Portland elder law attorney Tim Nay of the law firm Nay & Friedenberg has been elected secretary of the National Alliance of Medicare Set-Aside Professionals. Nay, also a clinical social worker, is the past chair of the OSB Elder Law Section and current president of the Oregon chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association.
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Melinda S. Eden of Milton-Freewater has been elected chair of the Northwest Power and Conservation Council, formerly known as the Northwest Power Planning Council. She was appointed by former Gov. John Kitzhaber to fill an unexpired term and was reappointed by Gov. Ted Kulongoski. She is one of two Oregon members of the council, which includes Idaho, Montana and Washington. A 1981 natural resources graduate of the University of Oregon School of Law, Eden clerked for a federal court judge in Portland and practiced law in Portland, Eugene and Milton-Freewater before joining the council. She also is a former chair of Oregon’s Environmental Quality Commission, the policymaking body for the Department of Environmental Quality.
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Willamette University law professor M.H. "Sam" Jacobson has been awarded a Fulbright Grant to teach at the University of Sofia, in Sofia, Bulgaria, for spring semester (February-June 2006).She will teach constitutional and administrative processes, a course that explores constitutional and administrative law processes from comparative and international perspectives. Jacobson, who teaches legal research and writing and administrative law at Willamette, is no stranger to Bulgaria. For the past 10 years, she’s been traveling there to teach at the University of Sofia and other institutions. Last year, she spoke before the Bulgarian Parliament and has become a featured speaker at the Ministry of Justice and at the Commission on Fighting Corruption. She and Bulgarian Professor Maria Slavova are co-authoring a book, The Seven Principles of Fighting Corruption in Bulgaria.
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Sonia Montalbano has a co-starring role in the independent documentary, "Reality Check," which had its most recent showing in March at the Hollywood Theater in Portland. She also served as an associate producer on the film, as well as the story editor. The film was accepted into the Viewer’s Voice Film Competition, sponsored by Cinequest, as well as the Longbaugh Film Festival, sponsored by Willamette Week and Comcast.
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Stoel Rives attorneys Courtney Angeli and Edward "Ted" Bernhard are among 40 individuals selected to receive the Portland Business Journal’s "Forty Under 40" Award. Award winners are recognized as the 40 most accomplished, influential and civic-minded young executives in Portland. Angeli is a member of the firm’s labor and employment practice group where she focuses on employment litigation and counseling employers on all aspects of workforce management. She is a frequent speaker and author on employment law issues and federal court practice and procedure. Angeli is program chair for the Portland Human Resource Management Association and is a member of the board of directors of the Oregon chapter of the Federal Bar Association. Bernhard is a corporate and securities lawyer and a member of the firm’s corporate and technology ventures practice groups. His practice focuses on providing counsel to entrepreneurs, directors, venture capitalists and investors involved with rapid growth businesses in the Pacific Northwest. Bernhard’s past experience includes the following roles: co-founder and managing partner of Cascadia Pacific Management (one of the region’s first venture capital funds) and director of seven local technology companies.
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The American College of Bankruptcy has announced that Joseph M. Meier of the firm Cosho Humphrey in Boise, Idaho was inducted as a fellow of the college on March 18 in Washington, D.C. The ceremony took place in the Great Hall of the Supreme Court of the United States. Meier was one of 34 inductees honored and recognized for their professional excellence and contributions to the fields of bankruptcy and insolvency.
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Perkins Coie was ranked number 10 on the 2005 Oregon Business Magazine’s "100 Best Companies to Work For in Oregon." The firm was the highest-ranked law firm on the list. "The 100 Best Companies to Work For in Oregon" list is based in part on survey results returned from 24,000 Oregon employees from 255 companies. Employees rank their employers on 50 specific workplace conditions relating to recruiting and hiring, organizational communication, performance standards, benefits, compensation and career development. The complete list was published in the March issue of the magazine.
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Portland attorney Kent Snyder, of Snyder & Associates, has been elected president of the American Leadership Forum of Oregon, a non-profit organization that works to join and strengthen leaders in Oregon to better serve the public good. Snyder also serves as the co-chair of the Sustainable Development Commission of Portland/Multnomah County and is a senior adviser to the China-U.S. Center for Sustainable Development. He has practiced exclusively in the area of bankruptcy since 1982 and holds certifications from the American Board of Certification as a specialist in both business and consumer bankruptcy law.
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Kenneth C. Bauman has been elected to the board of directors of the National Association of Assistant U.S. Attorneys, a professional organization which works for issues important to AUSAs. Bauman has worked for the U.S. Attorney’s office as an assistant U.S.attorney (AUSA) since 1972. He has been a member of the OSB Criminal Law Section since 1995, serving as section treasurer since 1997. Bauman also serves on the Oregon Halfway House board of directors.
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Marger, Johnson & McCollom ranked 92nd in the nation — higher than any other patent law firm headquartered in Oregon — for the number of U.S. patents issued on behalf of its clients in 2004, according to a report published in Intellectual Property Today magazine’s March issue. This is the third consecutive year the firm has been the highest-ranking Oregon-based patent law firm. To make the top 100 this time, the firm had 309 U.S. patents issued in 2004. On a steady climb up the list, in 2003 the firm ranked 102nd with 308 patents issued, and in 2002 it ranked 117th with 239.
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The Oregon Society of Certified Public Accountants has elected William S. Manne and Karey A. Schoenfeld to the 2005-06 board of directors. Manne is a partner with Miller Nash in Portland. Schoenfeld is a partner with Ferguson & Schoenfeld in Vancouver, Wash.
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Water law attorney Steve Shropshire of Jordan Schrader was named as one of the Portland Business Journal's "Forty Under 40" award winners for 2005, placing him among the top professionals in Portland under the age of 40. This year, Shropshire was one of more than 250 applicants vying for top honors. Nominees were judged on three categories: professional accomplishment, community involvement and professional recognition. He has built much of his practice around assisting clients with water rights matters, but also spends time working on other areas of Jordan Schrader's "Dirt Law" practice, which includes natural resources, environmental, agriculture, real estate and land-use law.
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Steven M. Wilker of Tonkon Torp has been recognized by The Business Journal’s annual "Forty Under 40" list. (In 2004, Tonkon Torp counsel David Copley Forman was named to the list.) Wilker’s practice is in trial and appellate work emphasizing corporate governance, securities, finance, energy, intellectual property and media law. He has assisted local, regional and national clients in disputes in Oregon and across the country.
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Gov. Ted Kulongoski has appointed Peter H. Wells to the board of directors of The Children’s Trust Fund of Oregon. The foundation serves to eliminate the cycle of child abuse and neglect through public education and advocacy. Wells has served as the city attorney of Pendleton since December 1992. Prior to his current position, he served as county counsel and budget officer for Umatilla County, an officer for a financial institution and as a practicing attorney for his own and another firm in Pendleton.
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Jerry N. Gauche has been elected to the board of directors of LYC Concours Corp. and will serve as chief judge for the 10th annual Keels & Wheels Concours d’Elegance in Houston, Texas. The Concours, featuring 200 of the finest automobiles in the United States, benefits the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Greater Houston Area.