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 | Ronald Allen JohnstonMember Attorney Ronald Johnston established our firm over 20 years ago when many divorces were resolved in the courtroom. As time has gone on, he has witnessed the growing prominence of alternative dispute resolution. With that in mind, he added attorneys who are more accustomed to negotiation and seasoned at resolving issues in mediation.
Johnston, Root & Leibenguth, P.C.
920 Crown Plaza, 1500 S.W. First Avenue, Suite 920
Portland, Oregon
97201
(Clackamas, Multnomah & Washington Cos.)
Telephone: 503-226-7986
Fax: 503-223-0743
URL: http://www.lawyers.com/johnston&rootlaw
http://www.johnstonroot.com
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| Practice Areas | Family Law; Custody Law; Interstate Child Custody | | | Education | Catholic University of America, J.D., 1976, Whitman College; Pacific University, B.A., with honors, 1972 | | | Admitted | 1976, Oregon, U.S. District Court, District of Oregon and U. S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit | |
| Memberships | Oregon State Bar (Family Law Section, Chair-2005; Committee on Combining Family and Career, 1989-1990; Chairman, 1991-1992; Joint Custody Task Force, 1985; Support Guidelines Task Force, 1990); American Bar Association (Member, Family Law Section); Oregon Academy of Family Law Practitioners. | | | Languages | English | | | Born | Vancouver, Washington, October 23, 1950 | | | Biography | Education. Mr. Johnston is the senior member of the firm and is a native Oregonian. He earned an Honors Degree in Political Science at Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon in 1972. He earned his Juris Doctor Degree at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. in 1976, from which he graduated in the top 15% of his class. While in law school, Mr. Johnston worked for Congressman Wendell Wyatt on Capitol Hill, worked for a major federal agency, and clerked for Arnold & Porter, a prestigious Washington, D.C. law firm. Among his other distinctions in professional school, Mr. Johnston researched and published four scholarly papers in nationally known law journals. 1. Family Law Practice. Mr. Johnston brings 33 years of litigation and counseling experience to his family law practice. He has handled family law matters throughout his career, but in the past 25 years he has concentrated 95% or more of his professional practice time to family law. Ronald Johnston handles most aspects of family law, but he has a special interest in custody, joint custody, and interstate custody matters. Mr. Johnston represents both fathers and mothers in custody disputes, but has a special reputation for father's rights litigation. He was legal advisor for Dad's Inc.; Dad's PAC., the former Father's PAC, and the former Parents Association for Custodial Equality. He is a family law arbitrator and formerly was a Family Law Reference Judge in Washington County. Mr. Johnston is often consulted for confidential second opinions in family law matters. Family Law Professional Activities. Mr. Johnston was admitted to practice in Oregon in 1976 and is a member of the Oregon State Bar Family Law Section. He also is a member of the Oregon Academy of Family Law Practitioners and of the ABA Family Law Section. He has delivered legal education presentations on a variety of subjects, including "Interstate Custody litigation Under the PKPA," "Negotiating and Litigating Joint Custody," "Forensic Custody Evaluations," "Self-help Custody litigation," and "Winning Dissolution Trials." In April 1999, Mr. Johnston was asked to speak on this subject at the ABA Family Law Section Conference in Miami, Florida. In the 1980's, Mr. Johnston served on the Family Law Section Task Force on Joint Custody Legislation, the committee that authored Oregon's law on joint custody. In 1998, he was asked to serve on the Domestic Relations Work Group of the Oregon Supreme Court Task Force on Gender Fairness. Mr. Johnston was lead appellate counsel in Kozlowsky and Kozlowsky, 88 Or App 294 (1987) and State ex rel AFDC v. Buethe, Or 307 Or 89 (1988). The latter case established a precedent for paternity procedure in Oregon. In 1987, Mr. Johnston and Ms. Root were co-counsel in Etlin and Etlin, which was the first case tried in Oregon under the Parental Kidnapping Prevention Act. . | | | ISLN | 906118557 | |
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