Adele is a trial lawyer focusing on complex commercial litigation, construction, design real estate, and insurance-related disputes. She also advises educational institutions regarding Title IX, including Title IX analysis regarding school facilities and new construction.
Adele is the Immediate Past President of Oregon Women Lawyers (OWLS) and is a member of the Multnomah, Washington, and Clackamas County bar associations. In 2018, she became a volunteer pro tem judge for Washington County, presiding over the FED (landlord/tenant), small claims, and at times civil motions dockets. She also serves as an arbitrator for court-annexed mandatory arbitrations in Multnomah and Washington Counties in Oregon.
Adele has been selected to the Oregon Super Lawyers list since 2013. Since 2021, she has been named by Oregon Super Lawyers as one of the Top 25 Women Lawyers in Oregon, and in 2022 and 2023, she was honored as one of the Top 50 attorneys overall in the State of Oregon. She has also been listed in The Best Lawyers in America for Litigation—Construction since 2018.
Memberships, Affiliations & Honors
- Recipient, Award of Merit, Multnomah Bar Association, 2023
- Immediate Past President, Oregon Women Lawyers, 2023, 2024
- Top 50 Attorneys in Oregon, SuperLawyers, 2022, 2023; Top 25, Oregon Women Lawyers, Super Lawyers, 2021 – present
- Top Construction Litigation Attorneys, Super Lawyers, 2013 – present
- Best Lawyer, Best Lawyers in America®, 2018 – present
- Graduate, Markowitz Herbold Women’s Trial Academy, 2016
- Oregon Super Lawyers “Rising Stars” list, 2012
- Young Lawyer of the Year by the Construction Defect & Dispute Conference Northwest Region, 2015
- Runner-Up, Portland Business Journal’s “Forty Under 40”, 2015
- Selected as “Top 40 Under 40 Litigation Lawyers” by the American Society of Legal Advocates, 2014, 2015
- Recipient, 2014 Outstanding Young Alumnus Award, University of Oregon School of Law
- Member, Oregon Asian Pacific American Bar Association (OAPABA)
- Member, Oregon Minority Lawyers Association (OMLA)
- Member, Oregon Trial Lawyers Association (OTLA)
- Member, Oregon Filipino American Lawyers Association (OFALA)
Admitted to Practice
- Oregon
- Idaho
- Utah
- Washington
Education
- University of Oregon School of Law — J.D., Managing Editor, Oregon Review of International Law, 2004
- Gonzaga University — B.A., Political Science, 2001, cum laude
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