OREGONOREGON LAWYERLAWYER FALL 2000 UNIVERSITY OF OREGON SCHOOL OF LAW ALUMNI NEWSLETTER

CONTENTS DEAN’S MESSAGE 2

DEAN HOLLIS LEGACY 4

TOM FOSTER SCHOLARSHIP 6

NEW ASSISTANT DEAN FOR

EXTERNAL RELATIONS 6

CENTURY OF SERVICE RETIRES 7

UO-LVIV PARTNERSHIP 9

LAW SCHOOL TASK FORCE 12 The Legacy of DEPUTY ATT. GEN. SCHUMAN 14 NEW FACULTY 16

Orlando Hollis FACULTY PROFILES 18 1904–2000 CLASS NOTES 21 CLASS OF ’50 REUNION 26

DONOR HONOR ROLL 27

LAW & ENTREPRENEURSHIP 35 DEAN’S MESSAGE The Many Gifts of Alumni and Friends As a dean, there are weeks–even months–when I last year ranged from the multi-million dollar bequest feel more like a panhandler than a legal educator. A of Dean Emeritus Orlando John Hollis to a transforma- very substantial part of my first two and a half years at tional ADR program underwriting to substantial Oregon were spent looking friends and alums in the additions to named scholarships to a basketball from a eye trying to get into their pockets. And as our new first year law student with a whole lot of support in building proudly demonstrates, a substantial number between. We are deeply grateful to all of our donors. opened up their hearts as well as their wallets, purses We have alumni donors we are working with to and stock portfolios. Our alums and friends did what a help finish their million lot of folks thought impossible–raising the money to dollars of gifting and finish paying for the new Knight Law Center. others we are helping There were months on end when I felt people were provide tax opportuni- running in the other direction when they saw me ties to support them- coming. During this time, I was constantly reminded of selves and their families a story told by Ethel Krepps, one of the first Kiowa while creating a nest egg Indian lawyers. Ethel reports one Indian’s response to for the law school. We the fundraising of the white missionaries. also have substantial donors who cannot afford large sums who ‘We are truly grateful for all that contribute twenty-five or fifty or a hundred Dean Rennard Strickland this represents–or the continued vote dollars. We are truly grateful for all that this of confidence in what a first quality represents–for the continued vote of confidence in what law school means to the state and to a first quality law school means to the state and to the profession. the profession.’ An equally important part of this thanksgiving message is to show our appreciation to those who help us out in ways that go beyond dollars. There are Once after a church service the missionaries asked important and diverse ways our alums and friends for a collection as they always did. One old Kiowa man donate to the law school. These extend far beyond stood up and pulled some change from his pocket and dollars and cents. Time and reputation are, in many looked at it long and hard. He seemed reluctant to give ways, the greatest contributions you make to the up his last bit of money. Old Mookeen stood there and University of Oregon School of Law. These include: the squared his shoulders and spoke to one of the mission- high level of professionalism that you demonstrate in aries in broken English, “Whatza matter this Jesus–he your daily practice, the mentoring you do with high all time broke?” school and college students who are considering law I am sure many of you feel this way when you get school, help with our annual fund, or serving as class our newsletter, a brochure about an upcoming event agent, speaking to a student roundtable, attending one and notes from your class agent or the alumni associa- of our Twenty-First Century Law School Forums. These tion. I hope you also know that your positive response donations also make a difference–a very real difference. creates “the margin of excellence” that makes the Remembering your days as a student, you should University of Oregon one of the great state law schools. be able to recall important interaction you had with the Our strong programs in law and entrepreneurship, bench and bar. Each year our supporters judge a international environmental law, legal research and number of moot court, advocacy, trial practice and writing, and ADR would not be possible without other competitors. private support. Others serve as mentors in both formal and The purpose of this column is to say “thank you” to informal programs. Recently, the Alumni Association’s all of you who gave to the building campaign, to the Portland Program has been cited as a model. Further- annual giving campaign, to the alumni association, to more, we have graduates who work with students on our special scholarship efforts and to a dozen or so professionalism and mock interviews as well as actual other student programs, support drives and even the bake and Indian taco sales. Gifts to the law school this Continued on Page 3

2 OREGON LAWYE R Gift from Galton to Support ADR University of Oregon School of Law graduate with ADR experts to incorporate ADR issues effectively Gary Galton, ’70, feels so strongly about the importance into their courses. of including alternatives to litigation in legal education The program will cover process options, strategies that he donated seed money to establish a new program and skills in a broad array of legal areas including at his alma mater. business, torts, family, labor, real estate, intellectual Galton, a labor lawyer from Lake Oswego, along property, public planning and policy, and community with his wife, Anne Marie, donated money to the UO and international relations. School of Law to establish the new Appropriate Dispute “I am very grateful to the Galtons, our faculty Resolution (ADR) Program. and administrators, for helping us establish the ADR Started this summer, the new program will expand program,” says Lisa Kloppenberg, an associate profes- upon previous ADR offerings at the law school and sor of law who directs the ADR program. “This will educate students about various ways in which disputes enable us to train students to be creative problem can be resolved, including negotiation, mediation, solvers who will be able to generate many options to arbitration and litigation. resolve disputes early and effectively.” “I often prevailed in court for my clients, but I ADR is a rapidly growing area of legal practice. began to question, what were they really ‘winning?’ The UO law school recently helped train mediators for When I considered the expense, lost opportunities, time the Environmental Mediation Pilot program involving spent and damaged relationships, it was clear there had the U.S. District Court for Oregon, the Western Justice to be a better way,” says Galton, who also operates a Foundation and the U.S. Institute for Environmental mediation practice in Palm Desert, California. Conflict Resolution. The UO law school has been incorporating The law school’s task force for the 21st century also courses in Appropriate Dispute Resolution into its received a significant amount of input from legal curriculum for many years and at one time operated a practitioners and the community at large about the federally funded mediation clinic. need for alternatives to litigation in legal education. The Galton gift will provide more comprehensive “ADR is one of the most important developments and consistent ADR offerings that will be integrated in the legal world today,” says Michael Hogan, chief into the traditional law school curriculum. Interested judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of faculty will receive financial support and consultation Oregon. “It is wonderful to see the UO law school increase its teaching and research in this area to im- prove the problem-solving skills of lawyers.” The Galton family has a history of giving to the Many Gifts UO law school. Gary Galton’s father, Herb Galton, is a 1938 graduate of the law school who established a UO Continued from Page 2 scholarship that Gary later supplemented. law school job interviews. We regularly call upon our Gary Galton also serves on the law school Board of friends to help in admissions by talking with applicants Visitors and volunteered his time as a guest lecturer at who are choosing between law schools. Currently, we the school. have a group who are working on the Twenty-First “This is a particularly meaningful gift because the Century Task Force preparing an analysis of how we Galtons have given to the law school in many ways, can make our programs worthy of Oregon’s history, including their time, ideas and long-term support,” tradition and new facility. says Rennard Strickland, UO law school dean. In short, you support and honor this law school by Associate Profesor Lisa Kloppenberg has been being a true and trustworthy member of the profession, named director of the program. of the family of law. This makes us thankful that we are, The first ADR Conference will be held Nov. 10 for so many of you, your other mother. And you, in and 11 in conjunction with Alumni Weekend to kick off turn, are as Judge Matthew Deady noted in 1884, on the the new program. CLE credits will be available. Judge opening day of our law school, “the keepers of the Dorothy Nelson of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals will conscience of the country.” It is for that, above all, that be featured as keynote speaker. The event will be part we say “thank you.” of a legal conference highlighting current ADR issues.

FALL 2000 3 Former Dean Hollis leaves Rich Legacy

Orlando John Hollis, the man School scholarship endowment for who served the School of Law as third year law students.” dean, professor, mentor and legal Public service also was a leader for 70 years, died March 1, priority to Hollis, as he served on 2000, at the age of 95. His death left the Eugene Water and Electric behind a vacuum, felt by those who Board for nearly a decade, begin- knew him over the decades, and a ning in 1931, and was secretary of legacy that will have an impact for the local Selective Service board decades to come. from 1940 until 1946. “He was always weighty in his Active in the Eugene Chamber thought and speech,” noted Gene of Commerce, he was Chamber Scoles, who followed Hollis as dean president twice, in 1948 and 1949. in 1968. “He was a person who He served on the Chamber’s prodded everyone around him to be aviation committee and champi-

intellectually honest. He made the Photograph by Robert Sogge oned aviation interests, including School of Law noted for its rigor Dean Orlando Hollis construction of the new Eugene and quality.” airport that was completed in 1990. Hollis was born August 20, hundreds upon hundreds of UO In 1980, the Eugene Chamber 1904, in Eugene. In 1928 he gradu- law graduates who have entered the honored him with its First Citizen ated from the University of Oregon legal profession, serving not only award. In 1997 a road to the airport School of Law and joined the law was named in his honor. school faculty the following year. In After leaving the school he 1945 he became dean of the Law practiced law with a Eugene firm School, where he served until “He was a person for several years. stepping down in 1967. He also served as chair of the During those 38 years, Hollis who prodded Governor’s Commission on Judicial earned the reputation as a tough but Reform from 1971 to 1975. From revered and beloved professor and everyone around 1974 to 1976, he served on the dean, not unlike the character Oregon State Bar Board of Gover- created by actor John Houseman in him to be nors. “The Paper Chase,” Scoles said. His wife, Marian, died in 1998. “He had a façade of formality and rigidity, but on a person-to- intellectually person basis he was charming and a In its Eighth Year great help to his students,” Scoles honest.” added. “He was an interesting Roundtable Features person to follow.” their own professional needs, but Another former dean, current Discussions, Speeches also the needs of the public in a UO President Dave Frohnmayer, variety of legal and community The School of Law’s Roundtable also remembered Dean Hollis with services. Lunches, now in its eighth year, again fondness and respect. A second legacy is the large proved highly successful and popular “In his long time here,” part of his estate that he earmarked with law students last year. Frohnmayer said, “Orlando Hollis for the law school. While the exact The programs are informal brought an insistence on excellence, amount remains unknown, it will discussions between small numbers inculcated a deeper sense of the make a significant impact on the of students and a featured guest. law’s vital role in society, and set an school, reports Matt Roberts, Speakers for 1999–2000 were: example of leadership and friend- assistant dean for external relations. Mary Ann Bearden ’78, Don ship that will be a hard act to “We are told,” Roberts adds, Bowerman, Don Costello, Carol follow. His legacy, indeed, is as one “that the Hollis estate, once out of Emory, Nadine Faith ’89, Jimmy Go of the giants of the University of probate, will be dedicated to the ’81, Helen Hempel ’91, Paul Loving Oregon School of Law.” creation of a named Chair for the ’93, Vivian Lee ’93, Carol Pratt ’98, His primary legacy remains the Law School and creation of a Law Peter Sandrock ’74, and Bill Wiley ’75.

4 OREGON LAWYE R Strickland Honored by More Award, Former Chief Justice, named as Delegate to Conference UO law professor dies after long career Rennard Strickland, dean and Knight Professor at the University of Oregon School of Law, received the St. Thomas More Award for lifetime Former Oregon Chief Justice contributions to the legal profession. The award is given annually by St. Kenneth O’Connell, who joined the Mary’s School of Law in San Antonio, Texas, for “a national achievement by faculty of the UO School of Law in an outstanding citizen to legal education, the legal profession or to govern- 1935, died February 18, after a long ment.” Strickland is the 40th recipient. illness. He was 90. Previous recipients include the late Leon Jawarski, Watergate special O’Connell, a highly regarded prosecutor; the late Archibald Cox, who served as U.S. solicitor general, jurist and legal scholar who during Watergate special prosecutor and Harvard law professor; Sister Helen his career directed the substantial Prejean, anti-death penalty activist and author of Dead Man Walking; revamping of Oregon law, was born Gabrielle Kirk McDonald, chief judge at the International War Crimes December 18, 1906, in Bayfield, Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia; Erwin Griswold, former dean of the Wisconsin. He graduated with degrees Harvard Law School and solicitor general of the United States; and retired from the University of Wisconsin Law Gen. Alexander Haig, former U.S. Secretary of State. School in 1933 and 1934. The only Oregonian to receive the award previously was Eugene Scoles, In 1958, he was appointed by professor and dean emeritus of the UO School of Law. Oregon Governor Robert Holmes to a In addition, Strickland was chosen in May to serve as a delegate to the vacancy on the Oregon State Supreme first-ever International Conference on Legal Education. Strickland was Court and afterwards was elected to chosen as one of 50 delegates from 30 countries, 15 of whom are from the three full six-year terms, serving the United States. last as chief justice, until retiring in The conference took place May 24-27 in Florence, Italy, and was the first 1977. During the 1950s and 1960s, international conference of legal educators with the goal of studying and O’Connell earned distinction for his comparing the educational process for teaching law. Strickland, who service to the commissions that attended the conference as a representative of the Law School Admission revised the state constitution and Council, spoke about “Creating Opportunity: Admissions in U.S. Legal produced the Oregon Revised Stat- Education.” The conference is sponsored by the Association of American utes. Law Schools as part of its centennial year celebration. He also received numerous “This was an exciting opportunity to represent the U.S. and the Univer- awards during his career, including sity of Oregon at a gathering that brought together great legal minds for the the UO’s Distinguished Service Award purpose of discussing international cooperation in legal education,” says in 1967, the law school’s Meritorious Strickland. Service Award in 1985, and a distin- Strickland is a leading authority on Native American law and the first guished service award in support of person in legal education to have served as both president of the Association civil liberties from the American Civil of American Law Schools and chair of the Law School Admission Council. Liberties Union of Oregon. He became dean of the UO School of Law in 1997. He has been actively He is survived by his wife, Esther, involved in the resolution of a number of significant Indian cases and issues two sons, two stepsons and a step- including fishing rights, tribal constitutions, gaming, cross-deputization of daughter. tribal law enforcement officers and tribal court actions. Nineteen in Class of 2000 named to Order of Coif Twelve Oregonians and seven science, with a minor in philosophy. the Coif are: Ryan Babcock, Melinda out-of-state students have been Prior to deciding on law school, he Dus, Peter Dworkin, Michael named to the Order of the Coif, had considered a career in medicine Jacque, Ryan Kahn, Megan representing the top 10 percent of and had operated a business in Hamilton, Janice Mackey, Lisa the graduating class of 2000. Eugene for pressure washing McGimpsey, Clifton Molatore, Oregonian Kyle Anderson was windows. Suzanne Powell, Daniel Robertson, ranked number one in the class. Currently he is clerking for Smilie Rogers, Wendy Rossiter, Anderson, who was on the staff of Judge Alfred T. Goodwin in Califor- Mary Sajna, Colin Savoy, Diana Oregon Law Review, received his nia. Shukis, Sandra Szczerbicki, and undergraduate degree in general Others named to the Order of Sean Waters.

FALL 2000 5 Fun Run Dedicated to Tom Foster Close to 300 runners raised more than $6000 in the first annual Tom Foster Fun Run on April 22. Dedicated to the life of Foster, a third-year law student who died on December 21, 1999, the race helped endow a scholarship in Foster’s honor. Foster, 28 when he died, was executive director of the Journal of Environmental Law and Litigation, worked for the dean of the School of Law and was an active participant in patent moot court. But more than anything, according to friends and family, he enjoyed life. Running daily was a part of that enjoyment. “He loved life. He never wanted to have any regrets about Runners cross the finish line in a run raising money for a scholarship in the name of their anything,” friend and running classmate who exemplified the spirit of life. partner Matt Mattson told an Oregon Daily Emerald reporter he’d get after a long run.” Those wishing to contribute to shortly after Foster died. “He The five-kilometer race was the Tom Foster Scholarship should wanted to live every day to the held on the pathways that run along contact Connie Tapp at the school of fullest. Running went along with the north side of the Willamette law, (541) 346-3800. his love for life; he loved the feeling River near Autzen Stadium. Roberts to Manage External Relations Matt Roberts, most recently conducted a university as assistant to the director of the University of national provost for development. Oregon’s Annual Giving Program, search and His background in develop- has been named the law school’s believe we ment began in 1993 after he left a new assistant dean for external found the career in television market research relations. In the position, Roberts best appli- in Los Angeles and moved to will be responsible for managing cant.” Eugene, serving as director of the school’s comprehensive “I’m marketing and development for fundraising and alumni relations excited by both the Eugene Ballet Company programs, board relations, alumni the chal- and the Oregon Festival of Ameri- events and program development. lenge and can Music. “While replacing Jane (former opportunity here at the School of Roberts has a B.A. in Commu- Director of Development Jane Gary) Law,” Roberts says. “Building nications Studies from the Univer- will be impossible,”says Dean closer ties with alumni, increasing sity of California, Santa Barbara, Rennard Strickland, “we are our fundraising and finding and did work in the Telecommuni- confident that Matt brings experi- creative ways to improve the cations M.A. program at San Diego ence and dedication to this job that school, head my priorities.” State University. will enable him to build on the Prior to Roberts’ work at foundation Jane created. We Annual Giving, he served the

6 OREGON LAWYE R School Retires more than Century of Service Editor’s note: We take this opportuntiy to look at the careers of four retirees from the law school.

MARY LAWRENCE Associate Professor and Director of the Legal Research and Writing Program at the University of Oregon, Mary Lawrence, retired in May 2000 after an illustrious 22- year career teaching in and admin- istering the program. Lawrence was born in Scotland and attended the University of St. Andrews from 1949–51. She later attended Michigan State University Mary Lawrence Don Brodie where she received her B.A. (En- glish) in 1960 and M.A. (English) in She likewise had an enormous 1962. After receiving her M.A. she Colleagues Establish effect on some of the teachers who began her teaching career as a worked in her program, as well as writing specialist. She taught Lawrence Endowed the thousands of students who English and English as a Second Scholarship studied under her guidance. Language at Ohio University, the Although she has retired from University of Pittsburgh, and St. for Excellence the Directorship of the LRW Mary’s College (Indiana) during Program she continues to work in 1963–1967. She was the Coordinator To honor Mary Lawrence, the field. Along with Paul Benecke, of Writing Classes for the English her law school colleagues and an instructor in the LRW Program, Language Institute at the University friends among the Bar and the she has a contract with Lexis of Michigan from 1967–74 when she LRW community have created Publishing for an on-line electronic left to attend the UO Law School, an endowed scholarship fund text book focusing on legal analysis receiving her J.D. in 1977. Her book, that will result in an annual and titled “How to Read and “Writing as a Thinking Process” award to a law student who Analyze the Law.” It is due to be (University of Michigan Press, 2d has demonstrated excellence in available on-line in early 2001. Ed 1996) is a highly regarded text LRW. Lawrence has also co-authored for English as a Second Language. Those interested in contrib- an article with Brendon Baxter for LRW was her second teaching uting to this fund should make the fall 2000 issue of the ABA career. checks payable to: periodical, Experience. She continues Lawrence was appointed UO Foundation/Law to work on projects for the law Director of the Program in 1978. In School, and can be sent to school. founding the current program she Connie Tapp, School of Law, She is currently looking into created one of the first programs in 1221 University of Oregon, what Oregon’s judiciary and law the nation that employed full-time Eugene 97403. Note that it is for firms want law clerks and associates instructors who were law gradu- the Mary Lawrence Scholar- to be able to do concerning legal ates. This is now the model nation- ship. research and writing upon gradua- wide. She received the Award for tion. Distinguished Service to the She will be working with Profession from the American Law Award from the Association of upper-level law students on their Schools Association (AALS) Section Legal Writing Directors. The portfolios, and preparing material on Legal Writing, Reasoning & meeting included more than 300 for pre-law students who are non- Research in 1996. At the Legal LRW professionals and the award native speakers. Writing Institute at the University was, in Mary’s words, “the best of Seattle, on July 20, 2000, she was thing that ever happened to me the first recipient of the Rombauer professionally.” Continued on page 8

FALL 2000 7 and link information, he wonders When a second legal quarterly, Retirements what information gets lost in the the Journal of Environmental Law Continued from Page 7 process. In looking at photography, and Litigation was started in 1985, he wonders what isn’t shown in the she was assigned to oversee its picture. In general, Don’s creative publication. DONALD BRODIE thinking is sparked by his question- She received the Classified Staff Professor Donald Brodie, the ing what we lose, perhaps uninten- Employee Recognition Award in first faculty member at Oregon to tionally, by what we gain. He is a 1989. develop and teach courses in wonderful colleague and friend.” alternative dispute resolution, has retired. Brodie joined the UO Law Faculty in 1967. His scholarship and teaching centered on administrative law, labor law, the legal profession and law firm management. Brodie has been a national leader in applying computer technology to classroom teaching. Since the late 1970s he experimented with many software programs and hardware configurations to bring the latest developments in com- puter-assisted instruction to the attention of his students and colleagues. He taught seminars in Two retirees, Maxine Lee and Marilyn Cooper, outside the Knight Law Center. computers and the law, and in high- technology and the law. MAXINE LEE MARILYN COOPER Born in 1936, he received his From Fenton Hall to what is Marilyn Cooper, who began her B.A. from the University of Wash- now Grayson Hall to the William career at the law school as an office ington in 1958, and his law degree W. Knight Law Center, Maxine Lee clerk in the law school’s admissions (LL.B.) from NYU in 1961. He has, by all accounts, gone beyond office in 1976, retired earlier this served as staff counsel to the U.S. the call of duty in her work for the year as a vital Computer Support Senate Committee on Commerce, School of Law. Analyst. 1965–1967. His books include Starting as a temporary From 1978 until 1982, she “Individual Employment Disputes; employee in 1968, she was quickly served as faculty secretary. With the Definite And Indefinite Terms moved to a regular appointment, advent of the first word processing Contracts,” 1991; “School Contract where she served as a clerk typist, equipment, she became the technol- Language” (with co-author), 1983; secretary, file clerk, receptionist, ogy support trainer and coordinator and “School Grievance Arbitration” and all around indispensable for these early computers. (with co-author), 1982. In addition employee. When a three-foot For her outstanding service, she to his many scholarly articles, Don snowfall paralyzed the community received the Classified Employee has published several pieces, in 1969, Lee made it to work and Recognition Award in 1993. including oral histories, about the kept things running. history of the law school. “Don has Following the move from this wonderful curiosity about how Fenton, she was asked to allocate things work,” says friend and half of her time to manage and colleague, Law Librarian Professor conduct the entire operation of the Dennis Hyatt. “I know his fascina- Oregon Law Review. tion with computers is a carry-over In this work she utilized her from his long-held interest with cars computer skills to organize the and engines, cameras and photogra- editorial work, manuscript produc- phy, and the history of technology. I tion and transmission to the enjoy observing his restless mind at printers, as well as overseeing the work. For example, in looking at the subscription service and distribu- ways computer programs pattern tion.

8 OREGON LAWYE R FRIENDSHIPS, PROGRAMS STRENGTHENED UO–Lviv Partnership Enriches Faculty Perspectives In his book “The Lexus and the Olive Tree,” author Thomas Fried- man writes about the disappearing national boundaries as capital, technology and information create a system that replaces the Cold War of the 20th century with the global- ization of the 21st. Law, vital as it is to all areas of life and commerce, finds itself in the middle of this process. Thus the importance of the “Lviv Connection,” between law faculties in the Ukraine and those at the University of Oregon.

GENESIS OF THE OREGON–LVIV UNIVERSITY PARTNERSHIP Professor Dom Vetri at a citizen’s meeting in Ukraine PROPOSAL In Fall 1997, Professor John in 1993 to manage its Rule of Law practice the ideas of legal reform Bonine learned of the University grant making project in Ukraine. that she and others were teaching in Partnership program of the United He chose Professor Jim Mooney of the classroom. Ecopravo started States Information Agency. He the UO Law School to manage a using the judicial system of Ukraine proposed to the UO Law School and program of faculty exchanges with to defend citizen’s rights and to Professor Kravchenko in Lviv law schools in Ukraine. Under the created training seminars through- that the UO submit a grant pro- UO law faculty exchange, Profes- out the country for citizens, pros- posal to USIA/BECA. Professor sors Mooney, Garrett Epps, Jon ecutors, judges, lawyers, and others. Kravchenko also proposed that a Jacobson, and Margie Paris each new law school in Lviv, Ukraine, be went to different law schools in THE PARTNERSHIP’S FOUR brought into the proposal as well as Ukraine, giving lectures, in 1994. ELEMENTS the Law School of the Lviv Acad- Also in 1994, during his emy of Commerce. The effort sabbatical, Professor Bonine • Faculty Exchanges proposed support for international traveled through Ukraine. He spent The first visitor chosen for the law, environmental law, and a few days in Kiev, where the exchange program was Docent business law. people he met included Professor (Associate Professor) Iryna Voytyuk In summer 1998 the Law School Svitlana Kravchenko of Lviv of the Lviv Academy of Commerce. learned that it had been successful National University. Bonine She spent a month in Oregon in and that, in fact, it received one of returned in 1995 to Ukraine, to Fall 1998, returning to Lviv with the highest funding levels for a participate in the first Conference of particular plans to create a Business University Partnership, $270,000 for Environmental Lawyers of Central/ Law Clinic. three years. Eastern Europe and the former The second visitor was Profes- Soviet Union, organized by Profes- sor Gilbert Carrasco, visiting HISTORY OF OREGON–UKRAINE sor Kravchenko and the young professor of constitutional law in LAW SCHOOL CONTACTS lawyers in the public-interest Oregon, who spent two weeks in Members of the University of environmental law firm that she Lviv in Spring 1999. Oregon Law Faculty and law had started, Ecopravo-Lviv. Professor Bonine also made two faculties in Ukraine have had Meanwhile, Professor one-week visits to Lviv in Fall 1999 contacts going back to at least 1994. Kravchenko’s environmental law to do team-teaching at Lviv Na- UO Law alumnus Michael firm had received funding from the tional University and LAC. Goldstein (a lawyer in Eugene) was American Bar Association and chosen by the U.S. Agency for USAID’s Rule of Law projects. She International Development (USAID) and her staff put into actual Continued next page

FALL 2000 9 The exchange program deep- ened in Fall 1999 with the full- semester visit to Oregon by Assis- tant (Assistant Professor) Oksana Flowers, Classes and Cool Drinks– Oleksiv. It then broadened still more with the semester-long visits by two It was a Great Time Ukrainians to Oregon in Spring 2000, Professor Svitlana The exchange between Eugene and Lviv is more than an Kravchenko, Docent (Associate interaction between institutions - it also is an opportunity for Professor) Taras Levitsky, and a 2- people to meet people, and in the process to experience new 1/2-month visit by Docent (Associ- friendships and the beginnings of lasting relationships. ate Professor) Irina Zaverukha. This Spring the exchange Following are edited excerpts from e-mail messages sent program also deepened, with to UO law faculty from Professor Dom Vetri and Associate Professor Kravchenko and Docent Dean Jane Gordon during their visit to Lviv last spring. Levitsky participating as team- teachers or teachers in classes in From Dom Vetri: Oregon. Spring 2000 also included a • Dear people, I arrived Tuesday evening at 2:30 p.m. local two-week visit by incoming Oregon time after leaving Monday at 6 a.m. A long grueling flight. Professor Barbara Aldave, the new After some hassles about medical insurance at customs, I got Director of Oregon’s Law and through and was greeted by four people and their children Entrepreneurship Program, and her with a big bouquet of flowers. I felt like a celebrity. Two of the husband Rafael Aldave, and greeters were Jane Gordon and her mother, Natalie. another colleague from Barbara’s • I was feeling good despite being up for 24 hours, former law school in Texas, Sue probably all the good cheer of my greeters, and we all went for Bentch. a walk through the old town, had a pleasant Ukrainian dinner This was followed by visits to with some dark Ukrainian beer, and then went for desserts at a Lviv by Professor Dom Vetri and cafe. It is shirtsleeve weather and very pleasant. The partner- Associate Dean Jane Gordon, in ship people are very friendly and helpful, trying in every way May, 2000. to make our stays productive and personally enjoyable. In Fall 2000, Docent Andriy • Later I met with Prof. Helena’s fourth year class of about Shkolyk and Aspirant Andriy 10 students and we had a most engaging discussion. This class Andrusevych will make visits to is on inter country trade disputes and I focused on product Oregon, one for at least a month liability problems. . . I treated the class like I would an Oregon and the other for the full semester. class and gave them a hypothetical and asked them to talk Other visits are still in the planning about it. I will set it forth at the end so that you have a good stage. idea of what we did together. You will enjoy the student comments on the class. • Clinical Legal Education In addition to the exchange From Jane Gordon: visits, the University Partnership • I heartily agree that we have learned a tremendous has seen a great deal of activity in amount about each other’s universities, countries, customs, two other areas: clinical legal histories and the hopes, dreams and troubles of our countries education and the Internet. and universities. We’ve talked about teaching and students Docent Iryna Voytyuk made and administration and this cannot happen without the good on her promise to start a willingness of everyone to take the time to do it! Business Law Clinic, which opened • . . . this also raises some interesting questions for the its doors in Fall 1999. Assistant Irina partnership: what can we do to truly involve more people at Tustanovska at Lviv National both universities? How can we be sure to continue these University has reinvigorated the relationships in a meaningful way — that is not only these Environmental Law Clinic there, precious new friendships, but also actual professional ex- while Assistant Zoryana Kozak has changes and growth? started a Labor Law Clinic. Com- puters are provided for the use of

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10 OREGON LAWYE R Partnership Continued from Page 10 these clinics and students trained on e-mail. Exchange visitors consult on organization and tasks for the clinics.

• Internet, E-mail, and Dis- tance Education The Oregon-Lviv University Partnership has been particularly active in its efforts to build an electronic partnership. The grant has been used to provide desktop computers in Lviv National University’s Departments of International Law, Civil Law, Constitutional Law, and Environ- mental Law, and in the Business Law Clinic of Lviv Academy of Commerce. The grant has also been Associate Dean Jane Gordon, her mother, Natalie, and Professor Dom Vetri receive tour of the used to purchase some laptop historical city of Lviv. computers, and several modems to allow Partners in Lviv with home established both a basic and an personal contact, remote e-mail, and computers to access e-mail and the advanced class in English for team-teaching among faculty Internet from home. participants. As the program members at all three participating An active electronic discussion evolves, the Partnership now plans universities. list has been created and nurtured, to provide basic instruction in the Exchange visits have included a and now has a strong life of its own. Ukrainian language as well, for full complement of social activities Faculty members in both Lviv and Oregon visitors to Lviv. to extend the partnering beyond Eugene exchange messages daily. A business hours. Teachers sit in on similar list has been created for • Books and Publishing faculty meetings at their partner clinic students, although the level of A final aspect of the Partner- schools, give special presentations, participation there is markedly ship is intended to be book and observe each other’s classes. lower. Participants in the Partner- authorship and publishing. This As the word spreads of the ship have also benefited from the part of the Partnership has not benefits of the Partnership, more generous donation of online started as quickly as originally and more faculty members are research accounts by Lexis and hoped. The Partnership has funds expressing interest in the program. Westlaw. for the publication of up to six It will be important for the partici- There are hopes that eventually books, using new teaching meth- pants to start thinking of a next the electronic links between the ods and approaches. The books are phase for the burgeoning Partner- schools can mature into actual to be published both in print ship between the law teachers at the “distance education” classes. format and on the Internet, for the University of Oregon, Lviv National use of other law teachers through- University, and Lviv Academy of • English and Ukrainian out Ukraine. Commerce. Additional funding Language Instruction must be sought, until the Partner- The University of Oregon’s THE PARTNERSHIP’S ship can become truly self-sustain- American English Institute has been FUTURE ing. The future seems bright, involved as an additional partner As the University Partnership however, simply because of the from the beginning, with each enters its final year of U.S. govern- enthusiasm and commitment of visitor to Oregon receiving inten- ment funding, all participants those who take part in the Oregon- sive classes or tutorials in legal seem to agree that the relationship Lviv University Partnership. English, English writing and other has been extremely positive. relevant classes. Friendships and collegial relation- In Lviv, the Partnership has ships are being forged through Continued on Page 11

FALL 2000 11 MEDIATION, COST, TECHNOLOGY EXPLORED Task Force Looks to the Future Change, even for the better, it has been noted, is not accomplished without a great deal of struggle. The MEMBERS OF THE OREGON LAW SCHOOL change experienced today in all areas of society touches TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY TASK FORCE nearly every aspect of our lives from the way we com- municate to the way we are entertained, from how Cynthia Fraser ‘87 Nicholas Rockefeller (Co-Chair) business is transacted to the way international borders Oregon Department of Perkins Coie LLP, Santa Monica, are becoming irrelevant. Transportation, Portland, Oregon California It is then, no surprise that education, and in particu- Carla Gary The Hon. Ellen Rosenblum ‘75 lar legal education, would be equally affected by this University of Oregon, Office of Multnomah County Circuit Court change - and even more importantly, that legal educators Multicultural Affairs, Eugene, Judge, Portland, Oregon Oregon should look at ways to address how the change should Gene Scoles, Professor Emeritus affect legal education in the next half century. The Hon. Ted Goodwin ‘51 (Co-Chair) For these reasons the School of Law established its U.S. Court of Appeals, Pasadena, University of Oregon School of Twenty-first Century Law School Task Force, co-chaired California Law, Eugene, Oregon by Board of Visitors Vice-chair Nicholas Rockefeller and Professor Lisa Kloppenberg Paul Wagner ‘00 Distinguished Professor and Dean Emeritus Eugene University of Oregon School of Portland, Oregon Law, Eugene, Oregon Scoles. The Task Force, named by Dean Rennard Ex Officio Members Strickland, also includes the president of the Law School Professor Jim Mooney Dave Frohnmayer Alumni Association, the president of the Student Bar University of Oregon School of President, University of Oregon Law, Eugene, Oregon Association, members of the judiciary, the faculty and the Professor Jim O’Fallon public, with the dean and the university president as ex- Ted McAniff Associate Dean, University of officio members. O’Melveny & Myers, Los Angeles, Oregon School of Law California Prominent in the areas being investigated by the Matt Roberts Task Force is the shift in the legal profession from a focus Carol Pratt ‘98 Assistant Dean for External on litigation as the primary means of resolving disputes Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Relations, University of Oregon Portland, Oregon to the use of negotiation and mediation, with lawyers School of Law serving as facilitators and problem solvers. “We’ve Rohn Roberts ‘79 Rennard Strickland discovered,” Scoles says, “that in many of these cases Arnold, Gallagher, Saydack, Dean, University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon that are litigated, nobody wins, especially in situations School of Law where relationships need to be maintained following the dispute. Mediation is an effort to resolve problems want is not necessarily their ‘day in court,’ but rather, without destroying relationships.” time going over the pros and cons of their case with an While the move toward mediation would not scrap impartial and helpful facilitator—someone to listen to the traditional law curriculum, it would mean a shifting them and empathize and help guide them to a just result. toward resolution by agreement rather than by adversity. “Law schools,” Rosenblum says, “would be doing a Agreeing that this approach should be explored is big service if they helped law students to understand Multnomah County Circuit Court Judge Ellen early on the value of this approach and how they can Rosenblum, Class of ‘75, also a member of the Task Force. best use mediators—at what stage of the proceedings to “In my view,” she says, “ appropriate alternatives to both manage their litigation effectively and economically, traditional litigation should be explored in every course and to satisfy the psychological needs of their clients. I in law school—not just a special course in mediation. do not think that law schools should be ringing the death This should also be true for issues of ethics and profes- knell for traditional litigation.” sionalism. It makes more sense in context than on its own Another important area of investigation the Task somewhere. Force is reviewing is the increasing cost of legal educa- “This business of mediation,” she adds, “is not tion, and the resulting increased debt load with which really so new; negotiation has always been the lifeblood new lawyers enter practice. of legal practice. Negotiations have just become more “The most important impact of this for law school formalized and, to some extent, taken out of the hands of graduates,” says Carol Pratt, of Davis Wright Tremaine the lawyers by trained mediators, many of whom are and a Task Force member, “is that the debt constricts the lawyers , but many are not. The results of professional choices, forces the graduates to seek out high paying jobs mediation have demonstrated that what most litigants in large law firms.

12 OREGON LAWYE R “When you come out of the UO with a debt load of At the same time, Scoles points out, this presents a $60,000 to $100,000, it doesn’t match well with choosing need to recognize differences in legal approaches to public interest law, government work or something for a common business and personal matters through a study nonprofit.” of comparative law, an increase in the number of multi- Another trend Pratt has observed since her gradua- lingual lawyers, and a generally increased understand- tion two years ago is what she calls a kind of “Wild West” ing of the different perspectives that parties to an culture—the influence of the youth dominated “Silicon international transaction bring to the table. Valley” type of firms that can pay high salaries and tend Other topics being looked at include: Advancing to want people who are “hip on tech.” No three piece Professionalism; Racial, Ethnic, and Gender Justice and suits here, she says, it’s a “polo shirt and khakis culture.” Diversity; Technology; The Lack of New Lawyers “This too,” she says, “influences the choices students Training and Mentoring; and The Need for Continuing make in law school.” Legal Education. “I feel sad,” she says, “that careers as public interest The key aspect of the Task Force study has been a lawyers have been and are being ruled out by young series of twelve forums held up and down the west people saddled with debt. I also am concerned that young coast from Los Angeles to Seattle and over the State of lawyers may feel trapped in certain jobs that are not ideal Oregon. These forums assure that concerns of a wide range of members of the legal profession and the community at large are considered in the findings of the Task Force. ‘We’re trying to identify concerns, The forums were held in diverse locations where approaches, allocations, and substantial numbers of Oregon Law School graduates practice. Representative alumni in each area were technologies that the law school invited to attend and offer their views. The discussions were detailed, serious and enthusiastic. The views of needs to address . . .’ constituents in other areas have been solicited by interview and correspondence. —Gene Scoles “We’re trying to identify concerns, approaches, allocations, and technologies that the Law School needs to address in program planning for the future,” Scoles for them by this debt. I see this as the ‘dirty little, not so says. “And the need for mutual effort among the secret, secret’ of legal education — and probably other profession, the public and the educators is paramount.” graduate education as well.” The Task Force is aiming for completion of its initial Both Rosenblum and Pratt have thoughts on possible findings by the spring of 2001. solutions, though no consensus has yet been reached by The Task Force welcomes further comments from the Task Force. any interested persons. Please contact Connie Tapp at “I would like to see more debt forgiveness possibili- (541) 346-3800 or email [email protected] or fax to ties created by the school and others,” Rosenblum says, (541) 346-1564. “so that lawyers can go into fields of law that are desper- ate for their assistance, and yet, do not pay well enough to allow them to provide for families and make their Conference Features Coif Lecture monthly loan payments.” “The debt load is also a matter of state finances,” The evolution and impact of law in the United Pratt points out. “In-state tuition is pretty high at the UO States, from Wall Street to everyday culture, was in comparison to other law schools. It’s time to put this on explored during a two-day conference at the University the plate of the legislators.” of Oregon School of Law, March 10–11. Pratt also suggests doing a better job of connecting “Community.Law.Power: New and Critical Ap- third-year law students with career opportunities earlier proaches to Law and Economics,” was the theme of the by making paid practical experience a part of the curricu- conference, sponsored by the law school’s Law and lum. Entrepreneurship Center. Increased internationalism and the globalization of The conference took a multidisciplinary approach practice is another key area the Task Force is looking into. to looking at the law, from the way the stock market is “Today,” Scoles explains, “clients are engaged in a mobile, regulated to the social norms around such behaviors as international society that we as legal educators need to be smoking in public places. attuned to. There is a reduction in the importance of The conference also included this year’s Order of borders, in fact, a total disregard of borders in many the Coif lecture, featuring Robert D. Cooter, law transactions.” professor, University of California, Berkley.

FALL 2000 13 FOnAFACULTY the Record with Deputy AG Schuman Oregon Lawyer editor’s note: Oregon Lawyer thanks the function of a constitution is in a polity. That sort of Eugene Register-Guard for permission to reprint this thing. I call that a theoretical perspective as opposed to article, which appeared in its August 21, 2000, issue. a partisan perspective. That gives me a kind of mooring when I approach a particular problem. BY DAVID STEVES Q: How much of your job deals with constitutional The Eugene Register-Guard issues vs. more routine legal issues? A: It’s probably 50/50, but that’s because in Oregon David Schuman traded his position as constitu- the initiative and referendum are in the constitution. An tional scholar and associate dean at the University of enormous amount of my time and the time of other Oregon law school to serve as deputy to Attorney assistant attorneys general, not to mention the Supreme General Hardy Myers when he took office in 1997. Court, is spent dealing with, in one way or another, the Although he had planned to stay only two years, initiative process - everything from drafting ballot Schuman remained in the position for nearly four years. titles, which is something the attorney general’s office As the Department of Justice’s top appointed attorney, has to do by statute, to defending our draft of ballot Schuman oversees all the legal matters dealt with by titles against challengers, to interpreting sometimes what is, in effect, the ambiguous measures after they’ve been passed or state of Oregon’s law sometimes before they’ve been passed in the form of an firm. attorney general’s opinion, to defending them if they do pass. That just takes up a huge amount of time. R-G Editor’s Note: This So if you regard that as constitutional law, that is an ongoing series of takes up a big chunk. If you’re referring to more question-and-answer traditional constitutional things like free speech cases, sessions with key separation of powers cases, equal protection cases, political figures at the that’s a much smaller area, although it’s a much bigger state Capitol. The area of my particular practice than it is in the rest of the interviews are con- department because I’m interested in it and I get to ducted by The Register- choose what I do. Guard and radio station Q: Given the enormous workload created by KLCC. This interview initiatives, such as you’ve just described, how would of David Schuman by you reinvent the initiative system? Register-Guard A: I would reduce the workload in the ballot title reporter David Steves area by not having the attorney general and the su- and KLCC reporter preme court involved in drafting, defending and Naseem Rahka aired judging ballot titles for measures that never reach the August 21. ballot. We had 166 proposed measures during this last election cycle and 26 of them made the ballot. Q: It’s an inter- And yet all 166 had to have attorney general- esting transition you made from legal scholar to deputy drafted ballot titles. They had to stay open for a week to attorney general. What kind of perspective does that allow people to comment on them and object. Many of allow you to bring to your job? them were challenged in court. The whole process A: In many ways I feel like I moved from the occupied an enormous amount of time and it turned grandstands to the playing field. As a professor and a out to be wheel-spinning because these didn’t make the scholar, I was much more of a critic who occasionally ballot in any event. So it seems to me that one simple hoped that something I screamed out might somehow and fairly straightforward reform would be to reduce get the attention of one of the players. As the deputy the amount of work that both the attorney general’s attorney general, I’m a player and it’s much more office and the supreme court do on measures that don’t interesting in many ways and it’s much more exciting. make the ballot. I think coming from an academic background gave Q: Without a ballot title when initiatives are being me a certain kind of theoretical framework that people circulated for signatures, wouldn’t this make more who go from law school into practice don’t have. So I difficult the job of explaining what the measure does? spent a lot of time thinking about how a constitution A: For some measures, for short measures, signa- should be interpreted. What a constitution is. What the ture-gatherers could simply have the text itself. But for

14 OREGON LAWYE R those initiatives that are complicated or long enough they are almost always challenged and often they’re that they would need a ballot title, you could have ballot tossed because they’ve got legal or constitutional prob- titles drafted by some sort of committee, a nonpolitical lems. group. For example, two people chosen by the propo- A: One thing would be to encourage people who nents, two people chosen by opponents and one person are going to draft and submit constitutional amendments chosen by the other four. They could draft a ballot title or other initiatives to run them by Legislative Counsel that would be adequate, that would be sufficient for the before they turn them in. They already can do that. purpose of gathering signatures. Legislative Counsel will look at proposed initiatives and The real fight over ballot titles seems to be over render informal advice, completely voluntary. No one minutiae: Where does a comma go? Are you going to has to take this advice. use this word or that word because of the connotation. Unfortunately people who tend to avail themselves That sort of thing can influence an election because to the initiative process have such a deep-seated distrust people see the ballot title and that’s usually all they see. of government that they often fail to take advantage of this. I don’t know if there would be some way to compel them to do that by statute. That would probably be If someone has a fairly complex politically difficult. Another thing that could be done, and I’m not saying this would be a particularly good measure, they’ll submit it in three or idea, would be to change the constitution so that the courts could pass judgment on the constitutionality of four or five slightly different forms. proposed measures before they’re enacted. Currently under the constitution the way it’s written, you can’t do It’s like a menu, and they ultimately that because the case is not a real case; it’s hypothetical. get to choose their favorite one. Q: One of the measures on the ballot was sponsored by Bill Sizemore’s Oregon Taxpayers United to prevent Meanwhile, we’re out there drafting the Legislature from doing anything to the initiative system. What do you think of this? five or six ballot titles and everyone A: I think it’s probably unnecessary because the Legislature is already so nervous about changing the knows that only one is going initiative system. They’re reluctant to do it in any event. If you look back over the last few biennia, you can see anywhere, if that. that there really have been no significant legislative changes to the initiative process. Even with the change that was going to be instituted by ballot-measure in the But in terms of whether you’re going to sign a petition or last election—it would have raised the number of not, I don’t think that kind of technical distinction makes signatures you need to get a constitutional amendment that big of a difference. on the ballot—was defeated by a huge margin. So I think Q: A lot of initiative sponsors do what’s called “title people who are in politics in the state of Oregon under- shopping.” Could you explain this? stand that the initiative system is off limits to tinkering. A: That’s one sort of abuse of the current system. If So I think the Sizemore initiative is unnecessary. someone has a fairly complex measure, they’ll submit it in three or four or five slightly different forms. It’s like a menu, and they ultimately get to choose their favorite OREGON LAWYER Fall 2000 Volume 16, No. 1 one. Meanwhile, we’re out there drafting five or six Newsletter of the School of Law ballot titles and everyone knows that only one is going of the University of Oregon, © 2000 anywhere, if that. Rennard Strickland DEVELOPMENT Another abuse is that people will challenge ballot DEAN titles in order to run out the legal process so that there’s Jim McChesney Matt Roberts EDITING less time for the signature-gathering process. This ASST. DEAN FOR EXTERNAL David Goodman process can’t begin until the Supreme Court has certified RELATIONS a ballot title. With their docket the way it is, especially DESIGN/PRODUCTION being clogged up by ballot-title challenges, sometimes Connie Tapp Jack Liu ASST. DIR. OF DEVELOPMENT that reduces the amount of time people have to gather PHOTOGRAPHY signatures by months. So it’s a strategic thing people do Ginger Bellino (541) 346-3865 SECRETARY, ALUMNI AND and it’s another abuse of the system. Facsimile (541) 346-1564 Q: What about the wording of these measures, which are often written by nonlawyers. When they pass [email protected]

FALL 2000 15 New Faculty Bring Variety to School

Suzanne Rowe Barbara Aldave Judy Giers

Andrea Coles Bjerre Tony Waters Scott Optican

New faculty at the Law School ing law school, she worked for U.S. at Florida State University College for the 2000–2001 school year Senator (later Governor) Lawton of Law for six years. include Suzanne Rowe as the new Chiles. She received her law degree Professor Rowe is an active Legal Research and Writing from Columbia University School of member of the Association of Legal Director, Barbara Aldave as the Law in 1989. At Columbia, she was Writing Directors and the Legal Director of Law and Entrepreneur- a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar and a Writing Institute. She has written a ship, and Judy Giers as a Legal member of the editorial board of the book on legal research and several Research and Writing Instructor. Columbia Journal of Transnational articles on teaching legal skills. Visiting professors for the 2000– Law. As director of the LRW pro- 2001 academic year are: Andrea After law school, Professor gram, Professor Rowe sets program Coles-Bjerre, teaching bankruptcy Rowe taught Lawyering Skills at goals and designs a flexible syllabus law; Tony Waters, and Scott University of San Diego School of that is used by all sections of LRW. Optican, filling in for Professor Law and clerked for Judge Rudi M. Embracing the trend toward Margie Paris who is on sabbatical. Brewster in the Southern District of technology, Professor Rowe decided California. She practiced law as a to give first-year students full- SUZANNE ROWE tax associate in Washington, DC, access LEXIS and Westlaw pass- Rowe received her undergradu- but then returned to teaching. words during orientation and to ate degree, cum laude, from the Before joining the faculty at Oregon University of North Carolina at this summer, she taught legal Chapel Hill in 1983. Before attend- writing courses and a tax practicum Continued on Page 17

16 OREGON LAWYE R 160 Students Graduate as the Y2K Class The University of Oregon’s first graduating class of the new millen- nium celebrated its achievement on Sunday, May 21, with the UO School of Law’s spring commence- ment. The law school ceremony, honoring approximately 160 graduates, featured Luke Cole, director of the California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation’s Center on Race, Poverty and the Environment, and a visiting professor at the University of California Hastings College of the Law, as its keynote speaker. The law school’s graduating class selected Cole as this year’s Class of 2000 graduates Samantha Nghi Dang, Clifton Molatore, Regan Sonnen, Mona McPhee commencement speaker. The and Sharnel Kovala. ceremony also included an address by Paul Wagner, president of the 1979. Previously, she served as a the Mexican to the Oregon borders. Law Student Bar Association, Doug Lane County Circuit Court judge, Through the center, he also pro- Hughes, who was selected by the worked in private law practice and vides legal and technical assistance third-year student body as the was a public school teacher. to attorneys and community groups graduating class speaker, and As director of the San Fran- involved in environmental justice Maurice Holland, UO professor of cisco-based Center on Race, Poverty struggles nationwide. law. and the Environment, Cole repre- Cole is on a six-month sabbati- Senior U.S. District Judge Helen sents low-income communities cal from the center and is teaching J. Frye, a 1966 graduate of the UO working to solve environmental environmental law as a visiting School of Law, received the 2000 problems. His work focuses on professor at Hastings College of the Meritorious Service Award during organizing, administrative advo- Law. the ceremony. President Jimmy cacy, litigation and legislation. Cole received his juris doctorate Carter nominated Frye, 69, a native He has worked with dozens of degree from Harvard Law School in of Klamath Falls, for the position of community groups in local 1989 and his bachelor of arts degree U.S. district judge in November struggles around California, from from Stanford University in 1984.

New Faculty Continued incorporate Internet research skills Karause, Lindsay & Nahstoll in Law from 1970 to 1973. throughout the year. Portland, and as an associate with Her teaching has been in such Johnson, Johnson & Harrang, in varied areas as Corporations, BARBARA ALDAVE Eugene. Securities Regulation, Constitu- Aldave graduated with distinc- From 1989 until 1998, she tional Law, Legal Writing, Civil tion with a B.S. in chemistry in 1960, served as dean and professor of St. Procedure, Law and Literature, and and was in the top 1 percent of her Mary’s School of Law, in San Discrimination. class when she received her J.D. Antonio. She also has taught at Aldave also has served as an from the University of California, Northeastern University School of expert witness in more than a dozen Berkeley, in 1966. Law, in Boston; University of Texas cases during the past four years. Combining professional School of Law, in Austin; University While dean of St. Mary’s she co- experience with teaching, she has of California School of Law, in worked as a legal researcher for Berkeley; and at the UO School of Continued on Page 34

FALL 2000 17 ”Greasers and Gringos: The Rela- Journalism Professor Deb Merskin’s FACULTY tionship Between Latino/a Stereo- undergraduate class, “Women, types and American Law and Minorities, and the Media,” on May PROFILES Policy.” 18, and in Professor Terri Associate Professor Carl Bjerre Robinson’s Jurisprudence class at Visiting Assistant Professor is working with a state bar group to the University of Hawaii Law Andrea Coles-Bjerre is one of this prepare School on July 21. year’s revised Forell and Matthews partici- recipients of UCC Article pated in several book signings the Ameri- 9 for around the country in the spring can Bank- enactment and summer. ruptcy Law by the The book has proven controver- Journal’s Oregon sial, as demonstrated by attorney fellowship legislature; Heidi Robinson’s book review in to attend the will be the July 2000 Oregon State Bar annual delivering a Bulletin and in letters in the Fall meeting of CLE 2000 issue of Oregon Quarterly the National presentation on that topic to the responding to an excerpt of the Conference of Bankruptcy Judges. Debtor-Creditor section of the bar in book in the Summer 2000 issue. Recipients will be honored at a September; and has been invited to In other non-book related meeting in Boston this Fall. participate in a symposium con- activities, Forell attended the cerning structured finance transac- Women, Justice and Authority Barbara Bader Aldave has been tions, sponsored by Duke Univer- Conference at Yale Law School on reappointed Counselor to the sity School of Law’s Global Capital April 28-30. She also has been Section of Markets Center, to be held in elected co-chair of the Faculty Interna- London next June. Advisory Committee which meets tional Law weekly with President Frohnmayer and Practice On April 12, the Women’s Law to provide advice and counsel on of the Forum and the UO Bookstore behalf of the university faculty. American hosted a Bar Associa- panel Professor Leslie Harris has tion for the discussion published a law review article, “A 2000-2001 and book Just and ABA year. signing in Proper In addition, the Wayne Division: she will serve on the Section’s Morse Property Council, chair two of its commit- Commons Distribution tees, and act as its Liaison to the of the Law at Divorce Commission on Women in the School to in Oregon,” Profession. celebrate the 78 Oregon Aldave holds the Loran L. publication of “A Law of Her Law Review Stewart Professor of Business Law Own,” written by UO Law School 735 (1999). chair and is director of the Law and Professor Caroline Forell and co- She also is Entrepreneurship Center. authored by Donna Matthews. working with Lee Teitelbaum, dean The Panel consisted of Maurice of the Cornell Law School, on the University of Oregon Law Holland, Oregon State Representa- manuscript for a textbook on School tive Kitty Piercy and Legal Aid Children and the Law which will be Professor attorney Steve Kanaga. Among published by Aspen. Steve those in attendance was UO In late August she also spoke Bender has President Dave Frohnmayer. about the meaning of “reasonable recently Novelist and social commenta- efforts” at the annual state Juvenile signed a tor Anna Quindlen described the Court Improvement Project Confer- contract book as “utterly persuasive” in her ence. with NYU op-ed piece “The Reasonable Press for his Woman Standard” in Newsweek on new book March 27. Forell was a guest titled, lecturer discussing the book in UO

18 OREGON LAWYE R Associate Profesor Lisa Professor Jim Mooney recently Professor Weiner is also Kloppenberg was named Director published “Hands Across the working on a book entitled, “Re- of the Water: The paving the Appropriate Continuing Road: Ten Dispute Conver- Women Talk Resolution gence of about Their Program in American Journeys Summer and from 2000. The Australian Harvard expanded Contract Law School ADR Law” in the to Professor program University of Law.” was made of New The book is possible by a generous gift from South Wales Law Journal. co-authored by 10 female law Gary and Anne Marie Galton. He spent his 1998 sabbatical professors who attended Harvard Kloppenberg spoke, along with year at UNSW, teaching and Law School together in the early Judge Michael Hogan, at the ABA writing about that subject. This 1990s. The essays and short stories Conference on Dispute Resolution year he plans to return to his work will discuss the authors’ experi- in April and will speak to the on the life and times of Matthew ences in law school. The book National Association of Women Deady, Oregon’s first federal explores how law school trans- Judges on constitutional law in district judge. formed and failed to transform the October. authors in its image, and how the She has a book forthcoming in Professor James O’Fallon’s authors in turn are now transform- 2001, entitled, “Playing it Safe: How book, “Nature’s Justice: Writings of ing law school in their images. the Supreme Court Sidesteps Hard William O. Cases and Stunts the Development Douglas,” Professor Wayne Westling, the of Law.” was Elmer Sahlstrom Senior Fellow in published Trial Law, Merv Loya, Assistant Dean and in Septem- says he is Director of Career Services, has ber by OSU happy to be been elected Press. back teach- to a three- O’Fallon ing full time year term as also (since a member of received the January the Oregon Outstand- 1999) after a State Bar’s ing Faculty Athletics Representa- yearlong House of tive Award from the All-American sabbatical. Delegates, Football Foundation in July, and His 1999 the State attended a seminar on Law and book supplement to Oregon Crimi- Bar’s Social Justice at Aspen Institute. nal Practice was published last legislative winter, and he has recently mailed Associate Professor Merle body. He is the first UO Law off the manuscript for the 2000 Weiner’s article, “International faculty member or administrator to Supplement. He wrote a commen- Child Abduction and the Escape serve in the House of Delegates. tary on the United States Supreme From Domestic Violence,” has been Loya is a member of the Court case of Portundo v. Agard, accepted for publication by Oregon State Bar’s Strategic which was published in the May Fordham Law Review. Professor Planning Committee, which works 2000 issue of the Oregon Criminal Weiner is now working on a with the Bar’s Board of Governors Defense Attorney. He wrote an op- comparative and international to identify and plan for the issues ed article for the Register-Guard family law casebook and statutory that face lawyers in the 21st century. about the desirability of videotaping supplement. The casebook and He is also a member of the State police interrogation, and is currently statutory supplement will be Bar’s Legal Services Program working on a larger essay on the published by Carolina Academic Committee, which oversees $3 same topic. million in state funds that go to Press, and are co-authored with Professor Marianne Blair. Legal Aid programs in Oregon. Continued on Page 20

FALL 2000 19 Carolina and Professor Patricia G. Laird Kirkpatrick, the FACULTY Roberts of Wake Forest Law School. Hershner Professor of Jurispru- Professor Scoles also wrote a dence, PROFILES lighthearted “non-law” piece in the continues to ABA Senior Lawyers magazine, serve as a Continued Experience, Vol. 10, No. 2, entitled Commis- In June he was a faculty “Gone to the Dogs,” describing his sioner ex member for NITA’s Northwest avocation with German Shorthair officio on Regional trial advocacy workshop Pointers. the U.S. in Seattle, and in October was a Professor Scoles serves on the Sentencing faculty member for its Pacific Council of the ABA Senior Lawyers Commission Regional workshop in San Diego. Division, and the Joint Editorial and as Westling was chair of the Board for Uniform Trusts and Counsel to university-wide Senate Budget Estates Laws. He is also co-chair of the Assistant Attorney General in Committee last year, serving even the Oregon Law School’s 21st charge of the Criminal Division at during his sabbatical. The Budget Century Task Force studying trends the U.S. Department of Justice. Committee was in the news because and changes in the legal profession His appointment in Washington of its proposal of a seven-year plan and the possible future program extends until the change of Admin- to increase faculty salaries across responses of the law school. istrations in January, when he will campus to levels competitive with return to law teaching. He reports other universities similar to the UO. Professor John Bonine traveled that his work is “varied and The proposal was adopted by the to Ukraine to oversee the Oregon- exciting, with new challenges facing University Senate and salaries were Lviv the Department every day.” boosted an average of 5 percent at University the end of last academic year. He Partnership continues to serve as chair of that in June, committee in the current academic followed by year. participa- LAW ALUMNI tion in the The third edition of the Scoles Guta VI WEEKEND and Hay Horn book on Conflict of conference November Laws was of environ- published mental 10–11, 2000 by West lawyers in Central/Eastern Europe Publishing and the Newly Independent States. Co. this Next, he participated, as a For detailed information, year. member of the delegation, in a call Ginger at (541) 346-3865. Professors diplomatic meeting of non-govern- Eugene mental citizen environmental Scoles and organizations, the Second Meeting Hay were of Signatories of the Aarhus Con- joined by vention on Public Participation in two additional scholars on this Environmental Decision making. edition, Symeon C. Symeonides, Following a side trip to France, now dean at Willamette Law School he traveled to Kenya and Tanzania. and Patrick J. Borchers, dean at In Kenya he gave a lecture at the Creighton Law School. University of Nairobi Law School The sixth edition of Scoles and and met with officials at the United Halbach, Decedents’ Estates and Nations Environmental Programme. Trusts was published this fall by In Arusha, Tanzania, he participated Aspen Publishing Co., successors to in the Annual Meeting of the Little, Brown. Two additional Environmental Law Alliance authors joined Professors Scoles and Worldwide (E-LAW), which he co- Halbach on the sixth edition of this founded 11 years ago, and also in widely used book, Professor Ronald the first All-African Environmental C. Link of University of North Law Conference.

20 OREGON LAWYE R Hardy Myers, ’64, Oregon’s Janet Metcalf, ’72, was ap- CLASS Attorney General, was appointed to pointed assistant attorney general the new Oregon Internet Commis- in the appellate division of the NOTES sion by Oregon Governor John Oregon Department of Justice. She Kitzhaber. The commission, created served as a clerk at the Oregon by the 1999 Oregon Legislature, will Court of Appeals after law school 1950–59 review the state’s Internet profile and was previously an assistant and position in the economy and attorney general before working as Noreen Saltveit McGraw, ’55, make recommendations about staff attorney for both the state opened a Central Oregon office in Internet commerce. appeals court and supreme court. March. She plans to continue her She was also a partner in a Portland mediation and arbitration services Helen Frye, ’66, received the law firm, where she had a diverse in the Bend area as well as the Meritorious Service Award from the appellate practice. Portland area. Noreen serves as the University of Oregon School of Law Multnomah Bar Association’s at the school’s spring commence- Douglas Erickson, ’74, has Delegate to the American Bar ment. Judge Frye has served as U.S. joined the law firm of Thompson Association. District Court Judge for twenty Hine & Flory years. Previously, she served as a LLP as a Edwin Peterson, ’57, was Lane County Circuit Court Judge, senior named Legal Citizen of the Year by worked in private law practice, and attorney in the Classroom Law Project. Citing as a public school teacher. The their Intellec- his tireless efforts in promoting award, the law school’s highest tual Property diversity, especially in the legal honor, is presented annually to a practice system, the Classroom Law Project person who has made extraordinary group also recognized Ed’s many accom- contributions to legal education and located in plishments in the legal profession the law. Dayton, including his tenure as former Chief Ohio. He will focus his practice on Judge of the Oregon Supreme 1970–79 all aspects of intellectual property Court. law including patent and trademark Donna Willard-Jones, ’70, was prosecution, intellectual property John Osburn, ’59, has joined elected to membership in the licensing, infringement matters, and the Portland law firm of Mersereau American Academy of Appellate patentability opinions. Prior to & Shannon, LLP as Of Counsel. His Lawyers. Founded in 1990, the joining the firm, Doug worked as a practice will continue to emphasize Academy recognizes outstanding patent attorney for the General school law, state and local govern- appellate lawyers, and promotes the Electric Company, the ment law, municipal finance and improvement of appellate advocacy Westinghouse Electronics Research public contracts. and the administration of the Center, and the U.S. Department of appellate courts. A solo practitioner Energy. Before becoming a patent 1960–69 in Anchorage, Alaska, Donna has attorney, he worked as an engineer served a three-year term as Secre- for Johns Hopkins University’s Thomas Howser, ’61, was tary of the American Bar Associa- Applied Physics Laboratory, chosen as Boss of the Year 2000 by tion, has been a member of the NASA’s Electronics Research Rogue Valley Law, Inc., an associa- House of Delegates since 1980, Center, Raytheon’s Missile Systems tion of legal secretaries. Tom, senior served a seven year term as a Division and MIT’s Instrumentation partner of Thomas Howser PC of member of the ABA Board of Laboratory. Ashland, was nominated by his Governors, and has been involved staff. with numerous American and local Jonathan Hoffman, ’75, was bar activities. elected president of the Oregon Walter Sweek, ’62, received the Association of Defense Counsel. He Multnomah Bar Association’s Wynn Gunderson, ’71, was is a partner in the Portland law Professionalism Award, arguably appointed Chair of the American office of Martin, Bischoff, the most prestigious lawyer award Bar Association’s General Practice, Templeton, Langslet & Hoffman. in the state. Wally is a partner in the Solo and Small Firm Section. He is a Portland law firm of Cosgrave, partner in the Rapid City, South Vergeer & Kester. Dakota law firm of Gunderson, Palmer, Goodsell & Nelson.

FALL 2000 21 Hollis McMilan, ’75, was industrial accident section and the collateral remedies and capital elected to the Board of Directors of general counsel to SAIF Corp. appeals unit in the appellate division the Multnomah Bar Association in of the Oregon Department of Justice. Portland. Patricia Sullivan, ’78, in her He previously headed the criminal third term as Malheur County unit in the appellate division. Katherine Foldes, ’76, was District Attorney, has won a elected vice president of the contested election for Circuit Court Lori Deveny, ’82, was elected Queen’s Bench. Judge. Her term begins in January, president-elect for Oregon Women 2001. Lawyers. She is a solo practitioner in John Gartland, ’77 has been Portland. named president of the Board of Kelly Hagan, ’79, received the Directors for Eugene’s Birth to Award of Merit from the David Miller, ’82, along with his Three for 2000–2001 . He is a Multnomah Bar Association at its former law partner Robert Wagner, partner in the Eugene law firm of annual meeting in Portland in has formed the new Portland law Doyle, Gartland, Nelson, McCleery recognition of her outstanding firm of Miller & Wagner. David was & Wade, P.C. service to the profession, justice formerly a partner at Hoffman, Hart system and community. Kelly is a & Wagner. Barrie Herbold, ’77, has partner in the Portland law firm of become a Fellow of the American Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt. Greg Moore, ’82, has been College of Trial Lawyers. She is appointed Executive Vice President with Markowitz, Herbold, Glade 1980–89 of Adams, Hess, Moore & Co., a 65- and Mehlhaf as a counsel. year old investment consulting and Derb Carter, ’80, received the stock brokerage firm. Greg consults Bob Newell, ’77, was elected 2000 National Wetlands Award for on investment securities and estate Treasurer of the Multnomah Bar his work in wetlands protection in planning issues involving invest- Association. He is a partner in the North and South Carolina. Derb ment securities. Portland law firm of Davis Wright was recognized for “outstanding Tremaine. wetlands program development.” Thomas Christ, ’83, was elected His most recent project is protecting to the Board of Directors of the John Cowden, ’78, was re- tens of thousands of coastal North Multnomah Bar Association in elected managing director of Carolina wetlands from unregu- Portland. Garvey, Schubert & Barer, a Port- lated drainage. land law firm. He practices admi- Kathie Rivers, ’83, has written a ralty and maritime litigation and Joshua Marquis, ’80, was second travel guidebook, “Standing currently represents the M/V New profiled in a lengthy article in Rocks and Sleeping Rainbows: Mile Carissa. Portland’s newspaper, The Orego- By Mile Through Southeast nian. Utah,”complete with detailed John Durkheimer, ’78, is now descriptions of the landscapes of the Chief Executive Officer for Jeff Matthews, ’81, received the Southeast Utah and includes photo- Global Telecom, located in Portland. Multnomah Bar Association’s graphs by her husband, John He formerly was a partner with the Award of Merit at their annual Plummer. Her first book, “Idaho’s Portland law firm of Lane Powell meeting in May in recognition of his Scenic Highways,” is a mile by mile Spears Lubersky. outstanding service to the profes- description of Idaho. Kathie left her sion, justice system and community. full-time law practice in 1996, where Joseph McNaught, ’78, was He is a partner in the Portland law she was a partner in the Ketchum, appointed as the assistant division firm of Yates, Matthews and Idaho law firm of Roark, Rivers & administrator of the general counsel Associates. Jeff also serves as a Phillips, to devote her time to travel division of the Oregon Department board member for Oregon Lawyers and writing. For further information of Justice. He joined the Against Hunger, a non-profit on her recent publication, click on department’s former industrial organization that assists the Oregon her website: http://home.rmci.net/ accident section of the civil enforce- Food Bank in the fight against greatvacations. ment division in 1987. He served in hunger. various capacities for the depart- Michael Esparza, ’84, has ment before becoming acting Tim Sylwester, ’81, has been changed his name to Michael attorney in charge of the former appointed as attorney in charge of Mortimer.

22 OREGON LAWYE R Chuck Wolfe, ’84, chair of company’s operations in the Chuck Sheketoff, ’88, and Foster Pepper & Shefelman PLLC’s Western United States, including Naseem Rakha are filled with joy Environmental Practice Group has offices in Seattle, Portland, San and love in announcing the birth of been elected Chair-Elect of the Francisco, Los Angeles, Phoenix their son, Elijah Rakha-Sheketoff, Washington State Bar Association and Las Vegas. Prior to assuming born March 8, 2000. Environmental & Land Use Section. this new position, Terry was the He will serve as Chair-Elect through General Manager for the company’s Donald Mooney, ’89, has Fall 2001 and as Chair during 2001- Southwest Region which included opened his own law office in Davis, 2002. The section has more than Phoenix and Las Vegas. He has 13 California. His practice will con- 1,100 members statewide. Chuck is years experience in the trade show tinue to focus on water rights, also Chair of the Planning & Law and event business having been one environmental law and public law. Division of the American Planning of the shareholders in Color & Association. In addition he is a Design Exhibits (an Oregon Corpo- Jon Muir, ’89, has joined frequent speaker and author on ration). Mellon Private Asset Management‚s environmental and land use topics. Newport Beach office as a senior Chuck has more than 15 years Joseph West, ’85, was elected a trust officer. experience in environmental, land shareholder in the Portland firm of use and administrative law in both Bullivant Houser Bailey. A member 1990–99 Washington and Connecticut. His of the firm’s real estate and business practice focuses on regulatory groups, he represents sellers, Dan Perlow, ’90, has been compliance counseling, redevelop- purchasers, lenders and borrowers named a manager for Niku Corpo- ment of properties impacted by in structuring, negotiating and ration. Dan is a product consultant. contamination and other regulatory documenting major real estate constraints, site remediation and transactions. He also assists profit Michael Thompson, ’90, has liability allocation, permitting, and non-profit clients with business become a partner in the Hood River, enforcement response, Clean Water and commercial law matters. Oregon law firm of Annala, Carey & Act and wetland issues, historic and Baker. cultural resource issues, due Lisa Maybee, ’87, has opened a diligence and administrative law office in downtown Eugene Greg Hazarabedian, ’91, was advocacy before regulatory agencies where she will focus her practice on elected president of the board of and staff. In addition, he recently business and personal injury directors of the Greater Douglas authored an article on litigation and general law. She was County United Way. Greg has “brownfields,” which appeared in previously with the Eugene law served on the board and several the Seattle Daily Journal of Com- firm of Arnold Gallagher Saydack committees of the United Way merce. Percell & Roberts. chapter for the past five years. He is a solo practitioner in Roseburg. Jeanne Chamberlain, ’85, has Michael O‚Connor, ’87, has been named chair of the litigation joined the litigation group of the Simon Harding, ’92, has department at the Portland law firm Portland law firm of Garvey, become a shareholder with the of Tonkon Torp. She has substantial Schubert & Barer as an associate. Portland law firm of Schulte, litigation and trial experience in His practice will focus on business Anderson, Downes, Aronson & state and federal courts. Her and civil litigation. He has been Bittner. practice emphasizes complex civil chosen this year’s recipient of the commercial litigation, including Multnomah Bar Association Robert Neale, ’92, reports that contract disputes, creditors’ rights, Volunteer in March, 2000, he accepted an shareholder disputes, employment Lawyers associate attorney position with the issues and injunction actions. She Project Sacramento, California offices of joined Tonkon Torp in 1988 and was Michael E. Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & named a partner in 1992. Haglund Pro Loewy, PC, a national immigration Bono Award, law firm. Terry Scannell, ’85, was recognizing promoted to Senior Vice President exceptional Andy Pharies, ’92, has been of Western Operations for pro bono promoted to partner of the San Exhibitgroup/Giltspur, the world service by a Diego law firm of Procopio, Cory, leader in exhibition marketing. He young lawyer. Hargreaves & Savitch LLP. He will be responsible for the

FALL 2000 23 practices exclusively in estate legal issues in four states. In Nathan Sykes, ’95, is an planning, probate and trust admin- addition, Heidi serves as the chair- associate working in the Portland istration, tax, and exempt organiza- elect of the Oregon State Bar Civil law firm of Schwabe Williamson & tions. Andy lives in Escondido, Rights Executive Committee and as Wyatt. California, with his wife Kathy and the Oregon state legislative coordi- son Jack. nator for Amnesty International Wade Symons, ’95, recently USA. joined Saalfeld, Griggs, Gorsuch, Edward Singer, Jr., ’92, has Alexander & Emerick in the firm’s become an associate with the Steve Shipsey, ’93, and Krista pension and employee benefits Eugene law firm of Hershner, (Middlebrook) Shipsey, ’94, are practice group. His practice focuses Hunter, Andrews, Neill & Smith, happy to announce the birth of their on the design and implementation LLP. He will focus his practice on daughter, born July 2000. of qualified retirement plans, non- commercial litigation in finance and qualified deferred compensation construction. Brian Gingerich, ’94, was plans and health benefit plans. He named partner in the Bend, Oregon also provides counsel to employers Joseph Trudeau, ’92, has law firm of Merrill O’Sullivan, LLP. regarding all issues relating to the opened an office in Eugene, and He focuses his practice on commer- Employee Retirement Income will continue to focus on real estate cial litigation, employment law, Security Act (ERISA). issues, creditor rights, business law, trademark, and real estate. construction law, public contracting Paul Mow, ’96, served as a and employment law, wills and Natalie Hocken, ’94, was member of the prosecution team in trusts, and civil litigation. He is a honored by the Multnomah Bar the conviction of a Xerox repairman former partner of Harold, Leahy, Association at their May annual accusing of killing seven employees Trudeau and Kieran in Springfield, meeting, receiving its Young of Xerox, a highly publicized case in Oregon. Lawyers Section Award of Merit. Hawaii. The prosecution team, She practices with the Portland law including Paul, were profiled in an Ty Wyman, ’92, has joined the firm of Heller Ehrman White & article by the Honolulu Star- land use group of Stoel Rives in McAuliffe. Bulletin. Portland. He was formerly an associate with Bogle & Gates, and Missy Thompson, ’94, reports Heather Brinton, ’96, has joined Perkins Coie. He focuses his that her husband, Jim, has been the West Linn, Oregon law firm of practice on land use issues, includ- hired by The Columbian (in Hutchison, Hammond & Walsh. A ing comprehensive plan amend- Vancouver WA) as a copy editor, so former law clerk to Judge Raymond ments, zone changes, development they’ve moved for the tenth time in Bagley, Heather’s practice will review and impact fees. their 10 years together and are now emphasize municipal, utilities, Washington residents once again natural resources and land use law. Debra Pilcher, ’93, was elected (“out of Bill Sizemore’s frying pan president of the Oregon Women and into Tim Eyman’s fire”). Their Sarah Crooks, ’96, was elected Lawyers. She is the acting general 21-month old, Levi, isn’t too sure secretary for the Oregon Women counsel for Hyundai Semiconductor about his “new houth...” Missy is Lawyers. She is a judicial law clerk America, based in Eugene. still working as Vice President of to Judge Owen Panner. Transversal International, an Will Portello, ’93, reports that international transportation firm in Allyson Krueger, ’96, was he has been elevated to partner at Portland. appointed president of Oregon Guichard & Tarkoff, A.P.C. He will Lawyers Against Hunger (OLAH). continue to practice in the firm’s Jason Anderson, ’95, has OLAH is a non-profit organization Sacramento office. His practice become a partner in the Medford formed in 1997 to assist the Oregon emphasizes complex business office of Foster, Purdy, Allan, Food Bank in the fight against litigation and construction law in Peterson & Dahlin. hunger. Allyson is with the Portland both state and federal court. law firm of Barran Liebman LLP. Peter Leichtfuss, ’95, was Heidi Robinson, ’93, is now elected to the Board of Directors of Bonita Severy, ’96, reports that working as the human resources the Multnomah Bar Association in “after changing law firms at an director for Kuni Automotive where Portland. alarming rate,” she has settled in at she is responsible for supervising all Lyon & Lyon LLP as a patent human resource activity and related attorney telecommuting from her

24 OREGON LAWYE R home office in West Hollywood and Crystal Rutherford, ’97, reports criminal defense, business organiza- specializing in constructing patent that she is working in Seattle devel- tions, civil litigation, estate planning, portfolios and technology licensing oping a practice in personal injury, and domestic relations. Previously, he for Internet start-ups. She is also an probate and employment law with was a staff attorney for Judge Michael online professor in business law and David S. Vogel. She married Ken Hogan, United States District Court. e-commerce for a number of MBA/ Bergenham, whom she met during e-commerce programs, including law school, in July 1999. Hong Huynh, ’98, has joined Cal State University, New Hamp- Miller Nash in their Portland office as shire College, and UCLA. Thus, she Robin Smith, ’97, is now an an associate in the administrative law has achieved her two law school associate with the Portland office of and government relations depart- dreams of (1) never having to set Stoel Rives where she joined their ment. Hong was previously with the foot in a courtroom, and (2) making income tax group. She will focus her Office of the Solicitor, U.S. Depart- a decent living in jeans and a practice on tax-exempt organizations, ment of Interior. His practice will Hawaiian shirt! estate and gift tax and general tax concentrate on administrative law matters. Robin received her LL.M. and government relations. Stacy Hauser Weigel, ’96, broke degree in taxation from New York the bonds of legal servitude and University Law School. Cory Larvik, ’98, has opened his made the leap into high tech in June own law office in Hillsboro, Oregon. of 1999. She accepted a position Cory Zion, ’97, joined the with Microsoft as a technical Portland office of Bullivant Houser Joel Corcoran, ’99, has joined the recruiter for the Windows 2000 Bailey. Cory is a member of the firm’s Portland law firm of Klarquist, group in June 1999. insurance coverage practice group. Sparkman, Campbell, Leigh & Whinston. Rebecca (Herman) White, ’96, Mary Bruington, ’98, has joined and her husband, James, announce the Washington County office of the Maggie Finnerty, ’99, is now an the arrival of their son, Christian Metropolitan Public Defender associate in the Portland office of James White, born on February 9, Services. Prior to joining the Metro- Stoel Rives. She has joined the firm’s 2000. Rebecca continues to work in politan Public Defender as a staff corporate, finance and securities immigration law at the Seattle law attorney, Mary worked as a clerk for practice group. firm of Mikkelborg, Broz, Wells & Judge Ellen Rosenblum. Fryer. Her husband is a Public Jenna Mooney, ’99, has joined Defender for an Associated Counsel Amy (Chestnut) Castleton, ’98, the firm of of the Accused. reports that she is an associate with Davis Wright the Twin Falls, Idaho, law firm of Tremaine in Dave Coffman, ’97, reports that Rosholt, Robertson & Tucker. their Port- he earned his LL.M. in tax from the land office as University of Washington in June, Jayne Tracy Davis, ’98, is now an an associate. 1999. After working for Price assistant general counsel with J.R. Her practice Waterhouse in Seattle last fall, he Simplot Co. in Boise Idaho. She was will focus on accepted a 3-year teaching position formerly an associate in the Boise employment in Australia and will be working on firm of Elam & Burke. and general his Ph.D. He will be teaching tax litigation. and environmental law, and work- Christoper Edwards, ’98, reports ing on a special project/thesis in that he passed the Washington Bar Ellen Theodorsen, ’99, is practic- water rights in Australia and the Exam, Winter 2000. ing in the corporate, finance and United States. Dave also reports that securities practice group at the Clint Eddy, ’97, also received his Kristie Gibson, ’98, has joined Portland law firm of Stoel Rives. LL.M. in tax, and is now working as the Eugene law firm of Gaydos, an associate in the Seattle law firm Churnside & Baker PC as an associ- 2000 of Riddell Williams. ate. Her practice will focus on business and commercial law. Colin Savoy, ’00, has joined the Laura Hoehn, ’97, has joined Portland law firm of Ater Wynne as the Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund David Hopkins, ’98, is now an an associate. His practice will focus in San Francisco. associate in the Eugene law firm of on corporate finance, mergers and Beckley & Longtin PC. His practice acquisitions. will include federal and state

FALL 2000 25 Class of ’49 Remains Close Editor’s note: The following article, edited for space considerations, was submitted by Class of ’49 member Oglesby H. Young, who organized its reunion in fall of 1999.

We started at Fenton Hall with about 106 students in 1946, and ended with 36. Each of us could Class of 1950 members, back row, left to right: Robert Ringo, Wally Martin, Jack Caldwell, Robert Myers, Carrell Bradley, Kent Blackhurst, Lois Ackerman, John Gilbertson, James VanderStoep; seated, left to right: honestly say that we were gradu- Tom Brownhill, Morrie Galen, Don Myrick, Dovey Jo Landerholm, George Brustad and Edward Clark. ated in the upper third of our class. We were protective of one another and have remained close through- Class Honors Mentors out those 50 years. We also genu- Editor’s note: The following article was Special recognition and respect was inely liked each other and wanted submitted by John Gilbertson, ’50 who given to the deceased class members, each member of the Class of ’49 to organized his 50th class reunion. as well as an acknowledgement and succeed in our profession. remembrance of Dean Hollis and We have succeeded, having had The Class of 1950 celebrated its Judge O’Connell. Dovey Jo several judges—both state and 50th year class reunion on June 23, Landerholm, the only graduating federal—two Presidents of the socializing, renewing old ties, and woman of the class, spoke elo- Oregon State Bar and countless honoring the late Dean Orlando quently of her protective classmate chairs of important State Bar and Hollis and Judge Kenneth O’Connell. brothers. American Bar Association commit- Lois Ackerman, former law school The entering class in 1947 tees. We were principally taught by registrar and executive secretary to numbered 132, including three three giants of the Oregon Law the dean for nearly 50 years, was the women and a large number of School—Dean Orlando J. Hollis, principal speaker. veterans. Of those, 35 graduated and Chief Justice Kenneth J. O’Connell, The reunion dinner was held at 16 of those have died. and Professor Charles G. Howard. the Waverly Country Club in Port- One week prior to Dean Hollis’ As a tribute to their efforts, all 36 of land, and was preceded by a cocktail death on March 1, two members us passed the bar examination. social hour hosted by class members representing the class met with Dean Members of our class have Morrie Galen, Carrol Bradley and Hollis and Mrs. Ackerman, present- remained loyal to the Law School John Gilbertson. ing them each with an engraved gift. and thankful for the opportunities it During the program each Don Myrick was chosen to has provided for us. We were member of the class spoke of his or organize and chair the 100th anniver- instrumental in forming the Univer- her memories of the law school and sary, regardless of location. sity of Oregon Law School Alumni of achievements since graduation. Association, and one of our class- mates was an early president of the group, which provides scholarships for law students. Several of us have IN MEMORIUM served on the Board of Visitors. Although most of us attended law Laila Aarnas, ’78, died June 6, 2000. school on the GI Bill, we recognized James Brown, ’70, died March 13, 2000. that many of those who followed us William Jackson, ’48, died December 18, 1999. would not have that advantage, so John Kottkamp, ’57, died June 27, 2000. we formed the Law School Develop- Virgil H. Langtry, ’34, died September 11, 2000. ment Fund, which has been so Richard Perrigo, ’82, died February 21, 2000. helpful in maintaining our Law School’s high standards. Hail to the Mighty Class of 1949.

26 OREGON LAWYE R Class Giving Report Shows Dedication Honor Roll of Orval Etter Class of 1947 George H. Brustad Frank E. Nash Class Agent: None John C. Caldwell Donors 1999–2000 Number Living: 9 Edward L. Clark Class of 1940 Number Giving: 4 Morris Galen Thank you again, class Class Agent: William Percent: 44.5% John R. Gilbertson agents and donors for your Lubersky Carl T. Griffith (Deceased) generous support of the Law Number Living: 5 William F. Bernard John E. Jaqua School. Your giving makes a Number Giving: 4 Dale E. Helikson Dovy J. Landerholm difference in the quality of Percent: 80% Paul J. Jolma Wally P. Martin law education we can offer Norman J. Wiener Robert M. McKechnie Kenneth Abraham Robert L. Myers Class of 1933 George H. Corey Class of 1948 Donald F. Myrick Class Agent: None William Lubersky Class Agent: None Sidney J. Nicholson Number Living: 2 Betty Park Number Living: 12 James A. VanderStoep Number Giving: 1 Number Giving: 2 Jerry E. Vawter Percent: 50% Class of 1941 Percent: 16.75% T. Graham Walker Class Agent: None From the Estate of Number Living: 4 Donald H. Coulter Class of 1951 Otto Frohnmayer Number Giving: 2 Bradley D. Fancher Class Agent: None Percent: 50% Number Living: 16 Class of 1936 Class of 1949 Number Giving: 7 Class Agent: None Donald S. Richardson Class Agent: Oglesby Young Percent: 43.75% Number Living: 7 Wendell W. Wyatt Number Living: 24 Number Giving: 1 Number Giving: 15 Warren T. De La Vergne Percent: 14.25% Class of 1942 Percent: 62.5% Alfred T. Goodwin Class Agent: None David W. Harper George Hibbard Number Living: 3 Edwin E. Allen James P. Harrang Number Giving: 1 Frank M. Bosch Irwin C. Landerholm Class of 1937 Percent: 33% John R. Brooke Don H. Sanders Class Agent: None Carl M. Brophy H. Dewey Wilson Number Living: 5 Jeannette C. Hayner William D. Cramer Number Giving: 1 Roger Dick Class of 1952 Percent: 20% Fritz H. Giesecke Class Agent: William E. Love Class of 1945 Edward C. Harms Number Living: 16 Orval Thompson Class Agent: None Henry L. Hess Number Giving: 5 Number Living: 1 John W. Hill Percent: 31.25% Class of 1938 Number Giving: 1 Jack L. Hoffman Class Agent: None Percent: 100% Clifford D. Ouellette Robert B. Abrams Number Living: 5 Myron D. Spady Patricia Braun Number Giving: 1 Harry A. Skerry Marilyn M. Sturgis Robert B. Holland Percent: 20% Oglesby Young David F. Lentz Class of 1946 William Love Charles “Jack” McGirr Class Agent: None Class of 1950 Number Living: 4 Class Agent: John Gilbertson Class of 1953 Class of 1939 Number Giving: 2 Number Living: 18 Class Agent: William Class Agent: None Percent: 50% Number Giving: 19 Mansfield Number Living: 4 Percent: 105.5% Number Living: 12 Number Giving: 2 H.H. “Dutch” Hayner Number Giving: 7 Percent: 50% George A. Luoma B. Kent Blackhurst Percent: 58.25% Carrell F. Bradley Thomas E. Brownhill Continued on next page

FALL 2000 27 Henry Bauer John H. Kottkamp Class of 1962 Paul G. Nolte Thomas B. Brand Herbert Lombard Class Agent: None George C. Spencer William Duhaime Donald D. McKown Number Living: 20 Leslie M. Swanson Leeroy Ehlers Kendall E.M. Nash Number Giving: 4 William Mansfield Edwin J. Peterson Percent: 20% Class of 1967 Steve A. Tyler Donald L. Williams Class Agent: James Strickland Richard L. Unis William Brandsness Number Living: 45 Class of 1958 John U. Grove Number Giving 6 Class of 1954 Class Agent: David Krieger Richard A. Shaw Percent: 13.25% Class Agent: James Hershner Number Living: 13 Leo F. Young Number Living: 15 Number Giving: 7 Steven T. Campbell Number Giving: 5 Percent: 53.75% Class of 1963 Robert N. Hackett Percent: 33.25% Class Agent: Lance Tibbles Justin King Kenneth W. Baines Number Living: 20 William L. Stanford William V. Deatherage Roland ‘Jerry’ Banks Number Giving: 3 Kenneth D. Stephens Donald F. Dunn John R. Faust Percent: 15% Stewart R. Wilson James L. Hershner David J. Krieger Malcolm F. Marsh Robert E. Moulton Jann W. Carpenter Class of 1968 Donald R. Stark Hollis C. Ransom Charles J. Merten Class Agent: None Joel B. Reeder W. Lance Tibbles Number Living: 52 Class of 1955 Number Giving: 7 Class Agent: James R. Moore Class of 1959 Class of 1964 Percent: 13.5% Number Living: 11 Class Agent: Bobby Bouneff Class Agent: None Number Giving: 6 Number Living: 29 Number Living: 21 David J. Buono Percent: 55% Number Giving: 8 Number Giving: 2 Robert T. Huston Percent: 27.5% Percent: 9.5% Laird C. Kirkpatrick Robert N. Funk Jack L. Mattison J. Rockne Gill David N. Andrews Walter H. Grebe Hugh J. Potter James C. Goode Bobby B. Bouneff James E. Petersen Larry D. Thomson Preston C. Hiefield Joyle C. Dahl Leonard F. Workman Noreen A. McGraw Richard Egner Class of 1965 James R. Moore Thomas N. Hallinan Class Agent: None Class of 1969 Loren L. Sawyer Number Living: 32 Class Agent: David Jensen Class of 1956 William E. Smith Number Giving: 3 Number Living: 62 Class Agent: None William G. Wheatley Percent: 9.25% Number Giving 24 Number Living: 14 Percent: 38.75% Number Giving: 4 Class of 1960 David C. Haugeberg Percent: 28.5% Class Agent: None Standlee G. Potter Bernie H. Beaver Number Living: 18 Daniel J. Wolke Raymond J. Bradley Robert H. Grant Number Giving: 3 Bruce J. Brothers Roger H. Reid Percent: 16.75% Class of 1966 Allyn E. Brown John W. Whitty Class Agent: Peter Barnhisel Mildred J. Carmack James W. Young Donald Bick Number Living: 41 Douglas J. Dennett James Light Number Giving: 10 Fred A. Divita Class of 1957 H. Kenneth Zenger Percent: 24.5% John H. Fuller Class Agent: Herbert Lombard Wade E. Gano Number Living: 15 Class of 1961 Richard A. Acarregui John M. Gleeson Number Giving: 10 Class Agent: Jim Larpenteur Paul R. Antsen William L. Halpin Percent: 66.75% Number Living: 19 Peter L. Barnhisel Terence J. Hammons Number Giving: 2 Stephen B. Fonda E. Robert Harris Wayne C. Annala Percent: 10.5% Helen Frye Richard A. Heath Richard C. Bemis Donald C. McClain David L. Jensen James A. Cox Gerald Froebe Merlin L. Miller Edward N. Fadeley James A. Larpenteur Continued on next page

28 OREGON LAWYE R Dean S. Kaufman Stephen D. Brown Joyce Holmes Benjamin James C. Carter Frank H. Lagesen Gregory G. Foote William W. Bromley James M. Coleman W. Thomas McPhee John L. Franklin Pamela J. Finley John D. Dobson Steven D. Milam Roger W. Gould Valerie D. Fisher Clifford L. Freeman Richard M. Mollison J. Kenneth Jones Robert A. Ford Pamela J. Garvie Gerald T. Parks Robert G. Klein Jeffrey D. Goltz Russell W. Hartman Michael V. Phillips Eric C. Larson Ronald L. Greenman Thomas A. Huntsberger Gregory K. Radlinski William H. Lawrence Gregory A. Hartman Darrel C. Johnson James K. Treadwell John H. Minan Paul M. Hoffman Ronald W. Johnson Peter H. Nilsen Kirk Johansen W. Bradford Jonasson Class of 1970 Howard L. Ollis Rodney E. Lewis Randall Jordan Class Agent: Philip Hansen Jack L. Orchard James D. Manary Catherine R. Lazuran Number Living: 49 James R. Pickett Nicholas R. Marchi Norman J. LeCompte Number Giving 13 Albert E. Radcliffe Richard H. Meeker Raymond F. Rees Percent: 26.5% Ronald R. Sticka Richard K. Mickelson Timothy J. Sercombe Royce F. Sonnenberg John H. Steinberg Charles H. Amstutz Class of 1973 Kenneth A. St. Louis Cynthia L. Whitehead Robert H. Bay Class Agent: Jody Stahancyk David B. Williams Gary M. Galton Number Living: 137 Class of 1975 David B. Williamson A. Kenneth Gough Number Giving: 26 Class Agent: None William C. Graves Percent: 19% Number Living: 118 Class of 1977 Jesse D. Hancock Number Giving: 20 Class Agents: Jeffrey Pridgeon Philip Hansen Gregory A. Argel Percent: 17% & John Van Landingham Donald W. Hull John R. Barker Number Living: 151 Carolyn P. Kelly Carl J. Bauman Karen C. Allan Number Giving: 50 Marco J. Magnano Robert T. Begg Henry C. Breithaupt Percent: 33% Robert L. Richmond Ronald P. Bell William R. Crist Donna C. Willard Steven K. Blackhurst Sarah E. Gay Howard G. Arnett Wayne L. Williams Teresa B. Cramer Michael B. Goldstein Matthew R. Baines John G. Crawford Nina E. Johnson James T. Beran Class of 1971 Patrick J. Green Clifford W. Kennerly Diane L. Bieneman Class Agent: Joe Willis J. Roger Hamilton Donald R. Laird David V. Brewer Number Living: 93 Dennis C. Johnson Grethe A. Larson James C. Buckley Number Giving 10 David L. Mackie Jeannette M. Launer Timothy R. Byrnes Percent: 10.75% Douglas H. Moreland Eugene K. MacColl Cynthia D. Carlson Gretchen R. Morris James D. Mullins Patricia Crain Richard D. Beeson Craig C. Murphy John R. Munro Michael C. Dotten Alan C. Butterfield Gary D. Pape Mark M. Phelps John C. Fisher Michael L. Ellmaker William B. Rowland Ellen F. Rosenblum Benjamin E. Freudenberg Scott A. Fewel Lucy J. Schafer Gary L. Schultz John C. Gartland Wynn A. Gunderson Steven H. Smith Mary H. Stalker Barrie J. Herbold Robert A. Kiesz Michael S. Sommers Jane B. Stewart Ruth J. Hooper Keith A. Mobley Jody L. Stahancyk Robert M. Taylor Thomas K. Hooper Robert S. Quinney Robert A. Stalker Gail M. Whitaker Charles E. Hulbert John S. Werts Michael C. Sullivan Steven M. Jacobson D. Joe Willis Robert L. Thompson Class of 1976 Ann E. Jochens Frank H. Wall Class Agent: Timothy Frances L. Johnston Class of 1972 Stuart E. Wolfe Sercombe Milton T. Jones Class Agent: Rick Roseta Number Living: 143 John T. Kehoe Number Living: 99 Class of 1974 Number Giving: 21 David Y. Kim Number Giving 16 Class Agent: None Percent: 14.75% Howell L. Lankford Percent: 16% Number Living: 123 Terry A. Leggert Number Giving: 17 John D. Albert Spencer W. Alpert Percent: 13.75% Marlin D. Ard Continued on next

FALL 2000 29 Zack M. Lorts Class of 1979 William B. Piels Bradley A. Cromer Sue Ann Love Class Agent: Jonathon Helen Rives Pruitt Laurie Webb Daniel Robert D. Newell Goodling Martha L. Rice Allen N. Dayan Eric T. Nordlof Number Living: 154 Catherine J. Riffe Stephen M. Feldman James D. Noteboom Number Giving: 24 Janet D. Robnett Meredith C. George James D. O’Hanlon Percent: 15.5% Wm. Randolph Turnbow Estera F. Gordon Jeffrey C. Pridgeon Robert D. VanBrocklin John S. Karpinski Richard B. Rambo John S. Butterfield Paul V. Vaughan Glenn S. Klein Dana A. Rasmussen Thomas C. Carter Mary L. Wagner William T. Massar Martha J. Rodman Tamara D. Cook Merle M. Weiss Roger D. Mellem John H. Rosenfeld Shaun M. Cross Elizabeth L. White Robert J. Needham Daniel H. Rosenhouse Kathleen A. Dodds Francis J. Wong Michael J. Oths Susan A. Schmerer-Haacke Jonathan R. Duerst Katherine J. Young Karen A. Overstreet Merrill A. Schneider Jonathon L. Goodling Lawrence P. Riff Bruce G. Sharp Eugene L. Grant Class of 1981 Sarah J. Ryan Clinton D. Simpson Bruce C. Hamlin Class Agents: Janet Schroer & Carmelita Reeder Shinn Peter F. Stoloff Stephen C. Hendricks Steven Smucker Diane A. Smith Martin E. Stone Wesley S. Johnson Number Living: 148 Gail M. Streicker Maryruth Storer Joel S. Kaplan Number Giving: 22 Glen W. Thompson John H. Van Landingham John M. McGuigan Percent: 14.75% John B. Thorsness Diana Wales Christie C. McGuire Karen L. Uno Susan E. Watts Rohn M. Roberts Barbara L. Bozman-Moss William B. Waterman Richard L. Weil Kari S. Schlachtenhaufen William D. Cramer Peter H. Wells Deborah A. Schroth Linda K. Davis Class of 1983 William D. Young Ronald H. Seifert Charles N. Fadeley Class Agent: Michael Fennell N. Robert Shields Margaret M. Fiorino Number Living: 152 Class of 1978 Robert A. Thrall Jimmy W. Go Number Giving: 26 Class Agent: Jane Aiken Paul J. Thran John M. Gray Percent: 17% Number Living: 146 Marybeth VanBuren Robert J. Guarrasi Number Giving: 22 Stephen J. Williams Christopher R. Hermann Julie S. Bell Percent: 15% David J. Zarosinski Dale C. Johnson Jack R. Bird Mary M. Lonergan Suzanne M. Bonamici Ronald W. Atwood Class of 1980 Michael A. Newman Andrew C. Brandsness David B. Bailey Class Agent: None Daniel A. Nye Teresa A. Burnham Glenn A. Bergenfield Number Living: 160 Richard L. Perlmutter David I. Davison Timothy E. Brophy Number Giving: 29 David B. Peters Paul H. Dickson Gregory F. Cook Percent: 18% Mitchell A. Riese Michael V. Fennell John H. Durkheimer Lynn Rosik Charles D. Gazzola Braulio Escobar Michael D. Axline Janet M. Schroer Brien F. Hildebrand Stanley D. Gish Donald R. Bourassa Vicki L. Sieber-Benson Alan B. Hughes Dale D. Goble Amy I. Esaki Steven R. Smucker David M. Jacobi Gregory E. Harris Cathleen B. Herbage Kat J. Tidd Kathryn F. Koehler Terry S. MacDonald Michael G. Herbage Russell B. West Sandra L. Kohn Bernard W. Mann Marcy L. Hikida Trina Eubank Laidlaw Joseph T. McNaught Thomas S. Hillier Class of 1982 Jesun Lee Thomas J. Murphy John F. Ingman Class Agent: Allison Blakley Jay J. Manning Robert H. Nagler Marcia L. Jory Number Living: 163 Shaun S. McCrea Steven L. Philpott J. Timothy Kleespies Number Giving: 26 Gregory K. McGillivary William R. Potter Donald R. Kurtz Percent: 16% Peter M. Morimoto Lorraine E. Rodich Gary P. Marcus Charles W. Ray Gordon W. Sivley Scott S. Markus John V. Acosta David J. Riewald Larry A. Sullivan Ted W. Neiswanger Allison C. Blakley Kenneth G. Schoolcraft Patricia A. Sullivan Daniel J. O’Neill Nancy S. Buck Gary T. Wallmark Robert N. Peters Janie M. Burcart Continued on Page 31

30 OREGON LAWYE R John C. Urness Timothy J. Colahan Class of 1987 Number Giving: 17 Leslie J. Westphal Alan L. Contreras Class Agent: Kevin Keillor Percent: 10.75% Bruce P. Zavon Don E. Corson Number Living: 149 Kahlil A. Day Number Giving: 21 Ellen D. Adler Class of 1984 Lois A. Day Percent: 14% Kathleen M. Callan Class Agent: David Schuman Kathleen M. Donnelly William C. Carpenter Number Living: 155 Steven A. Drown Keith A. Bartholomew Bradley J. Cordts Number Giving: 29 James C. Egan Jonathan G. Basham William L. Curry Percent: 18.75% Kenneth B. Elmore Michael J. Case James R. Dole Douglas J. Fair Michael R. Chambers Brian K. Gallik Ann R. Barker Stephen F. Faust Jack E. Donley James B. Harbolt Wayne Belmont Michael G. Fetrow Elizabeth P. Fung Thomas E. Jurgensen Susan A. Burke Jill S. Gelineau Sean B. Hoar Michael J. Krautner Timothy J. Coleman Dennis M. Gerl Kevin J. Keillor Breck W. Marsh Anne W. Durning Robert A. Goodman Nancy P. Kelly Wyoming V. McKenzie Mary Dyre Grant W. Hanson Bert P. Krages Donald B. Mooney Donald W. Engel Greg K. Hitchcock Philip J. Lynch Bonnie S. Shorin Eugene P. Flores Maria Kayser Laurie J. Nadamoto Joseph E. Shorin Douglas W. Fong Christopher H. Kent Laurence E. Oates Joan M. Unger Kurt F. Hansen Philip S. McCleery Karen H. Peteros Kelly Zusman Bruce G. Lamb Kathryn B. McLeod Thomas M. Ryan Howard D. Lavine Craig A. Morris Craig C. Sheffer Class of 1990 Richard A. Lee Susan L. Pollard John J. Sherrerd Class Agent: Lorena Campbell Chris MacNeil Jackie L. Pryor John F. Shickich Number Living: 151 Catherine C. Metzler Susan F. Ruby Douglas E. Smith Number Giving: 8 James B. Northrop Terry L. Schnell Steven R. Swenson Percent: 5.25% Mary J. Oberst Steven J. Schuster Linda G. Woodrich Edwin C. Perry Kevin K. Strever Mark D. Clement Thomas J. Phalen Richard W. Thelin Class of 1988 James P. Crawford Diane L. Polscer Diane K. Wiley Class Agent: Ed Gerdes Lisa H. Donnelley Patricia A. Rasmussen Number Living: 137 Arthur J. Feldman Frederick C. Ruby Class of 1986 Number Giving: 16 Chresten J. Gram Jens Schmidt Class Agent: Deirdre Dawson Percent: 11.75% Jennifer J. Kelley David Schuman Number Living: 141 Rodney W. Reed David C. Streicher Number Giving: 16 Paul F. Bohn John M. Sharp Douglas B. Tesdahl Percent: 11.25% H. Andrew Clark William E. Weigand Laurie L. Clark Class of 1991 Kenneth G. Whitaker Deirdre M. Dawson Hubert G. Duvall Class Agent: None John G. White Lynn C. Donaldson Leslie J. Garrison Number Living: 157 James P. Jacobsen C. Edward Gerdes Number Giving: 7 Class of 1985 Paul V. Konka Melinda W. Grier Percent: 4.5% Class Agent: James Egan Angie LaNier Leslie G. Helford Number Living: 154 Steven D. Larson Karen E. Hemmingsen Darin A. De Angeli Number Giving: 45 Richard S. Lichtenstadter William J. Howard Allen Goldman Percent: 29.25% Barney J. Mason Ann C. McClintock Joseph N. Kobayashi Lorenzo A. Mejia Brian J. McMonagle Andrew H. Morgan Anonymous - 8 gifts Lisa R. Mikalonis Richard A. Monette Odion L. Okojie Suzanne D. Anderson Saulius K. Mikalonis Alan G. Seligson Holly A. Preslar Russell M. Aoki R. Bruce Neuling Elizabeth A. Vibert Christopher B. Villani Alison W. Baker Timothy M. Schumacher John V. Witty Gregg D. Barton Jeffrey V. Sluggett Class of 1992 Steven W. Bender Gay G. Vogt Class of 1989 Class Agent: Darien Loiselle Barbara K. Bower Maryann Yelnosky Class Agent: Julie Bolt Number Living: 153 Diane K. Bridge Number Living: 157 Continued on Page 32

FALL 2000 31 Number Giving: 9 Class of 1996 Joel C. Corcoran Douglas Donoho Percent: 6% Class Agent: Julie Arp Cristina Gabrielidis Shirley M. Dotson Number Living: 135 Nyran R. Rasche Loen T. Dozono Susan Ing Chen Number Giving: 10 Ellen Theodorson Thomas V. Dulcich Matthew G. Kenna Percent: 7.5% Thomas M. Tongue Louise M. Dunn Simone Liebman Jason B. Weiner Carol Emory Darien S. Loiselle Julie D. Arp Eugene Lacross Club, Ltd. Sabrina M. Loiselle Kirk A. Bailey Class of 2000 Caroline A. Forell Angus B. Nesbit Michael A. Cohen Class Agent: None Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Foster Edward C. Singer Eric L. Dahlin Number Living: 180 Foster Pepper & Shefelman Constance E. Vallee Tracy A. Diekemper Number Giving: 3 Law Firm Amy M. Wasson Jennifer E. Duggan Percent: 1.5% Donna Basye Fryberg Kimberly M. Heilman-Sobie Ibrahim J. Gassama Class of 1993 Jane E. Hochberg Margaret E. Borman William F. Gary Class Agent: None Patrick S. Melendy Brooke M. Burns Carl & Helen Gerlinger Number Living: 167 Michael D. Reeder Janice L. Mackey Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth S. Ghent Number Giving: 7 Judith Giers Percent: 4% Class of 1997 Donor Friends Gorgy A. Gonzales Class Agent: None Number Giving: 145 Mr. and Mrs. Homer L. Goulet Timothy C. Bennett Number Living: 154 Betty J. Grimm Matthew A. Berlin Number Giving: 7 Lois J. Ackerman Stanley N. Hammer Lisa E. Chernaik Percent: 4.5% William & Donna Addison Leslie J. Harris Kenneth F. Lehrman David M. Ager Richard W. Hayward Jody L. Meeker Thomas C. Malayil Veronica Alfero Heltzel, Upjohn, et al. William L. Portello Joseph E. O’Brien Michi Y. Ando Hershner Hunter Law Firm Carol D. Skerjanec Lynne D. Rennick Keith Aoki Elizabeth L. Hoffman Andrew J. Smith James & Jane Armpriest Stephen A. Hoffman Class of 1994 Glenda M. Talbutt Alan & Paula Babb Ralph M. Holman Class Agent: Katherine Heekin H. Eric Watkins Coeta Barker & The Donald R. Bruce Hunter & Number Living: 111 James A. Webster Barker Foundation Cathy Corirossi Number Giving: 8 William C. Beachman Laurie D. Hunter Percent: 7.25% Class of 1998 Lars J. Bell William & Barbara Hutchison Class Agent: Cheryl Rath Robert D. Bennett Dennis R. Hyatt Carson D. Bowler Number Living: 178 Stephen & Jacqueline Gilbert & Bernice Johnston Katherine R. Heekin Number Giving: 8 Birskovich Craig Joyce Wendy L. Laing Percent: 4.5% Linda L. Bolton George W. Kelly Molly McGinley Roderick Bond Paul & Carolyn Kelly Elizabeth C. Mitchell Jodie L. Chusid Jeffrey D. Bresee Lynn & Jeanne Kissell Stephen A. Suarez Credence E. Fogo Edward & Rozann Brittain Richard W. Koe Adam H. Tachner Daniel M. Jaffer Marjorie E. Bryson Madelyn J. Koontz Michelle J. Wecksler Sidney E. Moore Bari Burke Thomas Koyama Michael J. Schensul Robert & Colleen Burns Lisa Kloppenberg & Mark Class of 1995 Christopher J. Smith Nancy J. Busey Zunich Class Agent: None Christine M. Wanless Patricia Campbell Frank & Mary Lacy Number Living: 134 Kurt K. Wanless Chapin D. Clark Irene & Wayne Landkammer Number Giving: 5 Robert D. Clark Lane County Psychiatric Percent: 3.75% Class of 1999 John Clymer & Joanne Druist Assoc. Class Agent: Cristina Portland H. Coates Penelope A. Larson Lee J. Brunz Gabrielidis Candis & Frank Cochran Laurel Hill Center Gregory J. Dotson Number Living: 155 Collier Law Student Trust Maxine I. Lee Thomas W. Newberry Number Giving: 6 Thomas & Melissa Davenhall Pamela R. Lehrman Daniel R. Reitman Percent: 3.75% F.W. Davis Anna R. Leith Deborah K. Smith Selma R. Denecke Continued on Page 33

32 OREGON LAWYE R Kenneth & Colleen Lewis Jeanette & Harry Rubenstein Randall S. Lewis Sharon A. Rudnick BOARD OF VISITORS The Hon. Hans A. Linde Diane Safley Gretchen & W. Charles Lobitz Carol Sanger Merv Loya Charles & Kathleen Scanlan THE HON. ANN AIKEN, ‘79 THE HON. EDWARD LEAVY Joanne L. Martin Benhardt E. Schmidt U.S. District Court Judge U.S. Circuit Court Carol M. McMahan Eugene F. Scoles John C. Meldrum Maynard & Mabel Shiffer DON BOURASSA, ‘80 KENNETH LEWIS Lilamae Meldrum Nancy E. Shurtz Margaret Merges Debbie L. Siewert THE HON. DAVID BREWER, ‘77 PAUL LORENZINI Stephanie Midkiff Paige R. Sipes-Metzler & Court of Appeals Barbara W. Miller Nancy J. Gilbertz PEGGY NAGAE Susan M. Mindenbergs John & Nadine Skillern CAROLYN CHAMBERS (Chair) Total Diversity Management CEO, Chambers Communications Consultants Barbara Moore Gordon Sloan Corp. Patricia S. Moore Craig A. Smith LAURA RACKNER, ‘84 Joseph & Mary Moreland Randall J. Smith SERENA CRUZ Stahancyk, Gearing & Rackner James E. Mountain Marjorie C. Stevenson District 2 Commissioner’s Office Gayle E. Murphy Rennard Strickland DANA RASMUSSEN, ‘77 Muhlheim Palmer & Mr. and Mrs. Richard R. OKIANER CHRISTIAN DARK Wade Law Firm Taggesell Office of the United States ROBERT RICHMOND, ‘70 Lawrence D. Nagel Connie Tapp Attorney Richmond & Quinn Julianne D. Nichols Donald F. Teal Jack & Irene Nothwang Susan and Maynard Tescher GARY GALTON, ‘70 ROHN ROBERTS, ‘79 James M. O’Fallon George J. Tichy II Galton, Scott & Colett Arnold, Gallagher, Saydack, Arden J. Olsen Virginia L. Toombs Percell & Roberts Oregon Community Nicholetta A. Vlandis THE HON. ALFRED “TED” Foundation Andrew M. Volk GOODWIN, ‘51 NICHOLAS ROCKEFELLER Oregon State University Christine E. Walker Senior Chief Judge, U.S. Court of (Vice Chair) Foundation Donald Warner Appeals Perkins Coie LLP John & Elizabeth Owens Merle Weiner Martha P. Parker Henry Wigglesworth JAMES HERSHNER, ‘54 ROBERT THOMPSON, ‘73 Wes & Sonja Perkins Mary C. Wood Hershner, Hunter, Andrews, Novartis Corporation Mrs. Frank W. Perrin Patti Wright Neill & Smith Paul W. Petrequin True S. Yasui WILLIAM WILEY, ‘75 Judith & William Platt Yost Grube Hall Architects PAUL KELLY, ‘76 Milton & Arlyne Ray Reme Yturri Nike, Inc. CYNTHIA FRASER, ‘87, Ann M. Reeder ex officio THOMAS LANDYE Oregon Department of John & Merle Reeves Landye Bennett Blumstein LLP Transportation Harold & Leilee Reiter Nicholas Rockefeller Beverly R. Rogers

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founded a program to bring U.S. ANDREA COLES BJERRE SCOTT OPTICAN and Mexican business lawyers Coles Bjerre is a magna cum Optican will be a Visiting together to find ways to facilitate laude graduate of Barnard College Assistant Professor of Law for the and negotiate transnational busi- in 1984, and received her J.D. in 2000-01 academic year. He will ness transactions. She currently 1987, from Brooklyn Law School. teach Criminal Law in the Fall holds the Sister Helen Prejean She clerked for U. S. Bankruptcy Semester and Criminal Investiga- Distinguished Professorship in Judge Jerome Feller in New York, tion in the Spring Semester. Legal and Social Justice at St. following law school. After this He is an American who has Mary’s. two-year clerkship, she joined the been teaching for the last eight Wall Street firm of Milbank, Tweed, years at the University of Auckland JUDY GIERS Hadley & McCloy, centering her Faculty of Law in Auckland, New Giers received her B.A. cum practice on corporate reorganization Zealand. He is a graduate of laude in 1982 from the University and restructuring. Harvard Law School (1988) and of Colorado, and her J.D. cum Her interests outside law holds a Masters degree in Criminol- laude, in 1990 from Suffolk Univer- include Shakespeare, word games ogy from the University of Cam- sity. After law school, Giers clerked and origami, which she occasionally bridge, (England 1983) and a B.A. in for Judge William L. Richardson on teaches at the UO Craft Center. Rhetoric from the University of the Oregon Court of Appeals. She California, Berkeley (1982). Prior to was a partner at Harrang Long TONY WATERS becoming an academic, Scott Gary Rudnick in Eugene before Waters, who is teaching worked as an intern in the Crime beginning her teaching career. contracts and criminal law this year, Prevention and Criminal Justice She did her first year of law is a 1972 graduate of the University Branch at the United Nations school in 1982 at the University of of Keele in Staffordshire, England. headquarters in Vienna, spent a Colorado at Boulder, then took five He received his L.L.M. in 1974, from year as a prosecutor in the Manhat- years off. During that five years, she Yale University. tan County District Attorney’s lived in Japan and taught ballet and From 1974 until the present he Office, and clerked for Judge jazz. has taught at the University of Constance Baker Motley of the In 1992, she began her private Maryland School of Law. Earlier in Federal District Court for the practice career as an associate at his career, he taught at the Univer- Southern District of New York. Harrang Long, et al, a law firm in sity of Chicago Law School, as a Optican’s primary research Eugene, Oregon. Her practice guest fellow and visiting scholar at interests are in the field of criminal emphasized complex trial and Yale, at State University of New procedure. Along with several New appellate matters in the state and York at Buffalo, and at Lewis and Zealand colleagues, Scott is cur- federal courts. Clark College Northwestern School rently completing a one-volume Giers is a member of the of Law. treatise on the New Zealand Bill of Oregon State Bar and has been He also has taught at the Rights (Oxford University Press). admitted to practice in the Ninth University of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Circuit Court of Appeals and the and at the University of Bristol, Federal District Courts for the England. District of Oregon. Private practice His teaching has centered on was great fun, very exciting and Contracts, Consumer Law, Criminal always exhausting, she says. Law, Judicial Function, Legal She left the firm in May of 2000 Journalism and the Rights of Non- to begin what she hopes will be a humans. less exhausting career teaching law students the fundamental skills they will need in the real world of law practice.

34 OREGON LAWYE R EDUCATING LAWYERS TO CREATE VALUE FOR BUSINESS Center Adds Three New Advisory Board Members CENTER ADVISORY BOARD The Law and Entrepreneurship Center has added three new members to its advisory board. Alan Meyer, Professor of Entrepreneurial Management, Carolyn S. Chambers who has been at the University of Oregon Lundquist College of Business Chambers Communications Corp. since 1984; Shogan Naidoo, a ’99 JD/MBA graduate of the University of Oregon School of Law and co-founder and CEO of Counterclaim.com; and Ava Bartley, ’97 Jill Fetherstonhaugh, also a graduate of the UO School of Law, who recently Stoel Rives LLP, Portland opened her own law practice, the Business Law Centre in Eugene. Advisory Jennifer Duggan, ’96 Board members for the Center are appointed by President Frohnmayer and Porter Scott Weiberg & Delehant, are asked to serve a three-year term. Sacramento

Jill R. Fetherstonhaugh, ’98 Student Association Plans Activities Business Law Centre, Eugene The Law and Entrepreneurship Student Association (LESA), led this year by Seth Millstein (2L), is making plans for several speakers to come to James Hershner, ’54 Hershner Hunter, Eugene the law school over the next few months. Due to a growing interest in learning more about dot com companies, three local companies have been Donald Krahmer scheduled for Fall semester. Snowtraders.com, elixirmag.com, and Black Helterline, Portland counterclaim.com have all been invited to speak during the lunch hour at the law school. The ever popular “Law of Beer” series will continue with the David Mackie, ’73 Nordstrom, Inc., Seattle Law of Beer III in November. Spring semester will bring the Law of Wine symposium and a panel focusing on outdoor sports. The student group also Alan D. Meyer hopes to lure some Portland-based tech companies to Eugene for a visit. If Lundquist College of Business, you are a business attorney or have experience starting up your own Eugene business, we'd like to hear from you. You can contact us at 541-346-3994. Shogan Naidoo, ’00 Intellectual Property Piracy Symposium Counterclaim.com, Eugene Rohn Roberts, ’79 The Law and Entrepreneurship Center, in conjunction with two Port- Arnold Gallagher Saydack, Eugene land law firms, Klarquist Sparkman LLP and Stoel Rives LLP, sponsored a daylong symposium on Friday, October 13th at the Embassy Suites in Nicholas Rockefeller Portland. Speakers from Microsoft, Stoel Rives LLP, and the Oakland Center Perkins Coie, Los Angeles for Technology and Law spoke to an audience of 80–90 people, which Robert Thompson, ’73 included law students, attorneys and business people, about the issues and Novartis Corporation, New York controversies surrounding the theft of Intellectual Property. In a demonstra- tion showing the rapid changes in the technology that makes pirating of CENTER DIRECTOR movies possible, a representative from Dreamworks showed a film clip from Barbara Bader Aldave (541) 346-3985 a movie pirated two years ago, which took twenty hours for the pirate to [email protected] download, and then contrasted it with a film clip recently pirated that took no longer than the movie itself to be downloaded. Other panels discussed CENTER MANAGER Music Piracy and International Internet piracy. The keynote address was Judy Sprauer delivered by Sean Hoar, assistant U.S. attorney from Eugene, who handled (541) 346-3994 [email protected] the prosecution for the nation's first Internet piracy conviction under the No Electronic Theft Act.

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