Michael A. Yates
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Biography
With over thirty seven years experience, Michael Yates is recognized as one of Oregon’s preeminent family law attorney. He has been included in the annual editions of The Best Lawyers in America since 2003, and is consistently named as an "Oregon Super Lawyer", a recognition of the top 5% of practicing Oregon attorney, as determined by a rigorous peer review process. Michael was recently named in the 2020 Edition of Oregon Super Lawyers Top 10. Michael was also named the Best Lawyers' 2011 and 2016 Portland, OR Family Lawyer of the Year. The Lawyer of the Year award is an extremely prestigious honor named to only one lawyer per practice area within each metropolitan region, based on the highest peer ratings received. In 2016, Michael received the Oregon State Bar Family Law Section’s Professionalism Award.
Michael obtained his undergraduate degree summa cum laude from Kent State University, and graduated from The Ohio State University College of Law with honors in 1983. He is admitted to practice law in the state of Oregon. Michael is a member of the Multnomah, Washington County and Clackamas County Bar Associations.
Michael serves on the Board of Directors of the Oregon Academy of Family Law Practitioners, and was its 2003 Board president. He also is a fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, and is active in its Oregon Chapter, currently serving as Chapter Treasurer.
He maintains an AV® Preeminenttm rating from Martindale-Hubbell - the highest possible rating in both legal ability and ethical standards.
Areas of Practice
- Child Custody
- Child Support
- Divorce
- Dissolution and Domestic Partnerships
- Parenting Time
- Post Divorce Enforcement
- Post Divorce Modifications
- Postnuptial Agreements
- Premarital Agreements
- Separation Agreements
- Spousal Support
Bar Admissions
- Oregon, 1983
Education
- The Ohio State University College of Law, Columbus, Ohio
- J.D. - 1983
- Honors: With Honors, Order of the Coif
- Kent State University, Kent, Ohio
- B.A. - 1979
- Honors: Phi Beta Kappa
- Honors: Summa Cum Laude
- Major: German
- Major: Political Science
Honors and Awards
- The Best Lawyers in America, 2003 - Present
- Best Lawyers, Family Lawyer of the Year Portland, OR, 2011 and 2016
- Super Lawyers, 2006-2015
- American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Fellow
- Super Lawyers top 10, Selected 15 years
- 2016 Recipient Oregon State Bar Family Law Section – Professionalism Award
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Multnomah Bar Association, Young Lawyers Section, 1986 - 1991; President 1989
- Oregon State Bar, Family and Juvenile Law Section, Member 1984 - Present
- Oregon Academy of Family Law Practitioners, Board 1994 - Present; President, 2003
- Washington County Bar Association, Member
- Clackamas County Bar Association, Member
- Multnomah Bar Association, Member
- Oregon Academy of Family Law Practitioner’s - Board member 1990-Present
- Multnomah Bar Association Court Liaison Committee – 2019 to Present
Past Employment Positions
- Hon. R. William Riggs, Judge, Oregon Circuit Court, Law Clerk, 1983 to 1984
- Gevurtz, Menashe, Larson, Yates & Howe P.C., Former Shareholder, 1990 to 1998