Crystal M. Lewis is a native Oregonian who attended Portland State University, graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and Accounting in 1999. After college, Ms. Lewis worked as an accountant at Willamette Industries in Portland, Oregon before attending Lewis and Clark Law School, where she earned her Juris Doctorate in 2004. At Lewis and Clark, Crystal participated in the Environmental Law Moot Court program and earned a Certificate in Environmental Law. During law school, she worked for the Legal Resource Group in Sherwood, Oregon, litigating First Amendment Commercial Speech issues, and at Pacific Environmental Advocacy Clinic, litigating environmental issues.
Ms. Lewis's practice areas are severance/separation agreement reviews, unemployment denial appeals, bankruptcy, homeowners' association law, family law, estate planning, real estate, and construction defect cases.
LEGAL ASSISTANT TO CRYSTAL LEWIS
Cindy Hutchinson has been a legal assistant with Beaty Hatch PC since 2006. Prior to that she worked as a legal assistant in Longview, Washington while attending Lower Laurel Columbia College. Ms. Hutchinson assists with real estate, probate and estate planning, guardianships, collections, business law, tax law, bankruptcy, family law, and landlord/tenant matters.
AREAS OF PRACTICE
- Estate planning & probate
- Bankruptcy law
- Business & tax law
- Real estate law
- Homeowners' association law
- Construction defect defense
LITIGATION PERCENTAGE
- 50% of practice devoted to litigation
BAR ADMISSIONS
- Washington, 2011
- Oregon, 2004
- U.S. District Court District of Oregon
- U.S. District Court Western District of Washington
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court Oregon
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court Western District of Washington
- United States Tax Court
EDUCATION
- Lewis and Clark College Northwestern School of Law, Portland, Oregon
- Juris Doctorate - May 2004
- Portland State University
- Bachelor of Science - 1999
- Major: Business Administration - Accounting
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS & MEMBERSHIPS
- Clark County Bar Association
- Greater Vancouver Chamber of Commerce
- Washington Bar Sections Elder Law & Probate
- George and Donald Simpson Inns of Court
PRO BONO ACTIVITIES
- Oregon Condominium Association Institute, Education Committee Member and Past Chair
- Oregon Washington Community Association Managers, EXPO Planning Committee Member
- Past Board Member 2013-2018 for Community Housing Resource Center
