Richard E. "Dick" Forcum
141 NW Greenwood #101
Bend, OR 97701
Phone: (541)389-6964
Fax: (541)389-6969
 info@forcumlaw.com

I was born in Whitefish, Montana, attended public schools in Portland, Oregon, received my undergraduate degree from Willamette University in 1962 and my law degree from Willamette in 1964.

I had a short stint practicing law in Milwaukie, Oregon, and, then, worked for a title company for three years before re-entering the practice of law in Madras, Oregon in 1968. In 1969, I became the District Attorney for Jefferson County and stayed in that position for four years and, then, relocated to Bend, Oregon in July of 1973 where I resumed the private practice of law.

Along the way I’ve been involved in several professional organizations. I’ve held several offices in the Central Oregon Bar Association, including President; been Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Litigation Section of the Oregon State Bar Association and served on the Board of Directors of the Oregon Criminal Defense Lawyers Association. I am a Master in the J.R. Campbell Inns of Court and have served on the State of Oregon Indigent Defense Board, being appointed by then Chief Justice Edwin Peterson of the Oregon Supreme Court. Additionally, I helped organize a Central Oregon association of family law practitioners and another Central Oregon association of criminal law practitioners.

In the community, I served for many years on the "committee" for Central Oregon Young Life, served for six years on the Deschutes County Fair Association and served for several years on the Board of Directors of J Bar J Ranch, a juvenile facility.

In some ways, I am like your family practitioner medical doctor. My law practice is a general practice with emphasis on probate and estate planning, domestic relations law, criminal and juvenile law and general trial and appellate work. I also do elder law, construction law, real estate law and business law. In other areas, including personal injury work, I’ll do initial interviews and screening (most times without charging a fee) and, then refer the matter to the appropriate specialist in the field.

When I am in my office, I have a real interest in my clients and their lives, but out of the office my wife and I tend to associate with a few close friends and our relatives and enjoy being entertained by our grandchildren.

During the years I have practiced law, I have been very blessed to have great staff and good clients with which to work. At times, I have thought of curtailing the number of clients I take, but each time I have those thoughts, I remember how many interesting people with interesting legal issues that I might miss.

Sincerely,
Richard E "Dick" Forcum