GNS Law Group Sweeps Three Medals at the 2025 Best of the Willamette Valley Awards

Five years at the top, and this time with company. The 2025 Best of the Willamette Valley results, released June 18, handed GNS Law Group its fifth straight Gold for Criminal Defense Law. The bigger headline is what came with it. For the first time, GNS landed on three podiums in a single year.

Joining the Gold were a Silver Medal for DUI/DWI Law and a Silver Medal for Personal Injury Lawyer, three finishes that together map almost perfectly onto the work this firm is built to do.

Three Medals, Three Practice Areas

A three-category year is rare, and each award points straight at a core part of what GNS handles every day.

Criminal Defense Law – Gold. Our criminal defense team takes on the full range of state and federal charges, from misdemeanors to the most serious Measure 11 felony cases.

DUI/DWI Law – Silver. That same courtroom experience drives our DUII and drunk driving defense, where the right moves in the hours after an arrest can change everything that follows.

Personal Injury Lawyer – Silver. When negligence causes real harm, our personal injury attorneys hold insurers and at-fault parties accountable for the losses our clients carry.

Placing in three categories at once is a sign of range. It is the mark of a firm that takes on serious matters across the board rather than spreading itself thin.

Five Years, One Gold That Keeps Coming Home

The 2025 Gold for Criminal Defense is the fifth in a row, a run that stretches unbroken back to 2021. Streaks like that are not handed out. They are earned one case at a time, in courtrooms across Marion County, Deschutes County, and the surrounding region, by attorneys who treat every client as if the outcome is the only thing that matters. Because to that client, it is.

The 2025 honors were celebrated alongside the region’s other top-voted businesses at the Best of the Willamette Valley winner’s event at The Farm on Golden Hill in Silverton.

What Former Prosecutors Bring to Your Defense

GNS Law Group is the largest private criminal defense firm in the state, and many of our attorneys are former prosecutors. That background matters more than most people realize. Having sat on the other side of the courtroom as deputy district attorneys, our team knows how the state builds a case, where the weak points tend to hide, and how to push back with strategy rather than guesswork.

That same insider perspective is what shifts the odds whether you are facing a felony charge, a first or repeat DUI arrest, or recovering from a serious injury claim. The firm you choose in those first hours shapes the road ahead.

Awarded by the Community, Not a Panel

What gives these awards weight is where they come from. They are not bought, and they are not handed out by an editor. The Best of the Willamette Valley winners are decided by the community, with residents and businesses nominating the people and firms they trust, then voting to settle the top spots. Three medals in one year is a vote of confidence from the very people we serve.

To everyone who nominated and voted for GNS Law Group, thank you. Your support is the reason this firm keeps showing up on the list year after year.

Facing Charges or an Injury in the Willamette Valley

A criminal charge, a DUI arrest, or a serious injury can upend everything in a matter of hours. When that happens, the firm you choose makes all the difference. GNS Law Group brings the experience, the courtroom record, and the community-backed reputation to stand beside you when it counts.

Reach out to the GNS team to talk through your situation and learn how a former-prosecutor approach can work in your favor.