Juvenile Dependency Attorney in Portland, Oregon

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so when I first passed the bar in 2007 I
worked for the Tennessee Department of
children’s services I worked in as
assistant general counsel for three
years and then I was promoted to a
supervising attorney in Nashville for
three years and then I moved into the
DCS central office and was a director of
Community Partnerships and special
advisor to a Deputy Commissioner in the
office of child safety so for about 10
years I worked for the department of
children’s services doing Child Welfare
Law and policy and then since that time
I’ve been retained and court appointed
to represent parents and children in
dependency cases in Tennessee I did it I
worked for my own law firm and I did
court appointed work in addition to
other family law cases when I moved to
Oregon I worked for a law firm that had
a Public Defense contract and so I did
court appointed representation of
children and adults and now I primarily
do family law and retained Juvenile and
DHS
cases

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Portland, OR family law attorney Matthew Muenzen talks about his experience in juvenile law. After passing the bar in 2007, he began his career with the Tennessee Department of Children’s Services, serving as assistant general counsel for three years before being promoted to supervising attorney in Nashville for an additional three years. He later moved to the DCS central office, where he served as Director of Community Partnerships and Special Advisor to a Deputy Commissioner in the Office of Child Safety. Over the course of approximately ten years, he worked extensively in child welfare law and policy.

Since then, he has been retained and court-appointed to represent parents and children in dependency cases throughout Tennessee, managing his own law firm while handling court-appointed work alongside other family law matters. After relocating to Oregon, he joined a law firm with a public defense contract, representing both children and adults in court-appointed cases. Currently, his practice focuses primarily on family law as well as retained and court-appointed juvenile and DHS cases.

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