Jonathan T. Harnish, formerly a shareholder with management labor and employment law firm Bullard Smith Jernstedt Harnish, has joined the board of directors of The Bank of Oswego. The Lake Oswego-based bank opened in December 2004.
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Steven Black, and Steven Black Defense Services, received the Business of the Year award from the Benton County Commission on Children and Families "for outstanding leadership in improving the lives of children and families in Benton County." Black received this award for his efforts in founding the Jackson Street Youth Shelter in Corvallis. Black was also a nominee and finalist for the Jim and Ruth Howland Special Achievement Award, sponsored by the Corvallis Chamber of Commerce for his work in establishing the youth shelter.
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Keizer attorney Richard Walsh was unanimously elected council president by the Keizer City Council at its Jan. 3 meeting. The council president helps with the city council agenda and acts as the mayor pro-tem when the mayor is not available.
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Robert S. Banks Jr. was recently elected to the position of vice president/president-elect of the Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association at its annual meeting in Coconut Point, Fla. Banks spoke at the meeting about the newly proposed NASD Code of Arbitration Procedure. Banks also serves as a public member of the NASD’s National Arbitration and Mediation Committee, where he was asked to continue his service for an additional year after his three-year term ended.
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Retired attorney Constance Crooker has joined the board of directors of the neighborhood association for Portland’s Corbett-Terwilliger-Lair Hill Neighborhood, where she resides. Since her retirement from her criminal defense practice in 2000 she has been writing and teaching. Her book, Gun Control and Gun Rights was published in 2003 by Greenwood Press. She taught comparative criminal law at the Universidad Latina de America in Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico in 2003, and traveled with Multnomah County Circuit Court Judge Edward Jones, Northwestern School of Law professor Susan Mandiberg and Oregon court-certified interpreter Rosa Galvan to Morelia in 2004 to present a mock criminal jury trial in Spanish for the legal community there. She continues to write and to conduct writing workshops.
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Dave Frohnmayer, University of Oregon president and former Oregon attorney general, has received the 2004 Judge Learned Hand Award from the American Jewish Committee for his adherence to the principles of excellence in the legal field and for his service to the community. Frohnmayer was appointed president of the University of Oregon, the state’s Association of American Universities flagship institution, in 1994. He formerly served as dean of the UO School of Law, as Oregon’s attorney general, as a member of the Oregon House of Representatives, and as a law professor and legal counsel to the president of the UO. As attorney general, he argued and won six of seven cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, the most cases and best record of any contemporary state attorney general. The Learned Hand Award honors leaders in the legal field for professional excellence and contributions to the legal community.
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For the third year in a row, Perkins Coie has been named one of the nation’s 100 best companies to work for by Fortune magazine. It is one of only five law firms nationwide. The firm was ranked No. 47 overall, up from No. 87 a year ago. Perkins Coie serves great companies with more than 600 attorneys in 15 offices across the U.S. and in China. The firm represents clients that range in size from Fortune 100 companies to start-ups and has historically represented market leaders in traditional and cutting-edge technology industries
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Perkins Coie partner Tom Lindley has been elected to serve as president for SOLV, a non-profit organization that brings together government agencies, businesses and citizen volunteers to build community and enhance the livability of Oregon. Lindley, who is listed in Best Lawyers in America, has experience in water, air, solid and hazardous waste permits, water quality and rights, site investigations, remediation and cost recovery and other litigation.
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Eugene attorney Alan J. Thayer Jr.. was elected vice-chairman of Associated Oregon Industries at AOI’s recent annual meeting. With over 22,000 business members, AOI is the largest state-wide business association in the U.S. Thayer also represents Oregon on the board of directors of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
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Portland attorney Janice Krem received an award from the Oregon Association of Administrative Law Judges in recognition of her contribution to the advancement of administrative law in Oregon. The Bruce Black Award recognizes the ideals and professionalism demonstrated by enduring service to Oregon’s system of administrative justice.
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OSB member Kenneth Fox has been named board secretary for a newly established College for Reconciliation and Development. The college, established jointly by Israeli, Palestinian, Jordanian and American educators and civic leaders, will have several campus sites located on the borders between Israel, the Palestinian Authority and Jordan and will provide practical professional education to students from all communities in the region. Fox is an associate professor and director of conflict studies at Hamline University in St. Paul, Minn.
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Garvey Schubert Barer attorney Larry J. Brant has been appointed to the University Club of Portland membership committee for 2005. Brant is an owner in the law firm’s Portland office. His practice is focused on taxation, business and mergers and acquisitions. In 1984, he received his J.D. from Willamette University College of Law. He received an LL.M. in taxation in 1987 from the University of Florida College of Law.
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Dunn Carney associate Todd Cleek has been elected to a three-year term on the board of directors for Mount Hood Habitat for Humanity. Cleek works with closely held businesses and individuals. His practice focuses on estate planning and business transactions.
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Graciela Cowger, a shareholder with the intellectual property law firm Marger, Johnson & McCollom, has been named 2005 president of the Oregon Patent Law Association, a professional service and education organization serving members of the OSB who practice intellectual property law area, particularly patent law. Cowger will lead the OPLA’s board of directors in planning forums for continuing legal education events and furthering the common interests of the profession.
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Black Helterline partner Paul R. Hribernick has been named in the Who’s Who Corporate Immigration Lawyers for the10th year. The publication is a reference source for in-house counsel of large corporations and includes 258 lawyers in 25 countries. Hribernick, a member of Black Helterline’s immigration group, is the only Oregon lawyer selected.
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Gresham immigration attorney Samuel W. Asbury recently contracted to provide services to the City of Fairview as its municipal court judge. Asbury is also on the planning commission for the city and was recently elected its chair.
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The Oregon Consular Corps, an organization comprised of honorary consuls representing 24 foreign countries, announces its officers for 2005: dean, Ted E. Runstein, The Netherlands; secretary, Andrea Bartoloni, Italy; treasurer, Bob Donaldson , Korea.
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Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt attorney Darien Loiselle was named a 2005 merit board director at the Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) Pacific Northwest Chapter’s Jan. 22 annual leadership banquet. Loiselle represents clients on construction law, commercial litigation and insurance defense. He is also on the board of the Willamette University Alumni Association and provides pro bono legal services for the East County Legal Clinic in Portland.
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Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt shareholder Tim Haslach was among 14 individuals honored with a Heart of Gold Award at the Providence Child Center’s 12th Annual Heart of Gold Dinner. The award is conferred upon individuals who improve the lives of children with special needs through advocacy and action. Haslach and his wife, Kathryn, were members of an English Channel Relay swim team to raise awareness and support of young people with Down syndrome and other developmental disabilities. Haslach swam ashore in France to conclude the relay team’s swim, lasting 14 hours, 11 minutes.
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Theodore J. Stroll published his research on the history of federal agency rules that forbid mountain biking in wilderness areas in the Penn State Environmental Law Review (October 2004). The article can be found on the wilderness section of the International Mountain Bicycling Association website, www.imba.com. Stroll concluded that the agencies’ no-bikes rules are based on misinterpretations of the Wilderness Act of 1964. Congress had wanted wilderness areas to be visited by human-powered users such as mountain bikers so as long as they leave no permanent trace and require no infrastructure.
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Salem’s mayor Janet Taylor has announced the appointment of local attorney Ryan Collier to the Distribution Committee of the Salem Foundation. Collier, a partner in the law firm Clark, Lindauer, Fetherston, Edmonds, Lippold & Collier, practices in the areas of estate planning and probate. He volunteers for a variety of faith-based and youth organizations such as the Salem Leadership Foundation, AC Gilbert’s Discovery Village and Boy Scouts of America. He is also a member of the Chamber of Commerce’s Leadership Salem class of 2006. Founded in 1930, the Salem Foundation has provided funding for a large variety of community-based programs that serve the greater Salem area.