Brian Dretke
Pendleton, OR
Licensed for 28 years
Law Degree
Awards
Primary Practice Area
Litigation
Language
English
About
I have been practicing law in Eastern Oregon since 1993. Prior to beginning my legal carreer, I worked as a police officer with the Tulsa, Oklahoma Police Department, I attended the University of Tulsa Law School while working in the department's Special Investigations Unit. I moved my family from Oklahoma to Eastern Oregon when I graduated from law school. My first job was as an assistant district attorney with the Union County DA's Office. I gained valuable trial experience, trying cases to juries in everything from sexual abuse to attempted aggravated murder. In 1997 I began working in private practice; first with Mautz Baum & O'Hanlon, and then as a sole practitioner. In 2000 Gene Hallman and I formed the partnership of Hallman & Dretke. Ours firm's practice is exclusively in litigation. In the past few years I have developed a practice that focuses on nursing home abuse. I find that taking on the corporations that own nursing homes and too often put profits before people is a rewarding experience. Our firm has also litigated against some of the most powerful corporations around: Ford Motor Company, Wal-Mart, and UPRR to name a few. My wife, Khuelien ("Lien"), is a family nurse practitioner with the Grande Ronde Internal Medicine Clinic in La Grande. We have been married for 29 years. Together we have raised two children, Rachael - who is soon to obtain her Masters degree and follow in her mother's footsteps as a nurse practitioner, and Tyler - who will graduate from Oregon State University in Fall 2010 with a degree in geology. Lien and I both stay physically active. She runs consistently and has completed full and half-marathons. I compete in Iron-distance triathlons. When we are not training or working, we dote on our grandson, Ethan.
Practices Areas
Litigation
Personal Injury
Language
English
Contact
Hallman & Dretke104 SE 5th StreetPendleton, OR, 97801-2310104 SE 5th StreetPendleton, OR, 97801-2310
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Brian Dretke handled my personal injury case in 2017. By trashing me in his Settlement Brief he set me up for a verbal assault by the court-appointed settlement judge, Ron Grensky, and then Dretke pretended to be innocent. He claimed that he worked hard for a $25,000 settlement that would net me $-0-. When confronted he withdrew representation. We parted ways and my case later settled for much more than $25,000.
Brian Dretke handled my personal injury case in 2017. By trashing me in his Settlement Brief he set me up for a verbal assault by the court-appointed settlement judge, Ron Grensky, and then Dretke pretended to be innocent. He claimed that he worked hard for a $25,000 settlement that would net me $-0-. When confronted he withdrew representation. We parted ways and my case later settled for much more than $25,000.
Brian Dretke handled my personal injury case in 2017. By trashing me in his Settlement Brief he set me up for a verbal assault by the court-appointed settlement judge, Ron Grensky, and then Dretke pretended to be innocent. He claimed that he worked hard for a $25,000 settlement that would net me $-0-. When confronted he withdrew representation. We parted ways and my case later settled for much more than $25,000.