Admitted
1974, Oregon and U.S. District Court, District of Oregon
Law School
Lewis and Clark College, J.D., 1974
Law School Graduation Year
1974
College
University of Oregon, B.S., 1971
Memberships
Multnomah County and Washington State Bar Associations; Oregon State Bar (Member, Procedure and Practice Committee, 1988-1989; House of Delegates, 1996-2000); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (State Delegate, 1983-1990; Board of Governors, 1991-2000); Oregon Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Governors, 1981-2000; President, 1990-1991); Washington State Trial Lawyers Association; Trial Lawyers for Public Justice (Founder, Member, Board of Directors, 1986—; President, 1992-1993); Roscoe Pound Foundation (Fellow, 1992—).
Biographical
Recipient, Public Justice Award, Oregon Trial Lawyers Association, 1993; Steven J. Sharp Public Service Award, Association of Trial Lawyers of America, 1998. Finalist, Trial Lawyer of the Year, Trial Lawyer for Public Justice, 1998. Author: Wilderness—A Question of Purity, 3 Environmental Law 255, 1973; The Bonneville Power Administration: Northwest Power Broker, 6 Environmental Law 831, 1976; Natural Disaster Claims, Trial Magazine, Vol. 21, No. 4, April 1, 1985, p. 36; Stock Exchange Rules, Trial Magazine, Vol. 21, No. 12, December, 1985, p. 33; Representing Catastrophically Injured Clients, Trial Magazine, Vol. 35. No. 4, April, 1999. p. 36; Rescission and Cancellation, Oregon Civil Pleading and Practice, Chapter 60, 1985 Revision, Oregon State Bar; Medical Expenses, Oregon State Bar Damages, Chapter 7, 1990; Interstate Trucking Litigation, Personal Injury Handbook: Forms and procedures, James Publishing Co., 1991. Professor (Part-Time), Lewis and Clark Law School, 1975-1977. Lecturer on Civil Trial issues, including Personal Injury, Products Liability, Trial Strategy and Securities law, in conjunction with Continuing Legal Education programs before the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Oregon Trial Lawyers Association, Washington State Trial Lawyers Association, California Trial Lawyers Association, Idaho Trial Lawyers Association, Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association, New Mexico Trial Lawyers Association, Oklahoma Trial Lawyers Association, Montana Trial Lawyers Association, Wyoming Trial Lawyers Association, Oregon Law Institute and the Oregon State Bar. Executive Director, Natural Resources Law Institute, 1974-1977. Deputy City Attorney, City of Portland, Oregon, 1977-1979. Member, 1984-1986 and Vice Chairman, 1985-1986, Oregon Council on Court Procedures. Trustee, Citizens Oregon Lawyers Trust, 1988-1991. Recipient, Public Justice Award, Oregon Trial Lawyers Association, 1993. (Certified as a Civil Trial Specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy)