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BAR PEOPLE Among Ourselves Markowitz Herbold has been recog- nized by BTI Consulting Group for its cli- ent relationships in the energy industry. The firm is one of only 17 law firms in the U.S. with “Clientopia” relationships in this area, and the only boutique firm in the West to receive the honor. BTI’s research is based on more than 500 in-depth inter- views with corporate counsel at Fortune 1000 and other large companies. The Oregon Law Commission re- cently announced that Keith Duban- evich has been ap- pointed as commis- sioner. Dubanevich is a trial and ap- pellate lawyer with more than 30 years of experience who focuses his practice on complex dispute resolution and has ex- tensive experience handling multistate and international antitrust cases, con- sumer litigation and securities disputes. The Hon. Kath- erine Tennyson, Multnomah Coun- ty Circuit Court judge, has been named president of the board of direc- tors for the Nation- al Council of Ju- venile and Family Court Judges (2016-17). Since July 2002, Tennyson has served in the unified family law department, hearing cases involving probate and protective proceedings, dis- solution, custody, parenting time, support enforcement, domestic violence, juvenile delinquency and dependency, and ter- mination of parental rights. She became the chief probate judge for the county in January 2007 and has served as faculty in 44 OREGON STATE BAR BULLETIN • OCTOBER 2016 national training events about elder abuse cases. Kathryn Root, shareholder at Gevurtz Menashe, has been reap- pointed chair of the ABA Family Law Section’s Interna- tional Law Com- mittee, which mon- itors developments in international family law and produces continuing legal education programs on issues of interest to family law attorneys. Root will serve as moderator for a plenary CLE program, “Cross-Border Hot Tips,” to be presented during the ABA Family Law Section Fall Conference in Quebec City on Oct. 22. Root has focused her practice on family law, with an emphasis on international family law and custody disputes, for 26 years. Tonkon Torp attor- ney Jackson Lewis has joined the board of directors of the Terwilliger Plaza Foundation in Portland. Lewis chairs the firm’s estate planning practice group and advises clients on a variety of estate, tax and probate issues. His practice includes counseling closely held businesses on es- tate and succession planning. The Oregon Law Institute of Lewis & Clark Law School recognizes the members of the 2015-16 OLI board of directors for their leadership, dedication and commit- ment to continuing legal education. The group represents over 225 years of com- bined service to OLI and the Oregon legal community. They are: Katherine Heekin, president, The Heekin Law Firm; Hon. Robert D. Durham, vice president, Or- egon Supreme Court (retired); Martin F. Medeiros II, past president, Medeiros Law Group; Hon. Meagan A. Flynn, secretary/ treasurer, Oregon Court of Appeals; and the following members at large, Jeffrey G. Condit, H. Thomas Andersen, Hon. Richard C. Baldwin, Amy C. Bushaw, Thomas D’Amore, Mark Johnson Rob- erts, Grace Y. Lee, Richard F. Liebman, Hon. Marilyn E. Litzenberger, Kathleen K. Miller, Hon. Susie L. Norby, Peter C. Richter, Hon. Timothy J. Sercombe, Hon. Michael H. Simon, Richard A. Slottee, Hon. Susan M. Svetkey, Dayna E. Underhill, Jere M. Webb and Simon Whang. John Lueder of Lueder, Larkin & Hunter, Alpharetta, Ga., has published his first novel, Daufuskie Island. The novel centers around one family, the St. Johns, and chronicles life and mystery on the book’s namesake location, a small island located off the South Carolina coast that is accessible only by boat. It has famously managed to maintain its unique heritage for centuries, with a strong Gullah his- tory and age-old tales of lingering spirits that haunt its shores. After the St. Johns discover a mysterious treasure chest in the wake of a hurricane, they mistakenly un- leash centuries-old magic and are whisked away on a dangerous adventure through time and space. In the midst of the family’s quest to reunite and protect each other, readers learn a large amount of low-county history, in particular about Daufuskie Is- land and nearby Savannah. The book is available on Amazon.com, BarnesandNo- ble.com, Kobo and Apple iBooks. Markowitz Herbold shareholder Harry Wilson has been selected by Bench- mark Litigation as one of the nation’s most accomplished legal partners age 40 or younger. Wil- son is one of 375 lawyers in the U.S., and one of only five in Oregon, selected for the list. Wilson represents clients in complex litigation