Personal Service with Integrity

Mr. O'Rourke and his staff work as a team for you. In every case, there are four areas in which he can fight the prosecution and win your case: Trial, Negotiation, Sentencing and Appeal. His knowledge and experience will help you choose the areas which will be most likely to produce the best possible results and achieve the goals you set for the case. There are ways of Turning Negatives Into Positives. Mr. O'Rourke knows how to use a client's problems and shortcomings to the client's advantage, if the client follows Mr. O'Rourke's plan for the defense of the case. There are ways of Avoiding Public Attention. Mr. O'Rourke handles many cases that begin in the media, and then disappear. He knows how to lose the press. He knows his Reputation is Based on Results not being on television or in the paper. There are ways to Assert Your Rights and Protect Yourself during an encounter with law enforcement agents or police officers before and after you are charged with a crime. Mr. O'Rourke knows how to Represent you Pre-Charge while you are under investigation. In many cases no charges are filed.

Mr. O'Rourke defends persons being investigated for or charged with: Drug Crimes including Possession, Manufacture, Delivery or Distribution of a Controlled Substance including marijuana, marijuana grows, cocaine and ecstasy and in related motions to suppress and controvert and search and seizure issues; Property Crimes including Theft and embezzlement; Domestic Violence including Misdemeanor and Felony Assault In The Fourth Degree and Harassment; and Measure 11Crimes including Arson, Felony Assault In The First and Second Degree, Manslaughter In The First and Second Degree, Robbery In The First and Second Degree, and on a selective basis, Sexual Abuse In The First Degree.

As an Oregon criminal defense lawyer, Mr. O'Rourke defends retained clients in Federal, State and Municipal Courts throughout Oregon state. While lawyer James O'Rourke's principal law offices are in Portland and Gresham, Oregon, Attorney O'Rourke also sees clients by appointment in offices in Beaverton, Tigard, Lake Oswego, Oregon City and Hillsboro, Oregon.