Viktoria Lo

Viktoria graduated from Harvard Law School, where she focused her studies and clinical experience on immigration law, criminal defense, civil rights, and LGBTQ impact litigation. Prior to law school, she spent two years as a Fulbright teacher in South Korea, where she founded an organization that empowered female students by connecting them with professional women in South Korea. Viktoria immigrated to the United States in 2001 after growing up in Armenia, Germany, and Russia; she is Armenian-American and conversational in Russian.

Upon graduating, Viktoria began her career as a trial attorney at the Metropolitan Public Defenders Office in Multnomah County, before joining Levi Merrithew Horst PC, where Viktoria has focused her practice on both criminal defense and civil rights. In the area of civil rights, Viktoria has successfully settled numerous cases involving excessive force, getting her clients compensation for their injuries. Viktoria was part of a multiple-attorney team in litigating the class action lawsuit, Don’t Shoot PDX v. City of Portland, enforcing the rights of Black Lives Matter protesters to be able to exercise their First Amendment rights of protected speech without being subject to excessive force by law enforcement. Viktoria's other civil rights cases include complex medical malpractice/8th Amendment cases against jails and prisons, sex abuse cases against public officials, and excessive force cases against police on behalf of individuals.

Viktoria is passionate about public defense, is married to a public defender and close friends with many public defenders, and keeps closely informed about the state of public defense in Oregon. Viktoria understands that public defenders are often the only lawyers enforcing the constitutional rights of vulnerable clients.