Victim Advocates & Partners

Wu, Grohovsky & Whipple PLLC Sponsor Spotlight Wu, Grohovsky & Whipple represents victims of crime in criminal and civil cases and in the college disciplinary system. Firm founders Shan Wu and Julie Grohovsky are former sex offense prosecutors who leverage...

Sponsor Spotlight This month, NCVLI is happy to spotlight two of our Gold Level sponsors for the 2018 Crime Victim Law Conference! Arnold & Porter is a firm of nearly 1,000 lawyers, providing sophisticated litigation and transactional capabilities, renowned...

Sarah Fine Student Sarah Fine is a 3L at Lewis & Clark Law School. She began volunteering at NCVLI as a 1L and took the Victims’ Rights Litigation Clinic in her last semester of law school. Read on to learn more about Sarah in her own words. What has been most...

Susanne Falenczykowski Project Coordinator Susanne Falenczykowski joined NCVLI in February 2018 as an Administrative Assistant. View Susanne’s bio on our Staff Page or read on to learn more about Susanne in her own words. What 1 thing has surprised you or have you...

Margaret Schimming Administrative Assistant Margaret Schimming joined NCVLI in January of 2018 as an Administrative Assistant. What one thing has surprised you or have you learned about victims’ rights since you started at NCVLI?When I was researching and learning...

Oregon Department of Justice Sponsor The mission of the Crime Victim and Survivor Services Division (CVSSD) is to reduce the impact of crime on the lives of victims and survivors.  CVSSD provides financial assistance to victims and survivors, supports statewide victim...

Bobbie Soto Intern Bobbie Soto is a Criminology major at Portland State University who interned at NCVLI in the Fall of 2017. Read on to learn more about her. What did you know about victims’ rights before working at NCVLI?Before working at NCVLI I knew very little...

Katie Bucko Administrative Assistant Katie Bucko joined NCVLI in December of 2017 as an Administrative Assistant. What one thing has surprised you about victims’ rights since you started with NCVLI?I was surprised to learn what a relatively new field victim law is,...

William McMillen Staff Attorney William McMillen joined NCVLI in 2017 as a Staff Attorney. What one thing has surprised you about victims’ rights since you started with NCVLI?I was surprised to learn that through the nineteenth century in the United States a crime...

Meg Garvin Executive Director Meg Garvin joined NCVLI in 2003 as a Staff Attorney and became Executive Director in 2008. Click here to Meg’s bio or read on to learn more about Meg in her own words. When someone asks you why victims’ rights are important, what do you...

Josh Lamborn Attorney Josh Lamborn graduated from Lewis & Clark Law School in 1997. He worked as a Multnomah County Prosecutor for 12 years prosecuting crimes ranging from rape to robbery to aggravated murder. From 2007 to 2009 Mr. Lamborn was also an instructor...

Bernette Jenkins-Pleas Administrative Assistant Bernette Jenkins-Pleas joined NCVLI in 2016 as an Administrative Assistant. What one thing has surprised you or have you learned about victims’ rights since you started your board service?The victims’ rights movement was...