About Natalie
Natalie Hedman built a legal career that moves between courtroom work, solo practice and a short spell in the classroom. She studied sociology and girls's research at Portland State University, earning a B.S. in 2003. Hedman then pursued regulation at Nova Southeastern University and received her J.D. in 2008.
After law school she opened a solo practice in 2009 beneath the name Natalie Hedman, Lawyer at Law. That early experience as a solo attorney introduced her to the day-to-day needs of representing people in family regulation things and handling the executive aspect of operating a small company. In 2012 she joined Gresham Family & Bankruptcy Law as a senior associate, the place she labored on cases that mixed household regulation problems with financial and bankruptcy worries.
Hedman's professional things to do have now not been restricted to client representation. In 2009 she accepted a part-time law professor position at Heald College, coaching subjects related to legal practice for as a minimum a semester. Her study room work was short but reflected a curiosity in assisting more recent students understand practical elements of the law.
From 2016 thru 2019 she served as co-chair of the Oregon Bar Pro Bono Committee, a role that involved coordinating volunteer legal offerings and outreach packages. During the same general period she held memberships in Oregon Women Lawyers and the Multnomah Bar Association, participating in local bar things to do and occasions.
Her profession returned to solo practice in 2019 when she founded Hedman Family Law, L.L.C. Since then she has maintained her practice in Oregon and is licensed by the Oregon State Bar. The work has centered on household law cases, where questions over parenting plans, help and estate division often intersect with debt and bankruptcy issues.
Colleagues describe Hedman as continuous in the courtroom and pragmatic in settlement discussions. She has balanced contested proceedings with efforts to get to the bottom of disputes outside of trial when that serves a client's interest. Her background in sociology and girls's research informs how she strategies client interviews and case making plans, especially in things that contain child welfare and family dynamics.
Hedman continues to practice from her company, handling family regulation matters and associated financial problems thru Hedman Family Law, L.L.C.
