About Darlene
Darlene Pasieczny combines academic breadth with a steady climb through private practice. Her education began at Reed College, where she completed a B.A. in 2001. She then earned an M.A. from Columbia University in 2003 and returned to the Pacific Northwest to attend Lewis & Clark Law School, completing her J.D. in 2012 and earning a Business Law Certificate during her studies.
After law school, Pasieczny entered private practice as an associate at Banks Law Office PC in 2012. Three years later she joined Samuels Yoelin Kantor LLP and became a partner in 2015. The career shift placed her squarely into matters involving securities and investor protection, areas where she has since concentrated much of her practice.
Pasieczny is admitted in Oregon and Washington, and she is also admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon. Those admissions underpin a practice that routinely touches on regulatory and federal-court issues, and they inform the appellate work she has taken on in recent years.
Her practice intersects closely with securities regulation and arbitration. She has been active in professional organizations that center on those subjects. Since 2017 she has served as a director of the Public Investors Advocate Bar Association (PIABA). She is a public member of FINRA’s National Arbitration and Mediation Committee, a role she has held since 2021. In 2021 she served as chair of the Oregon State Bar Securities Regulation Section, and in 2022 she joined the executive committee of the Oregon State Bar Appellate Practice Section, where she remains involved.
Pasieczny also participates in local bar groups. She holds current memberships in the Multnomah Bar Association and the Portland chapter of Oregon Women Lawyers. Those affiliations reflect ongoing engagement with the legal community in Portland and the surrounding region.
Colleagues describe her as methodical in litigation and precise in appellate matters. She draws on her Business Law Certificate and courtroom experience when advising clients on securities disputes, arbitration strategy, and appeals. Her background includes handling both trial-level and appellate filings, and she balances written advocacy with oral presentations in hearings and arbitrations.
She practices at Samuels Yoelin Kantor LLP. Her current work centers on securities enforcement and investor representation, along with appellate matters arising from those disputes.
