PARTNERS OF FIRM
Dina E. Alexander (Partner) born Cheyenne, Wyoming, 1970; admitted to bar, 1996, Washington; 1999, California; 2003, Oregon. Education: University of Washington (B.A., 1992); Willamette University (J.D., 1996). Member, Willamette Law Review, 1994-1996. Member: Oregon State Bar; State Bar of California; Washington State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Project Finance; Construction Law.Email: Dina E. Alexander
Richard H. Allan (Partner) born San Mateo, California, 1959; admitted to bar, 1988, Oregon; 1992, U.S. District Court, District of Oregon and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 2003, Washington. Education: University of California, Berkeley (B.S., with highest honors, 1982); Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California (J.D., 1988). Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Editor-in-Chief, Ecology Law Quarterly, 1987-1988. Law Clerk to Chief Justice Malcolm M. Lucas, California Supreme Court, 1988-1989. Member: Oregon State Bar; Washington State Bar. Practice Areas: Energy; Environmental; Land Use.Email: Richard H. Allan
James A. Beall (Partner) born Corvallis, Oregon, 1950; admitted to bar, 1976, Oregon; 1981, District of Columbia; 1990, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Oregon State University (B.A., 1972); University of Oregon (J.D., 1976); Georgetown University (M.T.L., 1981). Member, Board of Editors, Oregon Law Review, 1975-1976. Legislative Coordinator to Congressman Al Ullman, 1977-1978. Professional Staff, House Committee on Ways and Means, 1979-1980. Member: Oregon State Bar; District of Columbia Bar; American Bar Association (Member, Section on Taxation). (Also at Washington, D.C. Office). Practice Areas: Government Affairs; Legislative Lobbying; Administrative Lobbying Law.Email: James A. Beall
Bruce H. Cahn (Partner) born Los Angeles, California, 1963; admitted to bar, 1990, California and U.S. District Court, Central District of California; 1992, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit and U.S. District Court, Northern, Eastern and Southern Districts of California; 1993, Oregon; 1994, U.S. District Court, District of Oregon; 2003, Washington and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Washington; 2006, U.S. Court of Federal Claims. Education: California State University at Northridge (B.A., 1986); Loyola Marymount University (J.D., 1990). Staff Member, Loyola of Los Angeles, International & Comparative Law Journal, 1988-1989. Member, St. Thomas More Law Honor Society. Member: Oregon State Bar; State Bar of California; Washington State Bar. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Construction Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Environmental Law; Condemnation.Email: Bruce H. Cahn
Dwain M. Clifford (Partner) born Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1966; admitted to bar, 2000, Texas (inactive); 2002, Oregon and U.S. District Court, District of Oregon; 2006, Idaho and U.S. District Court, District of Idaho; 2008, Washington and U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Washington. Education: New Mexico State University (B.A., English, with honors, 1988); University of New Mexico (M.A., Secondary Education, 1990); University of Texas at Austin (J.D., with honors, 2000). Order of the Coif. Associate Editor, Texas Law Review. Member: Oregon State Bar; Idaho State Bar; Washington State Bar Association; State Bar of Texas (inactive); American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Insurance Recovery; Commercial Litigation; Construction Law.Email: Dwain M. Clifford
David W. Criswell (Partner) born Beloit, Wisconsin, 1963; admitted to bar, 1989, Illinois (Inactive), Wisconsin (Inactive), and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1991, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin; 1992, Oregon and U.S. District Court, District of Oregon; 2003, Washington and U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington. Education: Dartmouth College (B.A., 1986); University of Wisconsin-Madison (J.D., cum laude, 1989). Member: Oregon State Bar; Washington State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Business Reorganizations; Bankruptcy; Creditors' Rights; Real Estate Development; Condominium Development.Email: David W. Criswell
Jeffrey C. Gardner (Partner) born Portland, Oregon, 1952; admitted to bar, 1998, Oregon and Washington; 2004, Idaho. Education: University of Portland (B.A., 1976; M.B.A., 1982); Pacific Coast Banking School at University of Washington (1987); Northwestern School of Law of Lewis & Clark College (J.D., cum laude, 1990). Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Alternative Dispute Resolution. Author: "Problem Loan Strategies" and "Problem Loan Workouts," RMA: The Risk Management Association. Formerly Senior Vice President and Group Manager Special Assets, U.S. Bancorp, 1991-1997. Member: Oregon State Bar; Washington State Bar; Idaho State Bar. Practice Areas: Commercial Loan Transactions; Banking Law; Commercial Loan Workouts; Real Estate Loan Workouts; Commercial Real Estate Foreclosures; Commercial Loan Recovery; Bankruptcy.Email: Jeffrey C. Gardner
Stephen T. Janik (Partner) born Portland, Oregon, 1947; admitted to bar, 1974, Oregon. Education: Harvard College (A.B., magna cum laude, 1969); Harvard Business School (M.B.A., with distinction, 1974); Harvard Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1974). Editor, Real Estate Law, Oregon State Bar, 1982. Member, Executive Department, State of Oregon, 1970-1971. Special Assistant Attorney General, 1978, 1998-2008. Chairman, Real Estate Land Use Section, Oregon State Bar, 1979. Member: Oregon State Bar; Multnomah County Bar Association; American College of Real Estate Lawyers. Practice Areas: Business; Real Estate; Land Use; Environmental.Email: Stephen T. Janik
Phillip E. Joseph (Partner) born Anchorage, Alaska, 1960; admitted to bar, 1988, Oregon; 1989, U.S. District Court, District of Oregon; 2000, District of Columbia; 2001, Washington. Education: University of Oregon (B.A., summa cum laude, 1984); University of Washington (J.D., 1988). Law Clerk to Chief Judge Robert J. McNichols, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Washington, 1988-1989. Member: Oregon State Bar; District of Columbia Bar; Washington State Bar. Languages: French. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Construction Defects; Construction Litigation; Real Estate.Email: Phillip E. Joseph
Dana L. Krawczuk (Partner) born Plantation, Florida, 1974; admitted to bar, 1999, Oregon; 2006, Washington. Education: University of Georgia (B.A., cum laude, 1996); Northwestern School of Law (J.D., 1999). Recipient: Environmental Ethics Certificate, University of Georgia, 1996; Environmental and Natural Resources Certificate, Northwestern School of Law of Lewis & Clark College, 1999. Co-Author: "The Antidegradation Policy of the Clean Water Act: A Primer and Case Law Update," 4 West. Water L. & Pol'y Rptr 241, 2000. Member: Oregon State Bar (Member, Sections on: Real Estate; Land Use; Environmental and Natural Resources); Washington State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Land Use; Environmental; Natural Resources.Email: Dana L. Krawczuk
Kevin S. Mapes (Partner) born Portland, Oregon, 1967; admitted to bar, 1994, California and U.S. District Court, Central, Northern, Eastern, and Southern Districts of California; 2002, Oregon; 2008, Washington. Education: University of Puget Sound (B.A., 1989), Phi Beta Kappa; Northwestern School of Law of Lewis & Clark College (J.D., cum laude, 1994). Member: Oregon State Bar; State Bar of California; Washington State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Insurance Recovery; Environmental Litigation; Construction Law.Email: Kevin S. Mapes
James T. McDermott (Partner) born Newburgh, New York, 1960; admitted to bar, 1986, Pennsylvania (inactive) and District of Columbia; 1987, U.S. District Court, District of Columbia and U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit; 1993, Oregon, U.S. District Court, District of Oregon and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1994, U.S. Tax Court, U.S. Court of Federal Claims, U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court; 2000, Washington; 2001, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Washington; 2002, Idaho and U.S. District Court, District of Idaho. Education: Syracuse University (B.S., summa cum laude, 1982); University of Virginia (J.D., 1985). Syracuse Scholar Recipient and Excellence in Accounting Award, Syracuse University. Recipient: Taylor Tazwell Memorial Scholarship, University of Virginia. Member, Virginia Law Review, 1983-1985. Judicial Law Clerk to Hon. James L. Latchum, U.S. District Judge for the District of Delaware, 1985-1986. Member: Oregon State Bar; Washington State Bar; District of Columbia Bar; Idaho State Bar. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Construction Litigation; Insurance Recovery; Employment Litigation.Email: James T. McDermott
Bradley S. Miller (Managing Partner) born Washington, D.C., 1961; admitted to bar, 1987, California; 1989, District of Columbia (inactive); 1995, Oregon; 1997, Washington. Education: Swarthmore College (B.A., with high honors, 1983); University of Chicago (J.D., 1987). Board of Directors, Commercial Association of Realtors, Portland, Oregon; Member: International Council of Shopping Centers; National Association of Industrial and Office Properties. Member: Oregon State Bar; Washington State Bar Association; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Corporate; Project Finance.Email: Bradley S. Miller
Jack L. Orchard, Jr. (Partner) born Renton, Washington, 1947; admitted to bar, 1972, Oregon and U.S. District Court, District of Oregon; 1976, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: Washington State University (B.A., with distinction, 1969); University of Oregon (J.D., 1972). Phi Kappa Phi; Order of the Coif. Member, Board of Editors, Oregon Law Review, 1971-1972. Interim General Counsel, Legacy Health System, 1997-1998. Member: Multnomah County and American Bar Associations; Oregon State Bar. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Land Use; Zoning; Health Care; Hospital; Media.Email: Jack L. Orchard, Jr.
Timothy M. Parks (Partner) born Eugene, Oregon, 1966; admitted to bar, 1993, Oregon. Education: Willamette University (B.S., cum laude, 1989; J.D., summa cum laude, 1993). Member: Oregon State Bar. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Corporate; Business.Email: Timothy M. Parks
James C. Prichard (Partner) born Ashland, Oregon, 1974; admitted to bar, 1999, Oregon; 2000, Washington, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, and U.S. District Court, District of Oregon; 2001, California, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, and U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington; 2002, U.S. District Court, Southern District of California and U.S. District Court, Central District of California; 2003, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Washington; 2006, U.S. Court of Federal Claims. Education: University of Oregon (B.S., magna cum laude, 1995; J.D., 1999). Recipient, Otto Frohnmayer Scholarship. Member: Oregon State Bar; State Bar of California; Multnomah County, Washington State, and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Construction; Commercial Litigation.Email: James C. Prichard
Barbara W. Radler (Partner) born Lancaster, Wisconsin, 1957; admitted to bar, 1982, Oregon. Education: University of Iowa (B.A., with highest distinction, 1978); George Washington University (J.D., 1982). Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Eta Sigma; Pi Sigma Alpha. Chair, 1994-1995, and Member, 1990-1996, Executive Committee, Real Estate and Land Use Section, Oregon State Bar. Editor, Supplement to Fundamentals of Real Estate Transactions and Documentation of Real Estate Transactions, Oregon State Bar, 1996 and 2001. Member: Multnomah County and American (Member, Sections on: Real Estate; Business Law) Bar Associations; Oregon State Bar (Member, Sections on: Real Estate; Business Law; Construction Law); American College of Real Estate Lawyers. Practice Areas: Lease Law; Real Estate; Real Estate Finance.Email: Barbara W. Radler
Irene L. Ringwood (Partner) born Spokane, Washington; admitted to bar, 1984, Washington; 1990, District of Columbia. (Not admitted in Oregon). Education: Washington State University (B.A., cum laude, 1980); Gonzaga University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1984). Member: Washington State and American Bar Associations; District of Columbia Bar. (Resident, Washington, D.C. Office). Practice Areas: Government Affairs; International Trade Law; Environmental Law.Email: Irene L. Ringwood
Sarah J. Ryan (Partner) born Omaha, Nebraska, 1958; admitted to bar, 1983, Oregon; 2001, District of Columbia and Washington. Education: University of Nebraska (B.A., with honors, 1979); University of Oregon (J.D., 1982). Recipient, Am Jur Award in Torts, 1979. Law Clerk to Hon. George J. Woodrich, Lane County Circuit Court, 1982-1983. Lawyer Representative, Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference, 1995-1997. Past Director: U.S. District Court Historical Society; Legal Aid Services of Oregon and Oregon Law Center; Make A Wish Foundation of Oregon. Founding Director, Oregon Lawyers Against Hunger, 1997-2001. Member: Multnomah County Bar Association; Oregon State Bar (Member, Sections on: Business Litigation; Labor & Employment Law; Civil Litigation); District of Columbia Bar; Washington State Bar Association; Federal Bar Association (Member and Past President, Oregon Chapter). Practice Areas: Litigation; Employment Law; Discrimination; Sexual Harassment; Civil Rights Actions.Email: Sarah J. Ryan
Richard J. Stone (Partner) born Chicago, Illinois, 1945; admitted to bar, 1971, California and U.S. District Court, Central District of California; 1977, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California and U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit; 1986, U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit; 1987, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1994, Oregon and U.S. District Court, Southern District of California; 1998, U.S. District Court, District of Oregon; 2000, District of Columbia; 2004, Washington. Education: University of Chicago (B.A., 1967); University of California at Los Angeles Law School (J.D., 1970). Editor-in-Chief, UCLA Law Review, 1969-1970. Adjunct Professor of Law, Northwestern School of Law of Lewis & Clark College, 1998-1999. Deputy Assistant General Counsel, Intelligence, International and Investigative Programs, U.S. Department of Defense, 1978-1979. Assistant to the Secretary, U.S. Department of Energy, 1979-1980. General Counsel and Staff Director, Study and Report by the Special Advisor to the Los Angeles Board of Police Commissioners on the Civil Disorder in Los Angeles, 1992. Director, 1991-1998 and President, 1997-1998, Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles. Lawyer Representative, Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference, 1997-1998. Member, Oregon Public Health Advisory Board (appointed by Governor), 2007-2009. Member: Los Angeles County Bar Association (Trustee, 1986-1988; Chair, Antitrust Section, 1987-1988; Chair, Federal Courts Practices and Procedures Committee, 1987-1988); Multnomah County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of California; Oregon State Bar (Member: Ethics Committee, 2002-2003; Special Committee on Professional Rules, 2002-2003); District of Columbia Bar; Washington State Bar. Fellow: American Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Litigation.Email: Richard J. Stone
Brad T. (Tony) Summers (Partner) born Auburn, Indiana, 1957; admitted to bar, 1983, California; U.S. District Court, Southern, Northern, Eastern, and Central Districts of California; 1991, Oregon and U.S. District Court, District of Oregon; 2004, Washington; U.S. District Court, Western and Eastern Districts of Washington; U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.B.A., summa cum laude, 1979); University of California at Los Angeles (J.D., 1982). Beta Gamma Sigma. Order of the Coif. Law Clerk to Justice Warren W. Matthews, Supreme Court of the State of Alaska, 1982-1983. Member: Oregon State Bar; State Bar of California; Washington State Bar. Practice Areas: Business Reorganizations; Bankruptcy; Creditors Rights; Litigation.Email: Brad T. (Tony) Summers
Lisa M. Umscheid (Partner) born London, England, 1968; admitted to bar, 1992, Oregon and U.S. District Court, District of Oregon; 1993, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; U.S. Court of Federal Claims. Education: Pomona College (B.A., 1989); Willamette University (J.D., cum laude, 1992). Executive Editor, Willamette Law Review, 1991-1992. Member: Multnomah County and American Bar Associations; Oregon State Bar; Oregon Women Lawyers. Practice Areas: Employment Law; Employment Litigation; Employment Counseling; Litigation.Email: Lisa M. Umscheid
Christopher M. Walters (Partner) born Santa Monica, California, 1961; admitted to bar, 1986, California (inactive); 1990, Oregon. Education: Stanford University (A.B., with honors, 1983); Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley (J.D., 1986). Phi Beta Kappa. Associate Editor, California Law Review, 1986. Judicial Extern to Chief Justice Malcolm Lucas, California Supreme Court, 1985. Author, "Suits for Partition," Real Estate Disputes, Oregon State Bar, 1993. Member: Oregon State Bar; State Bar of California (Former Committee Chair, Section on Real Estate and Land Use); Multnomah County Bar Association; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Construction; Finance; Commercial; Corporate.Email: Christopher M. Walters
Robert W. Wilkinson (Partner) born Chicago, Illinois, 1969; admitted to bar, 1999, Oregon; 2002, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit and U.S. District Court, District of Oregon; 2006, Washington. Education: Northwestern University (B.A., 1991); University of Oregon School of Law (J.D., 1999). Law Clerk to Hon. Janice M. Stewart, Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court, District of Oregon, 1999-2001. Member: Oregon State Bar; Washington State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Construction; Insurance Recovery.Email: Robert W. Wilkinson
SENIOR COUNSEL
Sally C. Landauer (Senior Counsel) born Bellingham, Washington, 1939; admitted to bar, 1978, Oregon and U.S. District Court, District of Oregon; 1987, U.S. Tax Court. Education: Whitman College (A.B., magna cum laude, 1961); Northwestern School of Law of Lewis and Clark College (J.D., 1978). Phi Beta Kappa. Editor, Oregon Probate System, Oregon State Bar, 1987. Member: Multnomah County and American Bar Associations; Oregon State Bar (Member, Executive Committee, Estate Planning and Administration Section, 1987-1993). Fellow: American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. Practice Areas: Probate Law; Living Trusts; Trust Administration; Taxation.Email: Sally C. Landauer
SPECIAL COUNSEL
Craig A. Crotteau (Special Counsel) born Sandpoint, Idaho, 1954; admitted to bar, 1987, Pennsylvania; 1988, District of Columbia; 1997, Oregon; 2002, Washington; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Gonzaga University (B.S., Civil Engineering, 1976); University of Denver (M.B.A., 1978); George Washington University (J.D., 1987). Trial Attorney, European District, USACE, Germany, 1990-1993. Project Manager, Spring Valley Chemical Weapons Cleanup, Baltimore District, USACE, 1993-1995. Deputy Program Manager, Environmental Division, HQ, USACE, 1995-1997. Vice President: The IT Group, Inc., 1997-2002; MWH, Inc., 2002-2004. Chief Operating Officer, CMI, LLC, 2004-2005. Member, National Board of Directors, Society of American Military Engineers, 1987-1989. Member, Board of Directors, Hazardous Waste Action Coalition, 1998- 2002. Registered Professional Engineer, Virginia, 1988. Member, Board of Trustees, University of Findlay, 2000. Member, Board of Advisors, National Infrastructure Institute, 2003. Member, Army Engineer Association. Member: Pennsylvania, Washington State and American Bar Associations; The District of Columbia Bar; Oregon State Bar. [Attorney, Office of the Chief Counsel, H.Q., U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Washington, D.C., 1987-1989; Combat Engineer, Company Commander, Pentagon and Battalion Staff Officer, U.S. Army, 1978-1987; Officer and Retired Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army, 1976-1997]. (Also at Washington, D.C. Office). Practice Areas: Government Affairs; Litigation; Construction Litigation.Email: Craig A. Crotteau
Jeffrey S. Perry (Special Counsel) born 1970; admitted to bar, 1995, Oregon. Education: University of Oregon (B.S., Finance/Management, 1992); Willamette University College of Law (J.D., 1995); University of Washington School of Law (LL.M., Taxation, 1996). Member: Oregon State Bar. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Taxation.Email: Jeffrey S. Perry
Robert A. Stout (Special Counsel) born Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1946; admitted to bar, 1974, Oregon. Education: Michigan State University (B.A., with highest honors, 1968); Yale University (J.D., 1974). Member: Oregon State Bar (Member, Sections on: Securities Law; Business Law; Past Executive Committee Member, Business Law Section; Corporate Counsel, Estate Planning; Administrative Sections; Past Chair and Executive Committee Member, Securities Section); Multnomah Bar (Past Chair, CLE Committee); Lane County Bar (CLE Committee). [Lt. SC USN, 1968-1971]. (Also at Bend, Oregon Office). Practice Areas: Corporate Finance; Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions; Securities; Real Estate.Email: Robert A. Stout
OF COUNSEL
William H. Perkins (Of Counsel) born Houston, Texas, 1951; admitted to bar, 1979, District of Columbia (Inactive); 1983, Oregon. Education: Williams College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1973); Georgetown University Law Center (J.D., magna cum laude, 1979) Phi Beta Kappa. Member: Oregon State Bar; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Complex Real Estate; Commercial Transactions; Business; Financing.Email: William H. Perkins
ASSOCIATES
Denise R. Case (Associate) born Phoenix, Arizona, 1978; admitted to bar, 2003, New Jersey and Pennsylvania; 2005, Oregon; 2006, Washington. Education: University of Washington (B.A., 2000); Rutgers University School of Law (J.D., 2003). Notes and Casenotes Editor, Rutgers Law Journal, 2002-2003. Recipient, Rutgers-Camden Pro Bono Award, 2003. Author: "The USA Patriot Act: Adding Bite to the Fight Against Animal Rights Terrorism?" 34 Rutgers Law Journal 187, Fall 2002. Member: Multnomah County Bar Association.; Oregon State Bar; Washington State Bar; New Jersey State Bar Association; Pennsylvania State Bar. Practice Areas: Commercial Finance; Real Estate Sales; Real Estate Acquisitions; Real Estate Leasing; Real Property Finance.Email: Denise R. Case
Colleen O'Shea Clarke (Associate) born South Bend, Indiana, 1955; admitted to bar, 1982, Illinois (inactive) and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1984, Oregon, U.S. District Court, District of Oregon and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: University of Connecticut (B.A., Political Science, 1977); Georgetown University Law Center (J.D., 1982). Phi Beta Kappa. Lead Articles Editor, Law & Policy in International Business, 1981. Member: Multnomah Bar Association; Oregon State Bar (Member, Litigation Section); Oregon Women Lawyers. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Construction Litigation.Email: Colleen O'Shea Clarke
Renee M. France (Associate) born Boulder, Colorado, 1972; admitted to bar, 2000, Oregon. Education: University of California at Santa Barbara (B.A., with honors, 1995); Northwestern School of Law of Lewis & Clark College (J.D., cum laude, 2000). Associate Editor, 1999-2000, Member, 1998-1999, Environmental Law. Practice Areas: Land Use; Environmental; Natural Resources.Email: Renee M. France
Aaron D. Goldstein (Associate) born Portland, Oregon, 1977; admitted to bar, 2003, Washington and U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington; 2006, Oregon and U.S. District Court, District of Oregon. Education: Cornell University (B.A., Government, 2000); University of Southern California (J.D., 2003). Order of the Coif. Executive Articles Editor, Southern California Law Review, 2002-2003. Author, "Race, Reasonableness and the Rule of Law," 76 So. Cal. L. Rev. 1189 (Notes 2003). Member: Oregon State Bar; Washington State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Employment Law; Commercial Litigation.Email: Aaron D. Goldstein
Mathew W. Lauritsen (Associate) born Modesto, California, 1978; admitted to bar, 2008, Oregon. Education: Hampshire College (B.A., Philosophy, 1999); University of Washington School of Law (J.D., 2008). Extern to Hon. Eric J. Bloch, Circuit Court Judge, Multnomah County, Oregon, June 2006-August 2006. Member: Oregon State Bar. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Bankruptcy and Creditors Rights.
Justin D. Leonard (Associate) born Silverton, Oregon, 1977; admitted to bar, 2003, Oregon, U.S. District Court, District of Oregon and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 2007, Washington and U.S. District Court, Western and Eastern Districts of Washington; 2008, Idaho. Education: Stanford University (B.A., 1998); Lewis & Clark College of Law (J.D., 2003). Member, Cornelius Honor Society. Editor-in-Chief, 2002-2003 and Member, 2001-2002, Lewis & Clark Business Law Review. Author, "Cyberlawyering and the Small Business: Software Makes Hard Law (But Good Sense)," 7 J Small & Emerging Bus. L. 323 (2003). Member: Oregon State Bar; Washington State Bar Association; Multnomah County Bar Association; Idaho State Bar. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Creditor's Rights; Commercial Litigation; Insurance Recovery.Email: Justin D. Leonard
Jennifer Anne McCauley (Associate) born 1971; admitted to bar, 2001, Oregon. Education: University of Massachusetts (B.S., Environmental Science & Policy, cum laude, 1998); Northwestern School of Law of Lewis & Clark College (J.D., 2001). Member: Oregon State Bar. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Construction Law.Email: Jennifer Anne McCauley
Jennifer L. Pike (Associate) born Burien, Washington, 1980; admitted to bar, 2008, Oregon. Education: Willamette University (B.A., Business Economics, cum laude, 2002); University of Washington School of Law (J.D., 2008). Law Clerk to King County Bar Association, 2006-2007. Extern to Juvenile Rights Project, 2008. Member: Oregon State Bar. Practice Areas: Land Use; Employment Law.Email: Jennifer L. Pike
Robert L. Taylor (Associate) born Grants Pass, Oregon, 1977; admitted to bar, 2004, Oregon. Education: Brown University (B.A., with honors, Public Policy, 1999); Willamette University (J.D., magna cum laude, 2004). Member: Oregon State Bar. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Construction Law; Insurance Recovery; Environmental Litigation.Email: Robert L. Taylor
Thorkild G. Tingey (Associate) born Jackson Hole, Wyoming, 1978; admitted to bar, 2007, Oregon. Education: Colorado College (B.S., 2000); Northwestern School of Law of Lewis & Clark College (J.D., 2007). Member, Environmental Law Review, 2006-2007. Member: Oregon State Bar. Practice Areas: Land Use.Email: Thorkild G. Tingey
Megan Walseth Decker (Associate) born Aberdeen, Washington, 1976; admitted to bar, 2003, Oregon. Education: Stanford University (B.A., Political Science, 1997); University of Washington School of Law (J.D., with high honors, 2003). Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Thesis Editor, Washington Law Review. Law Clerk to the Hon. Susan P. Graber, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 2003-2005. Member: Oregon State Bar. Practice Areas: Land Use; Environmental; Natural Resources.Email: Megan Walseth Decker
Daniel R. Webert (Associate) born Portland, Oregon, 1975; admitted to bar, 2003, Oregon and U.S. District Court, District of Oregon; 2007, Washington. Education: Oregon State University (H.B.A., magna cum laude, 1998); Georgetown University (J.D., cum laude, 2003). Executive Editor, Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics, 2002-2003. Author, "Are the Courts in a Trance? Approaches to the Admissibility of Hypnotically Enhanced Witness Testimony in Light of Empirical Evidence," 40 Am. Crim. L. Rev. 1301 (2003). Co-Author, "Understanding the 'Knowledge' Requirement of Attorney Competence," 15 Geo. J. Legal Ethics 915 (2002). Member: Oregon State Bar; Washington State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Construction.Email: Daniel R. Webert
Hope S. Whitney (Associate) born Las Vegas, Nevada, 1973; admitted to bar, 2002, California; 2003, Oregon. Education: Amherst College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1995); Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California (J.D., 2002); University of California, Berkeley (M.C.P., 2002). Order of the Coif. Articles Editor, Ecology Law Quarterly, 2001-2002. Recipient: Environmental Law Certificate; Harmon Prize in Environmental Law; Environmental Protection Agency 'Science to Achieve Results' Fellowship. Law Clerk to the Hon. Ancer Haggerty, U.S. District Court of Oregon, 2002-2003. Member: Oregon State Bar; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Real Estate.
Jacob A. Zahniser (Associate) born Baltimore, Maryland, 1973; admitted to bar, 2007, Washington; 2008, Oregon. Education: University of Maryland (B.A., Theater Arts, 1995); St. John's University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2007). Law Clerk to Hon. Richard B. Sanders, Justice of the Washington Supreme Court, 2007-2008. Member: Oregon State Bar; Washington State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Construction Law.Email: Jacob A. Zahniser
DIRECTOR, GOVERNMENT AFFAIR
Michelle Giguere born Whittier, California, 1956; Education: Linfield College (1978). Legislative Director, Congressman Les AuCoin, 1979-1988. Practice Areas: Government Affairs; Specializing in Federal Legislative Appropriations and Authorizations Issues.Email: Michelle Giguere