Background
Elizabeth Savage is an Oregon native. Her practice areas include appellate work, products liability, personal injury, and family law. Before becoming a lawyer, she was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Cameroon, where she focused on AIDS education programs and women’s health and empowerment. Ms. Savage also worked as a high school English teacher in the Mississippi Delta and New Orleans, where she taught 9th-12th grade literature, as well as AP language and composition. While in law school, Elizabeth served as a law clerk for the Oregon Department of Justice, a judicial extern for the Oregon Supreme Court, and an Articles Editor for the Lewis & Clark Law Review.
Admitted to Practice
- Admitted to the Oregon State Bar: 2014
- Admitted to the US District Courts for the District of Oregon: 2014
- Admitted to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals: 2015
Professional & Community Activities
- Oregon Trial Lawyers Association, member
- Oregon Trial Lawyers Association Amicus Committee, co-chair
- Multnomah Bar Association, member
- Oregon Women Lawyers, member
- Oregon State Bar, member (family law section, litigation section, appellate section)
- Oregon State Bar, House of Delegates, Member, Region 5 (2019-2022)
- Children’s Representation Project, pro bono attorney (2017-present)
- Lewis & Clark Law School Mentorship Program, mentor (2019-present)
- ACCESS PTA, Vice President
Education
- Lewis & Clark Law School, Juris Doctor degree, cum laude
- University of Mississippi, Masters of Arts degree, curriculum and instruction
- Wesleyan University, Bachelor of Arts degree, English literature
Awards
- Super Lawyers Rising Star (2019, 2020, 2021)
- Rising Star Award, Lewis & Clark Law School (2019)
- Outstanding Mentor Award, Lewis & Clark Law School (2020)