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PortlandLawyer specializes in helping people who've suffered injuries through no fault of their own — through the negligent or irresponsible acts of others. The incidents involve automobiles, bicycles, other vehicles; accidents on someone else's property; and similar accidents or catastrophic events.

Professional Journey: Becoming a Portland Personal Injury Lawyer Smucker’s roots hold fast in the Midwest where he grew up in Elkhart, Indiana, the oldest of four brothers. He moved to Portland, Oregon, in 1973 to attend Reed College. Following graduation from Reed, Smucker worked as a trial assistant at the Metropolitan Public Defender’s office. The legal atmosphere was contagious and in 1978, he enrolled at the University of Oregon School of Law in Eugene. Smucker worked a variety of jobs to help pay his way through law school.

One year, he commuted to Portland in his 1966 TR4 to wait tables at the Old Spaghetti Factory. The next year, he earned a clerkship at the distinguished Portland law firm of Dunn Carney Allen Higgins & Tongue. In his third year of law school, he was selected to serve on the editorial board of the Oregon Law Review. In 1981, Smucker finished law school and passed the entrance exam for the Oregon State Bar, immediately accepting work as a trial attorney for Dunn Carney.