Julie A. Smith

Julie is an appellate attorney who also specializes in drafting and arguing complex motions, in preparing trial documents (e.g., trial memoranda, jury instructions, verdict forms), and in providing counsel to trial lawyers on litigation and appeal-related strategy issues. Before joining Cosgrave, she served as an Assistant Attorney General in the Trial and Appellate Divisions of the Oregon Department of Justice, where she earned the department's outstanding achievement award for her work on the Ninth Circuit brief in Engquist v. Oregon Department of Agriculture, a case that eventually went all the way up to the United States Supreme Court. Prior to that, she clerked for the Honorable Virginia Linder of the Oregon Court of Appeals. Awards and Honors Super Lawyers® Selectees Julie A. Smith included in a Super Lawyers® list Honors The Best Lawyers in America, Appellate Practice, 2021 - 2024 "Rising Star" in the Oregon publication of Super Lawyers, 2008 - 2012 Outstanding Achievement Award, Oregon Department of Justice Other Sources of Feedback About Julie A. Smith Included on the 2012Oregon Super Lawyers list Past Lists 2011 Oregon Super Lawyers list 2010 Oregon Super Lawyers list 2009 Oregon Super Lawyers list 2008 Oregon Super Lawyers list

• Partner

• Oregon Department of Justice, Trial and Appellate Divisions, Assistant Attorney General
• Honorable Virginia Linder, Oregon Court of Appeals, Law Clerk

• Appeals – What New Practitioners Should Know, Oregon State Bar Fundamentals of Oregon Civil Trial Procedure Seminar, 2023
• The Remedy Clause post-Busch – Where Do We Go From Here?, Oregon Association of Defense Counsel Webinar, 2020
• MERS: Oregon and New York Cases, Mortgage Bankers Association, Litigation Working Group, Teleconference,, 2011 - Present
• New Oregon Unlawful Trade Practices Act - Impacting All Mortgage Lending, Oregon Mortgage Lenders Association Power Breakfast,, 2010 - Present
• Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure and Ninth Circuit Rules Changes, National Association of Legal Secretaries, Portland, 2010 - Present
• Recent Cases of Interest - A Local Perspective, Oregon Collectors Association, 2010 - Present
• Electronic Discovery & Document Retention, Oregon Collectors Association Convention, 2009 - Present
• The Verdict, Oregon Association of Defense Counsel (OADC), Editor

• He also has served on the Board of Directors of the USC Alumni Club of Portland.

• Oregon, 1998
• U.S. District Court District of Oregon, 2000
• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 2002

• Mortgage Bankers Association
• Oregon Collectors Association
• Federal Bar Association
• Oregon Association of Defense Counsel (Member)
• Oregon Women Lawyers (Member)
• Oregon State Bar’s Appellate Practice Section, Executive Committee (Member)
• Multnomah Bar Association (Member)
• Uniform Civil Jury Instructions Committee, 2011 - 2013