MEMBERS OF FIRM
Raymond M. Kell (1911-1991).
Clifford B. Alterman (1925-1995).
Ted E. Runstein (Member) born Portland, Oregon, December 1, 1939; admitted to bar, 1966, Oregon. Education: University of Washington (B.A., 1963); Willamette University (J.D., 1966). Trial Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division. Honorary Consul for The Netherlands. Member: Multnomah County Bar Association; Oregon State Bar; Oregon Trial Lawyers Association; American Association for Justice. Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers. Practice Areas: Personal Injury Litigation; Business Litigation; General Litigation; Family Law.Email: Ted E. Runstein
Lee Davis Kell (Member) born Washington, D.C., March 17, 1939; admitted to bar, 1967, California and Oregon. Education: University of Oregon (B.A., 1962); New York University (LL.B., 1965). Certified Public Accountant: California, 1967; Oregon, 1968. Member: Multnomah County and American Bar Associations; The State Bar of California; Oregon State Bar. Practice Areas: Business Law; Closely Held Businesses; Estate Planning and Administration; Solid Waste Management.Email: Lee Davis Kell
Wayne D. Palmer (Member) born Portland, Oregon, August 17, 1955; admitted to bar, 1981, Oregon. Education: Portland State University (B.S., with honors, 1977); Lewis and Clark College (J.D., 1981). Member: Oregon State Bar; Multnomah County Bar Association; Oregon Trial Lawyers Association; American Association for Justice; Maritime Law Association of the United States. Practice Areas: Maritime/Foreclosure; Employment; Family Law; Business Litigation; Debtor Creditor.Email: Wayne D. Palmer
William D. Dickas (Member) born Columbus, Ohio, November 26, 1941; admitted to bar, 1974, Ohio; 1975, Oregon. Education: St. Charles College (A.B., 1963); University of Innsbruck (M.A., 1967); Ohio State University (J.D., cum laude, 1974). Member: Oregon State Bar. Practice Areas: Business Law; Commercial Litigation; Real Estate; Government Regulation.Email: William D. Dickas
Gary P. Compa (Member) born Teaneck, New Jersey, May 13, 1945; admitted to bar, 1973, New Jersey; 1981, Oregon. Education: Georgetown University (A.B., 1967); Washington College of Law (J.D., 1972); New York University (LL.M., in Taxation, 1976). Co-Author: "Repeal of Unitary Tax and Revision of Corporate Income Tax in Oregon," Journal of Japanese Institute of International Business Law, 1985. Estate and Gift Taxation Attorney, Internal Revenue Service, 1976-1981. Member: New Jersey State Bar Association; Oregon State Bar. Practice Areas: Taxation; Business Law.Email: Gary P. Compa
Charles R. Williamson (Member) born Boston, Massachusetts, January 2, 1944; admitted to bar, 1968, Massachusetts; 1970, Oregon; 1977, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Colgate University (B.A., 1965); Suffolk University (LL.B., 1968). Member, Editorial Staff, Suffolk University Law Review, 1967-1968. Member: Multnomah County Bar Association; Oregon State Bar (President, 2003); Oregon Trial Lawyers Association; American Association for Justice; American Bankruptcy Institute. Practice Areas: Legislative Advocacy; Arbitration; Mediation; Bankruptcy; Debtor Creditor Law; Business Litigation.Email: Charles R. Williamson
Eric Sogge (Member) born Ellensburg, Washington, January 23, 1943; admitted to bar, 1972, Oregon; 1973, U.S. District Court, District of Oregon and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: Harvard University (A.B., 1964); University of Oregon (J.D., 1972). Executive Editor, Oregon Law Review, 1971-1972. Member: Oregon State Bar (Member, Sections on: Antitrust, Trade Regulation and Unfair Business Practices; Debtor-Creditor Law; Corporate Law); American Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Antitrust Law; Business Law; Committee on Negotiated Acquisitions). Practice Areas: Secured Financial Transactions; Business Acquisitions and Mergers; Real Estate Law.Email: Eric Sogge
Thomas R. Rask, III (Member) born Portland, Oregon, October 27, 1968; admitted to bar, 1993, Oregon and U.S. District Court, District of Oregon. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.B.A., 1990); Willamette University (J.D., 1993). Phi Delta Phi. Trustee, Oregon Association of Children With Learning Disabilities, 1993. President, University of Notre Dame Alumni Club of Portland, 1996-1998. Director, American Red Cross, Oregon Trial Chapter. Member: Multnomah County and American Bar Associations; Oregon State Bar. Practice Areas: General Civil Litigation; General Business Law; Education Law.Email: Thomas R. Rask, III
Robert E. Kabacy (Member) born Oakland, California, May 30, 1968; admitted to bar, 1993, Oregon, Wisconsin and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin; 1994, Washington and U.S. District Court, District of Oregon. Education: University of Puget Sound (B.A., honors, 1990); Marquette University Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1993). Member: Oregon State Bar; Washington State Bar Association; State Bar of Wisconsin. Practice Areas: General Business; Estate Planning; Estate Administration.Email: Robert E. Kabacy
Dennis Steinman (Member) born New York, N.Y., May 20, 1955; admitted to bar, 1995, Oregon; 1996, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit and U.S. District Court, District of Oregon. Education: Temple University (B.A., cum laude, 1976); Northwestern School of Law (J.D., 1995). Phi Delta Phi. Recipient: Best Oralist and Honors Brief, First Year Moot Court Competition; Best Trial Memorandum and Notebook, Mock Trial Competition; ASCAP Nathan Burke Award, National Copyright Competition. Author: "Disability Law in the Twenty-First Century," Lawyers and the ADA, 2001 Oregon State Bar Convention; "Reasonable Accommodation Under the ADA," Fair Housing Act and Oregon Law, Lorman Education Services, 2001; "Reasonable Accommodation Under the ADA," Fair Housing Act and State Law, Oregon Law Institute Continuing Legal Education, 2000; "The Undiscovered ADA," Oregon Law Institute Continuing Legal Education, 1999; "ADA Update: Reasonable Accommodation Beyond Physical Access," Associational Discrimination, Conflict of Laws, and Damages, 1999 Oregon State Bar Convention; "Sharpening Your Skills: The ADA's Application to Oregon's Regulatory and Licensing Programs," Oregon Law Institute Continuing Legal Education, 1999. Adjunct Professor, Northwestern School of Law, 2001. Formerly with Steinman Cooper Wiscarson LLC. Member: Multnomah County and Federal Bar Associations; Oregon State Bar (Member: Civil Rights Section Executive Committee, 2001; Disability Law Section Executive Committee, 2001). Reported Cases: State Farm Fire & Cas. Co. v. Finch, 2001 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 14438, September 6, 2001; Glass v. Hillsboro Sch. Dist. 1J, 142 F. Supp. 2d 1286 (D. Or. 2001); Alford v. City of Cannon Beach, 2000 WL 33200554 (D. Or. 2001); Sherwood v. Finch, 2000 WL 1862562 (D. Or. 2000); Glass v. Hillsboro School Dist. 1J, 2000 WL 1877647 (D.Or. 2000); Cornilles v. Regal Cinemas, Inc., 2000 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 15465, September 15, 2000, Decided, September 18, 2000; Cornilles v. Regal Cinemas, Inc., 2000 U.S.Dist. LEXIS 15464, August 2, 2000, Decided, August 2, 2000, Filed, Adopting Order of September 15, 2000; LaFore v. Housing Authority of Portland, 1999 WL 1058992 (D.Or. 1999); Drew v. Merrill, CV 99-810 KI, Consent Decree (D. Or. 1999); Green v. Housing Authority of Clackamas County, 994 F.Supp. 1253 (D. Or. 1998). Languages: American Sign Language, Italian, French. Practice Areas: Civil Rights; Americans with Disabilities Act; Business Law; Corporate Law; Commercial Law; Litigation; Franchise Law.Email: Dennis Steinman
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Jennifer Kampsula (Associate) born Vancouver, Washington, November 21, 1972; admitted to bar, 1999, Washington; 2000, Oregon. Education: Seattle University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1995); University of Washington (J.D., 1999). Alpha Sigma Nu; Phi Alpha Delta. Member: Oregon State Bar; Oregon Trial Lawyers Association; Oregon Women Lawyers; Washington State Bar Association; Washington State Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Employment Law; General Civil Litigation.Email: Jennifer Kampsula
Denise Nicole Gorrell (Associate) born Seattle, Washington; admitted to bar, 2004, Oregon. Education: University of Washington (B.A., Dean's List, 1996) ; Lewis and Clark College (J.D., 2004). Member: Oregon State Bar; American Bar Association; Oregon Trial Lawyers Association; Multnomah County Bar Association. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Real Property; Winery Law; Restaurant Law.Email: Denise Nicole Gorrell
Leah Mallon (Associate) born Coquille, Oregon; admitted to bar, 2004, Oregon. Education: Oregon State University (B.S., Political Science, 2001); Lewis and Clark College (J.D., 2004). Member: Oregon State Bar; Multnomah County and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Corporate Law; Real Estate; Taxes; Estate Administration; Education Law.Email: Leah Mallon
Robin M. Runstein (Associate) born Portland, Oregon; admitted to bar, 1996, Oregon; 1999, New York. Education: University of Massachusetts at Amherst (B.B.A., 1991); New York Law School (J.D., 1995). Member: Oregon State Bar; Multnomah County Bar Association; Oregon Criminal Defense Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Criminal Defense; Family Law; Personal Injury.Email: Robin M. Runstein
Martha Sharp (Associate) born Denver, Colorado, December 7, 1963; admitted to bar, 1997, California; 2006, Oregon. Education: Metropolitan State College (B.S., Finance, 1987); Southwestern University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1997). Editor, Law Review. Author: "NAFTA's Environmental Side Agreement: Is The Mandatory Arbitration Provision Fact or Fiction?" 3 SW. J.L. & Trade In The Americans 487, 1996. Member: Oregon State Bar; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Land Use; Real Property; Energy; Real Estate.Email: Martha Sharp
Matthew C. Ellis (Associate) born Tacoma, Washington, April 20, 1975; admitted to bar, 2007, Oregon. Education: Emerson College (B.F.A., 1998); Lewis and Clark College (J.D., 2007). Member: Oregon State Bar; Multnomah County Bar Association; Oregon Criminal Defense Lawyers; American Association for Justice. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Litigation; Criminal Defense.
Paul A. Raney (Associate) born Schenectady, New York, September 24, 1959; admitted to bar, 1985, Georgia; 1996, Oregon. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., with honors, 1981; J.D., 1984). Member: Oregon State Bar; State Bar of Georgia; Multnomah County Bar Association. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Estate Administration; Business Law.
Trina L. Montalban (Associate) born Los Angeles, California, November 18, 1970; admitted to bar, 2007, Oregon. Education: Columbia University (B.A., 1993); George Washington University (J.D., 2007). Member: Oregon State Bar; Multnomah County Bar Association. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Estate Administration; Business Law; Land Use.
OF COUNSEL
Douglas S. Chiapuzio (Of Counsel) born North Bend, Oregon, February 16, 1960; admitted to bar, 1985, Oregon; 1991, Washington and U.S. Tax Court. Education: Lewis and Clark College (B.S., 1982); Willamette University (J.D., 1985). Certified Public Accountant, Oregon State Board of Accountancy, 1990. Member: Multnomah County, Washington State and American (Member, Taxation Section) Bar Associations; Oregon State Bar (Member, Taxation Section).Email: Douglas S. Chiapuzio