Having served for nearly nine years on the Oregon Court of Appeals and 25 years on the Oregon ?Supreme Court before joining Schwabe, I am the "go-to" person when any of my colleagues want ?to know, "How would a judge be likely to react to this idea or argument" Prior to that, I was the ?State of Oregon's chief appellate lawyer. Throughout the years, I have participated in thousands of ?appeals and written hundreds of legal opinions.?

I draw upon my extensive litigation background to assist other Schwabe attorneys concerning virtually any client legal ?question that may arise. In addition, I provide focus in particular areas- administrative and government law, for ?example-in which I have a personal background. I have taught administrative law, including rule-making and its ?vulnerabilities to litigation, to judges at the National Judicial College for over 40 years. As a veteran appellate ?practitioner, I have a lot of experience writing briefs and arguing appeals concerning the broadest possible range of ?subjects. I have argued cases in the Oregon appellate courts, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court. I have also achieved significant victories for clients in the judicial and lawyer-discipline contexts.?

Bar Admissions

• Oregon State Courts
• Washington State Courts

Education

• Harvard Law School, Juris Doctor degree (1966)
• Whitman College, Bachelor of Arts degree, cum laude (1963)

• Assisted in litigation between a church and its national organization over who owns the land on which the church is built.
• Assisted in litigation over whether a state agency can limit the uses of a publicly owned lake.
• Assisted in litigation over whether a settlement in a divorce case is binding on the parties.
• Assisted in litigation over whether a county can assert a tax lien on property owned by a port district.
• Assisted in litigation over whether an automobile crash is the responsibility of the company whose owner was the driver.
• Assisted in litigation over whether the legislature can make adjustments to the state's public employee pension laws.
• Assisted in litigation over whether the legislature may limit the size of a verdict in a case of negligence.
• Assisted in an investigation of alleged wrongdoing by a city employee.

• Legal Challenge To Federal Contractor Minimum Wage Increase Rejected
• With the Supreme Court Poised to Address Personal Jurisdiction Again, State High Courts Reject Attempts to Evade Daimler v. Bauman
• The Playful, Plainspoken Prose Of Justice Elena Kagan
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