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.