Oregon Trial Lawyers Association
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Oregon Trial Lawyers Association at a glance
In short: Oregon Trial Lawyers Association reported $5K in grants paid in 2025 (a total; its filing lists no individual grants). Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Grants paid (2025)
- $4,500 — reported as a total on the IRS filing, without an itemized list
- Total assets
- $4,651,837
- +4.2% vs 2024
- Revenue (2025)
- $2,455,335
- -27.2% vs 2024
- Net investment income (2025)
- $76,437
- -14.3% vs 2024
- Expenses (2025)
- $2,392,780
- +40.2% vs 2024
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated October 2026.
Who Oregon Trial Lawyers Association funds
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2020 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $2K (2021) to $33K (2020). In 2025 it reported $5K in grants paid, as a total without an itemized list.
Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $4,651,837 | $2,455,335 | $2,392,780 | $4,500 | Total only | $76,437 |
| 2024 | $4,465,870 | $3,374,274 | $1,706,525 | — | — | $89,161 |
| 2023 | $2,484,523 | $1,910,657 | $1,710,256 | $7,394 | Total only | $29,242 |
| 2022 | $2,107,213 | $1,678,422 | $1,617,063 | $7,908 | Total only | $26,459 |
| 2021 | $1,863,833 | $1,472,014 | $1,317,194 | $2,100 | Total only | $-27,307 |
| 2020 | $1,567,577 | $1,844,787 | $1,301,816 | $33,000 | 3 | $89,181 |
"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
About Oregon Trial Lawyers Association
Based on IRS filings
Oregon Trial Lawyers Association is a public charity, based in Portland, OR. IRS filing data is available from 2020 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $4.7M in total assets. In 2025, it reported $5K in grants paid as a total on its IRS filing, without an itemized list. Net investment income was $76K.
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Oregon Trial Lawyers Association is led by Elizabeth Bernard, Executive Director on every filing since 2020; 1 of 34 officers listed in 2025 is compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Elizabeth Bernard
Executive Director
On filings since 2020
40 hrs/week
$309K (2020) → $350K (2025)
Brent Barton
President
Secretary-Treasurer → President-Elect, 2024
President-Elect → President, 2025
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Blair Townsend
Board Member
President → Immediate Past President, 2023
Immediate Past President → Board Member, 2024
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Erin Christison
Board Member
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jeremiah Ross
Board Member
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Lara Johnson
Board Member
President → Immediate Past President, 2022
Immediate Past President → Board Member, 2023
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Melissa Bobadilla
Immediate Past President
President-Elect → President, 2024
President → Immediate Past President, 2025
On filings since 2020
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Michael Wise
Board Member
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Nadia Dahab
Parliamentarian
Board Member → Parliamentarian, 2025
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Quinn Kuranz
Board Member
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Rob Beatty-Walters
President-Elect
Parliamentarian → Secretary-Treasurer, 2024
Secretary-Treasurer → President-Elect, 2025
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Rob Kline
Board Member
President → Immediate Past President, 2024
Immediate Past President → Board Member, 2025
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Ron Cheng
Secretary Treasurer
Board Member → Parliamentarian, 2024
Parliamentarian → Secretary Treasurer, 2025
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Talia Guerriero
Board Member
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Tim Williams
Board Member
President → Board Member, 2021
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Emily Johnson
Board Member
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ryan Jennings
Board Member
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ashley Rosenbaum-Depalo
Board Member
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Christopher Hill
Board Member
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jennifer Middleton
Board Member
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jovita Wang
Board Member
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Keith Dozier
Board Member
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mark Ginsberg
Board Member
On filings since 2023
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Mona Moghimian
Board Member
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ronald Elzinga
Board Member
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Thomas D'amore
Board Member
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Cody Berne
Board Member
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Lowell McKelvey
Board Member
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Shannon Conley
Board Member
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Chloe Thompson
Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Emmanuel Miller
Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jeremy Babener
Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Maria Witt
Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Paul Thompson
Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (21)
- Former: Arthur Towers (2020–2024) — Political Director
- Former: Derek Johnson (2020–2024) — Board Member
- Former: Kelly Andersen (2020–2024) — Board Member
- Former: Shenoa Payne (2020–2024) — Board Member
- Former: Sonya Fischer (2020–2024) — Board Member
- Former: Neil Jackson (2020–2023) — Board Member
- Former: Steven Berman (2020–2023) — Board Member
- Former: Nathan Sosa (2021–2023) — Board Member
- Former: Rhett Fraser (2022–2023) — Board Member
- Former: Apolinar Montero-Sanchez (2020–2022) — Board Member
- Former: Brian Dretke (2020–2022) — Board Member
- Former: Greg Zeuthen (2020–2022) — Board Member
- Former: Kathryn Clarke (2020–2022) — Board Member
- Former: Paul Loving (2020–2022) — Board Member
- Former: Ronn Elzinga (2020–2022) — Board Member
- Former: Thanh Tran (2020–2022) — Board Member
- Former: Tom D'amore (2020–2022) — Board Member
- Former: Diego Conde (2022) — Board Member
- Former: Erious Johnson (2020–2021) — Board Member
- Former: Robert Johnson (2020–2021) — Board Member
- Former: Christine Moore (2020) — Board Member
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $350K, to Elizabeth Bernard (Executive Director).
Frequently asked questions about Oregon Trial Lawyers Association
How much does Oregon Trial Lawyers Association give each year?
Oregon Trial Lawyers Association reported $5K in grants paid in 2025 on its 2025 IRS Form 990, as a total without an itemized list of grants.
How large is Oregon Trial Lawyers Association?
Oregon Trial Lawyers Association reported $4.7M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $2.5M.
Where does Oregon Trial Lawyers Association operate?
Oregon Trial Lawyers Association has awarded grants in Oregon.
What is Oregon Trial Lawyers Association's EIN?
Oregon Trial Lawyers Association's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 93-0605471. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.
Data last updated October 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(6)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 17, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 10, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 15, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 14, 2024)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 14, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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