Walter Fonseca | Special Projects Counsel
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 is our Special Projects Counsel. His portfolio has included a range of issues and special projects around the criminal legal system that have 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.
JD, Lewis & Clark Law School