Carsen is an associate in the firm’s litigation group. In this practice, Carsen focuses on complex litigation matters including environmental torts, securities fraud, and class actions.

Carsen was most recently a Judicial Law Clerk with the Oregon Supreme Court, where she worked for the court’s central staff division and clerked for Justice Stephen K. Bushong. There, Carsen provided recommendations to the court and helped draft the court’s decisions involving complex and novel issues of state law. During law school, she also served as a Legislative Extern for the ACLU of Washington, a Certified Law Clerk for the Federal Public Defender’s office in Portland, and an Advocacy Intern for Columbia Legal Services. Carsen’s justice-oriented focus and her varied legal experiences throughout Washington and Oregon inform her day-to-day litigation work at Stoll Berne.

Seattle University School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2022
Seattle Journal for Social Justice, Editor-in-Chief, 2021-2022
Moot Court Board, Member
National Appellate Advocacy Competition, Competitor, 2022
James E. Bond Moot Court Competition, Semi-Finalist Competitor, 2021

University of Puget Sound, B.S., cum laude, Molecular and Cellular Biology, 2017
Minor in Spanish

Oregon State Bar, 2022

Stoll Berne
Associate, 2024-present

Oregon Supreme Court
Judicial Law Clerk, 2022-2024

ACLU of Washington
Legislative Extern, 2022

Federal Public Defender (Portland)
Certified Law Clerk, 2021-2022

Columbia Legal Services
Advocacy Intern, 2021

Calhoun Family Fellowship
Legal Fellow, 2020

Multnomah Bar Association
Member

Oregon Trial Lawyers Association
Member

Youth Volleyball Coach
Multnomah Athletic Club, 2022-present

Seattle Clemency Project
Clemency Petition Writing Volunteer, 2020-2022

Freedom Education Project Puget Sound
Prison Volunteer Coordinator and Study Hall Volunteer, 2014-2019

“For More Equitable Licensure, Washington State Needs Diploma Privilege, Not the Bar Exam,” author, 20 Seattle J. Soc. Just. 287, 2021

Carsen enjoys spending time with family and friends, playing and coaching volleyball, and exploring the restaurant scene in Portland.

Practice Areas

Class Actions

As Oregon's leading plaintiffs'-side class actions firm, we help our clients to level the playing field and find justice. We have earned our reputation and work hard for our clients.

Environmental

We have experience litigating environmental issues including mass environmental torts, consumer products contamination, and state and federal natural resource damage recovery.

Investor Lawsuits and Arbitrations

Stoll Berne is Oregon's premier securities litigation firm. We have represented as many or more investors in securities cases than any other firm in Oregon, and have recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for our clients.

Securities Litigation

Stoll Berne is Oregon's premier securities litigation firm. We have represented as many or more investors in securities and financial advisor fraud cases than any other firm in Oregon and have recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for our clients.

News

Stoll Berne Welcomes Carsen Nies

Carsen Nies has joined the law office of Stoll Berne as an associate attorney. Carsen’s practice will focus on complex litigation matters including environmental torts, securities fraud, and class actions. […]

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