Bryan Donahue

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Bryan grew up in the Willamette Valley–in and around Salem, Oregon. As a child, he visited Bend regularly and like any outdoor loving kid, begged his parents to move to Central Oregon. They didn’t. During college, Bryan earned an athletic scholarship competing as a collegiate track and field athlete. Ultimately, obtaining his undergraduate degree from University of Oregon, he graduated Magna Cum Laude with Departmental Honors. Following undergrad, Bryan was accepted to the University of Washington School of Law. However, his path led him to Portland where Bryan later obtained his law degree from Lewis & Clark Law School.

In his 1L law school year, Bryan was honored with the “Best Appellate Brief” award. The following year, he served as President of the Student Trial Lawyers Association and was selected to the prestigious Environmental Law Review, one of the top law reviews in the Nation. In his 3L year, Bryan served as Managing Editor for the Journal’s online publication. Bryan began representing clients in the courtroom and in trial before he graduated law school–and he hasn’t slowed down since. He has practiced everything from civil litigation (both plaintiff and defense side), family law, criminal and DUII defense, and estate planning. Ultimately, after gaining invaluable experience at a law firm in Vancouver, Washington, and a prestigious civil litigation firm in Downtown Portland, Bryan realized his dream by moving to Bend and establishing the Donahue Law Firm’s first office location.

Since establishing the Firm’s first office in Bend, Oregon, the Firm has grown, now with two Bend locations and an office in Medford. Additionally, the firm handles select matters in Washington State, primarily in Clark, King, and Spokane Counties. Bryan has been honored with a number of professional achievements and honors, including trial successes few would have imagined possible. As a DUII specialist in the State of Oregon, Bryan has spoken at multiple DUII conferences. As a speaker, he teaches lawyers how to win complex DUII trials, exposing the junk science used by Drug Recognition Evaluators (DREs), and educating attorneys about the inaccuracy of the breath testing equipment including the Intoxilyzer 8000 and the numerous alcohol testing devices utilizing infrared or fuel cell technology, as well as the disingenuous approaches used by the State and prosecutors in supposed controlled substance DUIIs.