G. Aron Perez-Selsky
Areas of Expertise: Appellate Law
Aron Perez-Selsky’s advocacy has earned him a reputation for zeal and professionalism in courtrooms across Oregon’s upper Willamette Valley. While serving as McMinnville City Prosecutor, Perez-Selsky prosecuted hundreds of cases ranging from simple trespasses to serious traffic crimes. As a defense attorney, Perez-Selsky brings that same expertise to bear on behalf of the accused, enabling him to secure acquittals in everything from traffic tickets to major felonies.
Perez-Selsky has earned special renown for his practice of juvenile delinquency and dependency law. As a delinquency attorney, Perez-Selsky has obtained dismissal of charges for many Youths falsely accused of serious offenses. In other cases, Perez-Selsky has helped Youths avoid disastrous consequences to their permanent record through aggressive negotiation and motion practice. Perez-Selsky’s trial advocacy in several cases resulted in appellate opinions reinforcing the rights of the accused, including, most recently, State v. K. R. S., 298 Or App 318, 449 P3d 511 (2019) (reversing judgment finding Youth within the jurisdiction of the court for two counts of Sexual Abuse in the first degree, and holding that Oregon’s merger statute applies to juvenile adjudications), State v. Benito Martinez-Garcia, 283 Or App 473, 389 P3d 405 (2017) (reversing judgments finding defendant in Contempt for invoking his Fifth Amendment right against self incrimination), and State v. B.B.S., 276 Or App 602, 368 P3d 78 (2016) (reversing judgment finding youth within the jurisdiction of the court for Unauthorized Use of a Motor Vehicle and Possession of a Stolen Vehicle).
Areas of Expertise
Perez-Selsky is among the few attorneys possessing a mastery of Oregon’s complex juvenile dependency code. His outcome-focused dependency work in Oregon’s trial and appellate courts has helped achieve parent-child reunification for countless families, including those under the ambit of Oregon’s Refugee Child Welfare Act, and the Federal Indian Child Welfare Act. His contributions to Oregon juvenile law were recognized by the Oregon Office of Public Defense when it granted him a position on its Juvenile Appellate Panel. As a member of the appellate panel Perez-Selsky has represented hundreds of parents and children before the Court of Appeals and Oregon Supreme Court. Perez-Selsky’s advocacy before the state’s high courts has yielded major victories and opinions on appeals from jurisdictional/dispositional judgments (Dept. of Human Services v. W. C. T., 314 Or App 743, 501 P3d 44 (2021); Dept. of Human Services v. C. A., 293 Or App 606, 424 P3d 830 (2018)), review judgments (Dept. of Human Services v. T. D. G., 301 Or App 465, 455 P3d 591 (2019); Dept. of Human Services v. K. H., 294 Or App 118, 425 P3d 506 (2018)), permanency judgments (Dept. of Human Services v. A. O., 304 Or App 864, 464 P3d 1151 (2020); Dept. of Human Services v. J. M. T. M., 290 Or App 635, 415 P3d 1154 (2018)), and judgments terminating parental rights (Dept. of Human Services v. L. M. B., 321 Or App 50, 515 P3d 927 (2022); Dept. of Human Services v. D. E. P., 315 Or App 566, 502 P3d 764 (2021); Dept. of Human Services v. T. L. M. H., 294 Or App 749, 432 P3d 1186 (2018)).
Perez-Selsky’s work with parents and children in juvenile court brought him within the orbit of Oregon’s adoption community. Through his adoption practice, Perez-Selsky has helped petitioners from every corner of the state attain legal recognition of their families through domestic, interstate, and international adoption proceedings.
Perez-Selsky is an Oregon native raised in beautiful Yamhill County. After graduating from McMinnville High School, he attended Linfield College. As a student, Perez-Selsky volunteered with local civic organizations, including Habitat for Humanity. While pursuing his Bachelor’s in Political Science, Perez-Selsky clerked at his father’s law firm, and interned in the offices of Yamhill County Circuit Court Judge Ronald W. Stone and County Commissioner Mary Stern. His work with some of Yamhill County’s most esteemed legal professionals inspired him to follow his father into the legal profession.
Following his graduation from Linfield, Perez-Selsky enrolled at the University of Oregon School of Law. As a law student he was honored to serve as a staff editor for the Oregon Law Review, the school’s flagship academic journal. Perez-Selsky continued to volunteer, first with the Northwest Workers’ Justice Project in Portland, and later at Lane County Legal Aid in Eugene.
In his second year of law school, Perez-Selsky returned to Yamhill County to clerk for Circuit Court Judge John L. Collins. Through his work with Judge Collins, Perez-Selsky was privileged to observe numerous trials, and prepare legal memoranda on a variety of issues before the court. The court continued to solicit Perez-Selsky’s memoranda after his return to Oregon law in his final year.
Perez-Selsky opened the Perez-Selsky Law Office after passing the Oregon Bar Examination. He and his family live in McMinnville where they enjoy cooking, reading, and outdoor recreation.