Family Law

• Divorce
• Child Support
  Shallon’s practice focuses on family law, including divorce, paternity, custody, spousal and child support, highly contested cases involving custody evaluations, and other related issues involving family law matters. She understands that each situation is unique and requires a customized strategy and tailors her approach to the specific circumstances of her client's needs and goals.
• Premarital Agreement
• Guardianship

Criminal Law

• Wrongful Death
  A wrongful death lawsuit can never compensate for the loss of your loved one, but it can assist with the expenses you face now and the loss of income you and your family will face in the future. It also acknowledges pain and suffering and loss of companionship and parental guidance. The attorneys at Weatherford Thompson work aggressively to get compensation for surviving beneficiaries, including...

Business and Corporate Law

• Mergers and Acquisitions
  Nonprofit, tax-exempt, and governmental organizations benefit and compensation arrangements, including tax-sheltered annuities, 403(b) plans, and 457 plans
• Business Disputes
  Representation in other court including circuit courts, federal district court, and appellate courts for employee tort claims and contract disputes.

Employment Law

• Wrongful Termination
  The attorneys at Weatherford Thompson have experience handling labor and employment issues for both employers and employees. Generally, in Oregon, employment is considered to be at will. This means that the employee or the employer may terminate the employment relationship at any time for any reason that is not unlawful. Nonetheless, state and federal laws do provide employees with various rights, which protect them from discrimination, retaliation, and termination. The attorneys are Weatherford Thompson on can assist with nearly all types of claims such as discrimination, breach of contract, wage, injured worker, retaliation, wrongful termination and severance packages and more.
• Employment Litigation
  The attorneys at Weatherford Thompson have experience handling labor and employment issues for both employers and employees.
• Non-compete Agreement
  Employee matters including termination planning, employment dispute resolution, non-compete agreements, wage claims, family leave, and BOLI investigations.
• Severance Agreement
• Sexual Harassment
  Advising employers and employees regarding ADA, reasonable accommodation requests, sexual harassment, labor complaints, and whistle-blower laws.

Property Law

• Real Estate Litigation
  Oregon real estate law encompasses an extremely wide range of legal issues. Because of the complexities inherent in this area of law, it’s a wise decision for any person with a real estate legal issue to contact a real estate lawyer. The attorneys at Weatherford Thompson offer their real estate services to buyers, sellers, brokers, contractors, real estate agents, developers, lenders, mortgage companies, title representatives, real estate insurance agents, investors, landlords, and tenants. The attorneys at the firm represent clients with commercial and residential real estate cases involving, but not limited to...
• Construction Litigation
  Over the years we have successfully represented clients in both public and private disputes involving every facet of construction law. We have a keen awareness of construction issues and have achieved real results for our clients. We have kept projects moving; we have insured that disputes are contested in favorable forums, and we have consistently obtained exceptional monetary relief while keeping fees at a realistic level.
• Eminent Domain
• Easement
• Land Use and Zoning
  Zoning and land use laws come into play on every real estate project, regardless of size. If you are thinking about buying property or making improvements to property you already own, you need to understand and be aware of any zoning restrictions before you commit to anything. Additionally, if you are being affected by development or improvements on neighboring properties, you need to know what rights you have to ensure that those impacts do not adversely affect you or your community. A skilled land use lawyer can help ensure projects comply with local laws and ordinances. A skilled land use attorney can ensure that development projects do not adversely affect the rights of other property owners affected by the project. We provide aggressive and comprehensive legal counsel to a broad constituency of clients. We represent clients in the Linn and Benton County areas as well as throughout the state of Oregon. We work with government agencies to help ensure that your project has the best possible chance of obtaining approval. The attorney at Weatherford Thompson have extensive experience representing homeowners, builders, developers and other landowners on many types of land use permitting including...
• Landlord-Tenant Disputes
  Landlord/tenant disputes: We handle all types of disputes and litigation that can arise between residential or commercial tenants and landlords, such as failure to pay rent and eviction disputes, lease disputes, renter's rights/tenant's rights disputes, landlord discrimination, habitability and repair issues, and other commercial and residential landlord and tenant disputes.
• Property Damage

Immigration Law

• Student Visas

Health Law

• Personal Injury
  Personal injury is the area of law that offers protection to accident victims who have become injured, ill, or killed as the result of another person or company’s negligent actions. Victims of personal injury accidents typically suffer from extensive physical and psychological injuries, and often require expensive medical care and treatment. Because an unexpected accident or injury can take a physical, psychological, and economic toll on a person’s life, Oregon personal injury law entitles accident victims to sue the person responsible for their accident or injuries for monetary compensation. When a person becomes injured or ill due to the negligence of another, they are entitled to be compensated for their pain and suffering, lost earning, and all past and future medical and rehabilitative expenses. Weatherford Thompson offers legal representation to victims of the following types of personal injury accidents...
• Auto Accidents
• Dog Bites

Trusts and Estates

• Estate Planning
  Elder law is not just estate planning. It includes the process of planning for the long-term financial security of a family member who receives the financial, social, and medical support from the government. Attorney Andrew Bean can help you utilize wills, gifting plans, trusts and other estate planning tools to best protect your lifetime assets while assuring the care you require. This includes...
• Wills
  Dallas handles a broad range of civil litigation matters. These include trust and estate disputes, such as will contests, lack of capacity and undue influence claims, breach of fiduciary duties, and probate and trust administration litigation. He has successfully prosecuted and defended financial elder abuse claims alleging the misappropriation of money or personal property. Additionally, a large share of Dallas’s practice is devoted to construction defect-related litigation. He has a record of obtaining favorable results for his clients in the courtroom. Dallas offers practical advice and places a premium on thorough preparation.
• Trusts
  Our trusts and estates attorneys provide a full range of services to individual clients, including sophisticated tax and estate planning; administration of estates and trusts; drafting wills, trusts, business and marital agreements; and formation and administration of charitable entities. We provide personalized legal services for clients seeking advice on existing documents and clients needing newly drafted estate tools. We want to put you at ease with your decisions. We explain the application and benefits of each estate planning tool including...
• Power of Attorney
• Probate

Finance Law

• Foreclosure
• Tax Law
  Dennis is a third generation Oregonian, born in Condon, Oregon. He graduated from Oregon State University and then Willamette University College of Law. Dennis was a Deputy District Attorney in Multnomah County and Linn County, Oregon, for a period of seven years. He then obtained an advanced tax law degree from the College of William and Mary in Virginia, after which he joined the Weatherford-Thompson law firm in 1978. Dennis and his wife live in Albany, and they have three sons all living in Oregon. Dennis enjoys camping and fly fishing.