Watkinson Laird Rubenstein PC

03/28/2025

🏆 We’re honored to be recognized as a 2025 Best Place for Working Parents®! At Watkinson Laird Rubenstein, we’ve always believed that being great attorneys starts with being great humans. Supporting working parents and fostering a family-friendly culture is just one way we strive to live out that belief every day. 💙

https://www.wlrlaw.com/wlr-news/watkinson-laird-rubenstein-recognized-as-a-2025-best-place-for-working-parents

03/19/2025

🏆 Three years in a row! We’re honored to be named one of Oregon Business magazine’s 100 Best Companies to Work For in Oregon—again! 🎉

This recognition is especially meaningful because it’s based on employee feedback. A huge thank you to our incredible team for making WLR such a fantastic place to work! 💙

Check out the full list in the March issue of Oregon Business magazine. 📖

Watkinson Laird Rubenstein (WLR) is honored to be named one of the 100 Best Companies to Work For in Oregon by Oregon Business magazine—marking our third consecutive year on this prestigious list!

04/02/2024

We've always believed that WLR is a fantastic place to work, and now it's official (again)! Oregon Business magazine has once again recognized us as One of the 100 Best Companies to work for in Oregon.

We are thrilled to announce that Watkinson Laird Rubenstein has once again been named One of the 100 Best Companies to work for in Oregon by Oregon Business magazine.

02/09/2024

WLR is happy to announce that Marcus Brown became a shareholder of the firm in January. Marcus joined WLR as a senior-level attorney in 2023. Marcus’s practice will continue to focus on real estate law, business law, and related litigation. He is licensed in Oregon, California, and Washington State.

Marcus represents and advises clients in real estate and business matters and related litigation. His practice covers Oregon, California, and Washington. Marcus is an experienced litigator, having handled hundreds of cases in state and federal court, and is also a skilled transactional lawyer, with....

09/12/2023

The 2023 Community Choice Award for Best Law Firm is Watkinson Laird Rubenstein. Our 2nd year in a row! Thank you again to our clients and friends of the firm for recognizing and supporting WLR. Being a part of the Eugene area community fills us with immense pride as we continue our commitment to offering outstanding legal services.

We offer our clients a team of attorneys who are knowledgeable and experienced in their respective practices. Specializing in Business Law, Trust and Estate Administration and Health Law.

05/03/2023

We're proud to announce that our very own Jaclyn Rudebeck will be leading a workshop series with Technology Association of Oregon on Strategic Planning for People Operations. For more details and to register for the two-part event: https://web.cvent.com/event/e099c0eb-ee6e-49b5-91f1-082652c98db9/summary

03/10/2023

We are excited to welcome Marcus Brown to Watkinson Laird Rubenstein.

Brown represents and advises clients in real estate, business matters and related litigation. He has handled hundreds of cases in state and federal court. He is also a skilled transactional lawyer focusing on real estate transactions such as purchase-sale, financing, and leasing of commercial properties. Brown’s clients have included national banks, mortgage loan servicers, private lenders, commercial landlords, colleges, contractors, restaurant franchises, real estate brokers, property managers, building materials suppliers, and real estate investors, among other organizations and individuals.

He has practiced law in Seattle and the San Francisco Bay area for 15 years but is a Lane County native, having grown up in Junction City, the fourth generation of his family to live in the Willamette Valley. In addition to his career, he enjoys writing and performing country/Americana music, staying active in the outdoors, and raising his children.

We are excited to welcome Marcus Brown to Watkinson Laird Rubenstein.

03/03/2023

We’ve often thought, (to ourselves, of course) that WLR is a great place to work. But now it’s official… Oregon Business magazine says we are One of the 100 Best companies to work for in Oregon. See the full list at oregonbusiness.com.

08/31/2022

The Register-Guard announced that Watkinson Laird Rubenstein has been named as the Readers' Choice Best Law Firm. Thank you to our clients and supporters for recognizing WLR. We are proud to be a part of this community and look forward to continuing to provide legal services to Lane County.

We offer our clients a team of attorneys who are knowledgeable and experienced in their respective practices. Specializing in Business Law, Trust and Estate Administration and Health Law.

07/06/2022

We are pleased to welcome Samantha Robell to Watkinson Laird Rubenstein. Robell received her J.D. from Willamette College of Law and her B.A. from Portland State University. Her primary areas of practice are probate and trust administration, guardianships and conservatorships, helping families with special needs, and the overall process of guiding families after a loved one has passed away.

Outside of work, Samantha spends her free time with her significant other and their dogs in the outskirts of Oregon. She also enjoys painting and cooking.

She can be reached at [email protected].

Samantha’s primary areas of practice are probate, trust administration, guardianships and conservatorships, helping families with special needs, and guiding families through next steps after a loved one has passed away.

05/31/2022

We are happy to announce that Connor King has joined Watkinson Laird Rubenstein. He is a graduate of the University of Oregon School of Law. While he was in law school, King clerked for WLR, but after graduation was wooed away to Portland where he practiced in a litigation firm. We are so pleased he has returned to Eugene and to WLR. King represents both plaintiffs and defendants at all stages of litigation, from pre-suit to resolution. His practice currently includes lawsuits concerning breach of contract, property disputes, and trust and estate disputes.

Outside of work, Connor enjoys reading, playing tennis, spending time with his wife and three daughters, and getting out to the Oregon coast as often as possible.

He can be reached at [email protected].

After Connor graduated from the University of Oregon School of Law, he began his career litigating in Portland where he gained experience handling a variety of cases concerning everything from construction defect, product liability, and copyrights to personal injury, premises liability, and wrongful...

05/21/2022

We are honored to have been nominated as one of the area's best law firms! While you're casting votes for your favorite local businesses, please consider voting for WLR in the Services category. Voting is open until May 31. We appreciate your support!

https://registerguard.gannettcontests.com/2022-Readers-Choice/