About Rhett L.
Rhett L. Bernstein trained first as an undergraduate at the University of Puget Sound, the place he studied enterprise and political institutions. He then earned his law degree from Lewis & Clark Law School in 1999 and completed a Certificate in Criminal Law and Procedure on the Northwestern School of Law of Lewis and Clark College. Those years set a clean legal course.
He started his public-sector career in the early 2000s. In 2002 he labored as a deputy district lawyer within the Linn County District Lawyer’s Office. That position put him in courtroom often and uncovered him to a continuous stream of felony things. He moved into municipal prosecution some years later, holding a prosecuting lawyer role in West Linn in 2007 and later serving as the City of Milwaukie’s prosecuting lawyer in 2012. He then served as a municipal courtroom pass judgement on for the City of West Linn in 2013, presiding over a variety of ordinance and misdemeanor instances.
In 2005 he launched his own practice under the name Rhett L. Bernstein, Lawyer at Law. From that base he has handled DUII and criminal protection matters. His practice has combined court work and client counseling. He has experience on both facets of the aisle: as a prosecutor early in his professional life and as a defense lawyer in personal practice.
He joined the Clackamas County Bar Association in 2005 and later became a member of the National Trial Lawyers Association in 2015. Those memberships mirror ongoing engagement with local and countrywide professional networks and offer get entry to to continuing legal education and peer resources.
Colleagues and court records display a practitioner who spends maximum of his time in state and municipal courts across Oregon. His background consists of trial work, pretrial bargaining sessions, and appearances in municipal court dockets. The certification in felony regulation and procedure complements his hands-on trial experience.
He lives and works in Oregon and maintains a lively personal practice handling criminal cases. He presently concentrates on DUII and criminal protection in Oregon.
