Oregon State Bar Bulletin — OCTOBER 2002
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Perkins Coie announces the addition of Jeffrey Dobbins to its Portland office as an associate in the commercial and environmental litigation groups. Dobbins recently practiced in Washington, D.C. at the appellate section of the Environment & Natural Resources Division, U.S. Department of Justice. Previously, he served as law clerk to Judge David S. Tatel of the U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit, and then to Justice John Paul Stevens of the U.S. Supreme Court. He earned his J.D. from Duke University in 1994.
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Perkins Coie announces the addition of Bethany Graham to its Portland office, as an associate in the litigation practice. Graham was once a summer intern at the firm and was most recently a law clerk to Hon. James R. Browning, 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. Prior to that, she was a clinical intern at the Montana Legal Services Association in Missoula, Mont. Graham completed her J.D. at the University of Montana in 2000.
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Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt announces that Peter Livingston, one of Oregon’s top land-use legal experts, has joined the firm. Livingston has focused his career on the representation of clients in all stages of land use permitting, including appeals to the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals and the appellate courts. Prior to joining the firm, Livingston practiced land use law as a partner at Lane Powell Spears Lubersky. He sat for three years on LUBA, where he heard over 200 cases and authored more than 100 opinions. He also serves as a professor of land use law on the faculty of Willamette University College of Law and is a frequent speaker on land use topics at seminars for lawyers, planners and developers.
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The Housing Authority of Portland announces that Lyndon 'Tuck' Wilson has accepted the position of HOPE VI development director, responsible for the $150 million project to transform Columbia Villa public housing into a new, mixed-income community. Wilson’s career includes stints as project executive director for Oregon’s largest public works project, Tri-Met’s westside light rail, as director of the Oregon Convention Center development and as manager of the Multnomah County Justice Center and maintenance facility projects. He was Oregon assistant secretary of state from 1974-76 and Oregon deputy state treasurer from 1977-78. He also practiced law as a partner in a private firm and as assistant general counsel for the Port of Portland, with real estate development and public finance among his areas of emphasis. Wilson most recently was senior project manager at CH2M Hill’s Portland office.
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The law office of Lee C. Weichselbaum has moved to 115 W. 8th Ave., Suite 212, Eugene, Ore. 97401. The telephone remains (541) 485-3216.
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As of Sept. 1, Ron Fontana and Martha Takaro have moved their offices to 222 S.W. Columbia St., Suite 1200, Portland, Ore. 97201. The telephone number for Fontana & Takaro remains (503) 223-1390, but their fax number has changed to (503) 222-7288. The firm continues to practice claimants’ workers’ compensation, wage claims and employment law.
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Dorothy A. Gamiles announces 'a merger of a different sort' and the renaming of her law practice to The Law Office of Dorothy A. McGregor. McGregor will continue to practice solely in the area of domestic relations/family law.
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Arnold, Gallagher, Saydack, Percell, Roberts & Potter announces the addition of Susan B. Bock and Gregory T. Lusby as associate attorneys. Prior to joining the firm, Bock practiced with Stradley, Ronon, Stevens & Young in Philadelphia and Moore & Van Allen in Charlotte, N.C. Bock is a 1993 graduate of Duke University Law School. She practices in the areas of estate planning, estate and trust administration and representation of tax-exempt organizations. Lusby previously worked at the Marion County district attorney’s office and in private practice in Salem. The Eugene native is a 1993 graduate of Willamette University College of Law. His practice will focus primarily on commercial litigation and insurance defense.
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John Wittrock and Kathleen O’Brien announce the move of Wittrock & O’Brien to the Burnside Trolley Bldg., 2705 E. Burnside, Suite 212, Portland, Ore. 97214. Their telephone number remains (503) 253-8801, but the fax number has changed to (503) 234-8801. The firm’s website is at www.oregonlaw.com.
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C. Michael Arnold has joined Arnold Law Office. His practice focuses on personal injury cases, civil litigation and municipal prosecution for the city of Eugene. He graduated from the University of Oregon School of Law in 2001. He can be reached at 142 W. 8th Ave., Eugene, Ore. 97401; phone: (541) 338-9111; fax: (541) 485-7742; website: www.ArnoldLawFirm. com; e-mail: mike@arnoldlawfirm.com.
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Jim Carpenter and Ryan S. Joslin have left the firm of Kilpatricks in Mount Vernon, Ore., to establish their own firm, Carpenter & Joslin, located at 601 S. Canyon Blvd., John Day, Ore., 97845; phone: (541) 575-3800; fax: (541) 575-3805. Carpenter & Joslin also has an office location in Burns/Hines, located at 120 S.W. Circle, Hines, Ore.; phone: (541) 573-6110; fax: (541) 573-6112. Any mailings should be directed to the office in John Day.
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Scott Jackson has been appointed an assistant attorney general in the district attorney assistance section of the criminal justice division with the Oregon Department of Justice. Jackson received a J.D. from Willamette University. Jackson worked in the Beaverton city attorney’s office as city prosecutor and was briefly in private practice. The majority of his experience has been as a deputy district attorney in Clackamas County.
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Summer Saad has been appointed an assistant attorney general in the corrections litigation unit of the Oregon Department of Justice’s trial division. Saad received a J.D. from the University of Oregon, where she was a member of Oregon Law Review. During law school, Saad served an internship with the U.S. attorney’s office. After law school graduation, she was in private practice in Eugene and, most recently, a deputy district attorney in Harney County.
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Kate Lonborg has been appointed an assistant attorney general in the special litigation section of the of the Oregon Department of Justice’s trial division. Lonborg earned her J.D. from Northwestern School of Law at Lewis & Clark College, where she was editor in chief of the Journal of Small and Emerging Business Law. Lonborg clerked in the human services section of the general counsel division with the Department of Justice during law school. After graduation, she was in private practice in Portland.