Portland Assault and Shaken Baby Attorney
If you have been accused of a serious violent crime, you need the immediate counsel of an experienced criminal defense attorney who will listen to you while working diligently to defend your rights in court.
As founding attorney of the Portland, Oregon, law office of Kathleen E. Bergland, I bring more than 30 years of criminal law experience to your defense. My previous legal experience as prosecutor continues to give me heightened awareness and insights on how to best defend my clients against their charges, including aggravated assault cases, shaken baby syndrome, kidnapping, sexual assault, weapons charges, and domestic violence.
Assault
I have experience fighting felony and aggravated assault charges. For parents charged with assault, I also handle dependency cases in juvenile court on behalf of clients in prison who cannot care for their children.
Shaken Baby Syndrome
It takes more than the defendant and their lawyers to explain what happened during the tragic loss of children. We have medical experts who weigh in on the actual science behind shaken impact, retinal hemorrhage, subdural hematoma, brain swelling, and other factors that are mistaken as signs of child abuse or shaken baby syndrome (SBS).
Measure 11 and Mandatory Sentencing
I help clients avoid the stiff mandatory sentencing guidelines of Measure 11 offenses by arguing for a minimum sentence or reduced sentence.
Your Defense Team
In many assault cases, there is misleading physical evidence that must be overcome. I have built a team of supporting experts to deconstruct circumstantial evidence and help me in constructing a defense strategy against assault charges. Your defense will be supported by my assembled team of specialists, including DNA experts, criminologists, psychologists, psychiatrists, computer experts, and automobile deconstructionists.
For a free initial consultation regarding assault and other charges of violent crimes, contact me to discuss your defense.
Kathleen E. Bergland
Criminal Defense Attorney
1314 NW Irving Street, #207
Portland, OR 97209
Phone: 503-227-5625
Fax: 503-228-9860
From its law office in Portland, Oregon, the law firm of Kathleen E. Bergland serves clients throughout Portland Metro, Baker Valley, and Eastern Oregon, including Baker City, Vancouver, Eugene, Salem, Pendleton, Baker County, Multnomah County, Washington County, Jefferson County, Clackamas County, Polk County, Coos County, Grant County, Union County, Lane County, and Linn County.
