With the firm since 2018, Business Manager and Senior Legal Assistant, Ms. Leval, brings 30 years of non-profit and executive background to our FOIA work. A creative writer of poetry and fiction, she is shopping her first historical novel to literary agents. She holds a BA in International Studies and Cultural Anthropology from the University of Oregon and a Master’s in Adult Education and Agricultural Extension from Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. She resides in Eugene, Oregon, with her husband, Pete Sorenson, and their yellow Lab puppy, Goldie. Pastimes: spending time with family and friends, forest bathing, hiking, gardening, traveling, and sharing good food.