Need help with a big case? Want to take a vacation? Contact the OWLS Contract Lawyer Service. We can help! Contact us with project/job information. We immediately post the announcement to our contract lawyer listserve. You are promptly contacted by contract lawyers who meet your criteria. No fee to post jobs or projects. You pay the contract lawyer you hire. OWLS contract lawyers are statewide. Many levels of experience. Many types of expertise. For more information or to post a job, contact Diane Rynerson: (503) 841-5720 or diane@oregonwomenlawyers.org Kevin Kress has joined the Portland firm McGaughey Erickson as of coun- sel. For most of the past 10 years, Kress practiced with a mid-size New Or- leans law firm, handling insurance coverage, contract and property damage lawsuits. He received his J.D. from Notre Dame in 2005 and is licensed in Oregon and Louisiana. Larkins Vacura Kayser is pleased to introduce the newest player on our team of talented trial lawyers, Brett Applegate. Aside from her impressive legal acumen (she did, after all, graduate first in her class) and creativity, she is a delight to work with. Brett’s practice focuses on commercial and real estate litigation, and appeals. We are proud to have her join us. MONTH YEAR 503.222.4424 www.lvklaw.com 121 S.W. Morrison Street Suite 700 Portland, Oregon 97204 Welcome to our Newest Senior Counsel Attorney Gordon & Rees is pleased to welcome Tanya O’Neil back to its Portland office. Ms. O’Neil, an experienced trial lawyer, 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 companies. Her practice focuses on a variety of matters, including employment, tort and product liability, premises liability, professional liability, construction, trucking and transportation, environmental/toxic tort, and general commercial litigation. Ms. O’Neil has defended clients in more than 100 arbitration hearings and several trials throughout Oregon and Washington. She has served for several years on the Oregon State Board of Examiners and has the distinction of being one of its youngest members ever appointed. She also is very active in the Pacific Northwest tennis community, including supporting endeavors that extend the sport’s reach to underserved communities. We are delighted to have her back on our team. 121 SW Morrison Street, Suite 1575, Portland 50 OREGON STATE BAR BULLETIN • JUNE 2016 503.222.1075 serve Bend businesses. Eager has worked in Washington, D.C., for U.S. Rep. Greg Walden, served as mayor of the city of Bend and has been practicing law in Or- egon for over a decade. For additional client support Eager brought on another attorney, Eric Taylor, an Oregon native originally from Newport, who moved to Bend for the culture and lifestyle. Taylor has diverse experience in litigation and transactional work including success in jury trials. www.gordonrees.com In Memoriam Longtime eastern Oregon lawyer and former bar leader Bill Schroeder of Boise, formerly of Vale, Ore., died Oct. 20, 2015, of heart failure. He was 87. William Fred- erick Schroeder was born in Chicago on Sept. 25, 1928. He grew up in the Windy City and at 20 years of age, graduated from the University of Chicago and Valparaiso University School of Law. In 1950, he married Alberta Wien- horst. The same year, he was admitted to the Illinois State Bar, where he remained a member for many years. He later moved to Vale and was admitted to the Oregon State Bar in 1951. He served a term on the Oregon State Bar Board of Governors, one year as vice president. He also served the Oregon bar as a founding board mem- ber of the Professional Liability Fund. In 2000, he received the OSB’s highest