OWLS Fall CLE: Turn up the Volume

Published Quarterly by Oregon Women Lawyers Volume 27, No. 4 Fall 2016

OWLS Fall CLE: Turn Up the Volume By Amy Heverly and Joanna Robinson he OWLS Fall CLE, held on September 23 in Portland, featured Sari de la Motte and Rachel Beohm of FORTE, presenting “Turn Up the Volume: Be Bold, Be Real, Be a Communications TRock Star.” Sari and Rachel are communications coaches who regularly work with lawyers and other professionals around the county. Their presentations for OWLS focused on using nonverbal means to broadcast your expertise. Keynote In This Issue Sari gave the keynote address, in which she intro- OWLS Fall CLE duced the core concepts for “turning up the volume.” She explained that volume is not just loudness, but President’s Message also bigness. When we speak, we want our presence to fill up the space. Sari asked the audience to define Upcoming OWLS Events the word presence. My tablemates and I settled on Judicial Diversity Reception sparkle for our definition. Personally, I like the idea that giving a presentation is like raining glitter down Judicial Appointments on the whole room. Sari’s presence certainly filled the Renew Your OWLS Membership room, and her advice will help all of us do the same. Sari encouraged us to let go of fears that hold us The Judges’ Forum back from reaching our potential. She emphasized that body language starts in the brain and explained OWLS Members on the Ballot that specific tips on body language will not help if OWLS Honors Lori E. Deveny you do not believe in yourself or you are preoccupied Sari de la Motte with fear. She also reminded the group that courage R & D Nominations Due Nov. 4 is inspired by something outside ourselves. We are all capable of much more when we focus on accomplishing something for our clients, rather than Domestic Violence Project on winning simply for the sake of winning. Rainmaking Mentoring Circle Sari concluded her keynote by encouraging us to be rock stars and turn up the volume, using the mantra “See it. Be it. Speak Meet Judge Gregory Silver it.” In other words, we should look for what we want, act like OWLS at Habitat for Humanity experts (and stop waiting for permission), and communicate our goals and desires to obtain them. Marion County Chapter After the keynote, attendees could choose one of two breakout sessions, one conducted by Sari and the other by Rachel. OWLS Chapter Summit Rachel’s Breakout Session OWLS Foundation Rachel Beohm’s breakout session, “Look, Sound, and Talk Like CLE on Reporting Elder Abuse an Expert,” focused on how we communicate in one-on-one and small-group situations. Rachel took us through a series of exer- Book Review: Sisters in Law cises to show how body language, word choice, voice pattern, and breathing can help us communicate our rock stardom to the Meet Jennifer Nicholls people with whom we interact. Clackamas Women Lawyers Rachel then talked about handling some specific sticky situations and delivering bad news. In these situations, it is important to Eileen Sterlock in Guatemala give people the sense that you are capable, safe, and rational. To this end, Rachel offered specific suggestions. First, she reminded Queen’s Bench us to focus on our breathing, taking slower, deeper breaths, so Rachel Beohm OWLS Dragonflies that we sound and feel calm while delivering bad news. Continued on page 4

OREGON WOMEN LAWYERS AdvanceSheet 1 FALL 2016 President’s Message ith the you’re a woman, add something more Wdeath to the weight you must carry as you of Phyllis make your choices: no matter how you Schlafly, structure that balance, society will judge the unrati- you—often harshly. It will judge you fied federal by paying you less than your male col- President Laura Craska Cooper Equal Rights leagues for the same work, even when you work as hard and as well, because, Vice President, President-Elect Amendment Angela Franco Lucero is back in the hey, you *might* quit at some time to Secretary national news raise children or you probably don’t Hon. Allison Boomer after several need as much money because you can Treasurer Laura Craska Cooper decades. As rely on your spouse. Society will judge Amber Hollister a result, my you if you are a successful professional Historian husband and I recently found ourselves because you didn’t make every single Megan Burgess discussing what each of us remembers school party or cross-country meet or Board Members band performance. (Just ask Chelsea Jacqueline Alarcón about that era. My husband recalled that Maya Crawford the ERA managed to turn his normally Clinton, who was recently pilloried for Sara Kobak apolitical mother into a political activist. missing her two-year-old daughter’s first Katharine Lozano Hon. Valeri Love A stay-at-home mom, she believed that day of preschool so she could campaign Aruna Masih the legislation would undermine her for her mother, even though the child Banafsheh Violet Nazari value. Staying at home, she asserted, does have a father.) But society will also Jennifer Nicholls Yumi O’Neil was her choice. As she saw it, passing judge you if you do make it to all of your Susan Pitchford the ERA would recast her as a victim of child’s events, because that purportedly Adele Ridenour proves that you’re not as dedicated to Kristin Sterling a patriarchy that she wasn’t willing to Amanda Thorpe acknowledge. your job as your male counterparts. Val Tomasi My husband, who has been very sup- While it’s certainly easier today for a Gloria Trainor Jim Yocom portive of my career and an independent woman to be a professional and a wife and a mother than it was when I gradu- Past Presidents future for our three daughters, recalled Elizabeth Tedesco Milesnick that moment as the one when he be- ated from law school 25 years ago, the Kendra Matthews gan to become a feminist. In truth, he fact that so many women still aren’t com- Kathleen Rastetter Megan Livermore recounted, his mother’s position was pensated fairly and are judged harshly Heather L. Weigler likely nothing more than justification to for choosing a career and a family shows Concetta Schwesinger avoid admitting she was imprisoned, like that despite the progress, our society still Gwyneth McAlpine Heather Van Meter most women of her day, in a traditional has far to go. Laura Caldera Taylor marriage defined by rigid gender roles. And that’s why I am a feminist. It’s Kellie Johnson why my husband is a feminist. It’s why Norma S. Freitas But in an unexpected way, her contorted Kate A. Wilkinson logic got his young brain thinking about our three daughters are fierce feminists. Jennifer K. De Wald the roles we assign to men and women Being a feminist is about supporting the Sarah J. Crooks Elizabeth Schwartz and how he might view the world in a choices an individual woman makes, not Lori E. Deveny different way. the choices society dictates. It’s also about Debra Pilcher Velure As we talked, we came to an interest- supporting the rights of men to make the Marilyn E. Litzenberger Teresa M. Kraemer ing conclusion: While my mother-in-law same choices. Because until it’s accept- Patricia L. Heatherman (who, ironically, would later become able and routine and normal for a man Julie Levie Caron to take parental leave or to leave work Phylis Chadwell Myles owner of a construction business, a mono- Helle Rode lith of male privilege and chauvinism) was at 10:30 a.m. to accompany his daughter Diana Craine perhaps a little blinded by the desire to to dance class or to reschedule a meeting Kathryn M. Ricciardelli Agnes Sowle protect her own position, in a way, her to pick up his sick son from school, it will Katherine H. O’Neil views provide an instructive insight into never be totally acceptable for a woman Executive Director the core issue of feminism today—the to do so. And until it’s normal for a father Linda Tomassi question of choice. to choose to be a full-time care-provider, executivedirector@ oregonwomenlawyers.org It’s hard enough to find the right bal- women will never be fully respected for making the same choice. Editor ance for yourself when you’re juggling Elise Gautier a busy professional career, a marriage [email protected] or partnership, and parenthood. But if Continued on next page www.oregonwomenlawyers.org

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OREGON WOMEN LAWYERS AdvanceSheet 2 FALL 2016 President’s Message Upcoming OWLS Events continued from page 2 Balancing the Scales Joan Seitz Law Society My husband and I live this philosophy Roseburg every single day. Both of us have chosen A Documentary Film Portland First Tuesdays, noon to have busy professional careers. I’m not Tuesday, Oct. 25, 5–6:45 p.m. Daily Grind Café so happy that this means that sometimes Reception at 4:30; Q&A with producer Join your colleagues for lunch on the our girls are being raised by a nanny, Sharon Rowen after the screening. first Tuesday of each month. Grandma, Aunt Linda and, occasionally, World Trade Center Building 2 each other. I am proud, though, that 121 SW Salmon Contract Lawyer Discussion Group they don’t think that it’s “Mom’s job” Register at the OWLS website. Portland and by phone to cook dinner, clean the dishes, or su- Hear the stories of remarkable women First Tuesdays, except Jan., 1–2 p.m. pervise homework, and they don’t think lawyers who pioneered the profession. Garvey Schubert Barer it’s “Dad’s job” to support the family 121 SW Morrison, Suite 1100 financially. They know that each of us OWLS Mary Leonard Chapter Discuss matters of mutual interest with must pitch in when needed and able, New Admittee Luncheon contract lawyers and people considering regardless of the task. If you own a car Featuring Justice Martha L. Walters working as contract lawyers. in our household, you are responsible Salem for getting its oil changed. It’s more Josephine County Women Lawyers Monday, Oct. 31, noon–1 p.m. Grants Pass likely to be Mom explaining “Monday Willamette Heritage Center Dye House Night Football,” while Dad helps you First Wednesdays, noon 1313 Mill Street SE La Burrita with your art project. When one of our Register in advance on the chapter’s Meet for lunch and conversation on the daughters is sick, she knows that Mom website. first Wednesday of each month. Contact and Dad will both check their schedules, Victory Walker for more information. and the one with more flexibility that Breaking Into the CLE/Public day will stay home—unless the nanny is Speaking Game, A Panel Friday, Nov. 4, 5 p.m. available. To our girls, that’s just normal Presentation and Discussion With Nominations Due life, and I’m glad for it. I’m not quite sure Those Who Know How to Play for Justice Betty Roberts and how they will choose to define—or not Portland Judge Mercedes Deiz Awards define—gender roles in their lives when Tuesday, Nov. 1, 4:30–6 p.m. Please see page 8 for details. they’re grown or what choices they’ll University of Oregon, Portland Location Continued on page 5 make about career and family. But I am certain that we’ve given them the tools to make their own choices. I can only hope that as their generation comes of age, society is less judgmental of whatever Scheduling those choices may be. As I follow the news lately about puzzle solved. whether the ERA was a good idea, Let Leslie t all the whether Chelsea Clinton’s choice to miss the first day of preschool makes her a bad pieces together. mother, or whether the “mommy track” She’ll schedule your court is holding women back, I can’t help but reporter, videographer, think that we are making a mistake by trying to find definitive answers to these interpreter, videoconference, and related questions. The answers are and conference room. individual, and the choices of individuals And you only have to who may follow different paths should be make one call, respected. Feminism at its heart doesn’t Office Manager have a role model. No one woman or one Leslie Peralta life defines what it means to be a feminist. Rather, the definition of feminism lies in Of course. the hands of each of us, when we choose to see every woman’s (and every man’s) choice as valid. Witness the Difference LNS COURT REPORTING & VIDEOCONFERENCING Laura Craska Cooper 503-299-6200 / 800-366-6201 LNSCOURTREPORTING.COM President, Oregon Women Lawyers

OREGON WOMEN LAWYERS AdvanceSheet 3 FALL 2016 OWLS Fall CLE OAPABA, the FBA, and OWLS continued from page 1 Second, she recommended using a Celebrate Judicial Diversity visual aid, such as a chart of relevant hen the Oregon Asian Pacific American Bar Association (OAPABA) con- data. This gives the person receiving the tacted OWLS and the Oregon Chapter of the Federal Bar Association about news something to look at other than celebrating the accom- you, and thus something other than you W plishments in judicial diversity on to associate with the bad news. Your Oregon’s bench, we thought it pointing to and looking at the visual aid was a wonderful idea. The three also affords the person some space and organizations hosted a celebra- privacy at a difficult moment. Rachel also tory reception on September 23, recommended sitting next to the person immediately following the OWLS or at a 90° angle, so that you can both Fall CLE. At the reception, one of easily look at the visual aid. the newest magistrate judges on Sari’s Breakout Session the federal bench, Judge Youlee Sari de la Motte’s breakout session was You, affectionately introduced titled “Presentations That Kick Ass,” and Oregon’s Chief District Judge the name says it all. Michael Mosman. I have attended CLEs on communica- Judge Mosman’s remarks tion skills before—multiple elements of centered around the women predictability seemed to loom through- lawyers and judges who have had out those presentations. I expected much a significant impact on his career of the same this time, but I was in for a and his life, starting with Judge pleasant surprise. Helen Frye, who, his mother told Sari delivered a powerhouse presen- him after he had won a case in tation filled with interesting stories front of her, had held him when and advice on practical skills. Her set of he was an infant during a baby Enjoying the reception (from left), Top: entertaining anecdotes fit perfectly with shower. Willamette Law students Gabriela Perez-Mendoza, her narrative about the importance of Judge Mosman said that he Bailey Moody, Christian Muro; nonverbal skills to help get and keep an owed his career to the Notori- Bottom: Kendra Matthews, Sanjayan Arulsakaran, audience’s attention. ous RBG, Justice Ruth Bader Anjana Kumar, Judge Steve Todd We delved into the intricacies of au- Ginsburg. While clerking for a thoritative versus approachable body judge on the DC Circuit Court, on which Ginsburg was then serving, he wrote “this language and voice patterns; explored rinky-dink little opinion” back when everything was written on paper. The opinion the extent to which a speaker’s breath- was circulated to the panel of judges, and Judge Ginsburg returned it with a nice note ing influences an audience; and experi- complimenting him on the opinion. He credits her opinion of him for his subsequent enced the awkwardness of long pauses job at the Supreme Court and his career success. and clumsy gestures while conducting Judge Mosman said that as a young trial lawyer he had learned quite a bit from a speaking and listening exercises with woman trial lawyer named Susan Graber. She now serves on the Ninth Circuit Court each other. of Appeals. Other women he credits for mentoring him are Leslie Baker; Judge Karin The exercises were perfectly selected Immergut, “the greatest U.S. attorney Oregon has ever had”; and Judge Anna Brown. to help preserve the lessons and overall About 160 law students, lawyers, and judges from around the state enjoyed the vision that inspired the presentation, and reception, held at the Original restaurant in Portland. the audience was engaged and eager to try whatever Sari proposed. It didn’t hurt that her style was the ideal blend of levity OWLS Members Appointed to the Bench and earnestness. n August 10, Governor Kate Brown announced the appointment of At the end of the day, what rang true Ramón Pagán to the Washington County Circuit Court and Eric Dahlin is my new mantra: Behind every great O to the Multnomah County Circuit Court. Both men, OWLS members, have attorney is a great communication coach taken their seats on the bench and are on the ballot in this fall’s election. (or just a really great Fall CLE). Judge Pagán was a criminal defense attorney and has taught trial advo- Amy Heverly is a solo practitioner and cacy at Lewis & Clark Law School and Fordham University School of Law. He contract attorney in Portland. Joanna began his career as a law clerk for Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who was then Robinson, who wrote the section on a judge on the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. Sari’s breakout session, is a judicial law Judge Dahlin was a civil litigation attorney at Davis Wright Tremaine, clerk at the Multnomah County Circuit representing clients in business disputes, and a pro tem judge in Multnomah Court in Portland. County. He began his career as a law clerk for Judge Procter Hug Jr., who was chief judge of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Since 1998 Judge Dahlin has run the game clock, shot clock, and scoreboard on game nights for the Portland Trail Blazers.

OREGON WOMEN LAWYERS AdvanceSheet 4 FALL 2016 Upcoming Please Renew Your OWLS Membership WLS exists because of you. Your membership makes it possible for OWLS to OWLS Events provide the excellent programming and services that support our mission of transforming the practice of law and ensuring justice and equality by advanc- continued from page 3 O ing women and minorities in the legal profession. Queen’s Bench Luncheon Please take the time to renew your membership today. Our membership year runs from October 1 to September 30. You can renew easily online at the OWLS website, Honoring New Admittees www.oregonwomenlawyers.org. Portland In addition to the knowledge that you’re supporting women and minorities in the Tuesday, Nov. 8, 11:45 a.m.–1 p.m. legal profession, OWLS membership entitles you to many benefits, including these: Mark O. Hatfield U.S. Courthouse • A listing in the online OWLS searchable membership directory, with an oppor- 1000 SW 3rd Ave. tunity to add a professional photo Register in advance on the QB website. • The opportunity to join the OWLS email listserv, connecting you directly to 2016–2017 Family Law over 1,000 OWLS members to gather referrals, law inquiries, job postings, and Mentoring Circle other information Portland • Access to the national women’s bar listserv through the OWLS office First Tuesdays, Nov. 8–June 13 • A subscription to OWLS’ quarterly newsletter, the AdvanceSheet noon–1 p.m. • OWLS’ monthly electronic newsletter Gevurtz Menashe • Discounted registration fees for OWLS CLE programs and invitations to special 115 NW 1st Ave., Suite 400 events Designed to help the new lawyer en- • An opportunity to enroll in the OWLS Contract Lawyer Service, which provides tering a practice in family law and the access to unique job opportunities posted on its listserv and a forum for dis- experienced lawyer looking to make a cussion of topics of special interest to contract attorneys practice area change into family law both If you have any questions, please contact OWLS Executive Director Linda Tomassi succeed. Presented by Julia Hagan, Robin at [email protected] or 503.841.5720. Wright, and Tiffany Jensen, all experienced family law attorneys at Gevurtz Menashe. No cost. To register, contact For more information about OWLS chapters and activities, Patricia Arjun by email at patty@arjunlaw. please visit www.oregonwomenlawyers.org. com by Nov. 1 and provide your name and bar number. Priority will be given to those who register for all eight sessions. Lawyers’ Association of Washington County Hillsboro Third Wednesdays, 8–9:30 a.m. Manaia Coffee House and Island Grill Meet with the Washington County Bar Association New Lawyers Division on the third Wednesday of each month. Clackamas Women Lawyers Holiday Party Lake Oswego Saturday, Dec. 3 Queen’s Bench Holiday Luncheon Honoring Oregon’s Women Judges Portland Tuesday, Dec. 13, 11:30 a.m.–1 p.m. Sentinel Hotel, 4th Floor 614 SW 11th Ave. Featuring personal stories from he- roic women in our community who have overcome adversity, in a TED Talk format. Register in advance on the Queen’s Bench website. This event will probably sell out. 2017 Roberts & Deiz Awards Dinner Portland Art Museum Friday, March 10

OREGON WOMEN LAWYERS AdvanceSheet 5 FALL 2016 THE JUDGES’ FORUM the past sev- Where Are the eral years, and 45% of associ- Girls?? ates in law ne of my proudest moments as a firms were mother and a feminist occurred women. In Oover a decade ago at breakfast. My the top 50 law then-five-year-old daughter Jessica stared schools, 46% at her new place mat with pictures of the By Judge Karin J. Immergut of leadership 43 U.S. presidents and screamed, “Where Multnomah County Circuit Court positions on are the girls???!!!” I responded that “in law reviews the olden days people didn’t believe were held by Judge Karin J. Immergut that women could do the same jobs as the better when the organization, and women, and men. But now we know better.” Jessica the women it hires and promotes, are 38% of editors-in-chief of those law replied, “That is sooo silly, Mommy! Girls committed to gender diversity. When I be- reviews were women. can be president!” came Oregon’s U.S. attorney, I envisioned Despite the strong presence of women This conversation occurred at a time an office free of gender disparity. I was as associates in firms and in the upper when I was riddled with guilt about committed to increased hiring and pro- echelons of law schools, women still sacrificing time with my child to meet motion of qualified women. More than represent only 18% of equity partners the demands of being Oregon’s U.S. at- half the attorneys I hired were incredibly nationally, and only 18% of the managing torney. I was also about to give birth to hardworking and qualified women, who partners in the 200 largest law firms. The my second child, which to my knowledge, had been at the top of their law school numbers are not much better in general would make me the first U.S. attorney in classes. I appointed women to important counsel positions (women represent 24% the history of the country to give birth positions and made sure that they worked of Fortune 500 general counsel positions, while in office. I soon realized, however, on significant cases. I appointed Pam and 19% of the Fortune 501–1000 general that the barely controlled madness of Holsinger as the first female Criminal counsel positions), or at law schools (31% juggling my family with my professional Division chief, which is the third most of law school deans are women), or in life was teaching my daughter that girls senior position in the office. I appointed the judiciary (27% of federal and state could be anything they wanted to be, a woman to coordinate and oversee all judges are women). even president of the United States. of the office’s appellate work. Women lawyers on average still get In addition, I provided alternative work paid less than men. From 2010 to 2014, Need for Change schedules to allow women to both parent salaried women lawyers earned between After serving as a Multnomah County and be federal prosecutors. The women 77% and 87% of what their male salaried judge for the last seven years, and see- who wanted alternative schedules con- counterparts earned. Women equity ing mostly male litigators handle the vinced me that they could be the highest partners in the 200 largest firms earned vast majority of the high-stakes cases, quality federal prosecutors while working 80% of the compensation earned by the I find myself wondering whether we in an alternative schedule. They were com- typical male equity partner, according the legal profession really have changed mitted to making those schedules work. to those same ABA May 2016 statistics. our views since “the olden days,” and I believed in them, and they delivered. In short, we are seeing a dramatic whether we truly believe that women One of those women, Stacie Beckerman, disappearance of almost half of the can do the same jobs as men and that is now a U.S. magistrate judge. women who enter the legal profession women should get paid the same for I, too, worked hard. I ultimately became after graduating from law school, and their work. Statistics, and my 30 years of chair of the Attorney General’s Advisory a very small percentage end up in the anecdotal experience as a lawyer, suggest Committee, the most prominent posi- upper echelons of our profession. We that things are not getting significantly tion held by any of the 93 presidentially should be alarmed by what we are seeing better for women in the legal profession. appointed U.S. attorneys in the country. and be asking ourselves, why are there Based on the number of women graduat- That position allowed me to push for so few women at the top and what can ing from law schools, we should be far more women to serve on national com- we do about it? past the time when the great majority mittees and to work on national projects of leadership positions in the law are of significance. Having more women, par- Call to Action predominantly occupied by men. Any- ticularly in leadership positions, enhanced Based on my own observations, there one who cares about the future of their the productivity and quality of work of is no single reason for the migration of daughters, nieces, and granddaughters, the Department of Justice. I found that women from the law, and it cannot be as well as their organization’s quality women often had a unique perspective, blamed solely on sexism or discriminatory of work and future growth potential, worked collaboratively and creatively to practices of law firms and other organi- should care about the paucity of female solve problems, and were very thorough zations, although that certainly can play role models in the highest levels of our and hardworking. a role. Some leaders of organizations profession. may not recognize that there are ways Statistics to accommodate attorney-mothers and Change Requires Commitment According to the ABA’s A Current still be profitable and productive. Some My own experience running the U.S. Glance at Women in the Law, May 2016, women lawyers may opt out of what Attorney’s Office in Oregon, an office prepared by the Commission on Women they perceive as a “rat race” to the top. of almost 120 employees, convinces me in the Profession, women represented Some may be looking to balance life as that an organization can be changed for almost half of law school graduates over Continued on next page

OREGON WOMEN LAWYERS AdvanceSheet 6 FALL 2016 Where Are the Girls?? OWLS Members on the Ballot continued from page 6 By Joanna Robinson a mother with a demanding litigation schedule and may feel they “cannot do everal OWLS members are on the ballot this fall, in- it all.” They may choose a different kind cluding the following. of legal job, or perhaps leave the profes- S Governor Kate Brown is seeking election to continue sion altogether. as the state’s chief executive, a position she has held since Another issue might be a lack of con- February 2015. From 2009 to 2015, Governor Brown served fidence. Having worked with and hired as Oregon’s secretary of state; before that, she served in both men and women lawyers, I have the Oregon House of Representatives for five years and the found that men are more likely to apply Oregon Senate for 12 years. for positions even when they may not In a bid for reelection, Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum satisfy all of the required job experience, is seeking to continue to represent the legal interests of the Karin Power whereas women tend to undervalue state of Oregon. Prior to serving as attorney general, she their experience and qualifications and served as a judge on the Oregon Court of Appeals and on the feel they need to be perfectly prepared Multnomah County District and Circuit Courts, and also as an assistant U.S. attorney. before applying for a position. Women Incumbent Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici seeks her third full term in the U.S. are also more likely to undervalue their House of Representatives, where she represents Oregon’s 1st Congressional District. worth when they negotiate compensa- Congresswoman Bonamici served in the Oregon Legislative Assembly for five years tion, which can permanently affect future before she was elected to Congress. earnings. At the state level, Milwaukie City Councilor Karin Power is running for the open What can we do? For the benefit of our seat in Oregon House District 41. Ms. Power is an environmental attorney with the daughters, nieces, and granddaughters, Freshwater Trust, a Portland-based river restoration nonprofit. and for the benefit of the organizations OWLS members in uncontested judicial elections include the following incum- we represent, we need to change the cul- bents: Justice Lynn R. Nakamoto, Oregon Supreme Court, Position 6; Judge Karrie ture of our profession to afford women McIntyre, Circuit Court, 2nd District, Position 13; Judge Channing Bennett, Circuit the same opportunities as men. We need Court, 3rd District, Position 1; Judge Leslie Bottomly, Circuit Court, 4th District, Posi- to recruit and hire more qualified women tion 6; Judge Eric Dahlin, Circuit Court, 4th District, Position 24; Judge Bethany Flint, and pay them as much as we pay men. Circuit Court, 11th District, Position 3; and Judge Ramón Pagán, Circuit Court, 20th We also need to see women as the up- District, Position 14. and-coming leaders of the organizations Joanna Robinson is a judicial law clerk at the Multnomah County Circuit Court. we represent and provide them with opportunities to be leaders. We need to recognize that it is good for business to hire and promote women, particularly as more women become clients and corporate leaders who will want to work with women lawyers. Women need to view themselves as up-and-coming leaders, top litigators, and rainmakers. Women need to take more risks and seize more opportunities to be leaders. Women need to encour- age their domestic partners to help more with childcare so that women are not MEDIATION always the “default” parent. And women A RBITR A TION need to recognize that it takes sacrifice to reach the leadership positions in our profession, and be willing to put in the 25 years civil and criminal effort to succeed. Women have to want trial experience. it. My sense is that many women would want to be in the upper echelons of their organizations if they saw other women in those positions. Is it easy to be a mother and a litigator, leader, and rainmaker? Is it easy to MULLEN ADR be the only woman at a meeting or on [email protected] a trial team? Absolutely not. But my 503-901-6199 experience has shown that, although you cannot necessarily “have it all,” you can have a lot. We owe that opportunity Molly Jo Mullen to our daughters, our nieces, and our granddaughters.

OREGON WOMEN LAWYERS AdvanceSheet 7 FALL 2016 OWLS Honors Lori E. Deveny with Katherine H. O’Neil Award By Sarah J. Crooks n September 23, Oregon Women served as the president of each of these Lori’s pas- Lawyers honored Lori E. Deveny organizations. sion and Ofor her extraordinary commit- Lori is a natural and dynamic leader, enthusiasm ment to the promotion of women in and she gets things done. Through her for support- the legal profession by awarding her the strong and creative leadership, Lori has ing women Katherine H. O’Neil Volunteer Service improved each of these women’s bar in the legal Award. With this award, the OWLS Board associations and strengthened their profession of Directors recognizes an individual who abilities to advance and promote women have touched has demonstrated steadfast dedication in the legal profession. For example, many wom- and long-term volunteer service to pro- under Lori’s recent leadership, the OWLS en lawyers moting women in the legal profession Foundation significantly increased the practicing in through at least eight years of cumula- amount of funds available for its grants Oregon and tive service in an identified position with supporting women. nationally. Lori E. Deveny OWLS, an OWLS chapter, the OWLS Foun- Through her many years of service, She’s incred- dation, the National Conference of ibly generous with her time, Women’s Bar Associations (NCWBA), talents, and energy, and she has the National Association of Women mentored and encouraged many Lawyers, or the ABA Commission other women to join her on a path on Women in the Profession. Lori’s of service for the benefit of us all. dedication and volunteer service Personally, I have had the tremen- to promoting women in our legal dous good fortune to call Lori my profession are truly outstanding and mentor and good friend for many worthy of celebrating. years. Congratulations, Lori! And Lori has served on the boards of thank you for everything. Queen’s Bench (1994–2000), OWLS (1998–2002), the NCWBA (1999– Sarah J. Crooks is the managing 2005), and the OWLS Foundation partner of the Portland office of (2011–present), often serving on Perkins Coie, where her practice more than one board at the same Sarah J. Crooks (right) presented the award, and focuses on class action defense and time. And she hasn’t just served as Deanna Wray, president of the OWLS Foundation, commercial litigation. She is a past a board director or officer—Lori has accepted it on Lori E. Deveny’s behalf. president of OWLS and the NCWBA.

Nominations for 25th Roberts and Deiz Awards Due on Nov. 4 WLS invites nominations for the 25th Justice Betty Roberts and Judge Mercedes Deiz Awards. All nominations will be considered for both awards unless the nominee has already received one of the awards. O The awards recognize and celebrate the accomplishments of individuals in promoting women and minorities in the legal profession and community in Oregon. The recipients will be honored at the annual awards dinner on Friday, March 10, 2017, at the Portland Art Museum. The Justice Betty Roberts Award recognizes an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to promoting women in the legal profession and in the community. The recipient of this award is a person who has influenced women to pursue legal careers, opened doors for women attorneys, or advanced opportunities for women within the profession. Justice Roberts (1925–2011) was a leader in Oregon politics, the first woman appointed to the Oregon appellate bench, and a beloved mentor and advocate for women lawyers. The award honors her legacy of promoting women in the practice of law. The Judge Mercedes Deiz Award recognizes an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to promoting minorities in the legal profession and in the community. The recipient of this award is a person who has influenced minorities to pursue legal careers, opened doors for minority attorneys, or advanced opportunities for minorities within the profession. Judge Deiz (1917–2005) was a trailblazer in the Oregon Bar as the first black woman to practice law in Oregon and the first woman of color on the Oregon bench. She created opportunities for minorities to access legal resources and careers. The award honors her commitment to advancing non-dominant cultures in the legal profession. Nominations must be received by 5:00 p.m. Friday, November 4, 2016. Nominations must include the following: the appropriate nomination form, available at www.oregonwomenlawyers.org; at least three and no more than 15 letters of recommendation; and detailed information about the nominee, explaining how that person fulfills the award’s criteria. Nominations should be emailed in a single, bookmarked PDF file to Lauren Blaesing, Roberts & Deiz Awards Committee co- chair, at [email protected].

OREGON WOMEN LAWYERS AdvanceSheet 8 FALL 2016 Josephine County OWLS Chapter Partners with Oregon Law Center to Create Domestic Violence Project By Heather Kemper n June 1, Josephine County mentoring are available. in Josephine Women Lawyers and the Grants The project’s launch included a re- County and OPass Oregon Law Center (Grants ception and free CLE titled “Effectively recruit local Pass OLC) joined forces to launch a Representing Victims of Domestic Vio- volunteer at- Josephine County pro bono domestic lence,” held at Taprock Northwest Grill torneys. Ac- violence project. The project matches pro in Grants Pass. The CLE was presented cording to bono attorneys with victims of domestic by Eric Dahlin, managing attorney of former Legal violence for pro bono representation Grants Pass OLC, and Amanda Thorpe, Aid Services in contested restraining order hearings a partner at Hughes, Rote, Brouhard of Oregon under the Family Abuse Prevention Act & Thorpe, in Grants Pass. Judge Pro Statewide Pro and the Elderly Persons and Persons Tempore Lore Rutz-Burri assisted in the Bono Man- Amanda Thorpe with Disabilities Abuse Prevention Act training by providing “tips from the ager Maya in Josephine County. bench.” Josephine County Circuit Court Crawford, “One of the keys to a successful These cases tend to have short time- Judge Michael Newman brought the CLE pro bono program is having enthusiastic lines and limited issues and require a portion of the afternoon to an end with and committed partners within the pri- court appearance. Attorneys sign up with closing remarks. vate bar. Amanda Thorpe is just such a Grants Pass OLC to serve on the referral While Legal Aid Services of Oregon has partner. She helped legal aid connect to panel. Grants Pass OLC attorneys screen a similar domestic violence project (DVP) Josephine County Women Lawyers and Josephine County applicants and refer in the Portland metro area, Grants Pass did a fabulous job helping coordinate them to volunteers as needed. This proj- OLC is the first rural legal aid office in the training and reception. We could not ect is an excellent volunteer opportunity Oregon to form a DVP pro bono refer- have done it without her leadership.” for new lawyers, for lawyers seeking court ral panel to assist victims of domestic Heather Kemper is the statewide pro experience, and for lawyers who cannot violence and elder abuse. bono manager at Legal Aid Services of commit to taking long-term pro bono OWLS board member Amanda Thorpe Oregon, working with legal aid offices cases. Volunteers do not need to have a played an instrumental role in working across the state to expand pro bono background in family law; training and with Grants Pass OLC to create the DVP opportunities.

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OREGON WOMEN LAWYERS AdvanceSheet 9 FALL 2016 OWLS’ Rainmaking Mentoring Circle: How to Cultivate Power and Satisfaction in Your Career By Sara A. H. Sayles ost lawyers have a general idea advice to a client who trusts you. But, that rainmaking is an important if that isn’t your cup of tea, there is Mpart of a lawyer’s business, but nothing wrong with being a sup- few lawyers actually learn how to make port person, a behind-the-curtain it a part of their practice. The purpose of person, so decide where you are the OWLS Rainmaking Mentoring Circle is headed and plan accordingly. Set to pair experienced mentors with lawyers your expectations.” who are interested in developing power In reality, rainmaking takes a lot of and satisfaction in their careers through work and concentrated effort. But the rainmaking. rewards include personal connections This year, the OWLS Rainmaking Men- with your clients, the power to dictate toring Circle, which met at various law Shannon Armstrong the types of matters you handle, and even firms in Portland, engaged the assistance the power to transition to a new firm or of five outstanding mentors. The two practice with your own book of business. senior mentors, Brenda Baumgart and As for the work that rainmaking re- Jeanne Loftis, spoke to the entire group quires, Holly Johnston, a partner at Lee about their experiences and offered & Hayes, explained that “developing recommendations at two separate meet- business is not a simple or easy goal but, ings. The three junior mentors, Shan- rather, requires intense dedication, pas- non Armstrong, Heather Bowman, and sion, and focus in both (1) the practice Holly Johnston, provided small-group of law to provide high-quality counsel mentoring to assigned mentees in three and (2) the business of law to sell and follow-up meetings over a two-month manage your brand.” period. Each of these women excels in Holly Johnston This hard work can yield significant rainmaking and is a shining example of rewards, some of which have been expe- how it generates power and satisfaction rienced by Shannon Armstrong: in her career. “My business development success Shannon Armstrong, a shareholder at has benefited my career because Markowitz Herbold, explained the nuts building and maintaining client and bolts of this year’s program and how relationships allows me to work on it benefits its participants: the cases I find most interesting and “We had lawyers from varied prac- to enjoy a personal connection with tice areas, but learned that many clients. My success in business devel- struggle with the same issues—how opment also ensures that I have more to ask for work from potential cli- control over my career because I do not have to rely on other lawyers to ents, how to develop business while Heather Bowman still a relatively junior lawyer, how to provide work to me. I feel fortunate to be a shareholder at Markowitz develop and implement a marketing clients regarding my business. Finally, I Herbold, a firm that values (and plan, and how to navigate the office count many of the women I met, includ- teaches) business development, and politics that go along with receiving ing my mentor, among my network of consider volunteering for programs credit for our business development friends and colleagues. like the OWLS Rainmaking Circles to efforts. Most importantly, the rain- Although some of us have more be a good way to pay it forward.” making circles provide women with natural rainmaking skills than others, the an opportunity to build a network program emphasized that all of us have Personally, this year’s program assisted with other lawyers in town, and the capacity to develop business. Jeanne me in developing business relationships hopefully, a network that continues Loftis, a shareholder at Bullivant Houser from personal relationships, putting me after the formal program is over.” Bailey, has an excellent perspective on at ease in talking about my business, As a participant myself, I can say that this point: and making conscious choices about my Shannon’s words ring true. Through this “I truly think everyone is a marketer, extracurricular and volunteer activities. year’s program, I developed a detailed whether you are marketing inter- Any attorney interested in developing networking and marketing plan with nally to your coworkers as to your power and satisfaction in her career specific goals, and I helped support other capability or externally to clients. I’m should consider participating in the OWLS women in doing the same. I also gained also a true believer in the idea that Rainmaking Mentoring Circle next year. a better understanding of how women serving as an attorney directly to a Registration information will be provided lawyers can become successful rainmak- client in need is one of the greatest on the OWLS listserv. ers, and I even developed an “elevator aspects of our jobs. There is nothing Sara A. H. Sayles is an of-counsel attorney speech” to give to strangers and potential better than directly doling out legal at Intelekia Law Group in Portland.

OREGON WOMEN LAWYERS AdvanceSheet 10 FALL 2016 Meet Multnomah County Circuit Court Judge Gregory Silver By Shaun Morgan ultnomah County Circuit Court In 2007, Silver was appointed a circuit on him, and Judge Gregory Silver and his judge pro tem, and he began presiding of defendants Mwife, Dale, a retired Navy nurse, over landlord-tenant disputes, DUII di- who are not are Green Bay Packers fans even though version hearings, and misdemeanor jury taking advan- neither is from Wisconsin. Judge Silver, a trials. In 2013, Governor Kitzhaber ap- tage of the native of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, says pointed to him to the circuit court bench. recovery tools he adopted the Packers as his NFL team When he applied to become a circuit provided to over more natural choices, like the Eagles court judge, Silver believed that it was them through or the Steelers, because he admired their important to inform the governor that court-ordered small-city, ownership model. The Packers he was in recovery for alcoholism, even treatment. are owned by shareholders, rather than a though the application materials had Judge Silver single owner—and Judge Silver and Dale not expressly asked for such information. joined OWLS Judge Gregory Silver became “Packer owners” at the last open On December 6, 1997, Judge Silver had within the stock sale, in 2011. Judge Silver’s love of checked himself into an alcohol treatment last few years, having not realized previ- the Packers for their people-first ethos is program. He has remained sober since ously that the organization was open to emblematic of his open and straightfor- that date. He speaks openly about being men. He is concerned that male lawyers ward speaking style, which he brought in recovery, and he wants other lawyers still dominate the upper ranks of many to the circuit court bench in 2013. to understand that there should not be firms, and he hopes that a generational Silver completed his first two years a stigma attached to getting help for shift in attitudes, including toward more of college at the University of Virginia substance abuse issues. He encourages equal parenting among spouses, will in Charlottesville before returning to attorneys who need help to contact the lead to better opportunities for work- Pennsylvania in 1973. Soon after return- Oregon Attorney Assistance Program, ing mothers. ing, he enrolled at Penn State University. which provides valuable services for at- In addition to their love of the Green He spent the next 17 years working in torneys needing treatment and other Bay Packers, Judge Silver and his wife are various communications positions for professional support. avid Blazers fans. They also love to travel the university, public television, and Judge Silver often sees in his courtroom and read. Judge Silver highly recommends commercial radio. criminal defendants with substance abuse A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s In 1990, Silver decided that he wanted problems. His personal experiences allow Purpose, by Eckhart Tolle. a career change and enrolled in law him to empathize with defendants, while school at the University of Pittsburgh. also making him very aware of defen- Shaun Morgan is a civil defense attorney After graduating in 1993, he worked for a dants who are trying to pull one over at Rizzo Mattingly Bosworth in Portland. Pittsburgh civil litigation firm, representing clients in complex construction and environmental superfund clean-up cases. OWLS at Habitat for Humanity Build After three years with the firm, he was ready to move on. His college-age son was living in Portland at the time, so Judge OWLS members and friends Silver and his first wife decided to move participated in a Habitat for to the area to live closer to their son. (He Humanity Build in Portland on July 23. OWLS member Dalia and his first wife divorced shortly after Nagati is shown at right. Taking the move to Portland.) a break for lunch are (from left) In 1998, Silver clerked for Multnomah Dalia Nagati, Judge Julie Frantz, County Judge Nely Johnson. His two-year Jim Yocom, Rob Scheller, clerkship with Judge Johnson piqued his Tonia Closson, Dannine Consoli, interest in trial work and criminal law. In Ticia Symonds, and Bethany Bacci. 2000, he joined the Metropolitan Public Susan Pitchford also participated Defender’s Office, where he worked for (and took the photos). the next seven years. He realized that he had a keen ability to understand both sides of an issue, which in the context of public defender work, meant understanding the strengths and weaknesses of the state’s case and the strengths and weaknesses of his own case, and using that understanding to come to a resolu- tion best for his client under the circumstances. In many cases, that still meant going to trial. He realized that his ability to understand both sides of an issue made him well-suited for judicial work.

OREGON WOMEN LAWYERS AdvanceSheet 11 FALL 2016 Marion County OWLS Chapter Changes Name, Co-hosts CLE

he Mary Leonard Law Society, which has been the Marion County chapter of OWLS, has changed its name to Oregon Women Lawyers – Mary Leonard Chapter, Talso to be known as the OWLS Mary Leonard Chapter. On August 25, the chapter co-hosted, with the State of Oregon Law Library, a free CLE on the art of diagramming sentences, presented by Professor Liz Frost, who teaches legal writing at the University of Oregon School of Law. Professor Frost shared her tips on how to use shorter, clearer sentences to convey complex legal ideas. Over 20 lawyers, judges, and law students attended the CLE, which was held at the State of Oregon Law Library in Salem. The OWLS Mary Leonard Chapter will hold its annual new admittee luncheon on Monday, October 31, from noon to 1 p.m. at the Willamette Heritage Center Dye House in Salem. Oregon Supreme Court Justice Martha L. Walters will be the keynote speaker. For details, please see the chapter’s website.

Rachel Hungerford (left), a judicial law clerk to Justice Richard C. Baldwin and programming chair for the OWLS Mary Leonard Chapter, introduced Professor Liz Frost (right), the speaker at the August 25 CLE. Statewide Leaders Converge at OWLS Chapter Summit By Heather L. Weigler WLS chapter leaders from across Committee, formed to ensure that OWLS Bar Exam Grant, the Justice Betty Roberts Oregon met on September 23, is relevant and accessible to members in Leadership Conference Grant, and the Obefore the Fall CLE, to explore all geographic regions of the state. Chap- Janis Hardman Medical Support Grant. ways to foster collaboration and support ter leaders brainstormed ways to bring In addition to funding these grants, the diverse lawyers statewide. Organized by greater value to OWLS members outside Foundation supports the educational OWLS board member Jennifer Nicholls, the Willamette Valley, from enabling work of Oregon Women Lawyers and a partner at Brophy Schmor in Medford, remote attendance at CLEs to soliciting other Oregon specialty bar associations. the summit brought representatives from potential award nominees from outside OWLS member Heather L. Weigler, each active OWLS chapter together to dis- the metro areas to bringing greater di- who practices at the Charitable Activities cuss ways to advance, at the chapter level, versity to the bench in less urban areas Section of the Oregon Department of OWLS’ mission to transform the practice through Road to the Bench programs. Justice, gave the group a brief refresher of law and ensure justice and equality by OWLS Foundation President Deanna on fiduciary duties and financial manage- advancing women and minorities in the Wray, managing partner at Bodyfelt ment for small nonprofits. OWLS board legal profession. Mount in Portland, discussed OWLS’ member Violet Nazari, of Nazari Law in OWLS President Laura Craska Cooper, 501(c)(3) sister organization’s mission to Portland, introduced the chapter leaders a partner at Brix Law in Bend, welcomed educate and support women and minori- to the OWLS Intersectionality Network the group and invited everyone to share ties in accessing and participating in the (OWLS-IN), the newly formed committee ideas on how OWLS can better serve its justice system. The OWLS Foundation charged with strengthening networks to members and increase its membership funds several grants in service of that promote recognition and understanding outside Oregon’s metropolitan areas. She mission, including the Armonica Law of intersectionality through meaningful highlighted the work of the Membership Student Grant, the Vernellia R. Randall partnership with specialty bars, affirma- tive programming, and promotion of di- Need help with a big case? Want to take a vacation? versity throughout our legal community. Contact the OWLS Contract Lawyer Service. We can help! The concept of intersectionality asks us to examine the ways in which oppres- sive and discriminatory institutions are Contact us with project/job information. interconnected to better understand how We immediately post the announcement to our they can be dismantled. contract lawyer listserve. You are promptly contacted The chapter summit continued to build by contract lawyers who meet your criteria. No fee to on the successes of past meetings in the post jobs or projects. You pay the contract lawyer you hopes of making OWLS and its chapters hire. OWLS contract lawyers are statewide. even stronger sources of change and Many levels of experience. Many types of expertise. access to justice. For more information about what is happening at the chapter For more information or to post a job, contact level around the state, please visit www. oregonwomenlawyers.org/chapters/. Diane Rynerson: 503.841.5720 or [email protected] Heather Weigler is a past OWLS president.

OREGON WOMEN LAWYERS AdvanceSheet 12 FALL 2016 OWLS Foundation Celebrates 20th Anniversary n July 13 the OWLS Foundation (OWLF) held its third annual appreciation event for its donors and also took the opportunity to celebrate the 20th anniversary of OWLF’s founding. OWLF President Deanna Wray thanked the donors for Otheir generous support over the past 20 years. In introducing the Honorable Adrienne Nelson as the keynote speaker, Deanna gave particular thanks to the judges, including Judge Nelson, who have served as mentors to the recipients of OWLF’s Armonica Law Student Grant. These include Judges Cheryl Albrecht, Marilyn Litzenberger, Valeri Love, Jean Maurer, Josephine Mooney, Lynn Nakamoto, Darleen Ortega, Cheryl Pellegrini, Janelle Wipper, and Youlee Yim You.

Enjoying the OWLS Foundation’s celebration on July 13 were (clockwise from lower left) OWLF Advisory Board member Carolyn Miller, OWLF board member Traci Ray, OWLF President Deanna Wray, Judge Adrienne Nelson, OWLF Advisory Board Chair Cristina Sanz, Kim Stewart, OWLF Treasurer Katerina Kogan, OWLF board member Jill Tanner, Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum, and OWLF Historian/Secretary Trudy Allen.

OWLS Community Service Committee Offers CLE on Reporting Elder Abuse By Teresa Statler he OWLS Community Service Com- islature’s intent in enacting this law in abuse report- mittee hosted a one-hour CLE 2015 was to protect seniors and make ing credit. Be- Tin Portland on August 18 titled Oregon a healthy place for them to live. ginning with “Questions and Answers About Manda- DHS interprets “reasonable cause” as the the 2015 re- tory Abuse Reporting in Oregon.” The legal equivalent of “reasonable suspi- porting year, CLE was sponsored by Barran Liebman cion.” Mark and the CLE attendees also all active Or- and Farleigh Wada Witt, and the pre- discussed the phrase “comes in contact.” egon State senter was Mark Johnson Roberts, deputy It does not necessarily mean in-person Bar members, general counsel to the Oregon State Bar. contact; telephone or email contact will in a three- Mark explained that the elder abuse suffice. Nor must the contact occur as a year report- reporting law, found at ORS 124.050 et result of one’s law practice. ing period, seq., imposes a legal obligation on at- The types of conduct constituting abuse will need to Mark Johnson Roberts torneys (among other “public and private are similar to those set forth in the child complete an officials”) to report to law enforcement abuse reporting law: infliction of pain or elder abuse reporting credit. For those or the Oregon Department of Human Ser- physical injury, abandonment, neglect, reporting in 2016 or 2017, this credit vices (DHS) whenever she has “reasonable and sex abuse. An important addition in will be required instead of a child abuse cause to believe” that a person 65 years the elder abuse reporting law is “financial reporting credit. of age or older with whom the lawyer exploitation.” Mark told attendees that In lieu of a fee for the CLE, the Commu- has come in contact has suffered abuse, financial exploitation is the most com- nity Service Committee asked attendees or if the lawyer learns that a person with mon type of elder abuse that occurs in to bring useful items to be donated to whom she has come in contact has abused the home. In care facilities, it is neglect. the YWCA Senior Center. such a person. There are certain limited He said that the key is “suspicion”: if you OWLS thanks Mark, the law firm spon- exceptions to the reporting requirement have it, pick up the phone and report it sors, and the committee for an informa- for lawyers, such as if the information to the DHS hotline at 1.855.503.SAFE. tive CLE. would be privileged, not just a client Following the CLE, Barran Liebman and confidence, under ORS 40.225. Farleigh Wada Witt graciously hosted a Teresa Statler has a solo immigration law With Oregon’s demographics chang- reception. practice in Portland. She is also the chair ing and the population aging, the leg- CLE attendees received one elder of the AdvanceSheet Committee.

OREGON WOMEN LAWYERS AdvanceSheet 13 FALL 2016 Sisters in Law: How Sandra Day O’Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg Went to the Supreme Court and Changed the World By Linda Hirshman (Harper Collins, 2015, 390 pages) Book Review by Teresa Statler

awyer, writer, and pundit Linda O’Connor was tion in the 5–4 decision in Bush v. Gore, Hirshman has written an interest- a role model a “decision so transparently devoid of Ling and unique dual biography of because she was any legal foundation [that it] left only a the first and second women to serve as the first woman search for a political explanation.” Hirsh- justices on the United States Supreme on the Court, man revels in gossipy anecdotes about Court. Although the childhoods and many legal her subjects, such as Ginsburg’s being personal backgrounds of the two justices scholars believe an opera fanatic, O’Connor’s spicy chili could not be more different (conservative, that Ruth Bader feeds and aerobics classes for her clerks, WASPy Arizona ranch girl and progres- Ginsburg is “the and “the large blonde senior justice and sive Brooklyn Jew), the women had in most important her small junior liberal female colleague” common their fight for recognition in a woman lawyer being seen in the courthouse “clasping profession long dominated by men. They in the history of hands.” were only three years apart in age, and the Republic.” The book is marred by the occasional Hirshman tells us that by 1993, when After reading Sisters in Law, this reader biographical error. For example, Justice her subjects were on the Court together, agrees with them. Hirshman clearly O’Connor was not an only child on her “they were both rich and richly privi- prefers telling her reader about Justice family’s isolated Arizona ranch; she had leged” with children grown and lawyer Ginsburg and has nothing but praise for a younger brother and sister. husbands “earning good money.” Hirsh- her work as a lawyer and as a justice. The back-and-forth, non-chronological man is clear, however, that their “visions This is not always the case with her arrangement of the book’s chapters also of the present world were very different.” other subject, Justice O’Connor. Hirsh- results in some factual repetition, which Hirshman spends just a bit of time on man tells us that O’Connor “was not a can annoy the reader. There is, for ex- her subjects’ childhoods, focusing instead robust voice for social change” and that ample, too much of the same information on their careers after law school. She tells her opinions “in the sexual harassment about Ginsburg’s “favorite client” while of O’Connor’s work as the Arizona State arena” (before Ginsburg joined the Court) she was at the ACLU, Stephen Weisenfeld. Senate majority leader, as a judge on the were “tightfisted,” opinions that the Because he was not female, Weisenfeld, Maricopa County Superior Court (the Court eventually (and thankfully) moved a “stay-at-home dad,” was denied Social county includes Phoenix), and as a judge beyond. She criticizes O’Connor’s “ungen- Security survivor benefits when his wife, on the Arizona Court of Appeals, where erous opinions even in cases where she a teacher, died in childbirth. Thanks to she served for only two years before voted for the women’s side.” Ginsburg’s legal acumen, the Supreme being nominated by President Reagan Hirshman takes up too many pages Court held that “men and women could to the Supreme Court in 1981 to replace detailing the Court’s internal “politics” work for wages or stay home with babies, the retiring Potter Stewart. concerning Roe v. Wade and its progeny. without being tied in to a stereotypical One of the most interesting sections of Even though O’Connor over the years sex role,” at least for Social Security ben- the book covers Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s voted to uphold many abortion restric- efits purposes. (Weinberger v. Weisenfeld, work as the chief litigator of the ACLU’s tions, Hirshman nevertheless credits her 420 U.S. 636 (1975)). Women’s Rights Project. Hirshman has for “ensur[ing] that women were granted Sisters in Law is a well-researched hom- done her readers a favor in summariz- some modicum of protection for their age to the first two women to serve on ing the many important legal cases in core decisions.” She also tells us that the Supreme Court as well as an abbrevi- which Ginsburg (whom she calls “the O’Connor was famed for her “common ated legal history of the many cases that sneaky litigator”) was involved during sense” approach to life and to the legal came before the Court in the late 20th the years 1971–1980. She tells us that questions before her. But, as Hirshman century dealing with women’s issues: Ginsburg carefully chose cases to bring rather snidely points out, as a “married abortion, employment discrimination, up through the federal court system, bourgeois woman,” O’Connor could not and others. The author’s tone is authorita- believing that justice for feminist causes really understand how burdensome abor- tive, somewhat informal, and even a bit relied on incremental changes in case law tion restrictions could be for poor women. “flip” and gossipy at times. The book’s and in taking judges and justices, step by She faults O’Connor for being “unable last 90 pages contain an index, as well small step, to where the American public to see outside the communally formed as interesting notes and a bibliography already was. common sense of her community: white, and list of other sources. Sisters in Law Hirshman is in awe of Ginsburg: “if you middle class, and married.” is a book every American woman lawyer look hard enough in the American legal Hirshman also shocks the reader in should read. system, you can find precedent for almost the chapter entitled “Justice O’Connor’s anything [and] no one was a harder Self-Inflicted Wound,” with O’Connor’s Teresa Statler has a solo immigration law looker than Ruth Bader Ginsburg.” Hirsh- imprudent and inappropriate statements practice in Portland. She is the chair of man relates that even though Sandra Day on election night 2000 and her participa- the AdvanceSheet Committee.

OREGON WOMEN LAWYERS AdvanceSheet 14 FALL 2016 Meet OWLS Board Member Jennifer Nicholls By Rachele Selvig

ennifer Nicholls is an advocate’s Jennifer describes herself as a low- manag- advocate. She is vitally interested in profile person who prefers to work away ing edi- Jfurthering women lawyers’ growth from the spotlight to effect change. She tor of the in the legal community through collective talks little about herself, preferring to Oregon support and by awakening her colleagues draw attention to the causes for which Law Re- to the advantages of practicing law out- she advocates. Yet Jennifer is a power- view and side the Portland metro area. house of a lawyer who rose from associate a mem- Since Jennifer joined the OWLS board to partner in one of the largest and old- ber of in 2013, she has promoted events aimed est firms in southern Oregon in less than the Order at continuing the advancement of women five years. A general business and real of the lawyers throughout the state. When she estate attorney, she counsels businesses Coif. She joined the Medford law firm Brophy, on a wide variety of issues, represents also dis- Schmor, Brophy, Paradis, Maddox & clients in real property transactions and covered Weaver as an associate in 2011 (the firm disputes, and assists with commercial, a love for is now Brophy Schmor), she noted that employment, real property, and profes- Oregon’s Jennifer Nicholls practicing law is different for women in sional liability litigation. offerings southern Oregon than it is for their coun- While growing up in Roseburg, Jennifer and decided to make Oregon her home terparts in the Portland area. She soon desperately wanted to move far from again. realized that these differences existed in Oregon, and she accomplished that by Jennifer is a valuable asset to Oregon other parts of the state as well. becoming the first in her family to go to and OWLS, and OWLS is proud to have When she joined the OWLS board, Jen- college. She attended Mount Holyoke her as a member of its board. Thank you, nifer wanted to help foster community College in western Massachusetts, where Jennifer, for your service. between women lawyers and establish she graduated cum laude with a double Rachele Selvig is a partner at Cauble, professional support systems throughout major in history and politics. She then Cauble & Selvig in Grants Pass focusing the state. She therefore spearheaded the moved to Georgia for a couple of years on civil litigation, guardianships and project to bring the Rothauge & Kaner before deciding to attend the University conservatorships, probate, and estate Women’s Trial Academy to Medford in of Oregon School of Law, where she was planning. 2015, where it attracted participants from as far as Bend and Eugene. Jennifer’s next project is expanding OWLS’ Road to the Bench program in Jackson and Deschutes The Oregon Women Lawyers Foundation, Counties to encompass career planning and preparation for the bench with a the 501(c)(3) sister organization to OWLS, long-term view. is proud to focus on educating and Jennifer also brings her statewide vi- supporting women and minorities in order sion to her position as treasurer of the to further their access to and participation Oregon New Lawyers Division of Oregon State Bar. Since her appointment in 2012 in the justice system. as the southern Oregon representative Thank you to the division’s executive committee, for joining us We fund the Armonica Law Student she has worked to promote attorney Book Grant, the Vernellia R. Randall Bar positions that are available outside the in Exam Grant, the Justice Betty Roberts Portland metro area and the benefits of practicing law in a smaller community. celebrating Leadership Conference Grant, and the After starting work in Medford, Jen- Janis Hardman Medical Support Grant. nifer noticed that many of her fellow law our 20th school graduates were underemployed To learn more about the Foundation, or unable to find work as attorneys in anniversary our grants, or to donate, please visit Portland, but they did not seem to con- www.owlsfoundation.org. sider options available in other parts of the state. As a result, she has worked to expand Oregon law schools’ promotion of different types of opportunities to students and graduates. She has participated in presentations by attorneys who practice throughout the state at both Willamette College of Law and the University of Oregon School of Law.

OREGON WOMEN LAWYERS AdvanceSheet 15 FALL 2016 Clackamas Women Lawyers Events lackamas Women Lawyers held a roundtable discussion on June 14 Ctitled “Marketing and Branding Yourself and Your Firm.” Buckley Law in Lake Oswego hosted the discussion and provided lunch. The presenters were Jaye Taylor and Jo Smith. On September 15, the chapter hosted a one-hour CLE on mandatory reporting of Left: On June 14, the presenters were Jaye Taylor (left) elder abuse, presented by Mark Johnson and Jo Smith. Above: Attending the social on Roberts, deputy general counsel to the September 15 were (from left), Amy Hoven, Oregon State Bar. The CLE was immediately Eric Meyer, Angela Lucero, Kate Watkinson Wright, followed by a chapter social at 5 p.m. Both Jennifer Dalglish, and Kathleen Profitt. events were held at the Verdict Bar & Grill in Oregon City.

Eileen Sterlock Joins Delegation to Guatemala By Bridget Budbill ortland immigration attorney rights issues in Guatemala, to learn from her hoping Eileen Sterlock, like most lawyers, them, and to really expand my knowledge for a way Pdoes not like to lose. But for many base about what situations my clients are to stay in of her clients, a win may be the key to fleeing,” Eileen said. the United their survival. Guatemala is infamous internation- States, not A significant portion of Eileen’s client ally for its prevalence of domestic and knowing base includes Guatemalan women, chil- sexual violence against women. In 2009, that the dren, and indigenous persons seeking Guatemala became the first nation to trauma asylum in the United States in order to enact a law specifically making femicide they have escape pervasive violence in their home a crime. Femicide is distinct from other suffered country. “These people are literally run- homicide laws because it concerns victims may be a ning for their lives,” Eileen explained. who are targeted specifically because legal basis When the chance to join a human they are women. Cases of femicide com- to do so. Eileen Sterlock rights delegation to Guatemala to see monly include sexual violence, torture, “Clients first-hand the circumstances many of or mutilation. Despite the new law, don’t always know that what happened her clients face arose, Eileen applied and Guatemala continues to be a dangerous to them may be a valid reason for their was accepted. place for women. The GHRC reports that obtaining asylum,” Eileen said. “Having Organized by the Guatemala Human currently, only about 2% of femicide cases spent time with people describing their Rights Commission (GHRC), the delega- are prosecuted. Reasons for that low struggles there, I will be better able to ask tion’s program was titled “Guatemalan rate include the simple fact that many questions of my clients and know where Women—Defending Land, Justice, and cases go unreported, and a majority of to dig in for more information. Clients Human Rights.” The delegation spent a victims come from disadvantaged back- often don’t know what’s important to week in Guatemala in August, focusing grounds, according to MuJER Guatemala, tell me, and it is difficult to drag them on the roles and challenges faced by a women’s rights nonprofit in Guatemala. through all the violence they have lived,” human rights defenders in Guatemala, Resources for victims of domestic she explained. violence against women and indigenous violence in Guatemala are also hard to Eileen also made important new con- communities, and the root causes of come by, Eileen explained. In the absence tacts with advocates in the Guatemalan migration. of more formal paths to escape, women human rights community and with other Delegates traveled to regions within work together to aid others in fleeing immigration attorneys working on similar Guatemala to meet with survivors of their homes. Delegates met with a com- issues. Having those connections, she said, domestic violence and armed conflict, munity of women who assist others in will be helpful in obtaining information as well as indigenous people fighting to becoming self-sufficient by teaching critical to building good cases. save their land from destruction at the income-producing skills, as well as pro- “It’s a hard practice,” Eileen said. “The hands of international mining corpora- viding an understanding community for issues we deal with, especially concerning tions. The trip also provided attendees a survivors. asylum, are life and death. If you win a venue to meet with governmental and Back in Portland, Eileen explained that case, you may have saved someone’s life.” nongovernmental organizations, human the stories she heard, circumstances she For more information about the GHRC’s rights defenders, and community leaders. observed, and connections she made work, visit www.ghrc-usa.org. “I saw the delegation as a chance to will aid her in fiercely advocating for her Bridget Budbill recently completed a meet with people working on human clients. Many of Eileen’ clients come to clerkship at the Oregon Court of Appeals.

OREGON WOMEN LAWYERS AdvanceSheet 16 FALL 2016 Queen’s Bench Events ueen’s Bench, the OWLS chapter (Left to right): Kate in Portland, enjoyed a family von Ter Stegge, Qberry-picking outing at Kruger’s Tracy Sullivan, Q and Hon. Stacie Farm on Sauvie Island on June 5. Beckerman at On September 17, the chapter’s Team the June 5 event; Queen ran in the Bridge of the Goddess Laura Koistinen Half Marathon & 10K. and Brianna Kalk, On October 23, the chapter will partici- Lewis & Clark Law pate in Potluck in the Park at O’Bryant School students, Square in downtown Portland, serving at the Queen’s warm meals to those in need. The Queen’s Bench Carbo-Load Party at Judge Bench luncheon for OSB new admittees is Beckerman’s house on November 8, and its Holiday Luncheon the night before Honoring Oregon’s Women Judges takes the Bridge of the place on December 13. For details and to Goddess event. register, visit the Queen’s Bench website, at www.owlsqueensbench.org. Queen’s Bench is recruiting new board Team Queen at members for its 2017–2018 term. If inter- the Bridge of ested, please email a brief letter of inter- the Goddess Half est and a résumé to owlsqueensbench@ Marathon & 10K gmail.com. on Sept. 17. OWLS Dragonflies Enjoy Race Season By Tiffany Keast s a member of the OWLS dragon The team takes a break in November join the fun, visit www.owlsdragonflies. boat team, the Dragonflies, you and December, and then practices twice org and then contact Jen Ferro (jenferro@ Acan socialize, compete, get fit, a week until the race season begins. hotmail.com) or team coach Eleanor and join in a tradition that is over 2,000 Practices take place on the Portland DuBay ([email protected]). years old. waterfront by the Hawthorne Bridge. The team, created 17 years ago, is The team is now recruiting new mem- Tiffany Keast is a solo practitioner composed of women paddlers who are bers, with or without paddling experi- representing individuals in juvenile involved the legal profession, including ence. If you would like to learn more dependency, juvenile delinquency, and solo practitioners, corporate attorneys, about the Dragonflies and how you can post-conviction appeals. legal assistants, paralegals, expert wit- nesses, and technology workers. They range in age from 20 to 60 years old. The team’s core values are camaraderie and teamwork, and members also value the personal relationships and the professional contacts they form on the water. During the race season, which runs from April through October, the team practices three times a week and com- petes in several races. Here are the im- pressive results from this year’s season to date: 3rd Place – Women’s Competitive Divi- sion, St. Martin’s University Dragon Boat Festival, Olympia 9th Place – Women’s Division I, PKSCA Rose Festival Dragon Boat Races, Portland

3rd Place – Women’s Capitol Division, Photo: Paul Cunningham Photography Salem World Beat Dragon Boat Races The OWLS Dragonflies (left to right): Back row: Laurie Daley, Gwyn McAlpine, 9th Place – Women’s Platinum Division, Brenda Obern, Meg Griffin, Katie de la Forest; Second row standing: Andria Victoria Dragon Boat Festival Joseph, Megan Morris, Holly Martin, Kathy Bartholomew, Eleanor DuBay, 4th Place – Women’s Premier Division, Kristin Sterling; First row standing: Gretchen Magarro, Lindsey Craven, and 3rd Place – Women’s Bridge to Bridge Lehka Fernandes, Emily DuBay, Shelby Robinson, Jen Ferro, Paula Walker; Race, Portland Dragon Boat Festival Sitting: Jean Back, Kirsten Day, JoJo Keating, Sara Sayles, Kelley Wesson.

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