Lane Powell announces that Robin Dale, long-term care, and Erik Price, government and regulatory issues, have been promoted to partner in their Olympia office.
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Tonkon Torp welcomes four associates to the firm’s litigation and business departments: Michael Callier is an associate in the litigation department. He earned his J.D. at the University of Oregon School of Law in 2004. He interned with Gov. John Kitzhaber’s legal counsel during Oregon’s 2001 legislative session, externed at the U.S. District Court and clerked for the Lane County Circuit Court. Michael Millender is an associate in the business department. Previously, Millender completed a two-year judicial clerkship in federal court. He earned his J.D. at the University of Iowa College of Law in 2002, where he graduated second in his class. In addition to his J.D., Millender earned a Ph.D. in History at Princeton University in 1996. Ava Schoen is an associate in the litigation department. In 2003, she spent six months as an intern in the Office of the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and assisted in the prosecution of Slobodan Milosevic. Prior to that assignment, Schoen was an associate at the New York office of the Salans Law Firm in the litigation and arbitration department. She earned her J.D. at Fordham University School of Law in 2001. Christine Uri is an associate in the litigation department. She earned her J.D. at Boston College Law School in May 2003, where she was editor-in-chief of the Uniform Commercial Code Reporter-Digest. Prior to joining Tonkon Torp, Uri completed a one-year federal court clerkship.
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Robert Rosenthal has returned to the private practice of law at a new location after being in the corporate world for about two years. New address: 4248 Galewood St., Suite 9, Lake Oswego, OR 97035; phone: (503) 675-4377; fax: (503) 675-4378; e-mail remains the same at: Bobrlaw@aol.com. Practice areas include division of retirement benefits and other employment benefits in divorce matters, estate planning, wills, trusts, business law and securities.
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Andrew SkinnerLopata has joined Kaufman & Stewart in Eugene. After graduating from the University of Oregon School of Law in 2003, he clerked at the Lane County Circuit Court for the Hon. Charles D. Carlson. While developing a practice in intellectual property he will be working in Kaufman & Stewart’s core areas of real estate, landlord-tenant, estate planning, probate, family and business law. SkinnerLopata can be reached at (541) 342-5587 or at andy@kaufmanandstewart.com.
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James F. Marron has joined Grenley, Rotenberg, Evans, Bragg & Bodie, where he will continue his litigation and insurance coverage practice. Marron, who graduated with honors from the Drake University Law School and received a bachelor’s degree from Pacific Lutheran University, previously practiced with Paul R. Gary & Assoc., and focused on construction defect and insurance matters. Marron also co-created the bill which became Oregon’s Notice and Opportunity to Repair Law (ORS 701.560 to 701.595), designed to facilitate a common sense approach to resolving construction defect disputes in Oregon.
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Effective Feb. 1, two long-time Pendleton law firms will combine their resources under one roof. Bob O’Rourke and Steve Bloom are joining the law firm of Corey, Byler, Rew, Lorenzen & Hojem. The newly combined 12-lawyer firm will operate from the present headquarters of the Corey Byler firm at 222 S.E. Dorion Ave., Pendleton, OR 97801. O’Rourke, who practiced with the late John Kottkamp in a partnership known as Kottkamp & O’Rourke, will become of counsel to the firm. Bloom, also a partner in the Kottkamp & O’Rourke firm and a part-time U.S. magistrate, will join the firm as of counsel. The combined law firm, as well as its employees, will constitute the largest law firm regularly practicing in eastern Oregon.
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Alice Cuprill-Comas has been named a partner in Ater Wynne’s corporate finance and emerging business groups. She focuses on corporate finance, securities and mergers and acquisitions. Cuprill-Comas has extensive experience with public and private offerings of securities under state and federal securities regulations, including initial public offerings, follow-on and secondary securities offerings and with corporate governance, corporate reporting and disclosure obligations. Prior to joining Ater Wynne’s business department in 2001, she had worked with Vinson & Elkins in Austin, Texas and Tonkon Torp in Portland. She is licensed in Oregon and Texas. Cuprill-Comas received her J.D. in 1995 from Northwestern School of Law of Lewis & Clark College.
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Holland & Knight adds another attorney and fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC) to its team: Christopher P. Cline joins Holland & Knight’s Portland office as a partner in the private wealth services section. Cline brings experience in the areas of estate planning and administration and charitable giving for high net-worth individuals, with a particular emphasis on family business succession, retirement planning and representing trustees, both corporate and individual. He is included in the Best Lawyers in America. Cline previously was a partner with Lane Powell Spears Lubersky, practicing in the Portland office. He is admitted to practice in Oregon and California.
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EthicsPoint, Inc., a hotline provider for corporate governance and ethics compliance, announces that Amanda L. Mayhew has been named deputy general counsel. Mayhew will advise the corporation on all aspects of its business and continue to manage its contracts and human resources matters. Mayhew continues as a member of the OSB Affirmative Action Committee.
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David Campbell has joined the Portland office of Williams, Kastner & Gibbs as an associate. His practice focuses on health care and product liability. He was previously an associate at Bullivant Houser Bailey. He earned his J.D. from the University of Oregon School of Law in 2003 and his B.S. in psychology from Washington State University in 1998.
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The Rickles Law Firm announces that Lawrence Schuckman, a Brooklyn Law School graduate admitted to practice in Oregon, Washington and New York, has joined the firm as an associate. He can be reached at: One S.W. Columbia St., Suite 1850, Portland, OR 97258; phone: (503) 229-1850; fax: (503) 229-1856.
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Mark R. Wada has joined Harrang Long Gary Rudnick as a shareholder in the Portland office. He will join David Denecke as co-chair of the firm’s business practice. Wada has a specialized practice representing corporations and other businesses, banks and other financial institutions. He has experience in handling corporate and commercial law matters, with an emphasis on mergers and acquisitions. He is a member of the business law section of the ABA and the business law and debtor-creditor sections of the OSB. Wada is currently a member of the boards of directors of the Campaign for Equal Justice and the Oregon Law Foundation, for which he is the president-elect. He has served as a member of the executive committee of the OSB debtor-creditor section and the board of directors of the Multnomah Bar Association, as well as its treasurer and representative to the ABA House of Delegates. Wada received the Professionalism Award from the Multnomah Bar Association and the President’s Affirmative Action Award from the OSB.
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Justin R. Boose has accepted a position with the Houston, Texas office of King & Spalding, an international law firm based in Atlanta, Ga. He will join the firm’s global transactions practice group with a focus on international energy development matters. Boose was formerly with the Portland office of Stoel Rives.
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Thomas S. Smith has joined Davis Wright Tremaine’s Portland office as of counsel, where his practice will focus on commercial real estate and general business matters. Prior to joining the firm, Smith was a partner at Preston, Gates & Ellis and vice president and general counsel at Pacific Realty Associates and Property Development Associates. Additionally, he currently serves as general counsel and director for the Commercial Association of Realtors of Oregon and Southwest Washington. Smith is a member of the Oregon, California and Nevada bars, as well as the ABA.
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Susan Eggum, a shareholder of Susan K. Eggum, P.C., has been joined by Catherine Lawson, senior associate, and by Stephen Leggatt, of counsel. Eggum has been practicing in Oregon since 1982, and is the most recent past-president of the Owen M. Panner American Inn of Court. As senior associate, Lawson will continue to handle complex civil litigation in the state and federal courts, emphasizing construction defect litigation, and the defense of legal malpractice litigation. She earned her law degree at Willamette University College of Law. As of counsel to the firm, Leggatt will continue to handle complex civil litigation in state and federal courts in employment litigation, construction defect litigation and the defense of legal malpractice litigation. Leggatt earned his law degree at the University of Michigan Law School, where he was a contributing editor on the Michigan Journal of International Law, a Clarence Darrow Fellow and a member of the Order of the Coif.
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Bullivant Houser Bailey announces the election of two attorneys to shareholder positions: Steven C. Andersen joined Bullivant Houser Bailey in 1999. His practice focuses on real estate construction and development and commercial litigation. A frequent author of articles on construction law issues, he is admitted in Washington, Oregon and California. Andersen received his J.D. from Santa Clara University School of Law. He will work out of the firm’s Vancouver, Wash. office. Margaret Van Valkenburg joined the firm in 1992 and concentrates her practice exclusively on the resolution of insurance coverage issues. She has experience handling first-and third-party coverage issues, surety claims and environmental matters. Prior to joining Bullivant, Van Valkenburg served as in-house claims counsel for St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company. She is admitted in both Oregon and Washington. Van Valkenburg holds a J.D. from the University of Oregon School of Law. Van Valkenburg will work out of the firm’s Portland office.
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Juliet C. Laycoe Hagley, Denise J. Lukins and Steven N. Bogdon announce the establishment of their law firm, Laycoe, Lukins & Bogdon, located in Vancouver, Wash. All three attorneys are licensed in both Oregon and Washington. Laycoe Hagley practices in the areas of estate planning, family law, guardianship and probate. Lukins practices animal law, bankruptcy, business law and real estate litigation. Bogdon practices family law and special education law.
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The law offices of Tichenor, Dziuba & Coletti recently moved to the 14th floor of the Standard Plaza Building. The new address is 1100 S.W. Sixth Ave., Suite 1450, Portland, OR 97204. The firm will continue to represent seriously injured individuals in medical malpractice, wrongful death, personal injury, product liability, construction accident and maritime injury claims.
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Patricia L. Chapman has become a partner with the Eugene firm of Hershner Hunter. Chapman has more than 20 years experience advising businesses and real estate clients, first in San Francisco and for the last 15 years in Eugene. She will continue her work as general and special counsel to local businesses and to those individuals, non-profit organizations and out-of-area clients with local businesses and real estate interests. Chapman will also continue to serve as a member of the executive committee of the OSB Business Law Section and as chair-elect of the OSB section on real estate/land use.
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Todd R. Johnston has become an associate with the Eugene law firm Hershner Hunter’s litigation section. He graduated from Colorado College in 1995 and from the University of Oregon Law School in 1999. Johnston has practiced in Eugene since 1999, specializing in commercial litigation.
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Gerald H. Itkin, former deputy Multnomah County attorney and litigation manager has moved into the private sector specializing in plaintiffs’ personal injury matters and is of counsel with the firm of Randall J. Wolfe of Lake Oswego.
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Arnold, Gallagher, Saydack, Percell, Roberts & Potter announces that Catherine D. Susman has become a shareholder of the firm. Since joining the firm in 2001, Susman’s practice has focused on business law, commercial transactions, real estate law and intellectual property.
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Randy Bateman (top photo), Steve Seidel, Greg Miner, Doug Blomgren, Mike Chellis, Chris Gram, Stan Samuels (lower photo), Kathleen Sieler, Chris Campbell and Tre Kennedy have moved their practices to a new law firm, Bateman, Seidel, Miner, Blomgren, Chellis & Gram. The firm will emphasize real estate, affordable housing, business, tax and litigation. Bateman, Seidel, Miner, Blomgren, Chellis and Gram are shareholders of the new firm. Samuels joins the firm as senior counsel. Kennedy will serve as of counsel. The firm’s address is 888 S.W. Fifth Ave., Suite 1150, Portland, OR 97204; phone: (503) 972.9920; fax : (503) 972.9921; website: www.batemanseidel.com.
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Gerald H. Itkin, former deputy Multnomah County attorney and litigation manager has moved into the private sector specializing in plaintiffs’ personal injury matters and is of counsel with the firm of Randall J. Wolfe of Lake Oswego.