills and measures from the 2009 Oregon Legislative Session and is an invaluable research tool before and after the arrival of the 2009 Oregon Revised Statutes.
Visit Oregon Laws dot org to see the excellent and creative work Robb Shecter is doing with the current and the superseded Oregon Revised Statutes.
Superseded ORS 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, and 2005 (the 2007 is already on his website).
I also love how easy it is to find ORS section annotations at Oregon Laws dot org Give it a spin.
Oregon Legal Research Blog