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Team Bios
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| Contact Dean: | dean@aldrich-eike.com phone: 503.226.7045 ext 15 cell: 503.705.7045 |
Dean Aldrich founded Aldrich Eike in downtown Portland
during the spring of 2000. He started out in a single office
suite at the historic Yeon Building, which expanded over the years
to occupy space on 3 floors. In November 2008, the firm moved
its offices to the 12th floor of the historic Spalding Building.
Dean received his law degree, cum laude, from Tulane University, and received his undergraduate degree in civil engineering, with high scholarship, from Oregon State University. During college, Dean worked in heavy highway construction and building construction. After graduating from college, Dean was a project manager for an international building construction company, Milne Construction, based out of Portland, Oregon. Dean then traveled to New Orleans to attend law school at Tulane. In addition to graduating with honors, Dean was a member of the Tulane National Moot Court team that swept the southeast regional tournament, and advanced to the finals in New York City.
After graduating from law school, Dean focused his career on construction law and complex litigation. Dean has successfully handled complex trials and arbitrations involving a variety of claims, and has been involved in some of the largest construction defect cases in Oregon, negotiating settlements in excess of $10 million dollars and has recently won a $2.3 million dollar verdict in a challenging construction defect trial in Multnomah County, along with an attorney fee award of $500,000. In 2010, Dean prevailed in a complex insurance coverage trial that has significant impacts for all construction defect cases in Oregon, and developer coverage under condominium policies. Dean is an AV Peer Review Rated attorney according to the Martindale-Hubbell Legal Ability and General Ethics Standards Rating system, which is a century-long tradition for rating lawyers. Based on the confidential opinions of lawyers and judges, Dean is recognized as pre-eminent in construction litigation, and has reached the height of professional excellence and the highest levels of skill and integrity.
Dean is a member of numerous legal organizations and construction/engineering organizations, and is a frequent speaker on construction litigation. Dean is very active in the Oregon Trial Lawyers Association and has testified before the Oregon Legislature on construction defect issues. Dean is also often sought out as a construction defect expert by the local news media.
In 2010, Dean was appointed to the Milne Construction Board of Directors.
Kevin
A. Eike, Attorney at Law| Contact Kevin: | kevin@aldrich-eike.com phone: 503.226.7045 ext 24 |
Kevin A. Eike joined the Aldrich Eike firm
in September of 2006. For five years prior, Kevin was a litigator
at a prestigious insurance defense firm where he concentrated his
practice on defending contractors, engineers, architects, attorneys,
and other professionals. In addition to this commercial litigation
experience, Kevin was deputized as a Landcaster County District
Attorney in his final year of law school through the Clinical Practice
program at the University of Nebraska. Clerkships at both the Nebraska
Office of the Attorney General and a premier corporate law firm
in Omaha are also aspects of Kevin’s well-rounded legal background.
Prior to receiving his Juris Doctor, with honors, and Litigation Skills Track Certificate—not to mention two Cali Excellence Awards for attaining the highest grade in each class—Kevin earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management, with a concentration in Transportation and Logistical Management, from Iowa State University. While at Iowa State, Kevin took a year and a half of construction engineering curriculum, providing him with a strong working knowledge of construction.
After hours, Kevin is an avid snowboarder and competed in the United States National Championships for Boarder Cross in 2005. This particular tourney pitted him against Olympians from over twelve countries and other professional snowboarders. Kevin also enjoys wakeboarding, mountain biking, and numerous other extreme sports.
Christopher C. Grady, Attorney
at LawContact Christopher: |
christopher@aldrich-eike.com |
Chris Grady joined the Aldrich Eike firm in July 2010. Prior to joining the
firm, Chris spent four years as a litigator at a prestigious insurance defense
firm in Portland. His prior practice involved the handling of a wide-range
of cases, including construction defect, first-party insurance disputes,
error & omission, personal injury and business litigation. Chris has
experience taking cases to jury verdicts as the lead trial attorney. He has
conducted numerous arbitrations and mediations.
During law school, Chris served as an Articles Editor for the Lewis and Clark Law Review. He graduated from Lewis and Clark Law School with honors in 2005. Chris spent ten years in the banking industry before making a career change to the practice of law.
Molly
Allison,
Attorney at Law| Contact Molly: | molly@aldrich-eike.com phone: 503.226.7045 ext 30 |
Molly Allison joined the Aldrich Eike firm in May of 2010. Prior to joining
the Aldrich team, Molly worked for a prestigious insurance defense firm that
represents first party defendants involved in construction defect claims. Molly’s
practice also involved representation of insurance companies in first party
lawsuits brought by insureds as well as special investigation unit claims and
fraud. Prior to working at the insurance defense firm, Molly worked as a law
clerk for an insurance company’s in-house counsel.
Molly earned her Bachelor of Arts at University of Northern Iowa and then attended Lewis & Clark College Northwestern School of Law, where she earned her Juris Doctorate. During law school, Molly externed at the Oregon Court of Appeals, and was a law clerk at the Lewis & Clark Law School Clinic, where she represented taxpayers in controversies with the Internal Revenue Service.
Todd M. Peck, Of Counsel| Contact Todd: | todd@aldrich-eike.com phone: 503.226.7045 ext 19 |
Todd M. Peck joined the Aldrich Eike firm in March of 2010. Todd brings to the
firm 18 years of experience in representing clients in construction disputes,
complex commercial litigation, as well as professional liability claims. Todd
has represented general contractors, architects, engineers, as well as property
owners in a myriad of construction defect cases. Todd handles both Oregon State
Court and Federal Court cases, having tried several cases to verdict.
Todd earned his Juris Doctorate at Syracuse University, School of Law, graduating magna cum laude. Prior to law school, Todd received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in English, with Honors from Washington State University as well as attended, Kings College of Law, University of London in 1988.
In his spare time, Todd can be found skiing northwest mountains or fly fishing western rivers.
Joanna
Cherry, Paralegal| Contact Joanna: | joanna@aldrich-eike.com phone: 503.226.7045 ext 26 |
Joining the Aldrich Eike firm in 2003, Joanna brought with
her over 20 years of experience as a legal assistant in Oregon,
New Mexico, and Texas. Perfecting her construction defect litigation
skills at Smith Freed & Eberhard, Joanna practiced bankruptcy
litigation at Vanden Bos & Chapman and worked in corporate
and employment law at Walton Nielsen Johnson & Guerra. In addition,
her experience includes family law, probate and wills, and criminal
law.
Outside of the office, Joanna is a member of the Amateur Pool League of America and enjoys competing. Her interests also include Salsa dancing, hiking, and camping.
Laurie
Osborn, Paralegal | Contact Laurie: | laurie@aldrich-eike.com phone: 503.226.7045 ext 17 |
Laurie joined the Aldrich Eike firm in March 2008. Laurie has
over 10 years’ legal experience in many areas of litigation,
including 5 years in construction defect litigation. Laurie obtained
her Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology, summa cum laude, from
the University of Nebraska in 1997 and is currently working toward
a Paralegal Associate degree. Prior to working in the legal field,
Laurie was a Russian linguist with the U.S. Air Force for 7 years.
On her off time, Laurie enjoys spending time with her husband and orange cat. She likes to travel around the Pacific Northwest and abroad – her most recent trips include Jamaica and France. During the summer months, Laurie can be found hiking around the Northwest. Laurie’s other interests include World of Warcraft, reading, reality tv, and movies.
Deanna
Healy, Billing Specialist| Contact Deanna: | deanna@aldrich-eike.com phone: 503.226.7045 ext 20 |
Deanna Healy joined the Aldrich family in the Spring of 2006, jumping
into the billing department with both feet. Previously, Deanna
worked as a Consultant and Head Buyer for a local horticultural
company. When she isn’t catching-up on the filing or number-crunching,
Deanna is out there pursuing her true passion: the theatre. Portland-area
theatres where you may have witnessed “Deanna Wells” in
performance are Profile, Artists Repertory Theatre, The Third
Floor, CoHo Productions, Cygnet, The Miracle Theatre Group, and
Tyger’s Heart Shakespeare Company. Deanna has been a professional
actor for over 15 years and looks forward to sharing many more
stories and continuing to challenge her art.
Deanna graduated from the Pacific Conservatory for the Performing Arts in Santa Maria, California with an emphasis in Shakespeare, dialect, and movement. When not in the spotlight, she enjoys gardening, running, hiking, writing, spending time with friends, and attending local political events, often accompanied by her husband, Joe.
Sue
Luck, Receptionist/Administrative Assistant| Contact Sue: | sue@aldrich-eike.com phone: 503.226.7045 ext 10 |
Sue Luck joined Aldrich Eike in August 2008. She joined
the firm with over 15 years supporting small firms in downtown
Portland in areas of medical malpractice, business litigation,
and employment law. She is looking forward to learning more about
construction defect litigation.
She lives with her husband John, daughter Erin, Armani the cat, and Daisy the dog. They consider home a floating oasis on the Columbia Channel. They love living on the water and enjoy sailing their 30’ Cascade sail boat.
Kay
Syravong, Marketing Coordinator| Contact Kay: | kay@aldrich-eike.com phone: 503.226.7045 ext 32 |
Kay Syravong began working with the Aldrich Eike firm in September 2008, bringing with her an extensive litigation background doing mostly plaintiff work. Prior to joining the firm, Kay worked on the defense side for staff counsel of an insurance company specializing in construction defect and personal injury.
Kay hails from Beaver Nation. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Management from George Fox University, a marketing degree from Portland Community College and is currently pursuing an MBA (Marketing) at Marylhurst University.
In addition to volunteering for organizations such as Habitat for Humanity and the Lance Armstrong Foundation, Kay spends her “spare time” enjoying the wonderful outdoors running, hiking, playing tennis, and watching Beaver football…GO BEAVS!!!!
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