Don’t miss the 2009 Oregon State Bar Annual Awards Dinner on Wednesday, December 2nd at The Benson Hotel in Portland.

The annual awards include the OSB Award of Merit and five OSB President’s Awards: the Membership Service Award, the Public Service Award, the Affirmative Action Award, Public Leadership Award and the Award of Special Appreciation. The evening will also include the Edwin J. Peterson Professionalism Award presented by the Oregon Bench/Bar Commission on Professionalism and the Oregon New Lawyers Division Awards.

Please join us in recognizing the outstanding achievements of this year’s award recipients.

If you would like to RSVP or need additional information about this event, contact Karla Houtary at (800) 452-8260, ext. 367, or (503) 620-0222, ext. 367 or by e-mail at khoutary@osbar.org. Please RSVP by November 20th Tickets are $70 each. Reserved tables with seating for 10 are $700.

2009 OSB Annual Awards Registration Form

This year’s award recipients are:

OSB Award of Merit
Dave Frohnmayer, University of Oregon President Emeritus

OSB President's Affirmative Action Award
JB Kim, Lewis & Clark Law School
Dennis Karnopp, Karnopp Petersen

OSB President's Membership Service Award
Trudy Allen, US Bancorp Equipment Finance
Christopher Cline, Wells Fargo Bank

OSB President's Public Service Award
Bruce Rubin, Miller Nash
Hon. Nan Waller, Multnomah County Family Court

OSB President’s Public Leadership Award
Tualatin Valley Community TV

OSB President’s Special Award of Appreciation
Sandra Hansberger
Bette Worcester

Wallace P. Carson, Jr. Award for Judicial Excellence
Hon. Ann Aiken
U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

Edwin J. Peterson Professionalism Award
Hon. Ellen Rosenblum
Oregon Court of Appeals

ONLD Member Service Award
James Bruce

ONLD Public Service Award
Eric McQuilkin

ONLD Volunteer of the Year Award
Willard Chi

2009 50-Year Member Photos Available Here

Roy E. Adkins, C. Robert Altman, David N. Andrews, Donald N. Atchison, Isaac Billeter,
Bobby B. Bouneff, Donald B. Bowerman, William J. Brooks, Hon. Aaron Brown, Garry R. Bullard,
George F. Cole, John B. Crowell, Jr., Joyle C. Dahl, O. Daniel Dearborn, Jr., Richard Egner, Jr.,
Charles S. Evans, Robert H. Fraser, William A. Galbreath, Jack A. Gardner, James O. Garrett,
Thomas N. Hallinan, Victor C. Hefferin, Thomas Y. Higashi, Peter B. Higgins, William R. Kirby,
Elton T. Lafky, Kenneth Lewis, Charles J. McMurchie, Rodney W. Miller, Milo E. Ormseth,
John W. Osburn, Leonard Pearlman, Robert L. Ridgley, Hon. Loren L. Sawyer, Michael H. Schmeer, Donald C. Seymour, Robert G. Simpson, John B. Souther, Richard V. Stratton, Gene Stunz, Prof. Robert S. Summers, Jacob Tanzer, George L. Wagner, Alfred C. Walsh, Jr.,
Norman F. Webb, William G. Wheatley, Denny Z. Zikes