Arthur D. Leritz

My friends (lovingly) rib me about having an overdeveloped sense of duty. It’s been with me since I was a kid. It’s what led me to join the Navy right out of school and later, to become an attorney. I’ve been practicing since 1999. Knowing I get to help people and serve my community is what gets me up in the morning (and keeps me up late plenty of nights too). I had hefty debt after graduating from UW and Willamette University College of Law, so I took the first job that came my way - as counsel for an insurance defense firm. After a while, I realized the only thing I was “helping” was the...