Harrang Long Gary Rudnick P.C.

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Law Firm in Eugene, Oregon
 
Address
360 East 10th Avenue, Suite 300
Eugene, Oregon 97401
(Lane Co.)
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 11620, Eugene, OR, 97440-3820
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Contact Information
Phone: 541-485-0220  
Fax: 541-686-6564
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http://www.harrang.com
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Harrang Long Gary Rudnick P.C. practices in the following areas of law:
General Civil Trial and Appellate Practice in all State and Federal Courts, Complex and Tort Litigation, Governmental and Legislative Relations, Municipal and Public Law, Administrative Law, Financial Services, Employee Benefits, Creditors Rights, Real Estate, Environmental Law, Zoning, Planning and Land Use, Estate Planning and Probate, Insurance Law, Business Law and Litigation, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Labor and Employment Law, Intellectual Property, Health Law, Nonprofit Law.
Year Established: 1957
Firm Profile:
Harrang Long Gary Rudnick P.C. was organized as a partnership on July 1, 1957. It has offices in Eugene, Salem and Portland, Oregon. The firm conducts a diversified general practice with particular emphasis in municipal and public law, litigation and appellate law, government and legislative relations, business and employee benefits. Harrang Long is a member of the State Capital Global Law Firm Group.
Firm Size: 36
Representative Clients:
Abby's Inc. (Abby's Legendary Pizza); American Hardware Mutual Insurance Company; Amfac, Inc.; Amycel, Inc.; Bank of the West; Chubb Insurance Company; Cities of Eugene, Portland, Roseburg and Florence, Counties of Lincoln, Lane and Washington; Covert Engineering, Inc.; Crimson Trace Corporation; Ecos Consulting, Inc.; Ecotrust; Eugene Water & Electric Board (EWEB); Harvest House Publishers; JP Morgan Chase Bank; Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Northwest; Knight Transportation; Lane Council of Governments; Lane Regional Air Pollution Authority; League of Oregon Cities; Lease Dimensions, Inc.; Levi Strauss & Co.; Monterey Mushrooms, Inc.; Motorcycle Safety Foundation; National Chiropractic Mutual Insurance Co.; Northbrook Corporation; Oregon Association of Hospitals and Health Systems; Oregon Food Bank; Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU); Oregon Self-Insurers Association; Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission; PeaceHealth; Perennial Ryegrass Bargaining Association; Philip Morris USA, Inc.; Port of Portland; Portland Development Commission; Professional Liability Fund of the Oregon State Bar; Providence Health Plan; SAIF Corporation; Schering-Plough Corporation; Silicon Valley Bank; Spawn Mate, Inc.; Swift Transportation Co. Inc.; The Motorists Insurance Group; The Register-Guard; Tom Rogers Distributor, Inc.; Tualatin Valley Water District; University of Oregon Bookstore; US - SUMCO Oregon Corporation; Voith Paper; Western States Chiropractic College; Whittier Wood Products Co.; Yellow/Roadway Express.

Other Office Locations of Harrang Long Gary Rudnick P.C.
Portland, Oregon, U.S.A.
Salem, Oregon, U.S.A.
SHAREHOLDERS
William F. Gary (Shareholder) born Palo Alto, California; admitted to bar, 1976, California; 1977, Oregon and U.S. District Court, District of Oregon; 1980, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court; 1982, U.S. District Court, District of Columbia. Education: University of Oregon (B.A., 1973); University of California, Hastings College of Law (J.D., 1976). Member: Order of the Coif; Thurston Society. Editor, Hastings Law Journal, 1975-1976. Law Clerk, Oregon Court of Appeals, 1976-1978. Solicitor General of Oregon, 1981-1983. Deputy Attorney General of Oregon, 1983-1988. Special Assistant Attorney General, State of Oregon, 1989-1994, 1998-1999. City Attorney of Eugene, 1989-1996. Member, Oregon Criminal Justice Commission, 1996—. Governor's Special Task Force on Public Employees Retirement System, 2002. Listed in The Best Lawyers in America for Appellate and Commercial Litigation; also recognized in Oregon Super Lawyers Magazine as a Super Lawyer for Appellate Law. Member: Oregon State Bar (Executive Committee, Appellate Practice Section); State Bar of California; American Bar Association. Roland K. Rodman Inn of Court; American Academy of Appellate Lawyers, since 2001. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Appellate Law; Municipal Law; Administrative Law. Email: William F. Gary
Kathryn Piele Brotherton (Shareholder) born Springfield, Oregon; admitted to bar, 1998, Oregon; 1999, U.S. District Court, District of Oregon; 2000, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: University of Arizona (B.A., magna cum laude, 1993); University of Oregon (J.D., 1997). Order of the Coif. Member, Oregon Law Review, 1995-1997. Law Clerk to Justice Allen T. Compton, Alaska Supreme Court, 1997-1998. Author: "Three Years After Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc.: What is Fair Game for Parodists?" Loyola of Los Angeles Entertainment Law Journal, Vol. 18, 1997; "Sabelko v. City of Phoenix: Ninth Circuit Refuses to Burst 'Bubble' Protecting Women Entering Health Care Facilities," Oregon Law Review, Winter 1996. Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Oregon, College of Education, 2000. Litigation Associate, Law Office of Robert E. Franz, 1998-2000. Member: Lane County and American Bar Associations; Oregon State Bar; Lane County Women Lawyers Association; Oregon City Attorneys Association; American Public Works Association. Practice Areas: Municipal Law; Land Use. Email: Kathryn Piele Brotherton
Craig J. Capon (Shareholder) born Huntington, New York; admitted to bar, 1998, Oregon; 1999, U.S. District Court, District of Oregon; 2004, Washington. Education: University of California, Irvine (B.A., 1995); University of Washington (J.D., 1998). Phi Alpha Delta. Author: "The Threat of Oil Pollution in the Malacca Strait: Arguing for a Broad Interpretation of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea," 7 Pacific Rim Law and Policy Journal, 1998. Member: Lane County, Washington State and American Bar Associations; Oregon State Bar; Roland K. Rodman American Inn of Court. Practice Areas: Civil Rights; Commercial Law; Constitutional Law; Government Liability; Police Liability; Civil Litigation. Email: Craig J. Capon
Emily Newton Jerome (Shareholder) born Rock Falls, Illinois; admitted to bar, 1995, Oregon. Education: Western Illinois University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1992); University of Oregon (J.D., 1995). Member, Oregon Law Review. Assistant Instructor, Trial Practice, University of Oregon School of Law, 1998. Member: League of Oregon Cities; Oregon Chapter, American Planning Association. Member: Lane County (Member, Sections on: Environmental Law and Land Use) and Oregon State (Member, Sections on: Government Law, Real Estate and Land Use) Bar Associations; Oregon Women Lawyers Association; Oregon City Attorneys Association; Practice Areas: Local Government Law; Land Use Permitting; Rezoning; Land Development; Land Use; Environmental Land Use; Land Use Litigation; Public Law; Fifth Amendment Law; Land Annexation; Inverse Condemnation; Subdivision; Zoning Law; Zoning Variances. Email: Emily Newton Jerome
Glenn Klein (Shareholder) born Santa Monica, California; admitted to bar, 1982, Oregon; 1983, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1984, U.S. District Court, District of Oregon. Education: University of California at Irvine (B.A. 1978); University of Oregon (M.S., 1980; J.D. 1982). Certificates of Completion in Environmental and Natural Resources Law, and in Ocean and Coastal Law. Law Clerk to U.S. District Court Judge, 1982-1984. Honors Attorney, Oregon Department of Justice, 1984-1985. Assistant Attorney General, Oregon Department of Justice, General Counsel Division, 1985-1986, Special Litigation Unit, 1986-1989. Author: "Environmental Audits and Site Assessments," 1994 Update, Environmental Law C.L.E., December 1994. Member, League of Oregon Cities. City Attorney of Eugene, since 1996. Listed in The Best Lawyers in America for Municipal Law; Recognized in Oregon Super Lawyers Magazine as a Super Lawyer for Environmental Law. Member: Lane County and American Bar Associations; Oregon State Bar; International Municipal Lawyers Association; Lane County Bar Association; Oregon City Attorneys Association (Past President). Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Government Law; Municipal Law; Zoning, Planning and Land Use. Email: Glenn Klein
Jerome Lidz (Shareholder) born Baltimore, Maryland; admitted to bar, 1977, Oregon; 1979, U.S. District Court, District of Oregon, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1989, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Yale University (B.A., 1968); University of Wisconsin (M.A., 1973); University of Oregon (J.D., 1977). Order of the Coif. Author, Comment, "Official Immunity from Damages in Section 1983 Suits: Wood v. Strickland," 56 Oregon Law Review 124, 1977. Adjunct Professor, Willamette University College of Law, Fall, 1978; University of Oregon College of Education, 1987; University of Oregon School of Law, 1988, 1999. Member: Oregon Environmental Council; Looking Glass Youth and Family Services. Listed in The Best Lawyers in America for Municipal Law. Member: Oregon State Bar; American Bar Association; International Municipal Lawyers Association; Oregon City Attorneys Association. Practice Areas: Local Government Law; Public Law; Administrative Law; Appellate Practice; Natural Resources Law. Email: Jerome Lidz
Stanton F. Long (Shareholder) born Forest Grove, Oregon; admitted to bar, 1967, Oregon. Education: Clark College; Oregon State University; University of Oregon (B.S., 1964); Willamette University (J.D., 1967). Oregon Deputy Attorney General, 1981-1983. Director, Oregon Department of Commerce, 1987. President, SAIF Corporation, 1988-1992. Vice President, Domestic General Claims of American International Group and President of AIGCS, Inc. a wholly owned subsidiary of AIG, 1992-1996. Vice Chairman of Travelers Property and Casualty Co., 1996-1998. Chairman of Claims Services for Travelers Property and Casualty Co., 1998—. Director and General Counsel of Project Time & Cost, an Atlanta, Georgia cost engineering and internet Co., 1999—. Member: Oregon State Bar; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Insurance Law; Administrative Law; Litigation; Business Law. Email: Stanton F. Long
Jeffery J. Matthews (Shareholder) born Honolulu, Hawaii; admitted to bar, 1989, Missouri and U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri; 1992, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; 1994, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit; 1995, U.S. District Court, Central District of Illinois; 1997, Oregon, U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit and U.S. District Court, District of Oregon; 2000, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 2002, Washington. Education: Southern Oregon State College (B.S., 1977); University of Nevada-Reno (M.A., 1984); University of Missouri-Kansas City (J.D., 1989). Order of the Bench & Robe; National Moot Court Board. Member, UMKC Law Review, 1988-1989. Law Clerk, Hon. Scott O. Wright, U.S. District Court Judge, Western District of Missouri, 1989-1991. Member: Lane County, Washington State, Federal and American Bar Associations; Oregon State Bar; The Missouri Bar. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Local Government Defense; Construction Law; Litigation. Email: Jeffery J. Matthews
Christine Cusick Nesbit (Shareholder) born Vermillion, South Dakota; admitted to bar, 1995, California and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California; 1996, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1997, Oregon and U.S. District Court, District of Oregon. Education: University of California, Santa Cruz (B.A., honors, 1989); University of California, Davis (J.D., 1995). Associate, Diepenbrock, Wulff, Plant & Hannegan LLP, Sacramento, California, 1995-1997. Associate, Anthony M. Kennedy Inn of Court, 1996-1997. Barrister, Roland K. Rodman Inn of Court, 1999 —. Member: Lane County and American Bar Associations; International Public Management Association for Human Resources; National Public Employer Labor Relations Association; Oregon Labor and Employment Relations Association; Oregon State Bar; State Bar of California; Oregon City Attorneys Association. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Employment Litigation; Wage and Hour Law; Employee Discipline; Employment Arbitration; Employment Discrimination; Family and Medical Leave Act; Personnel Policies; Public Sector Employment Law; Nonprofit and Charitable Organizations. Email: Christine Cusick Nesbit
Arden J. Olson (Shareholder) born Wilmington, Delaware; admitted to bar, 1978, Washington and U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington; 1982, Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania; 1983, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 1987, Oregon, U.S. District Court, District of Oregon; 1988, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 2001, California; 2002, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Washington; 2004, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Pacific Lutheran University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1974); University of Washington (J.D., 1978). Order of the Coif. Executive Editor, Washington Law Review. Oregon Assistant Attorney General, 1987-1992. General Counsel, Oregon State Accident Insurance Fund Corp, 1989-1992. Select Care Health Plans, 1993-1997. Selected as Oregon Super Lawyer for Business Litigation in Oregon Super Lawyers magazine in November 2006. Member: Seattle-King County, Lane County, Washington State, Federal and American (Member, Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility) Bar Associations; Oregon State Bar (Member, Federal Practice and Procedure Committee, 1993-1996; Ethics Committee, 1999); State Bar of California; American Judicature Society (Member, Executive Committee, 1982-1985, Board of Directors, 1980-1986); American Health Lawyers Association; Oregon City Attorneys Association. Practice Areas: Health Law; Insurance; Professional Responsibility; Litigation; Administrative Adjudications. Email: Arden J. Olson
Sharon A. Rudnick (Shareholder) born North Adams, Massachusetts; admitted to bar, 1981, California; 1983, Oregon, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh and Ninth Circuits; 1985, U.S. District Court, District of Oregon; 2002, Washington and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Middlebury College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1978); University of California at Los Angeles (J.D., 1981). Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Associate Editor, University of California at Los Angeles Law Review, 1980-1981. Law Clerk, Senior U.S. District Court Judge William G. East, District of Oregon, 1981-1983. Special Assistant Attorney General, State of Oregon, 1989-1994. Listed in Oregon Super Lawyers Magazine as a Super Lawyer in General Litigation. Member: Lane County, Washington State and American Bar Associations; Oregon State Bar; State Bar of California; Oregon Women Lawyers Association; Oregon Women Lawyers Foundation; Roland K. Rodman Inn of Court; Oregon City Attorneys Association. Practice Areas: Litigation and Appellate Practice; Labor and Employment; Employment Litigation. Email: Sharon A. Rudnick
Jens Schmidt (Shareholder) born Hamburg, West Germany; admitted to bar, 1984, Oregon; 1987, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1988, U.S. District Court, District of Oregon; 1994, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Oregon (B.S., 1981; J.D., 1984). Associate Editor, Oregon Law Review, 1983-1984. Law Clerk to Judge William L. Richardson, Oregon Court of Appeals, 1984-1986. Assistant Attorney General, Oregon Department of Justice Honors Program, 1986-1987. Member: Lane County Bar Association; Oregon State Bar; Oregon Association of Defense Counsel; Oregon City Attorneys Association. Reported Cases: Knee Deep Cattle Co. v. Bindana Investments Co., 94 F.3d 514, 1996; Hunter v. City of Eugene, 309 or 298, 787 P2d 881, 1990; City of Eugene v. Nalven, 152 or App 720, 955 P2d 263, 1998; Yokum v. Farmers Ins. Co., 117 or App 546, 844 P2d 937, 1993; Bakr v. Elliot, 125 or App 1, 864 P2d 1340, 1993, rev den 318 or 381, 1994. Practice Areas: Appellate Practice; Administrative Law; Civil Rights; Commercial Law; Constitutional Law; Environmental Litigation; Governmental Liability; Insurance Defense; Employment Litigation; Police Liability; Litigation. Email: Jens Schmidt
ASSOCIATES
Andrea D. Coit (Associate) born Springfield, Oregon; admitted to bar, 1999, Louisiana, U.S. District Court, Eastern, Western and Middle Districts of Louisiana and U.S Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 2000, Oregon and U.S. District Court, District of Oregon; U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: Louisiana University (B.A., cum laude, 1995); Louisiana State University (J.D., 1999). Order of the Coif. Member: Multnomah, Lane County, Federal and American Bar Associations; Oregon State Bar; Oregon Women Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Appellate Practice. Email: Andrea D. Coit
Nicole R. Commissiong (Associate) born Southampton, England; admitted to bar, 2002, Oregon; 2003, U.S. District Court, District of Oregon. Education: University of Oregon (B.A., cum laude, 1997); University of Oregon School of Law (J.D., 2001). Phi Beta Kappa. Member: Multnomah County and American Bar Associations; Oregon State Bar. Languages: French. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Nicole R. Commissiong
Andrea Nagles (Associate) born 1978; admitted to bar, 2004, Oregon; 2007, U.S. District Court, District of Oregon. Education: University of Iowa (B.S., Sociology and Pre-Law, 2000); University of Oregon School of Law (J.D., 2004). Practice Areas: Litigation.
Lauren A. Sommers (Associate) (Admission pending). Education: Oregon State University (B.S., Natural Resources Law and Policy, summa cum laude, 2003); University of Oregon (J.D., 2006). Practice Areas: Government; Municipal Law.
Ross M. Williamson (Associate) born Seattle, Washington; admitted to bar, 2001, Oregon; 2004, U.S. District Court, District of Oregon; 2005, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: Western Washington University (B.A., 1995); University of Oregon (J.D., 2001). Order of the Coif. Member, Oregon Law Review. Member: Lane County and American Bar Associations; Oregon State Bar (Executive Committee, New Lawyers Division); Washington State Bar; Oregon City Attorneys Association; Roland K. Rodman American Inn of Court. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Litigation; Government. Email: Ross M. Williamson
OF COUNSEL
Mark P. Amberg (Of Counsel) born Oakland, California, July 7, 1954; admitted to bar, 1986, California and U.S. District Court, Northern, Eastern and Central Districts of California; 1992, Oregon; 1995, U.S. District Court, District of Oregon. Education: University of California at Berkeley (B.S., 1977); University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law (J.D., 1986). Member, Traynor Honor Society. Author: "The Defense of Implied Assumption of the Risk: Alive and Well in California," California Defense, Summer, 1989; "Dispute Resolution: Contractual Arbitration," California Defense, Summer, 1992. Member: San Francisco and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California; Oregon State Bar; Oregon Association of Defense Counsel. Reported Cases: Western Continental Operating Co. v. Natural Gas Corp. 212 Cal App 3d 752 (1989). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Business Law; Real Estate; Insurance Law; Natural Resource Law; Labor and Employment; Government.
Other Office Addresses: Links to Other Offices
Portland, Oregon Office: 1001 S.W. 5th Avenue, 16th Floor. Telephone: 503-242-0000. Fax: 503-241-1458.
Salem, Oregon Office: 333 High Street, N.E., Suite 200. Telephone: 503-371-3330. Fax: 503-371-5336.
(For Complete Biographical Data on all Attorneys see Professional Biographies at Portland and Salem)
Maintains an office in more than one location.


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