Bend, OR Lawyers

Criminal Defense Law

155 NW Irving Ave, Bend, OR 97703

Bryan Donahue is an attorney with the Donahue Law Firm in Bend, Oregon, whose listed practice is DUII and criminal defense. Before opening the firm’s first Bend office, he worked in Vancouver, Washington, and at a civil litigation firm in downtown Portland. His earlier work spans both sides of civil litigation, along with personal injury, family law and estate planning. Courtroom work began before Donahue finished law school, when he represented clients in court and at trial. At Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, where he earned his law degree, he also served as president of the Student Trial Lawyers Association. His work on the Environmental Law Review included managing its online publication as a third-year student. Donahue’s undergraduate degree is from the University of Oregon, where he graduated magna cum laude with departmental honors. During college, he competed in track and field and earned an athletic scholarship. Raised in and around Salem, he had been visiting Bend since childhood before eventually moving there to establish his firm. DUII conference presentations are another part of his professional work. He has spoken at multiple conferences about DUII trials, Drug Recognition Evaluators and breath-testing equipment, including the Intoxilyzer 8000 and devices that use infrared or fuel-cell technology. Away from the office, his activities include snowmobiling, paddling the Deschutes and surfing. Rebuilding cars and remodeling are among his indoor interests.

Estate Planning Law

400 SW Bond Street, 200, Bend, OR 97702

Casey Baxter is the founding attorney of Baxter Law, LLC, in Bend, Oregon, where his criminal defense work includes DUII and murder cases. Before representing defendants, he worked in the Deschutes County District Attorney’s Office as a deputy district attorney from 2012 to 2015. He tried both misdemeanors and felonies there and co-chaired a murder trial in 2013. His work in that office also extended to programs for veterans returning from combat. Baxter helped establish the county’s Veterans Treatment Court and implement its Veterans Intervention Strategy. Within the Deschutes County District Attorney’s Association, he served as treasurer/secretary in 2013–2014 and president in 2014–2015. Baxter’s own military service came after high school in Bend: he enlisted in the Marine Corps and worked as a helicopter crew chief. He later studied business management at the University of Houston, earning a BBA with summa cum laude honors in 2007. At the University of Denver’s Sturm College of Law, his activities included moot court and representing low-income clients in the Criminal Representation Clinic. He received his law degree in 2010. His employment outside law included a financial-advisor position with Morgan Stanley Smith Barney in 2011–2012. His private-practice history includes two periods under the Baxter Law name. A December 2024 career profile lists him as its founding attorney in 2015–2016, then as a founding partner of Baxter Harder LLC from 2016 to 2024. That profile dates his founding-attorney role at Baxter Law LLC to 2024.

Criminal Defense Law

109 NW Greenwood Ave suite 103, Bend, OR 97703, USA

Raun Atkinson grew up in Oregon, spending most of his time split between Redmond and Portland Oregon. After graduating from Grant High School in Portland, Raun enlisted in the United States Marine Corps. During his four years of active duty, Raun was stationed in Iwakuni Japan, Camp Pendleton California and spent one year with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit during which time the unit deployed to Iraq. Shortly after returning from Iraq, Raun was honorably discharged at the rank of Sergeant to pursue his education. Raun completed a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mathematics from University of Houston before attending and graduating from Willamette University College of Law. After passing the bar in 2014 Raun took a job as a prosecutor in Crook County Oregon where he remained until January of 2021.

Personal Injury Law

1558 SW Nancy Way, Suite 101, Bend, OR 97702

Tim Williams is our top trial attorney. Tim specializes in Oregon accident injury litigation. He has tried many cases including auto accident injuries, premises liability injuries, and semi-truck accident injuries.