Erika E. Soublet, formerly a deputy district attorney for Multnomah and Yamhill counties, has recently accepted a position as a deputy prosecuting attorney for Skagit County, Wash. She can be reached by phone: (360) 336-9460 or e-mail: erikas@co.skagit.wa.gov.
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Tanya A. Durkee returns to Lane Powell as a shareholder in the firm’s litigation department. She joined Lane Powell in May 2000 and left in August 2004 to accept the position of deputy commissioner of securities for the Vermont State Securities Division of the state’s Banking, Insurance, Securities and Health Care Administration. Upon returning to Lane Powell, Durkee will focus her practice on commercial litigation, including the areas of securities, banking, antitrust and trade regulation and consumer defense. She is proficient in Chinese and has lived and worked in China.
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Paige Sully announces the opening of her law office, located at 309 S. River St., Suite B1, Enterprise, OR 97828. The Sully Law Office will be a general practice law firm, focusing on business transactions, administrative practice, real estate and land use issues, estate preparation and administration and appellate advocacy. In addition, Sully will continue her criminal prosecution practice on a contract basis with various jurisdictions in Washington. Sully obtained her law degree from Willamette University College of Law in 1989 after graduating from the University of Oregon in 1986. She was the chief criminal deputy prosecuting attorney for Franklin County, Wash. for the last 10 years.
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The Law Office of Eden Rose Brown welcomes Allan F. Griffith as its newest associate. Griffith received his B.A. from the University of Texas, a master’s degree from St. Edward’s University in Austin, Texas and his J.D. from Willamette University. He is a certified mediator and serves as a board member and volunteer mediator with Neighbor to Neighbor Mediation.
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Matthew Sutton announces the new location of his law practice at 220 Laurel St., P.O. Box 4267, Medford, OR 97501. Sutton will continue to practice civil litigation and appeals, with special emphasis on creditors’ rights, collection suits in all Oregon counties, and collection notice review as an MAP attorney with ACA International. He can be reached at (541) 772-8050.
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H. Thomas Andersen is associated of counsel to the law firm of Garrett, Hemann, Robertson, Jennings, Comstock & Trethewy. Andersen defends employers and insurers in workers’ compensation and employment law cases. He served the past 19 years as trial counsel and special assistant attorney general with SAIF Corporation. Prior to SAIF, he was a litigator in Burlington, Vt., and the litigation partner in a business and corporate law firm in Eugene. Andersen can be reached by phone at (503) 581-1501 or via email at tandersen@garrettlaw.com.
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Local attorney & Keizer resident Tracy Prall has been selected by Judge Paul Lipscomb to be Marion County’s newest circuit Court referee and pro tem judge. Prall currently practices as a civil litigator with Garrett, Hemann, Robertson, Jennings, Comstock & Trethewy in Salem. Prior to joining Garrett, Hemann in 2002, Prall served seven years as a deputy district attorney for Marion County, prosecuting major person felonies, drug and gang related cases. She also served as a special assistant U.S. Attorney.
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Todd Johnston has become a partner with the Eugene law firm of Hershner, Hunter. He graduated from the University of Oregon School of Law in 1999 and received his bachelor degree from the Colorado College in 1995. He joined Hershner Hunter in January of 2005. Todd has practiced in Eugene since 1999, specializing in commercial litigation.
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Garrett, Hemann, Robertson, Jennings, Comstock & Trethewy has added two new attorneys to the firm, Spencer C. Rockwell and John Wesley ("Wes") Raborn. Rockwell will practice in the areas of employment law, workers’ compensation defense and general civil litigation with an emphasis on business. He is a 2005 graduate of Willamette University College of Law. He can be reached via phone at (503) 581-1501 or by email at srockwell@ garrettlaw.com. Raborn’s practice will focus on commercial and construction litigation, medical malpractice defense and general civil litigation. He most recently worked in the law department at Standard Insurance Company in Portland. The 2000 graduate of Pacific University received his law degree from Willamette University College of Law in 2005. He can be reached by phone at (503) 581-1501 or via email at wraborn@ garrettlaw.com.
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Frank Connell has been appointed as a senior assistant attorney general in the labor and employment section of the general counsel Division with the Oregon Department of Justice. Connell received J.D. from Boston College Law School, where he was executive editor of Boston College Law Review and a member of Order of the Coif. For many years Connell practiced in a private firm in Philadelphia before relocating to Oregon.
Hitt Hiller Monfils Williams announces that Allyson S. Krueger has joined the firm. Krueger has substantial litigation experience in state and federal courts, in private arbitration and before administrative agencies. Her practice emphasizes employment litigation including cases involving race, gender, age, disability and injured worker discrimination, complex wage claims, wrongful discharge, non-competition agreements and trade secret obligations.
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Keith Kutler has been appointed as attorney in charge of the tax and finance section of the general counsel division with the Oregon Department of Justice. Kutler received his J.D. from Syracuse University. He joined DOJ as an honors attorney in 1985, was appointed assistant attorney general in the former public utility section of the general counsel division in 1986 and became attorney in charge of the education section of the general counsel division in 1994. Kutler left DOJ briefly for private practice in Portland and returned to DOJ in 1998 as attorney in charge of the government services section of the general counsel division.
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Marc Abrams has been appointed as a senior assistant attorney general in the special litigation section of the trial division with the Oregon Department of Justice. Abrams received his Master of Arts and J.D. degrees from the University of Michigan. Abrams spent many years in private practice in New York, Pennsylvania and Portland. He joined the department in 2002 as a senior assistant attorney general in the torts section of the trial division.
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Ken Crowley has been appointed as a senior assistant attorney general in the torts section of the trial division with the Oregon Department of Justice. Crowley received his J.D. from the University of San Diego School of Law. Crowley has been in private practice in Portland and Wilsonville.
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Liani Reeves has been appointed as an assistant attorney general in the torts section of the trial division of the Oregon Department of Justice. Reeves received her J.D. from Willamette University. She joined DOJ as an honors attorney in 2001 and left in 2003 to be a staff attorney for the National Crime Victim Law Institute.
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Michael P. Kearney announces that his son, Benjamin M. Kearney, has joined his practice. The firm has been renamed Kearney & Kearney; the firm’s address and phone number remain 260 Country Club Road Suite 210, Eugene, OR 97401; phone: (541) 485-8888. Ben received his B.S. in mechanical engineering from Boston University in 1998 and his J.D. from the University of Oregon in 2001. He has spent the last four years on active duty as an attorney in the Army’s Office of the General Counsel, primarily responsible for negotiating international contracts, intellectual property law and small business issues. Ben’s practice will emphasize business law, real estate transactions and estate planning. He can be reached at: ben@kearneyatlaw.com.
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Shelley Webb has joined the San Diego City Attorney’s office in the Family Justice Center’s domestic violence unit. She was previously a deputy district attorney in Hood River County. She may be reached at 1200 Third Ave., Suite 700, San Diego, CA 92101 or (619) 533-5500.
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Bullivant Houser Bailey has named new shareholders with the firm’s Portland office: Lloyd Bernstein is a litigator with a practice concentrated in the resolution of complex insurance coverage disputes and extra-contractual/bad faith lawsuits. Prior to joining Bullivant, he worked for a small San Francisco firm where his practice was focused in the litigation of all aspects of insurance, injury and construction-related disputes. Bernstein earned his law degree from California Western School of Law. Darin Christensen is a tax attorney with a focus on business and individual tax planning, business transactions and estate planning and probate. Earlier he was an associate with Wetzel, DeFrang & Sandor. He earned his law degree from Brigham Young University and his LL.M. in taxation from the University of Florida. As a labor and employment attorney, Nancy Cooper counsels employers on the best practices to avoid litigation in employment law. She regularly conducts in-house training on issues such as discrimination, wage and hour issues and harassment. Prior to joining Bullivant she was a business owner. Cooper earned her law degree from the Northwestern School of Law of Lewis & Clark College. J. Brad Lewis is a trial attorney with particular experience defending construction defect, product and premises liability matters and first- and third-party insurance defense matters. He earned his law degree from the Northwestern School of Law of Lewis & Clark College. As a construction litigator, Robert C. Muth has resolved franchise and defect matters in Oregon, Texas and North Carolina for the past 15 years. Muth earned his law degree from Washington and Lee University.
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Stoel Rives announces the promotion of eight new principals who are OSB members in the firm’s Portland and Salt Lake City offices, effective Jan. 1, 2006. The following are in the Portland office: Kassim Ferris is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark office and concentrates his practice on domestic and international patent prosecution, trademark registration matters, technology licensing and intellectual property dispute resolution. Ferris is a graduate of Willamette University College of Law (J.D., 1996). Mary Hull practices in the firm’s corporate section and is a member of the technology ventures group. She has a general corporate and securities law practice and represents emerging-growth companies. She holds a law degree from Tulane Law School (J.D. magna cum laude, Order of the Coif, 1997). Jim Kearney practices in the firm’s corporate section. He represents and advises public and private company clients on general corporate matters, corporate governance and Sarbanes-Oxley Act compliance, mergers and acquisitions, federal and state securities regulation, public and private debt and equity financings, periodic reporting to the Securities and Exchange Commission and general business transactions. He is a graduate of the University of Washington School of Law (1998). John Motley practices in the firm’s intellectual property and technology section. His practice involves technology licensing, product distribution, e-commerce and trademark and copyright registration and enforcement. He holds a law degree from the University of Chicago Law School (1997). Sam Panarella practices land use, natural resources, real estate development and environmental law. He is a graduate of Northwestern School of Law of Lewis & Clark College (1998). Kevin Pearson practices in the firm’s tax section. He focuses principally on federal income tax law, including transactional and tax controversy matters. He also represents clients on partnership, S corporation and limited liability company transactions and tax issues. Pearson is a graduate of Georgetown University Law Center (LL.M., taxation, 1998) and Gonzaga University School of Law (J.D., 1996). Michelle Rudd practices real estate, development and environmental law, focusing on complex land use permitting and litigation. She is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley (J.D., 1994; M.S., city and regional planning, 1994). Jennifer Martin practices in the firm’s energy and telecommunications section in the Salt Lake City office. She focuses her practice on state and federal energy regulatory matters. She is a graduate of University of Iowa College of Law (1999).
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Gleaves Swearingen Potter & Scott announces that Joshua A. Clark and Kate A. Thompson are now partners in their Eugene law firm. Clark has been associated with the firm since 1998. He practices in the areas of real estate, business law and commercial transactions. Thompson has been associated with the firm since 2000 and practices litigation and business law.
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Miller Nash announces two new partners. Meridee E. Pabst joined the Vancouver office of Miller Nash in 1999. Her practice emphasizes land use regulation, permitting and environmental review. She also provides counsel on real estate matters, particularly those related to project development. Before joining the firm, she was an associate of Horenstein Bremer in Vancouver, Wash. She received her law degree from the University of Washington School of Law, where she was a member of the Order of the Coif. Tamara E. Russell is a member of the litigation department in the Portland office, where she focuses her practice on employment litigation. Before joining Miller Nash, she worked in the office of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy and as an associate at Bogle & Gates and Druckman & Blatt. Russell received her law degree, with honors in litigation and dispute resolution, from Boston University School of Law. During law school, she served as an editor of the American Journal of Law and Medicine and was recognized as an Edward F. Hennessey Distinguished Scholar.
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Patricia A. Vallerand is expanding her ADR practice (Oregon mediation and dispute services) to include evaluation and in-house investigation services in addition to mediation, arbitration and facilitation. She has a new mailing address and website: P.O. Box 50814, Eugene, OR 97405; phone: (541) 343-9052; fax: (541) 343-2716. More information about her services can be viewed at www.ormediate. com.
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Davis Wright Tremaine recently announced the appointment of Rodney E. Lewis Jr. to partner-in-charge (PIC) of its Portland office. Lewis, who was PIC in the Portland office 1995-2002, will take over for Michael H. Schmeer who agreed to serve in this position for three years (2002-2005); Schmeer will now resume his full-time practice.
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Beginning January 3, the law office of Kay Hyde-Patton has moved to 101 E. Broadway, Suite 212, Eugene, OR 97401; phone: (541) 485-3331; fax: (541) 683-2671; e-mail: kayhp@att.net.
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Darryl D. Walker, formerly of Bullard Smith Jernstedt Wilson, has joined Alaska Airlines as senior labor/employment counsel. He is a 1992 graduate of Willamette University College of Law and former law clerk to The Hon. Edwin E. Allen of the Lane County Circuit Court.
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Kurt E. Scheuerman has been appointed vice president and general counsel of DDi Corp., a Nasdaq-listed manufacturer of printed circuit boards located in Anaheim, Calif. Prior to joining DDi, Scheuerman practiced corporate and securities law in the Orange County office of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker. Previously, he practiced law at Solomon Ward Sedenwurm & Smith in San Diego and Stoel Rives in Portland. Scheuerman received his J.D. from the University of Oregon in 1993.
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The Law Offices of Charles Robinowitz have moved to Suite 2323 in the Pacwest Center, 1211 S.W. Fifth Ave., Portland, OR 97204; phone: (503) 226-1464, fax: (503) 226-6456. The office continues to represent people injured by the wrongful conduct of others and maritime workers who are injured on the job.
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Cram, Harder, Wells & Baron announces the retirement of Stanley Cram after 25 years of practice. Cram was a co-founder of the firm in 1980. Mark A. Manning has become a shareholder in the firm effective January 1. The new firm is Harder, Wells, Baron & Manning. Manning is a 2000 graduate of the University of Oregon School of Law. His previous experience includes being a Social Security law clerk in the District of Oregon for the federal judges seated in Eugene and Medford. His practice focuses primarily on Social Security disability. The firm has offices in Salem, Albany, Corvallis, Eugene, Roseburg and Coos Bay and can be reached by calling (800) 380-LAWS.
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Garvey Schubert Barer announces that attorneys Stephen J. Connolly, Keith S. Dubanevich and Eric A. Lindenauer have been elected to serve on the 2006 management committee of the firm’s Portland office, with Connolly serving as managing director of the office. Dubanevich and attorney Christine P. Brown have been elected to serve on GSB’s firmwide executive committee. Robert C. Weaver will continue to serve as chair of the firm’s Portland litigation group, and Larry J. Brant will remain chair of the firm’s Portland business group.
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Katelyn Booth Randall joined the Metropolitan Public Defender Jan. 9 and will be working in the Multnomah County office. Randall received her undergraduate degree from the University of New Hampshire and attended the University of Oregon School of Law, graduating in 2002, and joining the OSB in 2004.
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Dunn Carney announces that Dan Drazan and David Zehntbauer became partners in the firm Jan. 1. Drazan advises clients in a wide range of real estate transactions and on general business matters. He is also a frequent speaker on real estate topics, including commercial lease negotiation, drafting and enforcement. He is a member of the real estate and land use group as well as the hospitality industry team at Dunn Carney. Zehntbauer leads the hospitality industry team, and his practice focuses on real estate and corporate law. He also advises clients regarding entity selection and formation, including the representation of emerging growth companies receiving venture capital investment. Zehntbauer joined Dunn Carney’s real estate practice group in June 2004.
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The suite number for the law office of Charles Robinowitz has changed (to 2323). The address remains at the Pacwest Center at 1211 S.W. Fifth Ave., Portland, OR 97204. The phone number: (503) 226-1464; fax: (503) 226-6456. The office continues to represent people injured by the wrongful conduct of others and maritime workers who are injured on the job.
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Grenley, Rotenberg, Evans, Bragg, & Bodie announces the addition of Jason E. Hirshon to its litigation group. Hirshon graduated in May 2005 from University of California Davis School of Law.
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Portland attorney Rob Kline has moved his practice. Kline Law Offices is now located at 140 American Bank Building, 621 S.W. Morrison St., Portland OR 97205; phone: (503) 224-6246; fax: (503) 222-5779; e-mail: rob@klinelawpc.com. He practices in the areas of personal injury, employment disputes and business litigation.
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Perkins Coie announces that Renee Starr has joined the firm as an associate in the employment law group. Starr will practice in the Portland office. She was recently an associate at Stoel Rives. Starr earned her J.D. from Willamette University. Before law school she was as an HR generalist with several local companies including TriQuint Semiconductor and Merix Corporation. The firm’s Portland office also welcomes Marco Materazzi, who earned his B.A. in philosophy from Cornell University in 1999 and received his J.D. from the UCLA School of Law in 2005.
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Richard A. Wilhelm announces the opening of his West Linn law practice emphasizing patent prosecution. He is the 2006 president of the Oregon Patent Law Association. He may be reached at (503) 722-4070 or wilhelmr1@comcast.net.
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Amber Hollister has joined Perkins Coie’s Portland office as an associate in the litigation practice group. She earned her received her J.D. with honors from the University of Washington. Previously she was a clerk for U.S. District Court Judge Robert H. Whaley in Spokane.
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Danielle Benderly was recently promoted to of counsel to Perkins Coie. Her corporate finance practice emphasizes public company securities regulation, reporting and compliance and corporate governance, insider trading issues and stock-based executive compensation arrangements. She is president of the Portland chapter of the National Association of Stock Plan Professionals.
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Jesse Davis has been appointed an honors attorney with the Oregon Department of Justice. He graduated from Lewis & Clark Northwestern School of Law in 2005. During law school he clerked for Bonneville Power Administration, and externed for federal court judges Robert Jones and Donald Ashmanskas. After law school he clerked for Judge Ancer Haggerty.
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Kamala Shugar has been appointed as assistant attorney in charge in the human services section of the general counsel division with the Department of Justice. She served as a prosecutor in the Lane County district attorney’s office for nine years where she managed that office’s misdemeanor and domestic violence team.. Additionally, Shugar taught numerous classes for the Oregon District Attorneys Association (ODAA), National District Attorneys Association and American Prosecutor’s Research Institute.
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Susan Miller has been appointed as an assistant attorney general in the civil recovery section of the civil enforcement division with the Oregon Department of Justice. Miller received her J.D. from Lewis & Clark Northwestern School of Law. She worked as a judicial clerk for the Multnomah County Circuit Court and practiced with a private Portland firm after graduating from law school.
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Craig Dorsay announces that Lea Ann Easton has joined the firm as an attorney and Susan K. (Suzy) Driver has joined the firm of counsel. The firm will continue to specialize in the practice of Indian law and related cases. Prior to joining Dorsay’s practice, Easton served as the director of the Native American Program, Legal Aid Services of Oregon where she specialized in Indian law and juvenile dependency law. She worked for Legal Aid since 1988 with a brief tenure with the Juvenile Rights Project. She is admitted to practice in all Oregon State Courts, the Oregon Federal District Court, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, the Coquille Tribal Court, the Burns Paiute Tribal Court and the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Community Tribal Court. Easton is an adjunct professor of Indian law at the Northwestern School of Law of Lewis & Clark College. Additionally, she serves as an associate judge of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Community of Oregon Tribal Court and on the Oregon Law Commission Juvenile Code Revision Committee. Driver previously practiced Indian law and water law with the Navajo Tribe and the U.S. Dept. of the Interior. As one of the principal water attorneys in the Pacific Northwest Region, she represented the Secretary of the Interior in hydropower licensing proceedings, water rights adjudications and related matters. She chaired of federal negotiating teams working to resolve the reserved water rights claims of the Nez Perce Tribe in Idaho and the Lummi Tribe in Washington. She is a past-president of the Oregon Chapter of the Federal Bar Association.
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The Oregon City law firm of Bowerman & Boutin announces that Kristen S. David has become a shareholder in the professional corporation of Donald B. Bowerman P.C., and has been named president of the Clackamas County Bar Association for 2006. David is a 2000 graduate of Lewis & Clark College School of Law. During college and law school she served as an athletic trainer for the Lewis & Clark athletic teams. She specializes in the defense of medical and legal malpractice claims.
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James L. Sutherland was recently named as the new chief for the civil division of the U.S. Attorney’s office for the district of Oregon. Sutherland has served as the office’s senior litigation counsel since January 2000. In assuming the role as civil chief, Sutherland relocated from Eugene to Portland and began his new duties Jan. 9. All civil litigation claims will now be handled by the Portland office. Sutherland spent nine years in private practice and with the Multnomah County District Attorney’s office before joining the U.S. Attorney’s office in February 1978. He has taught trial practice at the University of Oregon School of Law, has received numerous awards from federal agencies and has extensive experience in training federal agencies on applicable laws and regulations. He can be reached at (503) 727-1194.
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Roland W. Johnson and Alyssa D. Slater announce the move of their law office, Kirby Johnson & Slater, to 200 W. Main St., Enterprise, OR 97828. The firm telephone numbers of (541) 426-4912 and (541) 426-5920 remain the same. William R. Kirby retired from the firm on Dec. 31, 2005, after more than 43 years of distinguished legal practice in Wallowa County. Kirby Johnson & Slater will continue to provide comprehensive legal services with special emphasis on real estate, probate, civil litigation and municipal law.
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James (Jim) A. Underwood has joined Cox & Associates, and will continue to focus his practice on major felony defense, as well as providing services in real estate transactions, foreclosure and litigation matters. He received his J.D. from the University of Oregon School of Law in 2001, worked as a law clerk for the DOJ, clerked for the Hon. Kip Leonard in Lane County. Underwood’s practice will continue to focus on representing defendants in major felony and Measure 11 prosecutions, representing firm clients in real estate transactions, foreclosure and litigation matters, and he will assist the firm in expanding its state and federal civil litigation and appellate practice.
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Scott F. Kocher and Richard J. Vangelisti have joined forces to create Vangelisti Kocher LLP. The new firm will focus on personal injury and other plaintiff-side civil litigation. Kocher is a graduate of Harvard Law School, and had practiced at Stoel Rives since 2001. Vangelisti is president of the Oregon chapter of the Federal Bar Association and has represented injured individuals and their families since he departed from Stoel Rives in 2003. For more information visit www.vangelisti.com or call (503) 595-4131.