About the Lawyers
F.G. (Jamie) Troy II
Jamie grew up in Midlothian, Virginia, a suburb of Richmond, where he was surrounded by a loving family and friends. After graduating from William & Mary College with a major in Anthropology, he decided to attend law school. His career choice was influenced by the fact that his father was a very well established attorney in his home state. Jamie relocated to the west coast and graduated from Lewis & Clark Law School in 1995.
After an initial foray into general practice, Jamie joined the law firm of Tennyson & Winemiller in late 1997, where his practice focused on juvenile law, family law and criminal defense work. Jamie has spent the past decade representing parents, children, grandparents, and other parties in just about every aspect of juvenile court imaginable, including dependency, delinquency, and termination of parental rights cases.
Due to his experience, success, and wit, Jamie is frequently called upon to train other attorneys and caseworkers in various aspects of juvenile law, from basic trainings on the practice to highly specialized presentations on litigating shaken-baby cases. He also authored a chapter in the Oregon State Bar’s 2007 compendium, Juvenile Law.
Outside of juvenile court, Jamie’s practice focuses on family law cases; representing creditors in collections matters; and criminal defense. Adoptions, divorces, custody disputes, stalking and restraining orders, as well as third-party custody disputes comprise most of Jamie’s time in the family law arena, with dozens of trials and contested hearings litigated in the tri-county area. Jamie has experience working with collection agencies to obtain & enforce money judgments against debtors, including pursuing arbitration; alternative dispute resolution; and garnishments.
Having grown up with a handicapped brother, Jamie has great compassion for people going through difficult times or struggling to deal with their life situations. He brings empathy and patience to his practice and to his interactions with his clientele. Inside the courtroom, Jamie is a tenacious advocate for his clients, fighting to ensure their rights are recognized and honored.
Judith N. Rosenberg
Judith has lived in California, Pennsylvania, Arizona and Oregon. She spent seven years in Tucson before arriving in Portland in late 1996. She has lived in the Hawthorne district for the past ten years. She is admitted to practice in both Oregon and California.
Growing up in Berkeley in the 1960’s and 70’s, Judith was heavily influenced by her parents’ strong sense of social justice. Judith long aspired to a career in public service, and has been especially committed to the under-served populations in our community. She speaks fluent Spanish, and has traveled widely in Latin America.
Judith obtained a Master’s degree in Social Welfare simultaneously with her law degree. In that endeavor, in her many years of practice, and in her life experience, she has learned about the challenges of family relationships, the intersection of law and other disciplines, and the necessity to strive for collaborative dispute resolution. At the same time, Judith is a passionate and aggressive advocate for her clients when circumstances require.
Upon graduation from Boalt Hall Law School at the University of California, Berkeley in 1989, Judith spent two years as a federal court clerk, and seven years as an Assistant Federal Public Defender. This phase of Judith’s career provided her with invaluable training in litigation, research and writing. Wanting to broaden her experience beyond criminal defense, Judith joined the firm of Bertoni & Todd in 1999, and has spent the past ten years representing families as they confront the child welfare system in dependency and termination of parental rights cases, an extremely challenging and high stakes area of practice.
In recent years, Judith has transferred the skills she has acquired in juvenile court representation to related areas of practice including intervention motions on behalf of both related and unrelated caregivers; paternity actions; adoptions; custody disputes between unmarried parents; dissolutions; and restraining and stalking orders. She brings the same empathy and commitment to zealous representation for all her clients. Judith is known for her strong work ethic and her commitment to zealously representing the interest of her clients.
Robin L. Wolfe
Robin grew up outside of Detroit, Michigan, surrounded by a very close, loving family. It is that experience that drives her to give back. Robin has dedicated herself to representing children and parents. She has extensive experience in juvenile dependency and custody cases, domestic relations cases, paternity actions and adoptions. Robin graduated from Lewis & Clark Law School in 2002 and has spent the last six years immersing herself in Portland’s child welfare and family law system and the Portland community.
During law school, Robin worked for one of Detroit’s top-rated family law firms and trained at the Juvenile Rights Project. Robin was hired out of law school by Bertoni & Todd, and spent the next six years representing parents and children in the juvenile dependency system. She litigated hundreds of dependency and termination of parental rights cases, gained significant appellate practice and also handled domestic relations cases.
Robin prides herself on being a community lawyer – she knows it’s easier to talk to a ten year old boy if you shoot baskets with him, she listens to and learns from your stories, and she makes house calls. Robin is published in the area of children and the misuse of psychotropic medications. Robin contributes to the community in unique ways, including sponsoring less fortunate families during the holidays, taking photographs for families who cannot afford to photograph their children, and raising money on behalf of juvenile immigrants seeking their visas who cannot afford the costs associated with the application process.
Currently, Robin's areas of practice include representing parents and children in juvenile dependency and termination of parental rights cases; grandparents in juvenile dependency and custody cases; filing motions to intervene; handling appeals; litigating restraining orders and stalking orders; handling divorce and custody cases, including representing children in custody cases; handling paternity actions; and adoptions.