In Domestic Violence Clinic: Real Life Lessons '74 Alum Wins Two Firsts Against Ford

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As many of you know, I will fin- We are focused on the teaching, the learning, ish my five-year term as dean of the application and the creation of law; the very the School of Law in June of thing terrorists wish to destroy. 2002. The first statement I wrote We are focused upon the reasoned, fair and at Oregon focused on lessons of consistent application of rules, hopefully governed community from my days living by a shared consensus of human values. In the through the Oklahoma City broadest sense, this is our reason for being. It is the bombing when I was dean at thing to which we must return and the thing we Oklahoma City University. As seek to preserve and to pass on to those within and my Oregon deanship was wind- beyond our immediate community. We feel the im- ing down, it never occurred to portance of that challenge even more strongly in me that we would be faced with times of crisis. a terrorist act that dwarfed Okla- As I prepare to return to the classroom at Or- homa City. egon, I am reminded of that line from the conclu- You would be proud of how sion of Tennessee William’s The Glass Menagerie. our law school community came Narrator Tom declares, “I was more loyal than I in- together that week of September tended to be.” When I arrived here five years ago, 11th. We began with a candlelight Oregon seemed like another stop in the life of a vigil and concluded with a noon “serial dean,” but I have now come to think of it— gathering with silent moments. and each of you in this community—as truly spe- Faculty, staff, students, alumni and even friends from cial. the neighborhood drew strength from each other, Those who have studied the import of tragedies from the sharing of our feelings. We were all re- like those of September tell us that we must hold minded of how much we mean to each other. close to those who are important in our lives. Re- There are great joys and sorrows that are part of covery is dependent upon recognition of what we community. During my years as Oregon’s dean, the mean to each other. So I want to tell you just how law school has had a rich share of both of these special you are to this law school community, to our emotions. Through it all—joys and sorrows—the students and our graduates, to our faculty and our center of this community is the law. staff —and especially to me. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON SCHOOL OF LAW 1

University of Oregon School of Law Board of Visitors 2001-2002 The board supports and advances law school programs with the UO president, the bar, and the legal profession. Nicholas Rockefeller, Chair FALL-WINTER Partner, Perkins Coie LLP Santa Monica, California 2001 Gary Galton ’70, Vice Chair Principal, Accord Mediation Palm Desert, California 6 Members The Hon. Ann Aiken ’79 U.S. District Court Judge Eugene, Oregon Howard Arnett ’77 Partner, Karnopp, Petersen, Noteboom, Hansen, Arnett & Sayeg, LLP Bend, Oregon Don Bourassa ’80 Entrepreneur and business administrator Rancho Mirage, California The Hon. David Brewer ’77 Oregon Court of Appeals Salem, Oregon Lori Houck Cora ’89 Assistant Regional Counsel, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 10 1111 Seattle, Washington Serena Cruz Multnomah County Commissioner, District 2 Portland, Oregon • Okianer Christian Dark 6 Class Act Professor of Law, Howard University Washington, D.C. San Francisco civil litigator Paul Nelson, ’74, just won two “firsts” against The Hon. Alfred “Ted” Goodwin ’51 Ford Motor Company in high stakes product cases. Long ago, two law professors Senior Judge, 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Pasadena, California encouraged the Oregon native to seek his fortune in the big city. Paul Kelly General Counsel, Nike, Inc. Beaverton, Oregon • Thomas Landye 11 To Be of Use Partner, Landye Bennett Blumstein LLP Portland, Oregon The Lane County Domestic Violence Law Clinic gives UO students a way to help The Hon. Edward Leavy battered women find their way through the legal system. For many, it’s also Senior Judge, U.S. Circuit Court Portland, Oregon their first chance to put law school theories into real world practice. Kenneth Lewis Retired President, Lasco Shipping Co. Portland, Oregon Paul Loving ’93 2 • News Vice President of Business Development, Torson Group, Inc. New Dean Search Underway… Law School Honors “Mrs. A and Ray”… and more Lake Oswego, Oregon Hardy Myers ’64 Oregon Attorney General 16 • Centers & Programs Salem, Oregon Peggy Nagae Charles Ogletree, Jr., Leads Wayne Morse Center 2001-02 Programs Principal, Total Diversity Management Consultants Senior Lawyers Mediate Enthusiastically Eugene, Oregon Daniel Ousley ’73 District Attorney, Wallowa County Enterprise, Oregon 18 • Faculty Laura E. Rackner ’84 Remembering Wayne Westling… Faculty Notes… Professors in Print Partner, Stahancyk, Gearing, Rackner & Kent Portland, Oregon Robert Richmond ’70 Partner, Richmond & Quinn 22 • Alumni Anchorage, Alaska Class of 1956 Reunites Rohn Roberts ’79 Partner, Arnold, Gallagher, Saydack, Percell & Roberts Eugene, Oregon William Wiley ’75 23 • Class Notes Principal, Wiley & Company Lake Oswego, Oregon Ex officio • Cynthia Fraser ’87 27 Honor Roll President, Law School Alumni Association Annual giving campaign raises $100,000 2 OREGON LAWYER FALL-WINTER 2001

interest so many have expressed in the position and the excellent pool of qualified applicants. Commit- tee members made many personal contacts, and spread the word enthusiastically. Our only problem will be narrowing the list. We hope to begin inter- viewing candidates in October.” NEWS University representatives on the search committee include seven faculty members and admin- istrators and two law students in addition to Grier. Transition Planning Two Oregon appeals court judges and a Portland attorney represent the legal community. Well on the Way The committee plans to ask members of the law Search Committee Hopes New Dean school Board of Visitors and greater legal community to meet with finalists, and hopes to make a rec- Selected by January 2002 ommendation to Provost John Moseley in time for When Rennard Strickland joins the rest of the fac- him to make the selection by the end of the year. ulty on the third floor next summer, who will be- “We believe our school has much to recom- come the new occupant of the first floor dean’s mend it,” said Associate Dean Jane Gordon, a com- suite? Dean Strickland announced his retirement mittee member. “I’m thinking particularly of our last May, and since then each deliberative group strengths in teaching and scholarship, our role in a in the law school has carefully considered the research university, our technology capacity and our question. new building and the warm learning environment.” Last spring, the teaching faculty held three fa- The new dean will become the head of cilitated meetings to discuss qualities of the new Oregon’s only public law school and the 18th dean dean that were particularly important to them. Their since the school was founded in 1884. ■ priorities include a candidate who has a distinguished career either in academia or practice or both, a strong ability to relate well to people, supe- Class of 2004 rior leadership abilities, excellent fundraising skills, and a vision of the importance of public legal edu- Strong in Academics cation. Add to that administrative experience, high and Life Experience energy, and a commitment to diversity and it makes The University of Oregon law school’s first entering a formidable list. class of 1884 would be surprised to see the new Associate Professor Merle world of the class of 2004. Tuition has risen consid- The Deans List Weiner, search committee vice- erably from the $75 assessed that year. And this chair, said, “We are working class’s mandatory laptops, its balance of men and Richard Hopwood Thornton, 1884-1903 hard to find the best possible women and its cosmopolitan profile might raise a The Hon. Calvin U. Gantenbein, 1903-1915 dean for the law school and I am few pioneer eyebrows. Edward W. Hope, 1915-1919 confident we will succeed.” The 175 first year students range in age from William G. Hale, 1920-1927 So far, there is no shortage of early 20s to mid-50s. Almost half of the students are Charles E. Carpenter, 1927-1931 applicants. Early response to let- women. Fifteen percent are minorities. They come Wayne L. Morse, 1931-1944 ters, advertisements and word of from 80 colleges and universities, with nearly 50 Orlando J. Hollis,* 1941-44 mouth has been promising, with percent graduating from schools in the Pacific 1945-1967 nearly 50 applications received Northwest. The class includes speakers of Chinese, Chapin Clark,* 1967-68 by the beginning of the law Spanish, French and German. Eugene F. Scoles, 1968-1974 school term. Applicants were still The incoming class is of high academic caliber, Chapin Clark, 1974-1980 applying as Oregon Lawyer went said admissions committee chair Carl Bjerre, an as- Laird Kirkpatrick,* 1980 to press. If all goes well, a new sociate professor who teaches commercial law. Derrick Bell, 1981-1985 dean will have been selected by “Applications to the law school jumped up fully 17 Fred Merrill,* 1985-1986 December or January and will percent this year and we are on an upswing in Maurice Holland, 1986-1991 assume the position July 1, 2002. terms of student qualifications,” Bjerre said, “The Dave Frohnmayer, 1992-1994 Melinda Grier, UO general new students have a strong aptitude for the law and Charles O’Kelly,* 1994-1997 counsel and chair of the dean a terrific range of life experiences. In general, our Rennard Strickland, 1997-2002 search committee, said, “We are school is moving from very good to even better and *acting pleased, but not surprised, by the word is getting out.” ■ From a chronology of the law school, by Donald Brodie, professor emeritus. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON SCHOOL OF LAW 3

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professor, was selected by the members of the class Commencement 2001 to lead the academic processional. The 2001 Meritorious Service Award for exem- Labor omnia vincit! plary and extraordinary service to legal education With three years, six semesters and 85 credits be- and the law was given to Lois and Ray Ackerman. hind them, the law school class of 2001 proudly cel- When Lois Ackerman came to the law school as ebrated their achievements at a Sunday afternoon secretary to Dean Orlando Hollis in 1943, she, the commencement ceremony last May 13 at the Hult dean, and a faculty secretary comprised the entire Center in Eugene. The class was the 117th to gradu- law school administration (see sidebar). ate from the UO School of Law. Associate Professor Steven Bender received The 149 graduates were well prepared to enter the Orlando J. Hollis Faculty Teaching Award. their new profession. Of the class members who He teaches commercial law, consumer law, took the bar exam in July, eighty-three percent corporations, and real estate planning. ■ passed, which is above the state average for their year. Top student in the spring 2001 graduating class was Anna Marie Joyce. Joyce is now a clerk for the Hon. Rives Kistler, Oregon Court of Appeals. Fifteen class members were admitted to the Mrs. A. and Ray Order of the Coif, the national law school honor society. They are: Suzanne Dissinger, Christopher 2001 Meritorious Service Erickson, James Geddes, Chellie Hammack, Kevin Awards Hayes, Kyong Il Jang, Anna Marie Joyce, Ryan Rob- Lois and Ray Ackerman ert Nisle, Michael Carleton Orr, Edward Talmadge, Christina Otto Terenzi, Lisa Thomas, Emma Th- ompson, Ningling Wang and Ross Williamson. Mrs. A. “spent 50 years as the most important non-lawyer in the lives of a half Students nominated Edward McAniff to give century of Oregon law graduates . . . Mrs. Ackerman directed and performed the the commencement address. The National Law Jour- functions of assistant dean, registrar, admissions officer . . . and student coun- nal once listed him among a group of the 20 top selor. banking lawyers in the United States. He is a long “This award was given to these two wonderful people not just for extraor- time partner, now of counsel, for O’Melveny & dinary drive and effort, but rather in recognition of their professional and ethi- Myers, Los Angeles. He will return as a visiting pro- cal impact upon law students and the Oregon law school.” fessor to teach mergers, acquisitions and transac- From the May 13 award presentation by Eugene Scoles, professor emeritus tions during spring term 2002. and former dean. Pictured: Scoles (left), Lois and Ray Ackerman. Commencement marshal Robin Morris Collin, 4 OREGON LAWYER FALL-WINTER 2001

arts advocates to talk about a wide range of subjects. We hope this will become an annual event!” Students of the Art and Law Forum and the Arts Administration Student Forum are coordinating symposium events. Cost is $10 for artists, $25 for the general public. Currently enrolled students are free. The Lane Arts Council-sponsored artwalk on Friday is free and open to the public. ■ Find Out More (541) 346-2078 or http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~artlaw. Facts in Evidence Achievements, Appointments and Awards The Hon. Ellen Rosenblum, ’75, will represent 400,000 lawyers and judges nationwide as the new secretary-elect of the American Bar Association. She will take office in August 2002. The Multnomah County Circuit Court judge received the President’s Public Service Award from the Oregon State Bar in September. Henry Breithaupt, ’75, has been named Or- egon Tax Court judge. He graduated first in his class, was a longtime partner in Stoel Rives, Port- land, and has been a guest lecturer and roundtable participant at the law school and served on the alumni board as a class agent. Detail from mural by San The Oregon State Bar honored several law school Francisco Bay area artist Art and the Law graduates at their Annual Awards Luncheon in Seaside, and activist Juana Alicia, Oregon on September 29, 2001: keynote lecturer at Art and The Award of Merit was given to Vern Gleaves, the Law symposium Symposium ’51, veteran Eugene lawyer, founding partner and Outside the Lines: Community, now of counsel for Gleaves Swearingen Larsen Pot- ter Scott & Smith. Creativity and the Law Law school alumni earned three of the six With a theme of creativity in public spaces, this President’s Membership Service Awards. They are: two-day symposium at the law school kicks off with Jeffrey Johnson, ’82, a partner and litigator at a guided artwalk around the Knight Law Center Cosgrave Vergeer & Kester in Portland; Kelly and an art show by third year law students on Fri- Hagan, ’79, expert in employment law for Schwabe day evening, November 9. The keynote lecture on Williamson & Wyatt in Portland, and Claudette Saturday, November 10, features Bay Area mural McWilliams, ’77, administrative law judge for the artist Juana Alicia and arts lawyer Brooke Oliver. Workers’ Compensation Board in Eugene. The weekend conference includes workshops One of two Affirmative Action Awards went to and discussions by lawyers, artists and arts advo- The Hon. Cynthia Carlson, ’77, Lane County Cir- cates on artists’ rights on the Internet, contract ne- cuit Court Judge. A long time criminal defense law- gotiations, and protection of creative works. Work- yer with Public Defender Services of Lane County, shops are geared to visual artists, performing artists she has also chaired the OSB Affirmative Action and writers. Committee and the Lane County Bar Association Christy Cox, one of the symposium organizers Committee on Racial & Ethnic Justice. ■ and a second year law student said, “We know art Send your news of legal achievements, can be celebratory or contentious. We’re excited to appointments and awards to bring together working artists, lawyers and local [email protected]. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON SCHOOL OF LAW 5 Equal Exchange Lviv Partnership Grows with State Department Grant One of the leading indicators of the law school’s growing international presence is its partnership with a university law faculty in Ukraine. Lviv, a western city near the Polish border, is home to the Ivan Franko National University. The school was founded in 1661 and is one of the oldest in Europe. In its first three years, the Oregon-Lviv Partner- ship has sponsored 30 multiweek exchange visits between the two universities. “Everyone who has traveled in either direction has found it profession- tors live in colleagues’ spare rooms or apartments, Professor John Bonine ally valuable, and personally exciting,” said program and are integrated into families and work groups. (2nd from left) with Ivan co-director John Bonine. “The program combines professional interests and Franko National University The partnership is so valuable, in fact, that the friendship. You can learn much more than in a law faculty, Ukraine State Department has awarded the program a sec- regular classroom or library.” ond three-year grant of nearly $300,000. Tustonovska returned to Ukraine in October. The grant will fund additional travel for faculty Three new visitors from Lviv have taken her place. who are interested in practical education in a very They are associate professors, or “Docents” Aneta different legal system, and who also welcome the Artsyshevska and Olha Ivashchyshyn, who teach opportunity to participate in the professional and English to law students in the foreign languages family lives of their colleagues overseas. department of the national university, and assistant Fall term visitor Iryna Tustonovska is a Lviv professor or “Assistant” Olha Khomechko. She national university law lecturer. She directs their teaches English, is working on her dissertation, and environmental law clinic and is also vice president also works for the Vice-Rector. of EcoPravo, a firm of environmental lawyers in Alumni who are interested in hosting Lviv visi- Lviv. She said, “I find the libraries here to be valu- tors should contact Bonine. ■ able. For example, we can’t get Lexis/Nexus at Find Out More home. I am ordering books, creating new curricu- John Bonine: [email protected] lum and observing the style of teaching. I want to Oregon/Lviv Partnership: combine ideas—that’s why I’m here.” http://www.uoregon.edu/~aandrus/orelviv/ Bonine said the exchange benefits both sides equally. “Americans are often culturally isolated from the world. This opens our eyes to different legal systems. It’s invigorating to work with people (in Lviv) who are on the frontiers of a rapidly changing legal system.” Excellent! The partnership was built on the foundations of a 1994 lecture program, organized by Michael Todd Moore, a third-year law Goldstein, ‘75 and law professor Jim Mooney. Law student and top grade earner in faculty visited Odessa, Kharkiv, Kyiv (Kiev) as well Prof. Andrea Coles Bjerre’s as Lviv. In the past three years, the resulting part- Chapter 11 class last spring, nership program has emphasized business and en- won a 2001 American vironmental law, book publishing, and clinics. With Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) the new grant, the program’s directors plan to build medal of excellence last more programs in practical legal education, legal August. This term, he interns writing programs in Lviv, and exchanges between with Chief Judge Albert E. English teachers in Lviv and the UO American En- Radcliffe at the U.S. Bankruptcy glish Institute. Court in Eugene. Tustonovska said the success of the partnership is based on warmth and personal connections. Visi- 6 OREGON LAWYER FALL-WINTER 2001

CLASS ACT PAUL NELSON ’74 WINS TWO “FIRSTS” AGAINST FORD POOR VEHICLE DESIGN RESULTS IN HUGE JURY AWARD

By Eliza Schmidkunz UO School of Law Accountants and risk managers at the world’s second largest automaker have not been sleeping peacefully of late. Legal challenges over unsafe tires, ignition devices and rollover problems plus at least four recent safety recalls have cost Ford Motor Company hundreds of millions of dollars. The company could be liable for up to a billion more, now that it appears plaintiffs have prevailed in two cases led by law school alumnus Paul Nelson. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON SCHOOL OF LAW 7

an Francisco civil litigator Nelson achieved two firsts in tice continues to be insurance defense in serious injury cases. 2001, both against Ford in high stakes product cases. In Some guys get to a certain age and buy a red sports car. I just had S a Bronco II rollover case, Raimondi v. Ford Motor Com- to try something new.” pany, his team won a U.S. record $13 million for loss of consortium for one of the plaintiffs. This was part of a total jury compen- satory award of $51.7 million to the injured plaintiff, who became FREEWAY STALL a ventilator-dependent quadriplegic after an emergency maneu- Nelson took on the TFI case against Ford in 1996 when an attor- ver caused his poorly designed SUV to roll over. He died of his in- ney with whom he had worked on an insurance pollution cover- juries after the judgment was entered. age case proposed bringing a class action on an intriguing per- Nelson’s other case, the “Thick Film Ignition” module (TFI) sonal injury suit. In 1992, San Jose, California resident Asali class action, Howard v. Ford Motor Company, was the first success- Johnson was paralyzed and her passengers killed when her Ford ful attempt by plaintiffs in an automotive products class action to Taurus suddenly stalled on the freeway, went off the road and win both monetary restitution for all repair costs and equitable rolled over. She sued, and negotiated a modest settlement when relief in the form of a product recall. The original class action suit the cause of the accident could not be determined. brought in California state court applied to 3.5 million vehicles. After the settlement, high-level internal Ford documents After prevailing in trial, the case was expanded for settlement came to light disclosing a serious known defect in the vehicle’s purposes to 22 million Ford vehicles sold between 1983 and 1995, ignition system that appeared to have caused the stall. Plaintiffs all of whose defectively designed ignition devices caused them to successfully sought to set aside the settlement, and the docu- stall. ments—a virtual smoking gun— came to be in the public domain “This is the first time an automaker has been ordered to recall as part of a subsequent appeal. cars in a civil action and reimburse people Nelson said, “Ford’s actions appeared to for this kind of thing on a widespread ba- fit exactly the pattern of conduct that was sis,” Nelson said. “Potentially, tens of mil- prohibited by California’s consumer protec- lions of people are in the class. The ultimate tion statutes, and so we brought the action cost? A billion dollars has been thrown on behalf of residents who had those cars.” around. No one knows exactly how much is Over the next six years, Nelson’s legal at stake until the claims are tallied.” team untangled a complex coverup of mas- Nelson, UO law school class of 1974, is sive safety problems found in 29 Ford makes a partner in Hancock, Rothert & Bunshoft, and 300 models sold between 1983 and a San Francisco-based firm specializing in 1995. According to court records, Ford complex civil litigation. An insurance de- knew—and had known since 1982—that fense attorney for over twenty years, he did TFI modules used in 22 million vehicles were not set out to become a David against the mounted too close to the hot engine block. Ford Goliath. “I’m not wedded to product The delicate electronic device was critical to liability or class action. A third of my prac- the safety of the vehicle and was supposed

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The ultimate cost? A billion dollars has been thrown around. No one knows exactly how much is at stake until the claims are tallied.

to last for the life of the car. An early company study showed that the affected devices, to replace them, and to provide restitution to it overheated“ and failed 40% of the time within the first 50,000 the owners. The recall has not yet happened. miles of use, on average, and could cause the car to stall without Nelson said plaintiffs could have entered judgment then, but warning. The potential harm was enormous. Drivers going 70 related damages issues remained open. Under the California Con- miles an hour on the freeway could—and did—find themselves sumer Legal Remedies Act, a jury must decide whether to award suddenly without propulsion and then without brakes or steering. damages. The judge set a September trial date for the jury phase. Plaintiffs presented evidence in court that Ford considered The case has been in intense” settlement negotiations aimed notification and a replacement recall in the mid 80s, but ultimately toward a national resolution of the issues, and as this article has decided it was too expensive. The defect had caused numerous gone to press, a tentative final resolution is pending review for injuries and deaths over a period of 15 years and cost consumers settlement approval by the trial court. as much as $2 billion in unnecessary repairs. In his statement of decision, Superior Court Judge Michael Ballachey, Alameda County, found that the company concealed ROLLOVER the information from repeated Traffic Safety Administration in- Nelson’s second case against Ford, a personal injury suit, sought vestigations. damages for tragic injuries caused by a freeway rollover near Fre- The suit has “been the primary focus of my practice since mont, California. In 1996, Richard Raimondi, a 53-year-old insur- 1996,” Nelson said. “Ford is a tough litigator. We were in the ance executive, turned his Bronco II quickly in an emergency California Supreme Court three times on the case. They fought maneuver to avoid a freeway obstacle. The SUV rolled over four every issue. We first tried the case in 1999. It took six months, and times, leaving Raimondi a ventilator-dependent quadriplegic. The the jury deadlocked 8 to 4 in our favor on the jury issues.” How- injured man died in May 2000, after the trial was completed. ever, the judge was hearing equitable issues concurrently and Why did it roll? Nelson said the issue in Raimondi v. Ford decided to issue his finding without the jury. His decision included Motor Company “was that the car was so unstable they never both a recall of California vehicles and restitution of Ford’s prof- should have put it on the market.” its from the replacement sales. The case was tried in January 2000 before Alameda County Judge Ballachey found that Ford had violated California’s Superior Court Judge David Hunter. After two months of testi- Unfair Practices Act by actively concealing the TFI safety defect mony, the jury found the vehicles’ design defective and awarded from the public and watchdog agencies. He ordered Ford to recall Raimondi $38.7 million. They awarded his wife, Dana Raimondi,

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$13 million for loss of consortium—the largest amount in U.S. appeals have told Ford in the clearest possible terms that the trag- history. The total $52.7 million verdict was one of the largest “mid edy was caused by an ill-conceived and defectively designed car range” product liability verdicts of 2000, defined as those over $30 that never should have been put on the road. This is not the first million, according to the National Law Journal. The jury reduced appellate court to do so, and it’s not likely to be the last.” the total damages by half for Raimondi’s comparative fault, for a net judgment of just under $26 million. As it did in the ignition case, Ford fought vigorously, saying GETTING ATTENTION the plaintiff’s driving and the force of the collision was at fault, not With so much time and effort devoted to the inner workings of a the vehicle. large company like Ford, Nelson has developed a close relation- However, Nelson’s team presented expert testimony that ship and understanding of his adversary. Ford knowingly designed and built a dangerous, unstable SUV, “I’ve gotten to know people at Ford pretty well. There are the Bronco II, in order to quickly enter a competitive market. The good people, and problem people, just like anyplace else. But, car was introduced in 1983, coming in behind General Motors’ then, you know what they say, ‘Ford doesn’t make autos; it makes popular S019 Blazer and American Motors’ Jeep CJ7. In testimony money.’“ I don’t know what it takes to get the attention of this that was recognized and affirmed in a court of appeals decision, company. If this doesn’t work, I don’t know what will,” Nelson experts said the company had contrived a vehicle too tall in rela- said, “I think we may see some changes out of Ford. Between (the tionship to its track width, using its existing small pickup chassis; ignition case) and the Firestone problem, the message should and that Ford could have made the SUV safe for about $82 per have made it to the top. They are under siege right now. They vehicle. Among other things, the plaintiffs obtained a near-dupli- can’t keep maintaining that they’ll squash anyone who takes them cate vehicle and ran instrumented and videotaped stability test- on.” ing that dramatically demonstrated its dangers. Judge Hunter upheld the jury verdict and Ford appealed. In May 2001, appeals court judges Gary Strankman, William Stein, SCHOOL DAYS and Douglas Swager unanimously affirmed the jury verdict. Ford’s Paul Nelson is that increasingly rare bird, a native Oregonian. He petition to the California Supreme Court was denied on Septem- grew up in Salem and attended Lewis and Clark College as an ber 19. undergraduate. And, although he lives in California, he brought Nelson said, “The jury, the trial judge and now the court of his son, Chris, to the UO in September to start his freshman year 10 OREGON LAWYER FALL-WINTER 2001

I knewa goodhe was student “ and would make a talented attorney.

Professor Pete Swan in the 1970s ” at the University of Oregon. Swan, now professor emeritus, came to the UO in 1970 after Mindful of the fact that the UO has a policy of loyalty to Or- practicing maritime and products liability law as an associate with egon students like Nelson, it was law school that persuaded the Lillick, McHose, Wheat, Adams & Charles in San Francisco. young graduate to leave home. “(Nelson) gives me too much credit,” Swan said. “He showed In the early 1970s, Professors Pete Swan and Jim Mooney a lot of initiative and spunk to try his luck in the Bay Area job were new faculty members. “They were starting out teaching at market. However, I knew he was a good student and would make the UO, young San Francisco lawyers who had been in very fine a talented attorney. (Mooney and I) both described to him our firms. They inspired me to go off to San Francisco and make my then fairly recent lives as San Francisco lawyers. I remember a fortune,” Nelson said. couple of conversations with him where I urged him to ‘think big,’ Mooney, now the Wallace and Ellen Kaapcke Professor of try the ‘fast lane’ and ‘be persistent if it doesn’t work out right Law and an expert in contracts and legal history, joined the UO away.’” faculty in 1972 following four years as an associate at Howard, Nelson said law school legend Orlando Hollis’ trial practice Prim, Rice, Nemerovski, Canady & Pollak in San Francisco. He class cemented his interest in litigation, “Right away, I knew I remembered Nelson well. wanted to do trial work, not office work.” “Paul was an excellent student who brightened, I believe, my For the future, Nelson is investigating another class action very first commercial law class” Mooney said. “He was smart, involving concealed safety information unrelated to the auto in- hard working, and, most important of all, extremely patient with dustry. He also has taken on another Bronco rollover case on be- a new teacher who was trying both to learn and to teach the Uni- half of a paralyzed driver. form Commercial Code that year. I’m not at all surprised he has Now, many years later, it’s Nelson’s turn to give law students gone on to become one of California’s best and most successful the fruit of his experience as a big city litigator. “Law is a sea of litigators.” opportunities,” Nelson said. “If you have the aptitude, go for The two professors “got me to think outside the state,” said litigation.” ■ Nelson, “They got me where I am, what I’m doing now.”

Professor Jim Mooney in the 1970s

I’m not at all surprised he has gone on to become one of California’s “best and most successful litigators. ” UNIVERSITY OF OREGON SCHOOL OF LAW 11

To Be Of Students Engage Domestic ViolenceUse

SINCE 1999, THE LANE COUNTY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CLINIC, a brainchild of three law professors, Legal Aid and community advocates has offered tough, real-world training in trial practice and family law to UO law students. The clinic is a resounding success story that found fertile ground at the UO School of Law.

By Eliza Schmidkunz UO School of Law 12 OREGON LAWYER FALL-WINTER 2001

“I learned so much—useful things— from people who are out there dealing with realities. . . I really believe that clinics should be a mandatory part of legal education.” —LAW CLINIC INTERN

THE STUDENTS Becoming a Lawyer Associate Professor Merle Weiner, one of the clinic’s found- As with all clinical programs, the students must be in their third ing mothers, said, “I had a background working with domestic year and certified by the Oregon Supreme Court to appear in violence victims—I’d taught in a clinic at Georgetown University court on limited matters and to represent clients under supervi- Law Center. When I came to Oregon, I saw there was no formal, sion. Each term, the clinic has room for eight to 10 student interns. clinical experience where students could use the civil law to assist During the first two or three training weeks, students partici- victims of domestic violence.” pate in simulation exercises and mini trials. Then they are ready Lane County Legal Aid, a nonprofit agency, offered some to try their first cases and, for the first time, they are the lawyers! help, but they couldn’t begin to cover the demand—which is sig- Students most often represent clients in hearings regarding nificant. In 1999, the state estimated one in eight Oregon women contested restraining and stalking orders under the supervising suffered physical violence from an intimate partner in any given attorney’s guidance. “They write appellate briefs, they do every- year, and that 75 percent of those women were abused many thing a competent attorney would do. They know it’s the real times. In Lane County that translates to as many as 23,000 thing—real clients depend on them—and they tend to be really people—many of them in need of legal help they can neither find prepared,” said Weiner. nor afford. Julie Manela, a fierce and focused third year student, was a full Marlene Drescher, Domestic Violence Clinic director and ad- time intern last summer and will be again next spring. Unlike junct professor, said, “Before we started the clinic, battered some others, she was familiar with issues of domestic violence women were getting restraining or stalking orders but not getting before she began. The Willamette Valley native and South Eugene legal assistance to preserve the order. Many of the contested or- High School graduate taught women’s self defense classes before ders were being challenged successfully. Battered women were al- she entered law school. ready afraid of their abusers, and then they were further intimi- But, even with her background and level of preparedness, she dated by court procedures.” was surprised by her courtroom experience. “It’s shocking, you’d In 1998, Weiner and professors Caroline Forell and Leslie go into court, and some of the attorneys would predict the out- Harris met with Eugene advocates and agency directors Phyllis come based on the judge. Some judges don’t understand how Barkhurst of Sexual Assault Support Services (SASS) and Evelyn hard it is (for a battered woman) to seek a restraining or stalking Anderton of Womenspace and “ we put together a clinic.” order. There’s still a lot of education to be done around domestic Developed as a part of a new Oregon’s Stop Violence Against violence and why it takes so long to leave.” Women Project, the clinic initially received a $281,000 federal And while she is familiar with the characteristics of a batter- grant through Legal Aid for its first 18 months of operation, and ing partner, they still took her aback. “It was strange—I’d talk to a renewal grant of $350,000 in 2000 after it had established a solid an abuser who wasn’t represented. They’d be trying the same track record. This fall, it was awarded a new $274,000 Oregon patterns they did with the women, trying to work the system, try- Department of Justice grant from the attorney general’s crime vic- ing to manipulate me! One respondent actually lied to the court! tims assistance program that will be used to expand programs to He didn’t show up because he was ‘sick’ but I had seen him in the rural and Hispanic women in Lane County. courtroom two minutes before!” Drescher said since the program began, representation has become available for almost every woman seeking help through Photo: Domestic Violence Clinic interns, Fall 2001. the clinic. UO law students represent an average of 25 victims per Front Row: Dan Strausbaugh, Kristina Landerfelt, Teresa Shill, semester and have offered legal help to nearly 250 clients during Kristine Ekman. the first 18 months of the program. Back row: Abigail A. Klinect, Marlene Drescher (supervising attorney) with Becky The Dog, Vanessa Carter. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON SCHOOL OF LAW 13

“Clients are so appreciative. I remember a client who said to me, ‘If counselors were as easy to talk to as you, I’d be seeing one.’ ” —LAW CLINIC INTERN

THE CLINIC INITIATION Safe and Sound Tragic and Gratifying Just a few blocks from the law school, the Domestic Violence Law students have made a profound difference in how many and Clinic is worlds apart from the sedate and elegant Knight Law how thoroughly Lane County domestic violence victims can be Center. It occupies two upstairs floors of an old frame building on served. Part of that is due to the careful team approach the law 11th Avenue in Eugene. Multiple remodeling jobs have made it a school clinic uses to train, supervise and support the students. friendly warren of a place. From the copy machine in the office, Students are surrounded by professors, attorneys, and social students and staff look down upon a roof garden maintained by service advocates who initiate them into this often unfamiliar the landlord, and the smell of fish and chips from a restaurant world. “Some of the students have had no contact with domestic below fills the air. As with bustling non profits everywhere, the violence or with people like their clients. The journals they keep furnishings are spare and secondhand and the staff is friendly and while they work here have some of the most moving comments— flexible. how new, how tragic, and how gratifying it was to help someone This fall, five attorneys, four advocates, an administrator, a in such dire circumstances,” said Drescher. legal assistant, a secretary and a program coordinator will work for Before the students ever meet those clients, however, they the greater Stop Violence Against Women project, of which the complete a required family law class, enroll in a domestic violence clinic is a part. No one is there for the money. seminar, and undergo several weeks of domestic violence train- In one room of the clean and exceptionally cool halls—thanks ing with experts. And there are lots of experts. to a good air conditioner—a client discusses her case with a stu- First, students meet the law professors and the supervising dent. A toddler cries and pounds on the door and is rescued by an attorney. Merle Weiner designed and usually teaches the domes- older sibling. Student and client look up in surprise and carefully tic violence seminar required of clinic interns. She and Leslie Har- shut the door. The voices of children and the gentle behavior of ris, a former public defender and expert in family law, teach the the staff make the mood of the office easy and familial. That’s an prerequisite family law class. Marlene Drescher supervises the unreliable impression. This is dangerous business. The entry door students during their internship. She has 21 years experience as is always locked. There’s a camera on the landing, and no one is a lawyer and began her work with domestic violence issues when buzzed in unless they have a good reason for being there. she piloted an advocacy program in the courts during law school. “The stakes are very high,” said Drescher, “If the students Then there are lay advocates, intensively trained and super- don’t get that protective order their client may be in serious dan- vised by Womenspace or SASS. The advocates work in tandem ger.” Even with the order, clients are not necessarily secure. with the students, offering emotional support, safety planning, The clinic brochure itself advises clients to “stay safe” with a and social service expertise to the client while the students handle list of suggestions, such as “Change your regular travel habits,” the legal aspects. “Program your cell to 911,” and “Ask the judge or sheriff to keep the abuser in the courtroom for a while when your hearing is over, leave quickly.” Manela said, “We’re careful about the client and about our own safety too. I remember a case, where the respondent was very angry and kept trying to reach our client. At the hearing, I was talking to the respondent, and advocates were helping by keeping our client away from him. The client was being watched and followed, but (the abuser) had a hard time getting to us! One time, the student intern wanted to drive to (the client’s) house. But Marlene put her foot down at that—it was just too dangerous.” 14 OREGON LAWYER FALL-WINTER 2001

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Domestic Violence clinic internships: http://www.law.uoregon.edu/academics/dvclinic.html Legal Aid Services: http://www.lanecountylegalservices.org/ Law school clinical programs: [email protected] Domestic Violence Clinic contacts: Merle Weiner, UO associate professor, [email protected] Marlene Drescher, supervising attorney, (541) 342-6056 If you’d like to find out more about scholarships for UO law students, email [email protected] or call (541) 346-3865.

THE FUTURE Eyes Wide Open Then come guest presentations by Lane County Circuit Court The clinic’s intense immersion program in domestic violence law judges, appellate attorneys, the assistant U.S. attorney, child abuse appears to have a profound effect on the students who have par- experts, prosecutors, family law experts, mediators and others ticipated. But it has not necessarily won them to careers in pub- who emphasize the intersection of law and support that is neces- lic service. Still, Merle Weiner finds that former clinic students sary for successful outcomes in these cases. may be more likely to represent victims pro bono. She believes that Then they are ready to meet the clients. clinic interns who may not ever represent domestic violence vic- Most clients find their way to the clinic via partner agencies tims in their later careers still tend to become better lawyers be- Womenspace and SASS, or the district attorney’s victims’ assis- cause “the power and control issues that exist in abusive relation- tance program. The intake process is somewhat complicated, but ships can affect any type of legal dispute.” And, she said, “I know there is lots of help. A law student and advocate are usually there are students who have had their eyes opened.” present during intake interviews, which happen five days a week. In fact, supervising attorney Drescher said three of her interns Legal Aid has strict income guidelines for services, said Har- have become legal aid attorneys and four work in the domestic ris, “Most often (clients) are poor—but they may also be middle violence field in Hawaii, Albany, Multnomah County, Coquille class people who do not have control of or access to the family and Lane County. Others have concentrated on trial practice, money. Legal Aid guidelines are more flexible in domestic vio- women’s legal issues, or have volunteered in public interest law. lence cases.” Julie Manela, who said her heart was in family law but her Hearings are always on Monday morning in Lane County head was in estates and trusts, added ruefully, “I loved working Circuit Court. On any given Monday, five cases may be scheduled with the clients, and the attorneys I worked for were incredibly for hearing, according to Drescher. Some are dismissed, some are supportive. I could go to them anytime. Legal Aid attorneys are so settled, some are litigated, and some clients or respondents don’t dedicated. But I’ll leave law school with $60,000 in debt. It would show up. be very difficult for me to do public interest law.” Preparing the case can be as simple as helping the client or- It is clear that no matter which area of the law they pursue ganize her thoughts for presentation to the judge, or as compli- after graduation, students at the clinic give at least as much to cated as a divorce case with complex custody and financial issues. their clients and the public good as they get in credits and expe- The hearings have been as short as five minutes, or as long as the rience. Drescher said, “We have been doing this for five terms protective order hearing that lasted a record three and a half days. now. The men and women from the law school all have a sense “Generally, I act as co-counsel, and sit right next to the stu- of compassion, of wanting to help. Nearly all of them have been dent so he or she can confer,” said Drescher, “It’s sort of edge-of- wonderful.” And she added, “Be sure to say I love my students. I your-seat. You show up as prepared as you can be. These cases love my students!” ■ are set in very short time frames. Our win record is 85 percent. A good percentage of the cases settle or we take defaults.” Cases come up within five days of respondent’s contest if the issue involves custody or parenting. But the students have other classes, jobs, commitments—time is short. “These students are self-selected,” said Drescher. “They have to work hard. They know they’ll be spending their weekends preparing for court. They work way more, far more than the required 12 hours per week.” UNIVERSITY OF OREGON SCHOOL OF LAW 15

REACH Small town isolation, OUT! Language barrier breached “The most common reason people need a lawyer is for family law With new grant to issues. Nationally, 50 percent of all cases are family law,” said law professor and Domestic Violence Clinic co-founder Leslie Harris. Domestic Violence Clinic And family law issues do not stop at the city limits. The current political visibility of domestic violence issues has favored the Lane County Domestic Violence clinic with a new $274,000 grant to expand services to Spanish-speaking battered women and to victims who live in the county’s small towns and rural areas. Beginning this fall, the clinic will have hired two more attorneys and two advocates, thanks to the Oregon Department of Justice. The grant was awarded to Legal Aid Services of Lane County, one of the partners in the clinic project along with the UO School of Law, Womenspace, and Sexual Assault Support Ser- vices (SASS). Marlene Drescher, Domestic Violence Clinic director and adjunct professor said, “We will be serving two new targeted popu- lations, both underserved in the past. We have been at full capacity, serving those who walk in the door. This grant will enable us to double our capacity, and do aggressive outreach to rural and Hispanic victims of domestic violence for the first time.” THE REAL WORLD Dana Woolbright, the new rural attorney, will travel south to Cottage Grove, west to Florence, east to Oakridge and the coun- Law Clinics & Directors try surrounding those small Lane County towns. A new advocate 2001-2002 will also be hired to work with women in the rural areas. A new bilingual attorney will coordinate outreach for Span- Civil Practice ish-speaking clients with Centro LatinoAmericano, a Eugene ser- Lane County Legal Aid Services, Inc. vices center for Hispanic residents and immigrants. Bilingual and James Kocher, staff attorney, adjunct professor bicultural lay advocate Anne Johnstone will work with that attorney and with students. Criminal Defense Associate Professor and clinic co-founder Merle Weiner said Public Defender Services of Lane County, Inc. the outreach position for Latinas was badly needed, “Many bat- Rush Hoag, staff attorney, adjunct professor tered women don’t come forward because of their immigrant status, or the status of their family members. The new attorney will Criminal Prosecution be able to advise the women of the real risks and the myths they Lane County District Attorney’s Office face in seeking a legal remedy.” Doug Harcleroad, district attorney, adjunct professor Money from the grant may also be available for student summer internships and scholarships. Domestic Violence/Family Law Eight to 10 UO law students intern at the clinic each term. Lane County Domestic Violence Clinic They most often represent clients in hearings regarding contested Marlene Drescher, supervising attorney, adjunct professor restraining and stalking orders. ■ Environmental UO School of Law Michael Axline, professor 16 OREGON LAWYER FALL-WINTER 2001

Ogletree began his career as a staff attorney in the District of Columbia Public Defender Service and quickly rose through the ranks to Deputy Di- rector of the Service, before entering private practice in 1985 in the law firm of Jessamy, Fort & Ogletree. He is currently of counsel for the Washington, D.C., CENTERS firm of Jordan, Keys, Jessamy & Botts. The Morse Center expands upon the work of the Morse Chair of Law and Politics, established in & PROGRAMS 1981 as a memorial to Oregon’s late United States senator and former UO law school dean. For twenty years, the Morse Chair has brought distinguished scholars and activists to Oregon who exemplify the People’s Lawyer late senator’s ideals of intellectual independence Comes to Oregon and integrity. ■ Morse Center Hosts Charles J. Ogletree, Jr. Race and By Cheri Brooks Morse Center Communications Coordinator Criminal Justice Now that faculty director Margaret Hallock has Racial Profiling. Unequal ended her tenure at the Labor Education and Re- treatment of minority suspects. Charles J. Ogletree, Jr. search Center, she can fully concentrate her consid- erable energies on the expanded Wayne Morse Over-representation Center for Law and Politics. Indeed, Professor of people of color in jail. Find Out More Hallock, her staff, and faculty advisors have orga- Portland Reform Efforts Discussed October 26 Wayne Morse Center Portland and Seattle are two of only a handful of (541) 346-3700 nized an ambitious and exciting program of classes, www.morsechair.uoregon.edu speakers, events, and symposia under the rubric of local governments across the country that are ex- the center’s 2001-02 theme: Race, Class, and the amining the systemic causes of racial over-repre- Charles Ogletree Criminal Justice System. sentation in their criminal justice systems. Former www.morsechair.uoregon.edu/ Events are scheduled around two visits by this UO law professor Peter Ozanne is organizing a free professors.shtml year’s Morse Chair Professor, Charles J. Ogletree, Jr. daylong conference in Portland to discuss those is- Death Penalty Conference of Harvard. During fall term, 2001 and spring term, sues as part of the visit of Morse Chair holder www.morsechair.uoregon.edu/ 2002, Ogletree will participate in special law classes Charles Ogletree (see story this page). deathpen.shtml on race and criminal justice, as well as forums and Ogletree will moderate a panel consisting of Death Penalty a conference on the death penalty. several national experts. One such expert, Cranston www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/ In 2000 Ogletree was selected as one of the Mitchell, was chair of the Missouri Board of Parole www.lifeforalife.org “100 Most Influential Lawyers in America” by the and administrator of Missouri’s parole and proba- www.ocdla.org National Law Journal, and he is the recipient of nu- tion services for 14 years. He is currently with the merous awards and honors, including the “People’s National Institute of Corrections and is President Helen Prejean Lawyer of the Year Award” from the National Con- Bush’s nominee for the U.S. Parole Commission. www.prejean.org/ ference on Black Lawyers. Other expert participants joining Ogletree will Stephen Bright As faculty member at Harvard Law School, be Bill Feyerherm, Portland State University, who www.schr.org/director/ Ogletree tackles complex legal questions in the class- designs remedies for racial over-representation; room, in the pages of law journals, on the Internet, and James Bell, San Francisco’s Youth Law Center, who Wayne Morse Center for in the courtroom as a public defender. His writings directs projects to reduce racial over-representation Law & Politics and research focus on equity in criminal justice and in juvenile justice systems; and David Bennett, who Research, discussion, other challenges facing America’s legal system. He is consults with local jurisdictions all over the country publishing and teaching on co-author of the book, Beyond the Rodney King Story: on system reform. critical topics in politics and An Investigation of Police Conduct in Minority Communi- The panelists, Portland citizens and officials will law. ties. He regularly contributes to Harvard Law Review, explore the successes and failures of reform efforts. The Morse Center has among other publications, and he has appeared on The conference takes place in the Vanport Room of moved to Room 220, such television programs as “Nightline”, “The Today the Smith Center at Portland State University, Fri- Knight Law Center. Show”, “Crossfire”, and “Meet the Press”. day, October 26, 2001, 9:30 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. ■ UNIVERSITY OF OREGON SCHOOL OF LAW 17

Oregon’s public policy program for natural re- The Appropriate Dead Wrong? sources. She is retained by the Bonneville Power Dispute Resolution Administration to oversee consensus issues of Program National Experts Discuss Abolition, salmon preservation on the Columbia River. ■ Educates students in Moratorium and Reform Charles Wiggins is a professor of law at the negotiation, mediation and of the Death Penalty University of San Diego who also practices in Port- arbitration Charles Ogletree; Dead Man Walking author Sister land. He designs and leads negotiation training ■ Offers research, training Helen Prejean; Stephen Bright, director of the programs for large law firms, and for government and service Southern Center for Human Rights; former gover- and business leaders in Asia and Eastern Europe. ■ Integrates ADR concepts nor and U.S. Senator Mark Hatfield and other Both Wiggins and Silverberg have taught as ad- in traditional law school noted speakers will participate in this major na- juncts in the ADR program at the UO. courses tional conference at the law school next March 1-2. “Participants said the continuous presence and Ogletree will deliver the keynote, “Black Man’s participation of the lead trainers and coaches in all For information about Burden: The Death Penalty in America.” Sponsored of the sessions made this part of the program future ADR training by the Morse Center, the conference will bring to- particularly useful,” said Jane Gordon, associate programs, contact program gether advocates, attorneys, politicians, and schol- dean for student and program affairs and program coordinator Judy Sprauer, ars to discuss the political and legal possibilities of organizer. (541) 346-1564 or reform or abolition of the death penalty. During three lunchtime presentations, Oregon [email protected]. The Law and Politics of the Death Penalty: judges and attorneys discussed their own experi- Abolition, Moratorium, or Reform? is part of the ences with mediation. Judge David Brewer, ’77, The ADR program was Morse Center’s two-year examination of issues sur- Oregon Court of Appeals, talked about the role of started in 2000 with seed rounding “Race, Class, and the Criminal Justice judicial settlement processes in mediating a litigated money from mediator and System.” The conference is geared toward practic- case. Bryan Johnston, Salem, discussed mediation alumnus Gary Galton,’70 ing attorneys, as well as students, faculty, advocates advocacy, the role of the attorney during mediation. and his wife Anne Marie. and the general public: Board of Visitors member Gary Galton, ’70, and If you would like to add The program is organized around four sets of Eugene mediator John Gartland, ’77, talked about to the funds supporting concurrent sessions, including general workshops setting up their practices. Attorney Chris Kent, ‘85, the program, call and CLE. Fees range from $35 to $135 for those reg- Portland, discussed his insights as a seasoned advo- (541) 346-3865 or email istering before January 10, 2002. Keynote sessions cate in mediations. [email protected]. are free and open to the public. New law school faculty member Michael The Oregon Criminal Defense Lawyers Asso- Moffit, formerly clinical supervisor of the Harvard ciation will sponsor the CLE portion of the confer- Mediation program, discussed ethics in mediation. ence. Oregon Law Review will publish eleven of the Gordon said, “The program was so enthusias- papers delivered in a special issue. ■ tically received that those of us involved in planning it were nearly overwhelmed by the response. I think its success was due to exceptionally able trainers Fighting Fair and coaches, the wonderful energy and interaction of the participants and addresses by talented ADR Training for Senior Lawyers speakers. And, of course, our new building— All 29 participants give verdict of “excellent” it is very well designed for this type of learning Twenty-nine senior lawyers from all over the experience.” ■ United States participated in five days of intensive mediation training at the law school last July. Co- sponsored by the ADR program and the ABA senior lawyers division, the training featured instruction by mediation trainers Donna Silverberg and Charles Wiggins of Portland. Experienced coaches offered additional comments and observations during daily simulations and role-playing exercises. In anonymous evaluations, all of the participants responded with the highest evaluation of “excellent.” One senior lawyer wrote, “This was one of the best CLEs I have attended. Usually I’m count- ing down to the end—not here!” Silverberg developed and implemented Senior lawyers meet for mediation training at law school last July. 18 OREGON LAWYER Welcome! Malmud, Moffitt & Weatherly Join Law School Faculty Joan Malmud teaches legal writ- FACULTY ing and research. She practiced law in New York and has written about sentencing entrapment un- Wayne Thomas Westling der the federal sentencing guidelines. When not writing or teach- Sahlstrom Senior Fellow ing, she skates, bikes, skis and in Trial Advocacy travels the world. Malmud earned her law degree in 1943-2001 1998 from the University of Pennsylvania, where Since 1884, Oregon’s only Four hundred family mem- she was law review senior editor and a member of public law school has bers, friends and colleagues Order of the Coif. prepared the Northwest’s celebrated the life of noted law Assistant Professor Michael future attorneys, judges, professor and nationally Moffitt teaches negotiation, dis- legislators and advocates known trial practice expert pute resolution and civil proce- for the day-to-day practice Wayne Westling at a memorial dure. Moffitt said, “I teach people of law, civic leadership, and service at the law school on how to fight. In the future, all at- community service. September 7. Westling died on torneys will have to have a good August 17 at age 58. He was understanding of how people The University of Oregon an enthusiastic teacher as well as an author and fight—how they do it well, how they do it poorly, School of Law offers a well- commentator on trial advocacy, evidence, and Or- and how attorneys can help achieve a good out- rounded legal education egon criminal law. He had been a member of the come in all of the many cases that don’t involve liti- with strong programs in law school faculty since 1979. gation.” criminal law and procedure, Westling worked on behalf of the entire univer- Moffitt earned his law degree in 1994 from business law, sity, as well as the law school. The UO faculty sen- Harvard. He was formerly clinical supervisor for the environmental and natural ate will establish an annual award for service to the mediation program at Harvard Law School and a resources law, and university community and will name it in honor of consultant with Conflict Management Group alternative dispute Westling, said senate president Nathan Tublitz. (CMG) of Cambridge, Massachusetts. His clients resolution. Colleagues remembered Westling personally included disputing parties from North America, for his energy, his enthusiasm, his warm smile and Central Asia, Africa, New Zealand and Europe. Four centers provide robust laugh. Professionally, they admired his abil- Moffitt and his wife Jamie moved to Oregon additional resources for ity to connect students with the real world of law partly for its child-friendly atmosphere. Their first students and link legal practice. baby, Sander, was born at the beginning of fall scholars with the Teaching was his passion, according to his wife, term. community at large: The Letty Morgan. “He was the antithesis of the moldy Kate Weatherly teaches legal Ocean and Coastal Law old law professor who had no contact with the real writing and research. Before com- Center, the Law and world,” said Associate Professor Margie Paris, who ing to Oregon, she practiced fed- Entrepreneurship Center, teaches criminal law and procedure. “He devoted eral Indian law with the Native the Appropriate Dispute so much of his energy to keeping up with practicing American Rights Fund in Colo- Resolution Program, and lawyers and judges and linking students up with rado. Her research interests in- the Wayne Morse Center for them . . . he had one foot in academia and the other clude Indian law, feminist legal Law and Politics. in the world of practicing law.” theory and critical race theory. When not teaching, As director of trial advocacy for the law school, Weatherly parents her young daughter, sings and The school is housed in the Westling built a program that “stands head and plays the French horn. Weatherly graduated from William W. Knight Law shoulders above other schools because of the cre- Interlochen Arts Academy in Michigan and earned Center at 15th Avenue and ativity, direction, energy and great teaching skills her law degree in 1999 from the University of Agate Street on the UO that Wayne offered,” said Professor Dom Vetri. Michigan. Of her new home Weatherly said, “The campus in Eugene, Oregon. Colleagues, students and friends intend to students seem supportive of one another and the honor his memory with a new Westling Prize in faculty actually laugh at meetings and seem to en- Trial Practice. Contributions may be made to UO joy being here. It shows in their teaching and their Foundation/Law School—Westling Prize. ■ other work.” ■ UO SCHOOL OF LAW 19

nationwide deadline. His background with Article 9 Faculty Notes at the national drafting committee level enabled him to play a central role in the state bar group that Barbara Bader Aldave has been elected to the prepared the bill for introduction. He was then in- 2001-02 Chair of the Comparative Law Division of vited to testify before the House Judiciary Commit- the American Bar Association, International Law tee, the Senate Judiciary Committee and a confer- and Practice Section. She will continue to serve on ence committee. the Council of the International Law and Practice Section and as its liaison to the Commission on John Bonine continues his international environ- Women in the Profession. mental law activities as a “citizen negotiator” on Aldave received the 2001 Harriet Tubman environmental treaties in Europe and consultant to Award of Courage in recognition of her work while governments on legislation. As a legal expert and dean of St. Mary’s University School of Law. citizen negotiator for the European ECO Forum, he traveled to London, Geneva, and Tallinn, Estonia to Keith Aoki gave a talk last summer at the 18th An- negotiate protocols and procedures for implement- nual Pacific Rim Computer & Internet Law Insti- ing the UNECE Aarhus Convention on public par- tute, sponsored by the Internet Law Section of the ticipation in environmental decision making. The Oregon State Bar. The topics were the Universal Aarhus Convention links environmental and hu- City Studios, Inc. v. Reimerdes, eBay, Inc. v. Bidder’s man rights. It came into force in October 2001. Edge, and A & M Records v. Napster, Inc. cases. As a consultant to governments on environ- Women’s Commission In September the Oregon State Bar invited Aoki mental legislation, Bonine traveled to Bangkok, Honors Hallock to give a talk at their convention in Seaside. The Thailand, to advise the Thai Council of State on The Oregon Commission subject presented was “Cyberspace, the First proposed legislation on public participation. He met for Women honored Amendment, and the Digital Millennium Copyright with the IUCN Commission on Environmental Law Margaret Hallock, Wayne Act of 1998.” in Germany and with environmental lawyers in Morse Center director, with He participated in the second Asian Pacific Spain and Ukraine. He also provided Internet train- one of the 2001 Women of American Legal Scholarship Workshop held at ing to environmental advocates from Belarus, Achievement Awards at an Point Reyes, California. Moldova and Ukraine. October 13 banquet in At the conclusion of the 2000 census, Aoki pre- Bonine attended meetings of the U.N. Task Portland. sented a work-in-progress paper on Asian-Ameri- Force for Access to Justice in Tallinn, Istonia and The annual awards are can electoral strategy in New York City and Califor- U.N. negotiations on the Earth Summit 2002, to be made on the basis of nia. He will be presenting another version of the held in Johannesburg, South Africa next September. leadership, promotion of work-in-progress paper in October at the 8th An- His chapter on public participation in environ- the status of women, nual Conference of Asian Pacific American Law mental decisions in Central and Eastern Europe will commitment to equality and Faculty at the University of Pittsburgh Law School. appear in a book to be published by Oxford Univer- diversity and success in the sity Press next year. recipient’s area of expertise. Steven Bender is teaching contracts, property, and Hallock, UO professor a seminar on real estate finance at University of Richard Hildreth presented an invited paper on and past director of the UO California, Hastings, during the 2001-02 academic international and domestic fisheries law to the Pew Labor Education and year. Charitable Trust’s Oceans Commission in July. In Research Center, has Bender is also completing a book on Latino ste- September he participated in a National Oceanic worked and published for reotypes to be published by New York University and Atmospheric Administration workshop to re- 25 years on pay equity, Press in 2002. He welcomes Bay Area alumni to structure the use of science in U.S. marine resources economic security, work contact him for lunch at (415) 565-4658. management. He will present a paper in November force development and on legal responses to scientific uncertainty in ma- other issues of importance Carl Bjerre has been invited to write an article, rine resources management to the “Oceans 2001” to working men and “The Convergence of Securitization and Project Fi- conference in Honolulu. women. nance Transactions,” for a symposium on interna- Alumni may visit the Ocean and Coastal Law tional structured finance to be published in the Duke Center’s Web site to view the papers presented by Journal of Comparative and International Law. Hildreth at http://oceanlaw.uoregon.edu/publica- Stephen Wallenstein of Duke University is slated to tions. write a commentary on Bjerre’s article. Bjerre also has been instrumental over the past Leslie Harris has been elected to a one-year term year in getting Revised UCC Article 9 enacted by for the Board of Directors for the Lane County the Oregon State Legislature in time to meet a Bar Association (LCBA), completing the term of 20 OREGON LAWYER

Keith Aoki’s cartoon for Lisa Kloppenberg, who is now dean of the Univer- Suzanne Rowe, legal research and writing director, law-school band The sity of Dayton School of Law. has been elected to a three-year term to the board Garden Weasels. See LCBA invited Harris to speak about the impli- of directors of the Association of Legal Writing Di- Faculty Notes. cation for Oregon law of Troxel v. Granville regard- rectors (ALWD). ing custody and visitation rights of grandparents In July, Rowe participated in the ALWD na- and other third parties. She also talked to the Fam- tional conference, “Erasing Lines: Integrating the ily Law Section of the LCBA about In re Massee and Law School Curriculum,” held at the University of property division at divorce in Oregon. Minnesota. She led a break-out session entitled Harris has been invited to compose entries for “One Small Step: Ideas One Person Can Imple- The Oxford Companion to American Law on children’s ment to Begin the Process of Institutional Change at rights, marriage and spousal support. She has also His or Her School.” Rowe is writing an essay, under been asked to contribute entries on paternity suits the same title, which will be published in a journal and family court to The Family in America: An Ency- of the conference proceedings this fall by West clopedia, published by ABC-CLIO. Group.

Laird Kirkpatrick has returned from his two-year Nancy Shurtz was invited to speak at a conference, appointment in Washington, D.C., as a commis- “Assimilation and Resistance: Emerging Issues in sioner ex officio for the U.S. Sentencing Commission Law and Sexuality,” at Seattle University School of and as counsel to the assistant attorney general in Law. She participated in a panel discussion entitled charge of the Criminal Division at the U.S. Depart- “Assimilation and Resistance in Personal, Profes- ment of Justice. Kirkpatrick will be teaching evi- sional, and Pedagogical Practices.” dence and criminal justice at the law school this fall. Shurtz also gave a speech at Lane Community College in Eugene, “Keeping What You Earn: The Peter Ozanne, a member of the law school’s faculty Basics of State and Federal Taxation.” from 1976 to 1983, has returned this year to teach sentencing seminars as part of the Wayne Morse Merle Weiner will present a paper, “The Promises Center series on “Race, Class, and the Criminal Jus- and Challenges of Transnational Litigation for tice System.” Ozanne’s classes specifically examine Feminists Concerned about Domestic Violence race in the administration of criminal justice and Here and Abroad,” in April 2002 at a conference race and class in the administration of the death sponsored by the Women and the Law Program at penalty. American University, Washington College of Law. In the late 1980s, Ozanne co-authored The conference is designed to evaluate from femi- Oregon’s ten-year corrections masterplan and nist perspectives efforts to accomplish legal change helped develop Oregon’s sentencing guidelines. regarding domestic violence. Weiner’s remarks will For five years, he served as executive director of be published in American University Journal of Gen- Multnomah County’s Public Safety Coordinating der, Social Policy and the Law. Council and headed a task force that examined ra- Weiner also presented a paper at the Interna- cial equity in Portland’s criminal justice system. tional Society of Family Law Conference last June. UO SCHOOL OF LAW 21

It will be published by the Columbia Human Rights and Litigation 81 (2001). Co-authored with Christina Law Review. Otto Terenzi, ’01, and Lisa Thomas, ’01. —Precaution, Externalities Internalization and Dom Vetri will present a paper on the American Biodiversity Protection in U.S. and International Fish- experience with mass tort cases at an international eries Law, to be published in 2001 by the Pew Chari- conference on mass torts in Milan, Italy in Novem- table Trust. ber. He will also present a paper, “Wrongful Death —“The Use of Science in Marine Resources Man- Reform for Lesbian and Gay Partners and Their agement: Can We Reconcile the Paradigms of Sci- Families,” in October at the National Lesbian and ence, Law and Politics?” Proceedings of the Oceans Gay Lawyers Association annual meeting in Dallas. 2001 Conference (2001). —Coastal and Ocean Law, forthcoming second edi- Mindful of the fact that everyone must develop tion, West Group (2002). Co-authored with three multiple skills in today’s economy, five faculty other law professors. members and one third-year student perform in a law school band, The Garden Weasels. The band Laird Kirpatrick: Federal Evidence, Lawyers Co-op- features Mike Axline on lead guitar, Carl Bjerre on erative Publishing Co.; Evidence: Practice Under the saxophone, Keith Aoki on bass, Tom Lininger on Rules, Aspen Law & Business; and Oregon Evidence, keyboard and drums, Devon Spickard on rhythm Michie, have all received annual supplements. Or- guitar and vocals, and third-year law student Matt egon Evidence, fourth edition, and an appropriate Murphy on drums. They plan to keep their day jobs. dispute resolution (ADR) handbook will be avail- Creative artist Aoki drew posters for the group. ■ able later this winter.

Margie Paris has published an article about human rights, due process, and the Kip Kinkle case in re- Professors sponse to an article by Jerold Israel. St. Louis Univer- sity Law Journal (Spring 2001). The law school library in Print —Constitutional Criminal Procedure, co-authored carries faculty publications. with Andrew Taslitz, is going into its second See the newest articles and Andrea Coles-Bjerre: “Trusting the Process and edition, to be published this year by Foundation books in the display case at Mistrusting the Results: A Structural Perspective on Press. the library entrance. Article 9’s Low-Price Foreclosure Rule,” American —Law on the Street: Search-and-Seizure, Race, and http:// Bankruptcy Institute Law Review (Spring 2001). Respect in American Life, co-authored with Andrew lawlibrary.uoregon.edu/ Taslitz, will be published in 2002 by the New York Caroline Forell: “Statutes and Torts: Comparing University Press. the United States to Australia, Canada, and En- gland,” 36 Willamette Law Review 865 (2000). Suzanne Rowe: “One Small Step: Ideas That One —A Law of Her Own: The Reasonable Woman as a Person Can Implement to Begin the Process of In- Measure of Man, New York University Press, paper- stitutional Change at His or Her School,” Associa- back version, (2001). Co-authored with Donna tion of Legal Writing Directors (ALWD) Conference Matthews. Proceedings (2001).

Leslie Harris: “The ALI Child Support Principles: Dom Vetri: Three co-authors have been added to Incremental Changes to Improve the Lot of Chil- the second edition of his book, Tort Law and Prac- dren and Residential Parents,” forthcoming in Duke tice, to be published by Matthew Bender next Journal of General Law & Policy (2001). spring, 2002. —“Troxel v. Granville: Not the End of Grandparent Visitation,” 11(3) Experience 7 (2001). Available at Merle Weiner’s article, “Navigating the Road Be- www.abanet.org/srlawyers/troxel.html. tween Uniformity and Progress: Driving the Hague —“Oregon’s Third Party Visitation Statutes: Do Convention on the Civil Aspects of International They Survive Troxel v. Granville?,” 20(1) Family Law Child Abduction Forward with Purposive Analy- Newsletter 1, Oregon State Bar (Feb. 2001) ses,” proposes guidelines for evaluation of the Hague Convention decisions and critiques of sev- Richard Hildreth: “Evaluation of the New Carissa eral recent decisions by the Second Circuit, and will Incident for Improvements to State, Federal, and be published in Columbia Human Rights Law Review International Law,” 16 Journal of Environmental Law this year. ■ 22 OREGON LAWYER

We achieved that amount in five years to build the Knight Law Center. We are capable of raising that amount of money to invest in our students’ futures, enhance our alumni’s degrees, and provide top-quality legal services to the citizens of Oregon. ALUMNI The law school’s entire endowment is less than Alumni Association Board $13 million. Advocates for Oregon’s public law school If we double our endowment, we could provide Law School full scholarships to one-third of next year’s entering President Cynthia Fraser ’87 class. Oregon Department of in the Top Ten! If we triple our endowment, half of the class Transportation could expect to see scholarships, and we could pay Portland, Oregon (Headlines we want to see) our faculty and staff competitive salaries. Past President By Matt Roberts At a recent board meeting of the law school’s Richard Meeker ’74 Assistant Dean, External Relations Willamette Week Center for Law and Entrepreneurship, a member Portland, Oregon We can make the UO a “top ten” law school. Don’t made a comment that continues to inspire. laugh. It’s doable, and at less than a quarter of the As the room full of impressive individuals began Members cost it took to turn the to settle on a mission Jane Aiken ’78 Ducks athletic program For a $26 million investment, statement, the lawyer- Attorney at Law around after the humili- entrepreneur said, Salem, Oregon the University of Oregon ating 1996 Cotton Bowl “When I began my Danette Bloomer ’95 loss. School of Law could see company, I didn’t set Judicial Clerk to U.S. District Court For a $26 million in- out to be the second Judge Ann Aiken itself on its way to the top. Eugene, Oregon vestment—a quarter of best company in my two facilities for the industry—I set out to Heather Decker ’96 football team—the University of Oregon School Portland, Oregon be the best company in my industry.” of Law could see itself on its way to the top. Well said. Let’s follow that example. ■ James Dole ’89 Schultz, Salisbury, Cauble, Versteeg & Dole Grants Pass, Oregon

Jim Egan ’85 James Hershner ’54 Kryger, Alexander, Egan & Elmer Albany, Oregon 1929-2001

Michael Fennell ’83 James Hershner, ’54, died Visitors to his fundraising for Trail Blazers, Inc. last June 28 at the age of 71. the Knight Law Center; Jim Portland, Oregon A prominent business lawyer was one of the most active Kurt Hansen ’84 and a Eugene city councilor supporters in the school’s Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt from 1971-74, he earned history.” Portland, Oregon undergraduate and law de- He was a retired partner The Hon. Thomas Hart ’86 grees at the University of in the Eugene law firm Marion County Circuit Court Judge Oregon. Hershner, Hunter, Andrew, Salem, Oregon Hershner was the de- Neill & Smith, where he had Kevin Keillor ’87 scendent of Oregon pio- practiced since 1957. At the Hurley Lynch & Re P.C. Bend, Oregon neers, and he stayed active time of his death, he served and involved in his commu- on the law school's Board of The Hon. Doug Mitchell ’83 nity and his school through- Visitors and the board of the Lane County Circuit Court Judge Eugene, Oregon out his career. Center for Law and Entre- University president preneurship. Lynne Rennick ’97 Dave Frohnmayer said of Professor Jim O’Fallon, Oregon Department of Justice Salem, Oregon Hershner, “His contributions to the law school associate dean for academic affairs, said, “Jim are almost too numerous to name. From his Hershner was a distinguished lawyer deeply Jim Treadwell ’69 Karr Tuttle Campbell endowed professorship to the Dave Hunter committed to the public good. He was a great Seattle, Washington scholarship, from his service on the Board of friend, and he will be sorely missed.” UNIVERSITY OF OREGON SCHOOL OF LAW 23

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Robert Ackerman, ’63, is a state legisla- tor representing House District 39 (Eugene) in the Oregon House of Representatives. His legislative committee appointments include CLASS the House Judiciary, House Criminal Law Sub-Committee, the House Agriculture and Forestry Committee and the Joint Legislative Counsel Committee. He is also a represen- tative on the Multi-State Rivers Governance Council. Ackerman is a solo practitioner in NOTES Eugene. volunteerism, professional excellence, com- Chapter of the American Jewish Committee Roy Dwyer, ’62, of Bend, Oregon, bi- mitment to improving the status of women at its award luncheon in Portland on May 9. cycled 1,200 miles in Vietnam over a four- in the region and contributions to the com- Robert Newell, ’77, has been elected week period. The bicycle trip began in Hanoi munity as a whole. She provides free legal president of the Multnomah Bar Associa- and ended in Ho Chi Minh City. counsel to troubled young people in ex- tion. He is with the Portland law firm of change for their participation in community James Spickerman, ’68, was appointed Davis Wright Tremaine. by Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber to the service. Her firm Stahancyk, Gearing and Michael Thuemmel, ’77, Lane County Local Government Boundary Rackner hires high school students and received the Commission for 2001-2005. The boundary helps them find college scholarships. Award of Merit from the Multnomah Bar commission is a state agency that reviews Stahancyk also founded “Pride in Athletics,” Association at their annual meeting on May 21. The award is presented for outstanding certain types of local government boundary which recruits previously uninvolved par- service to the profession, justice system and/ changes. ents to celebrate sporting events with their children. or the community. Michael Kohlhoff, ’69, was elected to a Peter Glazer, ’78, received the Finalist’s two-year term as vice president and board Ulys Stapleton, ’74, was elected presi- Award from the National Commission member of the United States Tennis Asso- dent of the Oregon City Attorneys Associa- ciation. He has previously served two terms tion for 2001. He also serves on the Oregon Against Drunk Driving for his efforts to stop as secretary-treasurer and as a director at State Bar legal advisory committee, the drunk driving. He has long been involved in large. The USTA is the national governing board of directors of the Josephine County the fight, including serving as chair of the Governor’s Advisory Committee on DUII body of tennis in America. Kohlhoff is an United Way, and the League of Oregon Cit- from 1986 through 1999. His Lake Oswego attorney for the city of Wilsonville, Oregon. ies energy advisory committee and legal advocacy committee. Stapleton and his wife, practice focuses on representing personal Cheryl, live in Grants Pass where he has injury victims. 1970-1979 been city attorney for the past 12 years. Jane Patterson, ‘79, was presented Henry Breithaupt, ’75, with the Pro Bono Award from the Barry Briggs, ’73, joined the Seattle law has been ap- Multnomah Bar Association at their annual firm of Perkins Coie, LLP, of counsel, in pointed judge for the State of Oregon Tax meeting on May 21. The award honors law- their commercial transactions department. Court by Governor John Kitzhaber. He will yers who have made extraordinary commit- His practice emphasizes real estate finance, run for election in May 2002. He was a part- ments to serving the poor. commercial finance, financial institutions, ner in the Portland law firm of Stoel Rives. bankruptcy and workouts. He has repre- Jonathan Hoffman, ’75, is pleased to sented lenders in construction and perma- announce the release of his new CD, “Guess 1980-1989 nent financing of hotels and shopping cen- I’ll Have to Write My Own,” a collection of ters. Previously, he was senior corporate 13 songs he composed. The CD is available Michael Bloom, ’80, received the Award counsel for U.S. Bancorp in Seattle. online at www.shelterdogmusic.com and of Merit from the Multnomah Bar Associa- Jody Stahancyk, ’73, was recognized www.cdbaby.com/cd/jhoffman as well as tion at their annual meeting in May. The for her service to Oregon youth at the19th other online retailers. Meanwhile, on this award recognizes recipients for their out- Annual White Rose Luncheon, “A Salute to planet, he continues to practice as a partner standing service to the profession, justice system and/or the community. Women of Achievement,” presented by R.B. with Martin Bischoff Templeton Langslet & Hoffman, LLP, in Portland. Pamplin Corporation and Regence Paul Hribernick, ’80, was reappointed BlueCross BlueShield of Oregon. The White Barrie Herbold, ’77, received the Judge to the American Immigration Lawyers’ Liai- Rose honorees were selected on the basis of Learned Hand Award from the Oregon son Team for the Nebraska Service Center. 24 OREGON LAWYER FALL-WINTER 2001

He is one of six lawyers nationwide who creditors’ rights, construction law and com- focus on estate planning, real estate and serves on the team. The team assists immi- mercial litigation. business law. gration lawyers with problem cases that Alan Contreras, ’85, is administrator of Julie Bolt, ’89, was appointed law clerk have been filed with the service center. the Oregon Office of Degree Authorization. for the Hon. Anna J. Brown, U.S. District Hribernick is a partner in the Portland law He is responsible for evaluating colleges that Court judge, Portland. firm of Black Helterline. want to operate in Oregon, mediating dis- Jeff Matthews, ’81, was elected to the putes among Oregon colleges and enforcing board of directors of the Multnomah Bar the law against users of fake or substandard 1990-1999 Association. He is with the Portland law firm degrees. His book, Northwest Birds in Winter, Janice Hatton, ’90, was elected vice of Yates Matthews & Morasch. was published by Oregon State University president of the Eugene-Springfield Tax As- Press in 1997. He is co-editor of Birds of Or- Steven Pfeiffer, ’81, was appointed to sociation for 2001-2002. She is with the egon, a General Reference due from OSU serve on the board of directors for the Na- Springfield law firm of Thorp, Purdy, Jewett, Press in 2002. tional Association of Industrial and Office Urness & Wilkinson. Properties, a trade association for develop- Don Corson, ’85, and his wife Lara Thomas Lofton, ’90, reports that, since ers, owners, investors and asset managers in Johnson are proud to announce the birth of 1998, he has been a managing partner for industrial, office and related commercial real their daughter, Linden Grace, who was born the seven-lawyer Portland-Seattle tax and estate. Pfeiffer, a partner in Stoel Rives’ land February 1, 2001. They also have a son. estate planning law firm of Brislawn, use practice group, is a former member of Lofton, PLLC. He and his wife, Dana, both the planning commission and the have two young children. design commission of the city of Port- land. News to Share? Edward “Al” Lushenko, ’91, was elected to the board of directors for the Jane Nelson Bolin, ’82, has com- Please send it to [email protected]. Lane County Chapter of the American pleted her Ph.D. in health policy and ad- Be sure to include your full name, class year, Red Cross. He is with the Eugene law ministration at Pennsylvania State Uni- city and state plus a phone number or firm of Gaydos, Churnside & Baker, PC. versity. She joined the faculty at Texas email address (not for publication, A&M Health Sciences University in Au- unless you request it). Aron “Ron” Oliner, ’90, is a com- gust. In addition to conducting health mercial lawyer and shareholder in the services research, she is teaching health San Francisco office of Buchalter, Nemer, law, risk management and human re- Stephen Faust, ’85, formerly a partner Fields & Younger. He is the current presi- sources/employment law. Her e-mail at in the Paine Hamblen law firm, is now a vice dent of the California Receivers’ Forum, Bay Texas A&M is [email protected]. president and the general counsel of Avista Area Chapter, and an editor of the California Labs in Spokane, Washington. The firm Bankruptcy Journal. He reports that Douglas DuCharme, ’82, reports that makes and sells a patented fuel cell technol- “dot.bombs” and the massive PG&E bank- he enjoyed a recent trip to Oregon and vis- ogy that generates electricity from hydrogen ruptcy case are keeping him way too busy its with his former classmates. He is the edu- without combustion. Faust lives in Spokane these days. cation architect for Shive-Hattery, Inc., a with his three sons Wilson, Charles and design firm in Iowa City, Iowa. William O’Neal, ’91, is a partner at the Franklin. law firm of Gammage & Burnham, PLC, in Thomas Christ, ’83, has joined the Douglas Osterloh, ’86, has become a Phoenix, Arizona. His practice areas include Portland law firm of Cosgrave, Vergeer & shareholder in the law firm of Schwabe intellectual property and corporate transac- Kester as a partner. He was formerly with Williamson & Wyatt, Seattle. His practice tions. Mitchell, Lang & Smith. concentrates on immigration law. William Paulus, ’91, recently accepted a Bruce Reeves, ’84, has joined the Cali- Scott Elliott, ’87, of Lincoln City, Or- position with Metro Regional Services in fornia Department of Justice in Sacramento egon, received the Coastal Communities Portland as a real estate negotiator in the as a deputy attorney general. He practices Cultural Center’s annual award for commit- Open Spaces Acquisition Program. Metro is administrative and environmental law, rep- ment to excellence in the arts. He was recog- the nation’s first publicly elected regional resents the California Air Resources Board nized for his work as the artistic director of government. Using monies from Metro’s and other environmental and resource Community Family Players, a youth- and $135 million Open Spaces Bond Measure, agencies and said, “ I’m getting more out of family-oriented theater production com- Paulus will purchase natural areas and trail L.A.P. than I ever imagined I would.” pany. corridors for inclusion into Metro’s region- Fred Ruby, ’84, recently became a wide park system. Ellen Adler, ’89, has joined the Eugene shareholder in the Portland law firm of law firm of Speer, Hoyt, Jones, Poppe, Wolf Judith Woodruff, ’91, is the director of Greene & Markley. His practice emphasizes & Griffith. Her practice will continue to grant programs at Northwest Health Foun- UNIVERSITY OF OREGON SCHOOL OF LAW 25

dation, a Portland charitable foundation Nathaniel Geoffrey McFaul, born February San Francisco 49ers’ scouting department supporting projects to promote the health of 15, 2001. and as a senior law clerk in Los Angeles. the people of Oregon and Southwest Wash- Lainie Block Wilker, ’94, and Steven Michael McCord, ’96, recently relocated ington. She was formerly an assistant attor- Wilker are the proud parents of a beautiful to the United States after several years in ney general in the Oregon Department of baby girl, Hannah Isabella, born on May 22, Africa. He has joined the Maryland Bar and Justice, Charitable Activities Section, where 2001. Wilker reports that she enjoyed the is working as a Program Officer for Africa she oversaw charitable trusts, charitable summer bonding with Hannah at home in with the International Foundation for Elec- gaming, professional solicitors and non- Portland and is now doing intellectual prop- tions Systems in Washington, D.C. profit organizations. erty litigation contract work for Kolisch Timothy McCormack, ’97, reports that S. Andrew Pharies, ’92, is of counsel to Hartwell. She was formerly an assistant at- he is now with the Pacific Northwest Law the San Diego law firm, Ferrette & Slater. torney general for the Oregon Department Group in Redmond, Washington, where he His practice will continue to emphasize es- of Justice, Appellate and Trial Divisions. leads the intellectual property and technol- tate planning, trust and probate administra- Kelly Hagan, ’95, of Traverse City, ogy law practice groups. His practice focuses tion, charitable giving, exempt organizations Michigan, reports that she has returned to on intellectual property audits, counseling, and taxation. international and domestic registration Susan Daigle, ’93, together with and protection of trademarks, patents, Stuart Allen, has formed Allen Trust copyrights, and trade secrets. Previously, Company, a corporate trust company in In Memoriam he was a research attorney at Seed and Portland. James Anderson, ’69, died March 16, 2001. Berry, LLP, in Seattle. McCormack serves on the board of a non-profit Internet ser- Monica Hardy, ’93, has become an E. Ray Fechtel, ’67, died June 9, 2001. vice provider and helps local artists by associate in the Portland office of Tonkon James Hershner, ’54, died June 28, 2001. showing their work in his “by appoint- Torp, LLP. Her practice will focus on se- Bernard Kliks, ’39, died March 7, 2001. ment only” home gallery. He recently curities issues of public and private com- Ron Lemay, ’89, died September 3, 2001 wrote an article on intellectual property panies, mergers and acquisitions and William Robert, ’41, died March 19, 2001. protection that was published in the general business transactions. She serves Elizabeth Stelle Risley, ’56, died March 15, 2001. Puget Sound Business Journal. as vice chair of the Oregon State Housing Edward Schlesser, ’36, died May 17, 2001. Council. Eli Morgenstern, ’97, is now the Donald Walker, ’47, died April 8, 2001. deputy trial counsel for the State Bar of Vivian Me-Hae Lee, ’93, has joined California and is living in Santa Monica, the law firm of Miller Nash in their Port- California. He was formerly deputy dis- land office. practicing law full time. The bulk of her trict attorney for Santa Clara County, Cali- practice is commercial litigation on behalf of Jack Levy, ’93, has become a partner fornia. in the Portland law firm of Smith, Freed, Chapter 7 bankruptcy trustees. Hagen also Joseph “Jay” O’Brien, ’97, has joined Chock & Eberhard, PC. Levy joined the firm teaches at Davenport University and North- the law firm of Schwabe Williamson & in 1998 and practices construction defect western Michigan College and is an assis- Wyatt in their Portland office. litigation. tant manager at the local ski/snowboard area. Since law school, she has taken up Kathryn Piele, ’97, joined the municipal Margaret Wilson, ’93, has joined the windsurfing and snowboarding and would and land use practice group of Harrang Eugene law firm of Muhlheim Palmer & enjoy hearing from her classmates. Long Gary Rudnick in its Eugene office. She Wade as an associate. She specializes in the was previously a litigation associate with the area of commercial litigation and employ- Heather Wright Decker, ’96, gave birth Springfield law firm of Robert E. Franz. ment law. to a baby boy, Joseph Scott, on October 11, 2000. Decker has left her associate attorney Cory Zion, ’97, has joined the Seattle Carson Bowler, ’94, received the Young position at Cosgrave, Vergeer & Kester, law firm of Foster Pepper & Shefelman as an Lawyers Section Award of Merit from the LLP, and now works from her Portland associate in their Litigation Practice Group. Multnomah Bar Association at their annual home on a contract basis. Her practice will emphasize commercial and meeting on May 21. Sean Howard, ’96, has been selected as complex civil litigation. Prior to joining the Caroline Guest, ’94, was named partner assistant director of professional personnel law firm, she was an associate with Bullivant in the Portland office of Davis Wright for the Green Bay Packers football enterprise Houser Bailey. Tremaine. She practices in the area of em- of Green Bay, Wisconsin. Howard was a Joseph Fette, ’98, reports that after one ployment law litigation. three-year letter winner during his under- year as an associate with Neil, Dymutt, Katherine Heekin, ’94, and her hus- graduate years at University of California, Perkins, Brown & Frank in San Diego, he band, Shawn McFaul, are now “Sleepless in Los Angeles. He previously worked for the has accepted a position with Suh and Com- Portland” since the birth of their son, pany in Seoul, Korea. He will work in the 26 OREGON LAWYER FALL-WINTER 2001

area of shipping, aviation, international trade and insurance. Robert Kline, ’98, is now an associate with the law firm of Bullivant Houser Bailey in their Portland office. Debbie Minder, ’98, is now assistant county counsel for Jackson County in Medford, Oregon. Her duties include civil litigation, contract drafting and review and advising numerous county departments on a variety of legal issues. She formerly served as a deputy district attorney in Medford.

Gretchen Mandekor, ’99, has joined the Class of 1956 (L-R) Bob Grant, Roger Reid, Don Ford, Del Weaver, Portland law firm of Bullivant Houser Bailey Bill Sloan, Hal Daron, John Holden, Bernie Kelly, Harry Elliott, Bill Young as an associate. (not pictured: Glade Shimonek). Kerry Tweet, ’99, has joined the Lake Oswego firm of Blakely, Sokoloff, Taylor & Zafman, LLP, as an associate. Class of 1956 The best (reunion) is yet to come 2000-01 When the class of 1956 graduated, Or- the class and their wives held the re- lando Hollis was in his fifteenth year as union last August 11 and 12th at the Amanda Henry, ’00, has joined the An- dean. New students could be admitted new Cannon Beach home of John and chorage, Alaska law firm of Sisson & Knutson as an associate. to the law school while they were still Mary Ann Holden. (Just down the hill working on their bachelor’s degree. from Del and Jean Weaver’s new house Tricia Hill, ’00, has joined Clark Law, an Room and board cost $100 per term. construction site.) The class welcomed estate planning firm in Eugene, where she will specialize in estate planning, Medicaid The law school bulletin empha- special guests Bernie Kelly ’54 and his and probate issues. sized “its primary duty is owed to the wife Anne from Olympia Washington. Daniel Howard, ’00, has joined the people of Oregon. For this reason, spe- Don and Bonnie Ford traveled the Portland law firm of Lindsay, Hart, Neil & cial emphasis is placed on Oregon sub- longest distance, flying in from Lake Weigler, LLP. His practice will specialize in stantive law and on Oregon proce- Forest, Illinois. general litigation. dure.” Attending were Hal Daron, Harry Amanda McClellan, ’00, has joined the Forty-five years later, the class has Elliott, Bob Grant, Don Ford, John Eugene law firm of Muhlheim Palmer & done its duty—many members prac- Holden, Roger Reid, Glade Shimonek, Wade as an associate. ticed in the state and the Pacific North- Bill Sloan, Del Weaver and Bill Young. Gabrielle Valdez, ’00, of Los Angeles west. Now it’s time to party! John Whitty, Cameron Thom and has been promoted to marketing and pro- At some point between the 28-mile George Waliser were unable to attend. motions manager for the STAPLES center, bike ride along the Oregon coast, the The reunion guests remembered class- the Forum, Kodak Theatre and the National picnic in the park at Garibaldi, a happy mates Pat Hurley, Jim Oram, Betsy Training Center —all part of Anschutz En- tertainment Group. She handles media hour party and a good-bye brunch, Risley and Lee Rogers, who had died placement and promotion for the Los Ange- members of the law school class of 1956 previously. les Lakers, Los Angeles Sparks, the Aveng- were already looking beyond their 45th The fiftieth reunion, in 2006, will be ers, World Wrestling Federation and Harlem class reunion and planning their fifti- held at Bob and Joy Grant’s vacation Globetrotters, as well as boxing, family eth. home in Sunriver, with co-hosts Hal shows and concerts. Ten of the 13 surviving members of and Joanne Daron. ■ Stephen Watkins, ’00, was appointed deputy attorney general for the California Find Out More Department of Justice. He works in the San Bill Sloan (541) 476-7743, Francisco office of the attorney general for PO Box 1476, Grants Pass, Oregon 97526 the appeals, writs and trials section. ■ UNIVERSITY OF OREGON SCHOOL OF LAW 27

Class of 1933 Class of 1955 Class Agent: Open Class Agent: James R. Moore Class Size: 2 Class Size: 10 Class Participation: 50% Class Participation: 50% Robert A. Leedy Robert N. Funk J. Rockney Gill Class of 1936 HONOR The Hon. James C. Goode Class Agent: Open Noreen K. McGraw Class Size: 7 James R. Moore Class Participation: 14% George L. Hibbard Class of 1956 Class Agent: Roger H. Reid Class of 1937 ROLL Class Size: 14 of Annual Gifts Class Agent: Open Class Participation: 43% Class Size: 5 July 2000 – June 2001 Harry F. Elliott Class Participation: 20% Robert H. Grant Orval N. Thompson THANK YOU! Your annual gifts of $25 to $5,000 support Roger H. Reid Class of 1940 our students with emergency loans, job placement, new William M. Sloan John W. Whitty Class Agent: William Lubersky student recruitment and more. Class Size: 5 James Young Class Participation: 100% CONGRATULATIONS to the classes of 1940, 1950 and Kenneth Abraham 1957. Your high participation counts when companies and Class of 1957 George Corey foundations consider grants and major gifts to our school! Class Agent: Herb Lombard William Lubersky Class Size: 15 Class Participation: 53% Betty Park Wayne C. Annala David Silver Class of 1950 Class of 1952 Lawrence A. Aschenbrenner Class Agent: John Gilbertson Class Agent: William Love Class of 1941 Class Size: 18 Class Size: 16 Richard Bemis Class Participation: 94% Class Participation: 38% James A. Cox Class Agent: Open Class Size: 4 B. Kent Blackhurst The Hon. Robert B. Abrams Herbert W. Lombard Class Participation: 25% Carrell Bradley Patricia Braun Donald D. McKown Wendell Wyatt Thomas E. Brownhill Robert Holland The Hon. Edwin J. Peterson Geroge H. Brustad David Lentz Donald L. Williams Class of 1947 John C. Caldwell William E. Love Class Agent: Open Edward & Patricia Clark Edward V. O’Reilly Class of 1958 Class Size: 9 Morris J. Galen Class Agent: Open Class Participation: 11% John R. Gilbertson Class of 1953 Class Size: 12 Norman & Mary Wiener Class Participation: 17% John Jaqua Class Agent: William Mansfield Roland “Jerry” Banks Dovy Landerholm Class Size: 12 Class of 1949 Class Participation: 8% John Faust Wally Martin Class Agent: Ogelsby Young William Duhaime Class Size: 24 Robert M. McKechnie Class of 1959 Class Participation: 42% Robert L. Myers Class of 1954 Class Agent: Bobby Bouneff Donald Myrick Frank Bosch Class Agent: James L. Hershner Class Size: 29 Carl Brophy Sidney Nicholson Class Size: 15 Class Participation: 14% William Cramer, Sr., James Vander Stoep Class Participation: 40% David Andrews Robert Dick Graham Walker Robert P. Amacher Thomas Hallinan Edward Harms, Jr. William V. Deatherage The Hon. Loren Sawyer Henry Hess Class of 1951 Donald F. Dunn William E. Smith John Hill Class Agent: Open James L. Hershner Class Size: 16 Jack Hoffman The Hon. Malcolm Marsh Class of 1960 Class Participation: 25% Marilyn Sturgis Malcolm J. Montague Class Agent: Richard W. Butler The Hon. Alfred T. Goodwin Oglesby Young Class Size: 18 James P. Harrang Class Participation: 39% Irwin Landerholm Donald A. Bick The Hon. Don H. Sanders Richard W. Butler Gerald D. Gilbert 28 OREGON LAWYER FALL-WINTER 2001

Donald L. Kalberer George C. Spencer Robert L. Richmond Class of 1973 James F. Light Jr. Les Swanson Donna C. Willard-Jones Class Agent: Jody Stahancyk Alonzo P. Stiner Wayne L. Williams Class Size: 137 H. Kenneth Zenger Class of 1967 Class Participation: 20% Class Agent: Jim Strickland Class of 1971 Gregory A. Argel Class of 1961 Class Size: 45 Class Agent: D. Joe Willis Carl J. Bauman Class Percentage: 4% Class Agent: James Larpenteur Class Size: 93 Steven K. Blackhurst William L. Stanford Class Size: 19 Class Participation: 10% Teresa B. Cramer Kenneth D. Stephens Richard D. Beeson Class Participation: 37% Donald C. Cramer Robert J. Elfers Class of 1968 Alan Butterfield John G. Crawford William H. Ferguson Brent A. Hansen Chris P. Davis Class Agent: Open Gerald Froebe Craig P. Hayes Patrick D. Dolan James & Katherine Larpenteur Class Size: 52 Robert A. Kiesz Class Participation: 4% Patrick J. & Leona Green James C. Lynch Dale R. Koch Robert T. Huston J. Roger Hamilton J. Michael McCloskey Robert S. Quinney Leonard Workman Edward P. Heid James Spiekerman The Hon. Robert D. Weisfield Dennis C. Johnson Class of 1962 Class of 1969 D. Joe Willis Mark E. Johnson Class Agent: David Jensen David L. Mackie Class Agent: Open Class of 1972 Class Size: 62 Douglas H. Moreland Class Size: 20 Class Participation: 21% Class Agent: Richard Roseta Class Participation: 5% Gretchen R. Morris Bruce J. Brothers Class Size: 99 Richard A. Shaw Class Participation: 16% Gary Pape Allyn Brown Spencer Alpert David Price John Gleeson Class of 1963 The Hon. Gregory G. Foote Steven H. Smith William L. Halpin Class Agent: Bruce Samson James R. Forsberg Laurie K. Smith Class Size: 20 E. Robert Harris Michael S. Sommers Class Participation: 5% Jody Stahancyk Lance Tibbles Robert A. Stalker, Jr. John W. Stewart Class of 1964 The Hon. Michael C. Sullivan

Class Agent: Walter Grebe DOUGLAS R. SPENCER Kay F. Teeters Class Size: 21 Class Participation: 19% Robert L. Thompson Carl V. Burnham Jr. Frank H. Wall Nancy & Douglas Busey Walter Grebe Class of 1974 James E. Petersen Class Agent: Kirk Johansen Class Size: 123 Class Participation: 16% Class of 1965 1934 law faculty: (L to R) Paul E. Raymond, Charles G. Howard, Joyce Holmes Benjamin Class Agent: None Carlton E. Spencer, Wayne L. Morse, and Orlando John Hollis Jacob K. Clifton, Jr. Class Size: 32 Class Participation: 6% David C. Culpepper David Jensen John L. Franklin David Haugeberg Robert A. Ford Frank H. Lagesen J. Kenneth Jones Daniel Wolke Paul M. Hoffman The Hon. Charles Littlehales The Hon. Robert Klein Kirk Johansen Class of 1966 Richard Mollison Eric C. Larson Roland A. Johnson Professor John H. Minan Class Agent: Peter L. Barnhisel Gerald T. Parks Jeffrey L. Kleinman Class Size: 41 Gregory K. Radlinski Peter H. Nilsen James D. Manary Class Participation: 24% James K. Treadwell Howard L. Ollis Richard Meeker Richard Acarregui Sharon A. von Haesler Jack L. Orchard, Jr. Richard K. Mickelson Paul R. Antsen James R. Pickett Hon. Joel M. Penoyar Peter L. Barnhisel Class of 1970 The Hon. Albert Radcliffe Steven M. Rose Paul R. Duden Class Agent: Phil Hanson Nicholas Rauch Robert A. Sacks The Hon. Helen E. Frye Class Size: 49 Richard Roseta Class Participation: 12% Richard D. Senders Margaret Harbin Ronald R. Sticka Gary Galton Ulys J. Stapleton Merlin L. Miller The Hon. Donald Hull Bruce C. Stoltenberg Donald C. McClain Carolyn A. Kelly UNIVERSITY OF OREGON SCHOOL OF LAW 29

Class of 1975 James C. Buckley Terry A. Leggert Susan E. Watts Class Agents: Grethe A. Larson Timothy R. Byrnes Zack M. Lorts Richard L. Weil and James D. Mullins Cynthia D. Carlson Dan E. Neal Gary W. Wilburn Class Size: 118 Gerald M. Chase Robert D. Newell William D. Young Class Participation: 17% The Hon. Patricia M. Crain Eric T. Nordlof Karen C. Allan William A. Davis James D. Noteboom Class of 1978 Michael B. Goldstein Adam M. Davis James D. O’Hanlon Class Agent: Open Nina E. Johnson Michael C. Dotten Richard D. Patton Class Size: 146 Class Participation: 13% Donald R. Laird John C. Fisher Jeffrey Pridgeon Ronald W. Atwood Grethe A. Larson Benjamin E. Freudenberg Dana A. Rasmussen David B. Bailey James R. Lisbakken John Gartland Martha J. Rodman E. Kimbark MacColl, Jr. Timothy E. Brophy Richard C. Massey Gregory F. Cook Bruce Moen John Durkheimer James D. Mullins Roderick L. Fuiten John R. Munro Gregory Harris A. Carl Myers Joseph Kobayashi Paul O’Neil David Ludwig Elizabeth B. Penoyar Terry S. MacDonald The Hon. Ellen F. Rosenblum Joseph McNaught Gary L. Schultz Bernard W. Mann Mary H. Stalker Thomas J. Murphy Bryan Sullivan Steven L. Philpott Robert M. Taylor Bill Potter Gail M. Whitaker Lorraine E. Rodich Gordon Sivley Class of 1976 Larry Sullivan Class Agent: Timothy Sercombe Gary T. Wallmark Class Size: 143 Class Participation: 10% Class of 1979 Marlin D. Ard Class Agents: Tom Carter and James M. Coleman Kathy Dodds John D. Dobson Class Size: 154 Clifford L. Freeman Class Participation: 14% Pamela Garvie John S. Butterfield, Jr. Michael J. Caro Timothy J. Helfrich Tamara D. Cook Darrel C. Johnson Kathleen A. Dodds Ronald W. Johnson W. Bradford Jonasson Jonathon L. Goodling Catherine R. Lazuran Bruce C. Hamlin Norman & Zoe LeCompte Richard L. Lonergan Matthew H. McCormick John M. Petersen The Hon. John A. McCormick John Steinberg John M. McGuigan Bradley A. Ven Huizen Law Center library, 1970s Cristie C. McGuire Class of 1977 Marybeth Ormsby Van Buren Alan L. Hennebold Class Agents: Jeffrey Pridgeon John H. Rosenfeld S. Jane Patterson and John H. Van Landingham Thomas Hooper Daniel H. Rosenhouse Kathlin J. Persinger-Kennedy Class Size: 151 Ruth Hooper Susan A. Schmerer-Haacke Rohn Roberts Class Participation: 33% Charles Hulbert Merrill A. Schneider Kari Schlachtenhaufen Howard G. Arnett Ann E. Jochens Bruce G. Sharp Ronald H. Seifert Matthew R. Baines Frances L. Johnston Martin E. Stone Lynn K. Shepard Diane M. Bieneman Milton T. Jones Maryruth Storer Peter D. Shepherd John T. Kehoe John H. Van Landingham Paul J. Thran David Y. Kim Diana Wales David Zarosinski Howell L. Lankford Martha Walters 30 OREGON LAWYER FALL-WINTER 2001

Class of 1980 Jeanne M. Kincaid Charles W. Ray Jr. Class of 1985 Class Agent: Open Glenn & Penny Klein David J. Riewald Class Agent: Jim Egan Class Size: 160 Lann D. Leslie Kenneth G. Schoolcraft Class Size: 154 Class Participation: 12% Michael J. Oths Nicholas M. Sencer Class Participation: 19% Marcy L. Hikida The Hon. Karen Overstreet John C. Urness Michael Ables Thomas B. Hillier John W. Penfield Leslie J. Westphal The Hon. Daniel J. Ahern John F. Ingman Lawrence P. Riff Bruce P. Zavon Russell M. Aoki Marcia L. Jory Sarah J. Ryan Alison Baker J. Timothy Kleespies Carmelita R. Shinn Class of 1984 Diane K. Bridge Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Lowry Diane A. Smith Class Agent: Dave Schuman Don E. Corson Ted W. Neiswanger Richard S. Sontag Class Size: 155 Kahlil Amyn Day Class Participation: 16% Daniel J. O’Neill C. Peter Sorenson K. Renee De Lapp Ann R. Barker Robert N. Peters Glen Thompson Michael G. Fetrow Wayne Belmont William B. Piels Karen L. Uno Duncan S. Fields Susan A. Burke Martha L. Rice William Waterman Jill S. Gelineau Catherine J. Riffe Robert A. Goodman Helen Rives Pruitt Robert Heuck Janet Robnett Greg K. Hitchcock Wm. Randolph Turnbow Christopher H. Kent Robert & Suzanne Brocklin Andrew L. Kottkamp Paul V. Vaughan David W. Marks Mary L. Wagner Kathryn B. McLeod Francis Wong Craig A. Morris Susan Ruby Class of 1981 Steven J. Schuster Class Agent: Lynn Rosik Kevin Strever Class Size: 148 Jeffrey D. Stulberg Class Participation: 9% Richard W. Thelin Barbara L. Bozman-Moss Denise D. Wike William D. Cramer III David O. Wilson Charles N. Fadeley Russell R. Winer Margaret M. Fiorino Class of 1957, Law School Weekend Jimmy Go Class of 1986 Robert Guarrasi Class Agent: Steve Larson Christopher R. Hermann Class of 1983 Timothy J. Coleman Class Size: 141 Dale C. Johnson Class Participation: 13% Class Agent: Mike Fennell David S. Fine Mary M. Lonergan Class Size: 152 Douglas W. Fong Jonathan A. Bennett David B. Peters Class Participation: 16% Kurt F. Hansen Eric J. Bloch Mitchell A. Riese Suzanne M. Bonamici Richard A. Lee Suzan L. Clark Lynn Rosik Andrew C. Brandsness Catherine C. Metzler Deirdre M. Dawson Steven Smucker Teresa A. Burnham Ronald D. Murray Lynn C. Donaldson Russell B. West Paul H. Dickson James B. Northrop Lori S. Fox David G. Ellis Mary J. Oberst Wendy S. Hitchcock Class of 1982 Michael V. Fennell Edwin C. Perry James P. Jacobsen Class Agent: Nancy Buck Melvin D. Ferguson Thomas J. Phalen Steve D. Larson Class Size: 163 Philip H. Garrow Diane L. Polscer Barney J. Mason Class Participation: 14% Charles D. Gazzola Sally Rau Saulius & Lisa Mikalonis Allison C. Blakley Kathryn F. Koehler Fred Ruby Mark M. Miller Nancy L. Buck Sandra L. Kohn David C. Streicher R. Bruce Neuling Garey Butler Trina L. Laidlaw Douglas B. Tesdahl Mark M. Phelps Bradley A. Cromer Jay Manning Mark D. Watson Gay G. Vogt Laurie G. Webb Daniel Shaun S. McCrea William E. Weigand R. Lee Whalen Meredith A. George Gregory K. McGillivary Kenneth G. Whitaker Maryann Yelnosky-Smith Estera Gordon Douglas S. Mitchell Bruce W. White Peter M. Morimoto Christopher G. Wilson UNIVERSITY OF OREGON SCHOOL OF LAW 31

Class of 1987 Class of 1990 Class of 1992 Class of 1996 Class Agent: Mike Chambers Class Agent: John Sharp Class Agent: Darien Loiselle Class Agents: Patrick Melendy Class Size: 149 Class Size: 151 Class Size: 153 and Sean Kelly Class Participation: 9% Class Participation: 12% Class Participation: 7% Class Size: 135 Coleen A. Bertino Mark D. Clement Neil E. Bowerman Class Participation: 5% Michael R. Chambers James P. Crawford Henry Ebarb Julie D. Arp Jack Donley Paul E. David Susan A. Ing Chen Eric L. Dahlin Elizabeth P. Fung Lisa H. Donnelley Mark C. Jobson Jennifer Duggan Philip J. Lynch Lurleen Y. Freese Matthew G. Kenna Jane E. Hochberg Suzanne M. & Max Millis Nathan K. Garvis Sabrina M. Loiselle Patrick S. Melendy Laurence E. Oates Chresten J. Gram Darien S. Loiselle Anne L. Nichol Karen H. Peteros Matthew H. Kehoe Alex I. Poust Ann & Michael Reeder Craig C. Sheffer James L. LeClair Liisa Raikkonen Douglas E. Smith Andrew G. Lewis Amy Wasson Class of 1997 Gordon H. Warren Class Agent: Jay O’Brien Class Size: 154 Linda G. Woodrich Class Participation: 5% Patricia A. Lacy Class of 1988 Thomas C. Malayil Class Agent: Ed Gerdes Lynne D. Rennick Class Size: 137 Class Participation: 11% Andrew J. Smith Paul F. Bohn Glenda M. Talbutt Laurie L. Clark William L. Underwood Hubert G. Duvall Tasheaya L. Warren Leslie J. Garrison Michelle V. Zyromski Ed Gerdes Melinda W. Grier Class of 1998 Leslie G. Helford Class Agent: Cheryl Rath Professor Fred Merrill, CLE lecturer at 1988 Alumni Day Class size: 178 Richard E. Huhtanen Class Participation: 3% Charles G. Kochlacs Richard P. Matthews Jodie L.Chusid Ann C. McClintock Class of 1993 Peter J. Mintzer Sidney Moore Brian J. McMonagle Class Agent: Brian Thompson Daniel S. Perlow Class Size: 167 Christopher J. Smith Elizabeth Vibert Class Participation: 4% Raymond S. Weber Lucille M. Seibert-Salmony Timothy C. Bennett Class of 1999 Mark L. Wheeler Jr. John M. Sharp Scott D. Broekstra Class Agent: Christina Gabrielidis John V. Witty Nicholas W. van Aelstyn Erik R. Brunkal Class Size: 155 Paula J. Walashek Class Participation: 5% Heather L. Hall-Holt Class of 1989 Benjamin Z. Wirtschafter Inger C. Brockman Jody Meeker Class Agent: Jim Dole Joel C. Corcoran Joshua L. Palmer Class Size: 157 Class of 1991 Jon B. Davis Robert Zarnetske Class Participation: 8% Class Agent: Sheryl Baker Michael D. Hamilton Class Size: 157 Kathleen M. Callan Nyran R. Rasche William C. Carpenter Jr. Class Participation: 6% Class of 1994 Sheryl A. Baker Holly R. Smith Bradley J. Cordts Class Agent: Carson Bowler Daniel R. Barnhart Class Size: 111 Ellen M. Theodorson William L. Curry Class Participation: 3% Philip D.Van Trease James R. Dole Judy A. Calkins Carson D. Bowler Daniel K. Felker Darin DeAngeli Allen Goldman Michelle Wecksler Class of 2000 Phyllis Crockett Gallagher Class Agent: Paul Wagner Andrew H. Morgan Thomas E. Jurgensen Class Size: 180 Holly Preslar-Wilson Class of 1995 Michael J. Krautner Class Participation: 2% Robert H. Sheasby Class Agent: Angie Lee W. Virginia McKenzie Class Size: 134 Margaret Borman Bonnie & Joseph Shorin Christopher Villani Class Participation: 2% Megan V. Hamilton Patricia C. J. Wiggins Perlow Lee J. Brunz Hisham A. Zubi Kelly Zusman Daniel R. Reitman Cynthia R. Weglarz 32 OREGON LAWYER

Clown entertains students at law school “Hello Picnic”, August 2001. Observations on Community Joys and Sorrows of Life in the Law School Family By Rennard Strickland At times of tragedy, like those of September 11, the joys of commu- faculty colleague is appointed to the appellate court or an exceptional nity—large and small—become our reservoir of strength. As I pre- director of development decides to “retire” from fund-raising . . . pare to leave the dean’s office, I would like all of you to reflect with me on events of the last five years that sustain us and bring us joy and Some acts of community inspire: Dean Chapin Clark takes on the task comfort. of advising us on bar passage which, as a result of faculty and student On the joyous side are occasions like the dedication of the new efforts he led, has now risen to 83% for the class of 2001; Dean Eugene law school building with Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, the establish- Scoles agrees to co-chair a special “Twenty-First Century Task Force” ment of the Appropriate Dispute Resolution (ADR) program, the re- on the future of legal education; “Mrs. A” works tirelessly to help sus- vitalization of the Center for Law & Entrepreneurship, the founding tain the world which she helped create; and President Frohnmayer and funding of our international exchange with the Ukrainian univer- creatively works to make it possible for his successor dean to remain on sity at Lviv, the opening of a federally and state funded domestic vio- the Oregon faculty as Knight Professor of Law. lence clinic, the creation of the new Wayne Morse Center for Law Community comes most naturally on occasions like the opening and Politics and the Oregon Law Commission. picnic where I’ve overindulged myself with burgers and cotton candy, Then there are those life passages like the birth of little Sander, where clowns and face painters have enraptured our students’ and a first child for new faculty member Michael Moffitt and his wife faculty’s children. I feel the recreation of this community each year as Jamie, or, for me, that glorious summer day when my mother came new first year students come to my home and begin to build those from Oklahoma to Eugene to see “the Adell Tucker Strickland Dean’s friendships that will last a lifetime. I was reminded of this long-lasting Conference Room” donated to honor all she has done to help me aspect of community at our recent reception at the Oregon State Bar reach this stage in my life. Association’s convention when two alums, busily talking away, told me The other side of community can be painful. I will never forget they had not seen each other in twenty years. They were able to take the call on my Christmas escape to Sedona, Arizona with the un- up their conversation where they had left off two decades earlier. thinkable news that Tom Foster, a third year student on the Dean’s In conclusion, I must confess that when I came to Oregon, I ex- Advisory Council, had been found dead. I won’t forget last summer’s pected to leave a very rich man. I had the idea for the creation of a call from Letty Morgan telling me that her husband, Wayne Westling, whole new line of lawyers’ shoes, which I hoped to sell to Nike. would not be back to teach for us and the sad follow-up call that These included the “Air Litigator” which would be a sports shoe Wayne had lost his battle against cancer. made to resemble a wing tip, easily and comfortably worn in court. We felt deeply the loss of Dean Orlando Hollis, who returned to The line would also include “Air Mediator” which would be a cross the community more than $5.5 million dollars of support. And we between a Hush Puppy and a Birkenstock for ADR work. mourn my friend and advisor Jim Hershner whom we lost this last To date, the market does not seem to have taken to my idea but summer. I find myself leaving the deanship richer by far from the experience There are other “losses” about which one has mixed feelings: A of knowing and working with—indeed, becoming a part of—the joys talented faculty member leaves to become a dean or a gifted senior and sorrows of this University of Oregon law school community. ■ DOCKET October & November Friday, November 16 Oregon Lawyer ALUMNI ALERT! CENTER FOR LAW & Vol. 17, No. 2 We are visiting colleges and universities in ENTREPRENEURSHIP SYMPOSIUM your area! www.law.uoregon.edu/ Frontiers of Business Law and Rennard Strickland admissions/admission_calendar.html Regulation: The Internet, Globalization Dean and Telecommunications. Room 175. October 19 & 20 Matt Roberts 9:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. (541) 346-3994 or Assistant Dean, External Relations ALUMNI WEEKEND [email protected]. [email protected] CLE credits, 3rd Annual Foster Run and Connie Tapp Walk, Tailgate party, and more. Friday, November 16 Assistant Director, Development Dinner talk by Prof. Laird Kirkpatrick, DOJ Thinking Aloud 2001-02 Law School [email protected] Diaries: Life at the Department of Justice. Public Lectures Eliza Schmidkunz (541) 346-3865. Prof. Teemu Ruskola: Comparing Chinese Assistant Director, Communications family and U.S. corporate law. Noon, October 21-November 3 Oregon Lawyer editor and writer Room TBA. Free. [email protected] MORSE CENTER PROGRAMS 2001-2002 Norma Allensworth This year’s Wayne Morse Chair holder is Thursday, December 6 Executive Assistant, External Relations Harvard professor and former public Thinking Aloud 2001-02 Law School Oregon Lawyer assistant editor defender Charles Ogletree, Jr. (541) 346- Public Lectures [email protected] 3700. www.morsechair.uoregon.edu. Prof. Tseming Yang: International Mike Lee environmental law, Noon, Room TBA. Free. 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