Admitted
1984, Oregon and Washington; 1986, U.S. District Court, District of Oregon; 1988, U.S. District Court, Western and Eastern Districts of Washington; 1990, District of Columbia; 1997, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; 1998, U.S. Court of Appeal
Law School
Northwestern School of Law of Lewis and Clark College, J.D., 1984
Law School Graduation Year
1984
College
University of Oregon, 1977
Memberships
Oregon State Bar (Member, Federal Practice and Procedure, Secretary, 1994—; Chair, 1995; Bar/Press/Broadcaster's Council, 1992-1995; Ninth Circuit Gender Bias Task Force, 1992-1995; United States Magistrate Merit Selection Panel, 1993); Washington State and American Bar Associations; Oregon Patent Lawyers Association (Secretary, 1997-1998; Vice President, 1998-1999; President, 2000-2002).
Biographical
Law Clerk to Judge James A. Redden, U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon, 1984-1986. Author: Federal Circuit Patent Case Digest, West Group Legal Publishing, 2002—. General Counsel to the National Endowment for the Arts, 1989-1991. Lawyer Representative to the Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference, 1995-1997. 9th Circuit Advisory Council, 2002.