At Stoel Rives, there's a Steven L. Pfeiffer who practices land-use law. And at the U.S. Attorney's office, there's Stephen F. Peifer . But Pfeifer does admit to being mixed up in occasional confusion. But the confusion doesn't stop there. Peifer, who was involved in criminal cases against the Rajneeshees and anti-abortion radical Shelley Shannon, goes to the same dentist as Pfeiffer does.
Word is, however, there has so far been no mixup in whose teeth get pulled.
Doug Justus is the winner in this category. After all, it's tough for a crook to argue with a guy whose name is so righteous. Groepper still gets a kick out of that. But Detective Justus isn't the only guy at the Portland Police Bureau with an intimidating moniker. There's also Detective Bill Law, Officer John Laws and Sgt.