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Steve Crew
Steve Crew has represented businesses and individuals in state and federal courts for more than 30 years. He has tried over 100 cases to verdict. He has been involved in all types of complex civil litigation, including actions involving forest products and big tobacco. And while he has been around the block a time or two, Steve still treats each case as if it’s the most important one on the docket — because it is. When it’s your business, your way of life, your livelihood on the line, you want someone who knows their way around all aspects of the law. That someone is Steve Crew.
Areas of Expertise
- business and commercial litigation
- professional malpractice
- violations of antitrust and securities laws
- environmental contamination
- breaches of fiduciary duty
- breach of contract
- fraud
- product liability
- real estate transactions
- lender liability
- business torts
- child abuse and elder abuse
Background
- Decades of experience in virtually all types of business and commercial litigation
- Partner, Ramis, Crew and Corrigan, also in Portland
- Assistant Public Defender from 1975 to 1980
- Represented clients in State court proceedings involving every aspect of the case — from pre-trial investigation to trial and appeal
- Primarily responsible for major felony cases involving charges ranging from robbery and rape to kidnapping and murder
- Research assistant/intern, European Court of Human Rights, 1973
- Performed legal research and prepared memoranda for legal counsel to the European Commission on Human Rights
- Awarded “Super Lawyer” status by Super Lawyers magazine
- Highest legal and ethical rating (AV) as determined by Martindale-Hubbell®
Education
- Juris Doctor, Northwestern School of Law at Lewis and Clark College, 1978
- Bachelor of Business Administration, University of Oregon, 1974
- Degree in International Business, Netherlands School of International Business, 1973
Member Affiliations
- American Bar Association
- Antitrust and Trade Committee
- Litigation Committee
- Oregon State Bar
- Defense of Indigent Accused Committee, past chair
- Litigation Section
- Business Litigation Section
- Oregon State Bar Disciplinary Counsel
- Antitrust Section
- Criminal Law Section
- Multnomah Bar Association
- Professionalism Committee, past chair
- Defense of Indigent Accused Committee, past chair
- Equality on the Legal Profession Committee
- Oregon Criminal Justice Council
- Psychiatric Security Review Board
- Oregon Trial Lawyers Association
- Campaign for Equal Justice
- St. Andrew’s Legal Clinic, Volunteer
- Senior Law Project, Volunteer
- Received small firm pro bono award
- Network Behavioral Healthcare, board member and past chair
- Ecunet Housing, board member and past chair