Mark Your Calendars

Join us September 17th, 2019 at 7:00 AM for our Humorous Speech Contest featuring four contestants:
Dave Coffman
Kathleen Ritzman
Larry Lehnerz
Lee Ritzman

Meet our 2019-202 Secretary

Brian Haggerty, 63, is a lawyer focusing his practice on estate planning, probate and trust administration.  Brian graduated with a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Michigan State University in 1979, and earned his Juris Doctor degree, with a certificate in Federal tax law, from Northwestern School of Law of Lewis and Clark College in 1997, passing the Oregon bar the following year.  In between, Brian spent twelve years as a tax consultant, and keeps current on the tax aspects of his legal work.

Brian is married, and he and his wife Linda have five children, and one grandchild.  Brian is a volunteer firefighter and emergency medical technician with the Newport Fire Department, and is on the boards of the Pacific Communities Hospital Foundation, and My Sister’s Place. Since coming to Newport, Brian became interested in musical theater, and has performed with Newport’s Porthole Players and Red Octopus Theatre Company.  In addition, Brian is a member of the Barbershop Harmony Society, and sings tenor with the Vocal Point barbershop quartet.

Brian is relatively new to Toastmasters, having joined in 2018. He still says “um” a lot.

“There isn’t one estate plan that fits everybody,” Brian says of his practice.  “With each client, we have to consider the extent and nature of their assets, as well as their particular family dynamics and goals, in order to craft the plan that best carries out the client’s wishes.”

Join us on September 17th