Moves Tanya O’Neil has rejoined the firm of Gordon & Rees as a senior counsel at- torney. An experi- enced trial lawyer, O’Neil recently returned to the firm after spending a couple of years as an in-house trial attorney for one of the country’s largest insurance compa- nies. Her practice focuses on a variety of matters, including employment, tort and product liability, premises liability, profes- sional liability, construction, trucking and transportation, environmental/toxic tort, and general commercial litigation. Doug Morris has joined the busi- ness team at Miller Nash Graham & Dunn, as of May 2. With deep ex- perience in busi- ness transactions, Morris focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, secu- rities and general corporate representa- tion of businesses, from high-technology and high-growth companies to nonprofits and social enterprises. Morris joins Miller Nash Graham & Dunn as a partner after more than 15 years at Ater Wynne, where he chaired the business department from 2009 to 2013 and was managing partner from 2013 to 2015. Morris serves on the board of Metropolitan Public Defender Services, and he has also served on the board of Albertina Kerr Centers and vol- unteered with the Oregon Entrepreneurs Network. Matthew Kirkpat- rick has opened his own law firm, Kirk- patrick Law, fo- cused on consumer protection, insur- ance policyholder, and financial elder abuse claims. Kirk- patrick spent the past seven years with the complex com- ———— THE ART of LITIGATION ———— SHAKING GR OUND IS A REMINDER TO STAND FIRM. LARKINS|VACURA TRIAL ATTORNEYS SKILLED IN BUSINESS, REAL ESTATE, AND ENVIRONMENTAL DISPUTES. TRIAL ATTORNEYS SKILLED IN BUSINESS, | REAL ESTATE, AND ENVIRONMENTAL DISPUTES. 503-222-4424 LARKINSVACURA.COM 503-222-4424 | LVKLAW.COM Congratulations Emily Q. Shults Bullard Law congratulates our colleague Emily Shults on her new position as Legal Counsel with Oregon Health & Science University. We appreciate the excellence she contributed to our firm and wish her the very best in her new role. bullardlaw.com call 503.248.1134 JULY 2016 • OREGON STATE BAR BULLETIN 51