Justin M. Baxter

Justin Baxter's practice focuses on consumer litigation with an emphasis on credit reporting and unlawful debt collection cases. He is the past chair of the OSB Consumer Law Section. He is a member of the National Association of Consumer Advocates and the Oregon Trial Lawyers Association.

He has been a member of the Oregon State Bar since 1999, and a member of the Washington State Bar Association since 2007. He received his J.D. from the Northwestern School of Law of Lewis & Clark College, where he was a member of the Journal of Small and Emerging Business Law.

In 2007, he obtained a $200,000 verdict against Equifax for violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act.*

In 2009, he received the prestigious Martindale-Hubbell AV Peer Review Rating ® for legal skill and ethics.

Court Admissions

United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

United States District Court for the District of Oregon
United States District Court for the Western District of Washington

United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Oregon
United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Washington

United States Tax Court

Oregon Supreme Court
Oregon Court of Appeals
Oregon Circuit Courts

Washington Supreme Court
Washington Court of Appeals
Washington Superior Courts
Washington District Courts

Publications

Fair Credit Reporting Act, Consumer Law in Oregon (Oregon State Bar Continuing Legal Education, 2005)

Oregon's Lemon Law, Trial Lawyer Magazine, April 2003

Cause of Action for Credit Reporting Agency's Reporting Inaccurate or Incomplete Credit Information, 18 Causes of Action (Second) 1 (West Group, 2002)

Lectures

Fair Credit Reporting Act, Gonzaga University, September 2009

Advanced Third Party Discovery in FCRA Cases, National Consumer Law Center, May 2009

Third Party Discovery in FCRA Cases, National Consumer Law Center, October 2008

Settlements and the Fair Credit Reporting Act: How Can a Settlement Affect a Debtor’s Consumer Credit Report, Oregon Legal Institute, March 2007

Primer on Consumer Protection Laws, OSB Oregon New Lawyers Division/Young Lawyers Section, Multomah Bar Ass'n, OSB Pro Bono Committee, Legal Aid Services of Oregon, April 2006

Overview of Consumer Protection Laws, OSB Consumer Law Section, November 2003

Oregon Unlawful Trade Practices Act, OSB Antitrust & Trade Section, July 2003

Primer on Consumer Law, Oregon Legal Institute, May 2001

Appearances

Credit Reports, Oregon State Bar Legal Links, December 2009
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Fair Debt Collection Practices, Oregon State Bar Legal Links, December 2009
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Facebait, KOIN 6 News, May 2009
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Curbing the Debt Collector, Portland Business Journal, October 2007
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Identity Theft, Oregon State Bar Legal Links, June 2005
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*Verdicts not intended to be representative.