| Oregon State Bar Bulletin — JULY 2006 |
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Michael R. O’Connor, an owner in Garvey Schubert Barer’s Portland office, has been elected to the Cascade AIDS Project board of directors. O’Connor focuses his practice on business and commercial litigation, class action litigation and labor and employment law.
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Barran Liebman associate Andrew Schpak has been named vice chair of the labor and employment law committee for the ABA’s Young Lawyers Division. His one-year appointment began in May. Schpak’s previous involvement with the ABA has been to help plan one of its quarterly meetings in Portland. He also served as a contributing editor to The Developing Labor Law (4th ed., 2005 cumulative supplement).
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Portland criminal defense attorney and animal court hearings officer Julia Waco has a new art show opening in the Pearl District: "Wine and Lollipop Petals," a collection of images of elongated wine bottles and tall whimsical flowers in bright colors like candy balloons. She invites everyone to join her for her First Thursday opening Aug. 3, 5-10 p.m. at The Attic Gallery NW, 539 N.W. 10th Ave.; phone: (503) 222-3850. The show will run through Aug. 31.
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Political activist and Corvallis-area lawyer Blair Bobier is joining the campaign staff of Maine gubernatorial candidate Pat LaMarche. LaMarche, the Maine Green Independent Party candidate for governor, has qualified for public campaign financing under Maine’s Clean Elections law. Bobier, a founder of Oregon’s Pacific Green Party and the media director for the Green Party’s 2004 presidential campaign, will coordinate the LaMarche campaign’s public policy and community outreach programs.
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Allen Trust Co., a full-service trust company founded by OSB member Stuart B. Allen, became chartered by the state of Oregon as a trust-only bank in April 2006. This occurs as the company celebrates its fifth anniversary. Allen Trust Co. provides trust and investment management services to clients in the Pacific Northwest. Formerly a division of National Independent Trust Co. (NITC), Allen Trust still uses the services of NITC, but now operates independently.
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Bridget Bailey has been named to a three-year term as president of the Columbia Gorge chapter of Women for Winesense. The focus of the national non-profit organization is wine education. See womenforwinesense.org.
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Lane Powell was recently named a gold-award winner in the biannual Internet Marketing Attorney website reviews and awards. The IMA issued comments on each of the 250 largest U.S. law firm websites and performed additional reviews in the small/midsize firm category.
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Tonkon Torp senior partner William (Rick) F. Martson Jr. has been elected secretary-treasurer of the International Society of Barristers, an honor society limited to 600 outstanding trial lawyers chosen by their peers on the basis of excellence and integrity in advocacy. After three years of rotating service through the society’s chair positions, Martson will become president for 2009-2010. The International Society of Barristers seeks to preserve trial by jury, the adversary system and independence of the judiciary.
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Attorney and mediator Susan Hammer received the 2006 Judge James Burns Federal Practice Award at the annual Federal Bar Association banquet. The FBA presents this award annually to honor a lawyer who has improved the practice of law before the U.S. District Court of Oregon.
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The Future of Freedom Foundation in Fairfax, Va., has published an original essay by Ridgway K. (Dick) Foley Jr. in the May 2006 issue of its monthly journal, Freedom Daily. In "Lessons in Living from Great-Grandma Ladd," Foley contrasts the current victim-entitlement mentality with the self-reliance and moral rectitude of the Oregon pioneers. Foley, of counsel with Green & Markley, concentrates on state and federal appellate litigation.
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Oregon Women Lawyers (OWLs) announces its new officers and board members for 2006-2007. Norma Freitas, OWLs’ new president, is a sole practitioner. Freitas previously served as vice president and secretary of the board. Kellie Johnson, an assistant district attorney in Multnomah County, moves from her post as historian to serving as vice president/president-elect. Ellen Jones, director of career services at Lewis & Clark Law School, will continue on the executive committee as treasurer. Laura Caldera Taylor comes onto the executive committee as secretary. Taylor is an associate with Garvey Schubert Barer. Alice Bartelt, an attorney with SAIF Corp., joins the executive committee as historian. New board members are: Dana Forman (representing Region 5), Shari Gregory and Hon. Adrienne Nelson from Portland; Nancy Cook from Roseburg (representing Region 3); Concetta Schwesinger from Salem and Katherine Weber from Oregon City. Continuing on the board are: Nicole DeFever, Gwyneth McAlpine, Leslie W. O’Leary, Connie Speck, Hon. Katherine Tennyson and Heather Van Meter from Portland; Sally Anderson-Hansell from Hermiston; Bethany Graham from Bend (representing Region 1); Phylis Myles from Salem and Cathey Susman from Eugene (representing Region 2).
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Richard J. Whittemore, a senior trial attorney in the Portland office of Bullivant Houser Bailey, has been elected to membership in the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) and the Oregon chapter of ABOTA. Whittemore focuses his practice on business-threatening litigation matters, including products liability defense, toxic tort litigation, estate litigation and other complex business litigation matters.
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Derek Johnson, shareholder in Johnson, Clifton, Larson & Schaller of Eugene, has been appointed to the Civil Law Advisory Committee. The Civil Law Advisory Committee is held at the call of the chief justice to consider matters regarding Oregon’s system of civil justice for the purpose of advising the chief justice; improving the administration of justice; and promoting the just, economical and prompt resolution of civil disputes (Chief Justice Order No. 02.087). The committee serves as a forum for communication about issues which affect the civil trial bar, the Judicial Department and the people of Oregon with regard to our system of civil justice.
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The DuBoff Law Group announces that its founder, Leonard D. DuBoff and Christy O. King, also a principal of the firm, have just completed revising Art Law in a Nutshell, a book initially written by DuBoff. It is published by West Group and the revised and updated book is due out in the fall.
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Robert Weiss has recently published Mardi Gras at the Monastery, a collection of 14 stories that are linked to holidays. The book takes its title from the lead story which recounts the experience of a white-collar criminal who seeks refuge in a monastery. The stories explore the human condition in its many dimensions, some sad, some funny, often nostalgic, and span the reach from childhood to maturity, from spiritual moments to the trauma and death-grip of war. The book is an imprint of Burd Street Press of Shippensburg, Pa., the publisher of Weiss’ previous book, Fire Mission! the Siege at Mortain, Normandy, August 1944.
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Mike Williams of Williams, Love, O’Leary, Craine and Powers, is the author of an article published in the July issue of the Annals of Epidemiology. The article tackles previously published assertions about the drug known as PPA (phenylpropanolamine), an ingredient once used in over-the-counter cough syrups and other products. It was removed from the market by the FDA when consumers of PPA-containing products suffered strokes and other dangerous side effects. Williams represents clients with claims pending against the manufacturers of PPA.
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Robert S. Banks Jr. was a speaker at the New York City Bar Association annual program on securities arbitration for counsel and arbitrators on June 1. He spoke on proposed changes to the NASD Code of Arbitration procedure, and on regional differences in securities arbitration practice. Banks represents investors in disputes with stockbrokers and financial advisors.
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Former assistant attorney general Doug Dawson and former U.S. Bancorp legal division manager Sheryl Dawson will be the featured artists for Lawrence Gallery Salishan’s August exhibit. The Dawsons will present a series of pastel and acrylic paintings highlighting the nine historic lighthouses located along the Oregon Coast. The exhibit opens on Thursday, Aug. 3; the artists’ reception starts at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 6.
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A joint committee of Oregon Association of Defense Council and Oregon Trial Lawyers Association representatives has been appointed to work with Chief Judge David Brewer and other members of the Oregon Court of Appeals to confer and discuss issues of importance to Oregon’s civil justice system. The committee meets periodically for lunch with the court to discuss matters of mutual concern. Bar members who have issues or suggestions for discussion are encouraged to contact any of the committee members. The OADC members are: Robert E. Maloney Jr., Thomas M. Christ, James Edmonds and Janet M. Schroer. The OTLA members are: James Coon, Maureen Leonard, Richard Yugler and Charles S. Tauman.