Spencer Aldrich

Background

Background: Born and raised in Columbus, Ohio, Spencer earned his B.A. from Miami University before moving west. Before law school, he spent a year loading trucks and managing freight in a warehouse, then attended Chapman University School of Law in Southern California, where he studied animal law, bankruptcy, and estate planning — and worked in the elder law clinic helping older adults protect themselves from abuse.

Career: After moving to Oregon in 2009, Spencer advised a small mountain business on employment-law compliance, then worked for an education company providing free after-school tutoring across the Northwest. He later joined a major insurance carrier, training and managing paralegals while defending workers' compensation and personal injury claims — learning firsthand how insurers investigate, evaluate, and defend against claims.

In 2017, wanting to return to helping individuals directly, Spencer switched sides. He spent four years working alongside two workers' compensation and personal injury attorneys with a combined 30+ years of experience, sharpening the skills needed to advocate for injured people, before opening his own firm in 2021.

Outside the office: Film photography, cooking, nerdy games, and planning furniture projects for a woodshop he has yet to build. His household includes several chickens and cats, a dog, and a few honeybee colonies.