Teri Plagmann is a native Oregonian who grew up on a Willamette Valley grass seed farm. She received her Bachelor of Science degree from Oregon State University in 1993 and her Juris Doctor from Northwestern School of Law of Lewis & Clark College in 1997. Teri practiced law in Portland for 17 years before she returned to her home town roots and opened her firm in Albany, Oregon in June, 2014. Teri's primary practices focuses on family law, Wills and probate matters. She has been a volunteer with the Legal Aid Domestic Violence Project, representing victims of domestic violence at restraining order hearings. Teri is also a court-appointed attorney representing children in family law matters. She was a member of the Regional Advisory Council for the Columbia Regional Program, which administers and funds the educational programs in Multnomah, Clackamas and Columbia counties for children who are autistic, deaf, hard of hearing, blind or have a traumatic brain injury. She has also been active in efforts to increase legislative funding for special education services. She has been on the Oregon State Bar Association's Unlawful Practice of Law committee and the State Lawyer's Assistance Committee. She is currently a member of the Linn County Arbitration and Mediation Commission, the Linn County Family Law Advisory Committee, the Executive Committee for the Linn Benton Bar Association and the Cumberland Community Center Board of Directors. Teri is a member of the Oregon State Bar, the Linn Benton Bar Association, and is in the Family Law Section of the Oregon State Bar. When not at work, Teri spends time with her husband and children on her family's six-generation grass seed farm. She enjoys outdoor adventures, gardening, home improvement projects, cooking and attending OSU athletic events.