Walter Fonseca | Youth Justice Project | Co-Director
Walter Fonseca has practiced law in Oregon since 2014. He first worked for the Oregon Law Center office in Ontario, where he learned the ropes of poverty law and civil litigation, including working with farmworkers, domestic abuse survivors, and tenants. He has spent his career focused on these areas of law inspired by the belief that there are many problems in our state that urgently need to be addressed. Walter then joined the Legal Aid Services of Oregon office in Roseburg, where he focused on landlord-tenant law. He most recently worked at OLC’s Grants Pass office, where he practiced landlord-tenant law and houseless rights.
Walter initially joined OJRC as Special Projects Counsel. His portfolio included a range of issues and special projects around the criminal legal system that allowed him to do a mix of direct client work (civil legal, clemency, administrative, parole, etc); impact work (appellate advocacy/amicus work); and policy work across jurisdictions. He has joined our Youth Justice Project as Co-Director as of 2023.
JD, Lewis & Clark Law School