Matthew McHenry

Mr. McHenry graduated cum laude from the University of Michigan in 1997 with a Bachelors degree in Business Administration. In 2004, he graduated second in his class, magna cum laude, from Lewis and Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon, where his studies concentrated heavily on criminal defense. While in law school, Mr. McHenry was a law review associate editor, and worked as a research clerk for the Federal Public Defender office in Portland, Oregon. Mr. McHenry first joined the Law Office of Michael Levine (now Levine & McHenry LLC) as an associate attorney in 2004. In 2006, he left private practice to work as a staff attorney in the Portland office of Metropolitan Public Defenders, Inc. While there, Mr. McHenry defended hundreds of individuals charged by the State of Oregon with both misdemeanor and felony crimes. Mr. McHenry returned to private practice with Mr. Levine in August of 2007, and they formed a partnership, Levine & McHenry LLC, in 2010. Mr. McHenry continues to focus his practice on all aspects of criminal defense. Mr. McHenry has been a featured speaker at the Annual Conference of the Oregon Criminal Defense Lawyers Association on multiple occasions, and is the author of a chapter in Major Crimes and Defenses, a publication of the Oregon Criminal Defense Lawyers Association. He is a member of the Oregon State Bar and is admitted to practice in the Federal District Court for the District of Oregon as well as the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. He is also a member of the Criminal Justice Act Panel, a group of attorneys in private practice that have been selected by the Oregon Federal District Court as qualified to handle federal indigent criminal defense cases. He has been named as an Oregon Super Lawyer every year since 2022. Awards and Honors Super Lawyers® Selectees Matthew McHenry included in a Super Lawyers® list Honors Oregon Super Lawyers Rising Star 2012 to 2015 Avvo Client's Choice Award Avvo 10.0 Superb Rating (Criminal Defense) Recipient of 2018 Oregon Criminal Defense Lawyers Association President’s Award Oregon Super Lawyer in 2022, 2023, and 2024 Other Sources of Feedback About Matthew McHenry Included on the 2026Oregon Super Lawyers list Past Lists 2025 Oregon Super Lawyers list 2024 Oregon Super Lawyers list 2023 Oregon Super Lawyers list 2022 Oregon Super Lawyers list 2015 Oregon Super Lawyers list 2014 Oregon Super Lawyers list 2013 Oregon Super Lawyers list 2012 Oregon Super Lawyers list

• Featured Speaker, on multiple occasions at the OCDLA Annual Conference

• Oregon
• U.S. District Court District of Oregon
• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit

• Criminal Justice Act Panel (Member)
• Oregon Criminal Defense Lawyers Association (OCDLA) (Member)
• OCDLA Education Committee (Member)