Craig C. Michael “Mike” Arnold, Arnold Law Office, Eugene, Oregon

 

C Michael Arnold
Bar Number 011873
mike@arnoldlawfirm.com

http://www.arnoldlawfirm.com/index.html

http://oregonlawyer.blogspot.com/

Address:
400 Hult Plaza:
401 E.10th Ave., Ste. 400,
Eugene, Oregon, 97401
Phone: 541 338 9111

C. Michael Arnold grew up in Parkville, Missouri, and moved to Oregon in 1998 for law school.  He and his wife, Jacy Arnold, chose Eugene, Oregon, due to its proximity to the natural beauty that the state of Oregon has to offer.  While at the University of Oregon School of Law, Michael and Jacy became avid hikers and backpackers. They spent a lot of time backpacking the wilderness area northeast of Sweet Home, Oregon.  They particular enjoyed trout fishing on Oregon’s Donaca Lake after a long old-growth forest hike, after traversing creeks and the river swollen from spring snowmelt.  They also enjoyed spending time up Oregon’s Highway 242, backpacking up to Linton Lake, through the lava fields, to pan fry some fresh-caught lake trout.

However, as time progressed, Michael Arnold replaced backpacking in the basic necessities with whitewater rafting, which allows luxury meals to accompany wilderness dining.  Eugene attorney Michael Arnold enjoys rafting because it allows you to get deep into Oregon and Pacific Northwest wilderness areas quickly and with lots of supplies.  Being located in Eugene, Oregon, Michael Arnold can use this central location as a jump-off point to access their favorite Oregon rivers, such as North Fork of the Middle Fork Willamette River’s gorge as well as heading south to the Rogue.  Michael Arnold also enjoys going over the Oregon border with California to the Smith River Watershed, just across from the Oregon Illinois River watershed.

Michael Arnold Attorney, Mike Arnold Oregon

Oregon attorney Michael Arnold has a trial practice focusing on complex litigation.  He enjoys simplifying complex facts and issues through expert testimony and animated exhibits to give Oregon juries a complete picture of the truth about what happened.

Mike Arnold tends to practice law as an Oregon attorney similarly to how he rafts in Oregon and Pacific Northwest whitewater.  For instance, when running a 30-foot waterfall or negotiating a Class V rapid, heart, guts, and desire only get you so far.  Planning and preparation are everything. Choosing the perfect line down a rapid that could result in lost or damaged gear, injury or death, means you must collect data and then plan for every paddle stroke. This includes watching video of the river, talking to other Oregon rafters and kayakers, reading trip reports by others, and scouting the rapid before running it, as conditions change depending on wood and water flow.

However, once you are on the river, plans do change.  As an Oregon attorney, Michael Arnold recognizes this fact very well in the courtroom.  To paraphrase German Field Marshall von Moltke the Elder: No battle plan survives contact with the enemy. Once you are the river, timing changes; conditions change; life and death decisions have to be made.  But this doesn’t mean you don’t plan for every contingency.  Mike Arnold handles Oregon trials the same way.  Plan for everything but expect anything.