Jaimie A. Fender
Associate Attorney
Jaimie A. Fender is an associate attorney at Black Helterline LLP who has represented clients in complex litigation matters since 2012. Her practice focuses on commercial litigation, construction and construction defect disputes, real estate and land use matters, creditor and bankruptcy litigation, and trust and estate disputes. She represents businesses, financial institutions, insurers, property owners, contractors, homeowners’ associations, and individuals in a wide range of civil litigation matters. Many of her cases involve complex interpersonal dynamics and high-conflict circumstances. Clients value her strategic, detail-oriented approach and practical focus on achieving favorable outcomes.
Personal
Originally from Eugene, Oregon, Jaimie worked in Paris and London before beginning her legal career and is a non-practicing English barrister. Outside of work, she enjoys spending time with her two sons, her attorney husband, her rescued French Bulldogs, and the many friends and family members who keep life interesting.
- Represents businesses and individuals in complex commercial litigation involving contract disputes, business torts, partnership disputes, and collection matters.
- Represents owners, contractors, developers, design professionals, and insurers in construction defect, negligence, contract, and other construction-related disputes.
- Represents property owners, developers, homeowners’ associations, and community associations in real estate, covenant enforcement, easement, boundary, and land use disputes.
- Advises lenders, creditors, trustees, and judgment holders in collection actions, foreclosure proceedings, bankruptcy litigation, and post-judgment enforcement matters.
- Handles trust and estate disputes involving trust administration, fiduciary duties, beneficiary rights, and contested probate issues.
- Represents clients across a broad range of industries, including construction, real estate development, financial services, insurance, community associations, and closely held businesses.
- Multnomah Bar Association
- Oregon Women Lawyers
- The Bar Council of England and Wales (non-active member)
- The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple (one of the four Inns of Court)
- Former Chair, Women in Law Affinity Group, Oregon Association of Defense Counsel
- Former Chair, Military & Veterans Law Section, Oregon State Bar
- Former Co-Chair, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Ambassadors Sub-Committee, Multnomah Bar Association
- Former Member, Oregon Attorney General’s Advisory Committee for the Oregon Foreclosure Avoidance Program
- Former Executive Committee Member, Oregon State Bar New Lawyers Division
- Best Lawyers® – Commercial Litigation (2024, 2025, 2026)
- OSB Individual at a Firm Pro Bono Challenge Award Recipient (2023)
- Best Lawyers® “Ones to Watch” – Construction Law, Construction Litigation, and Insurance Law (2022, 2023)
- Oregon Veterans Landscape: Protecting Veterans’ Rights, Lewis & Clark Law School (2025)
- Representing Veterans: Everything You Didn’t Know You Need to Know, Multnomah Bar Association CLE (2024)
- Representing Veterans: Everything You Didn’t Know You Need to Know, Oregon State Bar CLE (2023)
- Oregon Association of Defense Counsel Summer Convention, CLE Presenter, Construction Mediation: Tips, Tricks, and Trends (2022)
- How It Started, How It’s Going: The Steady March of Gender Equality, published in The Verdict, Oregon Association of Defense Counsel (2021)
- Former Executive Committee Member, Metropolitan Mayors’ Consortium
- Former Mayor, City of King City
- Former Member, Washington County Coordinating Committee
- Policy Advisory Board Member, Washington County Community Development Block Grant Program
- Founder and former President and Board Member, the King City Community Foundation
- Emerge Oregon, Class of 2021