Wendy Foster has been involved with pro bono and community service since she started at Foster Garvey. In 2024 alone, she completed 147 hours of pro bono work by the end of October. She has assisted with a variety of matters, including pro bono work for Hopelink and the Seattle Clemency Project.

Maggie Sholian supported The Nature Conservancy in a variety of matters relating to charitable bequests, helping the organization continue to maximize their ability to combat the climate and biodiversity crisis.

Claire Hawkins leveraged her intellectual property skills to help Skate Like a Girl address infringement issues and protect their brand, fostering a collaborative partnership that empowers women and trans skaters.

John Knab and Chelsea Glynn provided crucial legal support to establish the Portland-Lviv Sister City Association, strengthening cultural ties between Portland and Lviv amidst ongoing conflict in Ukraine.

José Trinidad Tinajero Torres is a U.S. Army veteran who was deported to Mexico in August 1997 without ever receiving an opportunity to make his case in immigration court.  His dream of returning home to the United States began more than 25 years ago and finally became a reality when he officially became a U.S. citizen in July 2023.  

Foster Garvey and Northwest Immigrant Rights Project (NWIRP) worked together to help Anna* and her son Jorge,* Guatemalan asylum seekers, find refuge in the United States and avoid deportation.

Foster Garvey is pleased to announce the successful outcome of our client, a domestic violence survivor, in her dissolution proceedings against her abusive ex-husband.

Foster Garvey attorneys, including a group of its summer associates, and key partner organizations teamed up on a criminal justice reform project to create a new research database on settlements and verdicts in police brutality cases throughout the United States.

Foster Garvey is proud of its longstanding relationship with Catholic Charities of Oregon (“Catholic Charities”), through which the firm assists on a variety of pro bono matters, both small and large. Catholic Charities provides essential, life-changing services to the most vulnerable Oregonians. These services include affordable and supportive housing, legal services, refugee resettlement and many others. The organization was founded in 1933 during the Great Depression and has been a steadfast ally of the poor and marginalized since its inception.

Since 2017, Foster Garvey has assisted The Veterans Consortium Pro Bono Program (“TVC”), a national non-profit 501(c)(3) organization devoted to aiding veterans and family members who have been denied disability benefits by the Veterans Affairs (“VA”) system.

A cross-office Foster Garvey team diligently worked together to assist a family from El Salvador with obtaining administrative closure in a defensive asylum matter, after a more than six-year-long process.