Julie A. Smith

Julie A. Smith


Cosgrave Vergeer Kester LLP

Recognized since 2021

Portland, Oregon

Practice Areas

Appellate Practice

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Julie Smith is an appellate lawyer who also specializes in advising trial attorneys on litigation strategy and in drafting and arguing complex motions.

Before joining Cosgrave, she served as an Assistant Attorney General in the Trial and Appellate Divisions of the Oregon Department of Justice, where she twice received the department’s Outstanding Achievement Award. Prior to that, she clerked for the Honorable Virginia Linder of the Oregon Court of Appeals.

Appellate services include:

  • Reviewing the trial court record
  • Identifying appeal-worthy issues
  • Evaluating the merits of a potential appeal
  • Participating in appellate mediation
  • Developing a strategy for an appeal
  • Writing appellate briefs, including amicus briefs
  • Presenting oral argument

Litigation support services include:

  • Identifying and analyzing complex legal issues
  • Consulting on litigation strategy
  • Drafting and arguing dispositive motions
  • Drafting and arguing trial submissions, including trial memoranda, jury instructions, motions in limine, verdict forms, and directed-verdict motions
  • Drafting and arguing post-trial motions, including motions for new trial
  • Attending trial to ensure that a proper trial court record is made and that specific issues are properly preserved for appeal

Location
  • 900 SW Fifth Avenue, 24th Floor
    Portland, OR 97204
Education
  • University of Oregon, J.D., graduated 1998
Bar Admissions
  • Oregon, Oregon State Bar , 1998
Court Admissions
  • the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
  • the United States District Court of Oregon

Cosgrave Vergeer Kester LLP
Headquarters: Portland, Oregon

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Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2024 for work in:
  • Appellate Practice

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