Kristen West
Professional & Community Activities
Kristen is excited to be the newest member of the team at Pickett Dummigan LLP. She is passionate about fighting for justice on behalf of people injured by the wrong doing of others. Prior to joining Pickett Dummigan, she worked as a public defender in Multnomah County. She belongs to the Oregon Trial Lawyers Association and the American Association of Justice, as well as the Multnomah Bar Association, and the Oregon State Bar Association, where she is active with the Leadership College and other committees. She is proud of her on-going membership with the Oregon Criminal Defense Lawyers Association and the National Lawyers Guild. Kristen is also an active board member for the non-profit organization, Edúcate Ya (which means "Educate Yourself Now" in Spanish), whose mission is to foster education in the Latino communities. Kristen loves the arts and spends most of her free time dancing or playing in the great outdoors of the Pacific Northwest.
Areas of Practice
- Personal Injury / Wrongful Death
- Employment Discrimination
- Medical Negligence
Bar Admissions
- Oregon, 2006
Education
- Lewis and Clark College Northwestern School of Law, Portland, Oregon
- J.D. - 2005
- University of California, San Diego - 2000
- Honors: World Literature and PanAmerican Studies
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Oregon Trial Lawyers Association
- American Association of Justice
- Multnomah Bar Association
- Oregon State Bar Association
- Oregon Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Member
- National Lawyers Guild, Member
- Edúcate Ya, Board Member
Past Employment Positions
- Multnomah County, Public Defender












