The U.S. District Court of Historical Society Newsletter The Hon. Hernández and Simon Sworn In Oregon Welcomes New Federal Judges by Adair Law he investiture of Oregon’s 27th and 28th Senate on a 64 to 35 vote, a tally said to hang on Tfederal judges, the Hon. Marco Hernández a wall in his chambers. Senator Wyden noted that and the Hon. Michael Simon, respectively, took he was pleased to see two outstanding individuals place on October 14, a fine day at the Mark O. join the federal bench. Hatfield Courthouse. They fill the seats of Judge Senator Jeff Merkley noted that the first political Garr King and Judge Ancer Haggerty, who are campaign he had volunteered on was one for Betty on senior status. Roberts, and that he had worked with Suzanne Chief Judge , wearing a robe that Bonamici, Judge Simon’s wife, in the Oregon leg- had been given to her by the family of the late islature. He observed that the current number of (see page 9), noted that the day of vacancies on the federal bench “confound rather investiture is “a profoundly moving day, one a than serve justice” and that we need to have more judge never forgets.” people who have “traveled different journeys” on Oregon’s U.S. Senators were the first to speak. the bench. Senior Senator noted that the day Chief Judge Aiken introduced Judge Alan Bone- had been a long time in coming, and joked that brake, a senior judge for the County “these two men were nominated to participate in Circuit Court, as a man who has seen everything the longest running battle since the Trojan War, and ruled on everything a judge can rule on. He the Senate confirmation process.” He noted that has been a mentor and inspiration to Judge Hernán- Marco Hernández was nominated by two presi- dez, who referred ot Judge Bonebrake as a judicial dents (Presidents Bush and Obama) from two Continue on page 3 different parties, and sponsored by three sena- tors from two different parties, (Wyden, Gordon Smith, and Jeff Merkley) in the 110th and 111th Congress. He was confirmed on February 7, 2011. (See Oregon Benchmarks, Spring 2011.) Senator Wyden came to know Michael Simon as a busy and well-respected trial attorney at Perkins Coie and as an engaged volunteer with the Classroom Law Project, Waverly Children’s Home “and through work at our temple,” Con- gregation Beth Israel. Judge Simon’s path to con- firmation was somewhat less arduous. He was originally nominated in 2010 and approved by the Judiciary Committee. His nomination died when the Senate failed to bring it to the floor for a vote before year’s end. He was re-nominated Chief Judge Ann Aiken stands with Judges Marco by President Barack Obama early this year and Hernández and Michael Simon after their investiture. again endorsed by the committee. He cleared the Photo by Chad Tucker

Fall 2011 1 President’s Message Thomas Renn is Oregon’s Newest It has been an honor to serve as president of the U.S. District Bankruptcy Judge Court of Oregon Historical Society this year and I have been By Adair Law fortunate to work with dedicated board members who have ortland attorney Thomas Renn worked tirelessly on the Society’s projects. Ptook his oath of office on Friday, As the year winds down, the Society would like to take the October 28, 2011 to serve as a judge opportunity to acknowledge the service of the senior judges for the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the of the U.S. District Court of Oregon. These individuals have District of Oregon. He fills the seat left served the bench and bar for numerous years and we owe a vacant when Judge Albert Radcliffe debt of gratitude to their public service. In particular, during died suddenly on January 19, 2011. the district court’s recent judicial vacancies, the senior judges His chambers will be in Eugene. provided an invaluable service in handling cases on the district court’s busy A native of Minneapolis, Judge docket. To that end, the Society is working on two projects to honor their Renn received his B.A. from Gusta- years of service, which continue to this day. vus Adolphus College in 1981, where First, the Society and the Oregon Chapter of the Federal Bar Association he graduated magna cum laude, and will jointly sponsor a ceremony honoring the district court’s senior judges his J.D. from on December 5, 2011, at 3:00 p.m. in the Pioneer Courthouse. There will the University be a short program highlighting the judicial career of each currently serv- of Minnesota ing senior judge, which includes Senior Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Law School in Judges Alfred Goodwin, , and Otto Skopil; Senior District 1984. Court Judges Owen Panner, James Redden, Malcolm Marsh, Robert E. Judge Renn Jones, Ancer Haggerty, Garr King, and Michael Hogan; Senior Magis- has worked trate Judges John Cooney and John Jelderks; and Senior Bankruptcy Judge as Chapter 7 Henry L. Hess, Jr. The program will also include a remembrance of U.S. panel trustee District Court Judge Helen J. Frye, Magistrate Judge Donald Ashmans- in the Portland Thomas Renn kas, and U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Albert Radcliffe. The ceremony will be division of the followed by refreshments and a social hour. We hope you will join us in Oregon Bankruptcy Court since honoring the District Court’s Senior Judges at this special event. Please 2002. He has handled more than call 503-326-8150 to R.S.V.P. 14,200 cases filed for individuals, Second, the Society is beginning efforts to assist in the production of joint filers and businesses. His duties paintings of the District Court’s Senior Judges to forever memorialize their have included turning the non-exempt contributions to the District Court. These paintings will be hung in the assets of estates into funds that can be courtrooms in which they served. distributed to creditors; investigating The Society is grateful for the contributions of the District Court’s debtors’ financial affairs; liquidating Senior Judges and is privileged to participate in these projects honoring assets; examining creditors’ claims; their years of service. and investigating bankruptcy fraud – Kari Furnanz and crimes. He also has been a dis- bursing agent in Chapter 11 cases. Before joining the trustee panel, Judge Renn practiced law for 15 years, representing debtors, creditors and CALENDAR trustees in business and consumer cases under all major chapters of December 5, 3:00 – 5:00 p.m. Honoring Senior Judges. a joint celebration bankruptcy. He was an adjunct pro- by the Society and the Oregon Chapter of the Federal Bar Associations, Pioneer fessor at Lewis and Clark Law School Courthouse, 700 SW Sixth Avenue. where he taught advanced bankruptcy RSVP 503-326-8150. For more information, visit www.usdchs.org from 1989-94. He wrote the Wiley Bankruptcy Law Update in 1995, 1996, and 1997.

2 U.S. District Court of Oregon Historical Society ments would be bittersweet. On the hitchhike from California to Oregon New Federal Judges bitter side, courthouses are closing to look for new work. Judge Hernán- continued from page 1 around the country. Supreme Court dez made a point of saying, “Mom, hero during his Senate confirmation Chief Justice John Roberts has recog- it turned out okay.” hearings. Judge Bonebrake noted with nized judicial emergencies throughout After arriving in Oregon, Hernán- amusement that while some may have the country. There are currently 92 dez was hitchhiking from Beaverton heard about Judge Hernández’s con- federal vacancies, with the oldest from to Hillsboro when Janet Freeman, a firmation through a tweet, a text, or 2004. There are now 52 nominations woman who worked for the Hillsboro an email, he received a phone call. pending. On the sweet side, the merits School District and had never picked “Bonebrake, this is Marco. You’re of honest men and women are being up a hitchhiker before, stopped to going to need to buy a new suit.” recognized. Chief Justice De Muniz give him a ride. She wanted to know Wearing that new suit with panache, arranged his schedule so he was able why he wasn’t in school. Through Judge Bonebrake commented on how to attend the hearings for both Judges their conversation, she connected him satisfying it was “to see people with Hernández and Simon. with teachers, friends, and colleagues intelligence, common sense, and dili- Chief Judge Ann Aiken adminis- who helped him find his own path in gence join the federal bench.” tered the oath of office and MaryBeth Oregon. Judge Hernández noted that While doing research on Judge Hernández and “Her random decision to give me a Michael Simon to put together her assisted their husbands in putting on ride ended here.” comments for the investiture, Chief their robes. Judge Michael Simon spoke of his Judge Aiken commented to a col- In making his remarks, Judge sincere appreciation of the hard work, league that Paul Fortino and his for- Hernández started out by saying: “I perseverance, and persuasiveness of mer Perkins Coie colleague Michael apologize in advance for the Academy Oregon’s U.S. Senators. He extended Simon were men of very different Award sound of what I have to say thanks to his mother, Arlene Simon, temperaments. The colleague agreed today.” He extended his thanks to who was present. He thanked Paul noting that the two men were “The Judge Alan Bonebrake, “who taught Fortino, who hired him at Perkins Odd Couple of complex litigation.” me that most problems that emerge Coie more than 25 years ago. “Both In his remarks about his colleague in court are the result of surprise or Paul and many other colleagues and and friend, Paul Fortino noted that embarrassment.” Judge Bonebrake friends from Perkins Coie over the the original story for The Odd Cou- suggested that when someone is sur- years have taught have me that one ple was written by Michael’s father prised or embarrassed, it sometimes can be both an outstanding lawyer Danny Simon and Judge Simon’s helps to take a break and allow the and have a balanced and meaningful Uncle Neil turned it into a play. In parties to gather themselves. family and civic life.” their work together over 25 years at There were 22 members of Judge He thanked his judicial role models, Perkins Coie, Fortino confessed, “I am Hernández’s extended family at the “those outstanding judges who have Oscar and Michael is Felix.” A recent investiture, including his parents. shown me what a hardworking, just, trip to China and a visit to the Three His mother was concerned in 1975 respectful, careful, thoughtful, and Gorges Dam where 1.5 million people when her 18-year-old son decided to Continue on page 16 were displaced made him think about America’s judicial system in which trials, judges and juries exist to pro- tect the balance between the needs of the state and rights of the individual. “The jury system is the community, and our democratic values, writ large…Congratulations Michael and congratulations to us. Michael was a fine trial lawyer and will be a great judge in our great system.” Chief Jus- tice Paul De Muniz, who announced on October 13 that he would not run again for election, noted that his com- Judge Michael Simon and Judge Marco Hernández are sworn in. Photo by Chad Tucker

Fall 2011 3 2011 Annual Meeting and Dinner he 2011 USDCHS annual meeting took place on October 27 at the Governor Hotel. Before dinner, guests enjoyed Tdrinks, conversation, and perusing the Oregon judicial timeline display, recently updated with two new mem- bers. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Edward Leavy and his family were presented with the Lifetime Service Award and those gathered enjoyed a video presentation put together by Michael O’Rourke on the Leavy family hop farm. In July 2012, the farm will have been in family hands for 100 years. President Kari Furnanz helped us elect the officers for 2012: Stephen Joncus, president; Kathryn Roberts, vice president; Shannon Vincent, Treasurer; and Carra Sahler, secretary. In honor of the upcoming centennial of Oregon women attaining the vote in 1912, the Oregon Suffrage players of Century of Action: Oregon Women Vote, 1912–2012, presented “What’s Suffrage Got To Do with It?” a mock town hall debate on enfranchising women. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Diarmuid O’Scannlain and Kerry Tymchuk, Executive Director of the Oregon Historical Society played cameo roles in the debate.

Top row (from left to right): Judge Owen Panner, Oral Historian Jan Dilg, Susan and Judge John Jelderks; Judges Anna Brown, Owen Panner, Ellen Rosenblum, and Edward Leavy; Angel Lopez. Middle row: Justice Thomas Balmer, Lewis & Clark Law School Dean Robert Klonoff, and Judge Henry Kantor; Kerry Tymchuk and Liz Paulus; Stephen Joncus, Kari Furnanz, and Judge Trish Brown. Bottom row: Sandy Polichuk and Eileen Leavy; Judges Mary James, Ellen Rosenblum, and Pat Sullivan; Vicki Smith and Kerry Shepherd. Photos by Jeanne Galick and Adair Law.

4 U.S. District Court of Oregon Historical Society “He was everything you hoped to have in a judge.” Remembering Judge Donald Ashmanskas By Josh Smith and Adair Law Special thanks to Judge Ashmanskas’s was nominated for the ABA Franklin former law clerks, Sara Mulroy, Kath- N. Flaschner Judicial Award. He was ryn Roberts, Lynn Barkley, Shannon also elected president of the Owen M. Bronson, and Joan Hilsenteger for Panner Inn of Court. their help with this article Judge Ash was an invaluable part of the U.S. District Court and the n Monday, July 18, 2011, U.S. . Known for his ODistrict Court Magistrate Judge genuine kindness, sharp wit, and Donald Ashmanskas passed away sud- love of literature, obscure historical denly while working in his Beaverton trivia, and word play, he was a joy to community garden. “Judge Ash,” as be around. His colleagues, the court he was fondly known, was born in staff, and the lawyers who appeared Boston, Massachusetts on August in his court uniformly recall him as a 26, 1935 and grew up in Kearney, favorite judge. As the reflections and New Jersey. He was a half-back for memories about Judge Ash make clear, the high school football team and his he will be dearly missed. nickname was “X.” Fellow New Jer- On September 22, 2011, the U.S. seyite, attorney Hank Franzoni, who District Court for the District of had friends at Kearney High, informed later, he was promoted to the Wash- Oregon held a memorial service for a packed memorial service audience ington County Circuit Court, where Judge Ashmanskas in a packed jury that when “X” ran for student body he served for fifteen years. In 1992, assembly room. Several attorneys, president, one of his campaign posters Judge Ash was appointed U.S. Magis- former staff members, and colleagues carried this proposition: “If you think trate Judge for the District of Oregon. shared special memories and reflec- I’m anything like [my opponent] you Judge Ash was a devoted student tions about him and his lasting impact can punch me in the mouth.” and teacher of the law, mentoring with the U.S. District Court. He was Ashmanskas served in the U. S. many young lawyers who served as uniformly remembered as an extraor- Marine Corps from 1954 to 1957, judicial law clerks during his tenure. dinarily kind and caring person with then briefly attended Boston College He was dedicated to the Portland-area a larger‑than‑life personality and scin- and the University of Maine before Continuing Legal Education commu- tillating wit. Chief Judge Ann Aiken, receiving his B.A. from Rutgers Uni- nity, authoring several CLE articles a fellow Rutgers graduate, donned a versity in 1960. As an undergraduate, and he was a frequent participant in Rutgers Scarlet Knights jacket as she he worked as a revenue officer for the CLE seminars on a range of topics. noted that Judge Ash “was everything U.S. Treasury Department. In May Judge Ash was also intimately involved you hoped to have in a judge.” 1960, he married Joyce-marie Crock- in the Portland legal community and At the memorial service, several of ett, a University of Maine graduate. served as the chair of several Oregon Judge Ash’s recent law clerks point- Ashmanskas enrolled in the New York State Bar committees. Over the course edly recalled that while he was an University School of Law and earned of his prodigious career, he was recog- intensely curious and intelligent per- his J.D. in 1966. Shortly afterwards, nized for his service and contributions son, Judge Ash cared not only about he and Joyce moved to Oregon where to the legal community. A National what you were working on, but what he worked as an assistant professor Endowment for the Humanities Fel- was going on in your life. “He cared at . In 1968, he lowship helped him pursue post- about where you were from, what you joined the League of Oregon Cities as graduate work at Cornell University. were reading, what you did over the legal counsel and a field consultant. The Oregon State Bar recognized his weekend, and what movies you had Ashmanskas served as the Beaverton volunteer work toward improving the seen recently. The answers mattered; City Attorney from 1970-75. In 1975, practice of law with the President’s the questions not as much, because he he became a judge on the Washing- Membership Service Award. In 1991, mostly cared about your experiences. ton County District Court. Two years then Circuit Court Judge Ashmanskas Continue on page 6

Fall 2011 5 motion’ and what I now understand Ashmanskas continued was a motion to suppress the state’s He cared about you…. He made time evidence. Counsel thought this would to check in with each of us on a regu- force the judge to grant the continu- lar basis, even though we were not all ance. Not to be circumvented, Judge in the same office space. This required Ash politely noted the development, him to roam the building so he could directed the prosecutor to assemble ‘straighten everyone out.’” the state’s witnesses for a suppres- He was remembered for mak- sion hearing, and set the hearing to ing mundane work days exciting: commence at 6:00 p.m. the same day. an impromptu lunch to a nearby The hearing extended well into Asian restaurant “so we could get the night and Judge Ash took extra extra dishes,” a bucket of vegetables recesses to ensure his pen-writer brought in from the garden complete reporter could rest her hands. He with a dirt trail from the elevator to never showed any sign of fatigue or the office, “or his elaborate (and often frustration. He methodically dealt secretive) Halloween costume plans, with every issue presented, ruled from he made work about more than just the bench sometime after midnight, ‘the work.’” and, as promised, the case was, in His clerks recalled that “working Judge Ashmanskas and picnic friends fact, ready for trial at 9 a.m. the next with Ash was learning with Ash.” He observing balloon-toss technique. Photo morning. I will forever hold dear the by Owen Schmidt had a straightforward approach at the image of this workhorse of a judge office: show up for work in a pleas- He was one of a kind, once in a life- who did what he had to do, calmly, ant mood and do your job to the best time, and he unquestionably broke the fairly, and even when he would have of your ability. “He read everything mold. Working for him you learned much preferred to be home with his submitted to him, start to finish. He not just how to be a good lawyer, but family.” knew your case, your motion, your also a good person.” Paul Gale served as Judge Ash’s arguments. The parties mattered, the Judge Anna Brown recalled meet- courtroom deputy and recalled his process was important and while he ing Judge Ash in 1977, when he pre- ability to bring a sense of levity to played the role of decision maker, sided over a Washington County serious proceedings. Judge Ash loved he never elevated himself above any criminal case whose defendant was to play practical jokes on attorneys. of the other participants, inside the represented by a sole practitioner for He regularly asked Paul to get the courthouse or out. He learned from whom she was clerking while a night attorneys on the phone for a tele- everyone and everyone counted.” law student. phone status conference. After get- Judge Ash was accessible. He rode “The case was very old and com- ting the attorneys onto the conference public transit to work, his phone ing up for another trial date when line, Judge Ash would pick up and and address were listed publicly. He my boss filed, on the day before trial, say, “Okay Paul, do you have those returned calls, emails, and notes. what the good judge regarded as a bozos on the line?” then feign surprise “Because he was so smart, both in the frivolous motion to continue. He set that the attorneys were on the line. traditional sense and in the practical an immediate hearing for that after- “Oh yes, I apologize for that.” Gale sense, there was a temptation to try noon. Wide-eyed and very interested thought it always helped loosen up to match him, to be witty or original in how this would go, I sat in the back the proceedings. or a little smarter than usual….What of Judge Ash’s courtroom as he lis- John Ashworth recalled an envi- he most expected or hoped for from tened patiently to counsel’s arguments ronmental case in which Judge Ash us was that we would be authentic for and against another set-over. After offered the lawyers a prize (of sorts) with him. He moved through the listing the previous defense continu- if they were able to correctly answer world with grace and graciousness. ances and explaining why the current a trivia question. The prize was a His coolness and charm were funda- request was without basis, Judge Ash one-time, no-questions-asked order mental. He was beloved in high-school denied the motion and told the parties granting any one request for a set over and beloved pretty much for the rest to appear for trial the next day at 9 or continuance in a case before Judge of his life. He knew it, I think, but he a.m. The defense counsel (my boss) Ash. The question: “What does the didn’t know how truly special he was. handed up what he called an ‘omnibus phrase, ‘ships passing in the night’

6 U.S. District Court of Oregon Historical Society mean?” Ashworth guessed that the young lawyer that it was perfectly to light up a room. Judge Jones stated phrase had something to do with a fine to compare apples to oranges. that it was a great source of pride to failure of communication. After other Although they might be of different have a judge like Judge Ash in the wrong guesses, a younger lawyer said colors and tastes, both apples and District of Oregon. Judge Redden the phrase referred to a brief encoun- oranges are fruits, relatively round, felt that Judge Ash made this world ter, usually of a romantic nature. With and similar in size. It is easy to com- a better, happier place. this correct answer, Judge Ash gave pare the two. Judge Ash then asked Judge Ash announced his retirement copies of Henry Wadsworth Long- the clerk to rewrite the sentence. The in 2007 and Magistrate Judge John fellow’s Tales of a Wayside Inn: The clerk was undeterred. In his rewrite, Acosta was appointed to his position. Theologian’s Tale: Elizabeth, Pt. 4 he criticized the argument for com- As a practicing lawyer, Judge Acosta (1874), to the parties and proceeded paring apples to oranges, while noting had seen Judge Ash’s fairness, humor, to read the poem in open court: that although it is possible to compare and graciousness. Judge Acosta fondly Ships that pass in the night, and apples to oranges, in this case, it is recalled Judge Ash’s efforts to help speak each other in passing, not particularly fruitful. Judge Ash ease him into his new position as a Only a signal shown and a distant adopted the rewrite, and related the magistrate. Even after his retirement, voice in the darkness; story many times. Judge Ash stayed on to help the other So on the ocean of life, we pass U.S. District Court Magistrate magistrate judges with criminal issues. and speak one another, Judge Janice Stewart knew Judge He was a fixture in the court, with Only a look and a voice, the dark- Ash for 18 years and remembered unparalleled institutional knowledge. ness again and a silence. him as always smiling, taking time Bruce Rubin, a board member of Judge Michael Simon recalled two to chat, and sharing something inter- the U.S. District Court Historical stories about Judge Ashmanskas. esting, whether a new bit of trivia or Society, recalled that for a hearing Simon (not yet a judge) and a young an endearing story about his family. before Judge Ash, addressing the legal lawyer who had clerked for Judge He loved sharing the successes of his and factual issues was only part of his Ash were working on a case before children (Brooks, Gardner, and Adri- preparation. “I had to remember the him. The younger lawyer asked to enne) and grandchildren, who made best and worst movies I had seen in deliver oral argument on a procedural him so proud. Judge Stewart fondly recent weeks, the basis for my theat- motion. Simon agreed, but decided to recalled his disdain for the computer rical opinions, and the names of the accompany the young lawyer–just to and email. He carried around 3 x key actors. I had to alert any associ- be safe. The young lawyer was doing 5 cards (referred to by some as the ates who would come with me, even if a fine job, when suddenly Judge Ash Ashmanskas Blackberry) on which they had no planned speaking role, to interrupted. “Wait a minute. Mr. he kept any important reminders, be prepared to explain where and why Simon, you haven’t said a word. What phone numbers, interesting trivia or they went to college and law school precisely is your role in this hearing?” new words he learned. (as well as the movie stuff). Often it Recognizing that Judge Ash was hav- Judges Robert Jones and James Red- was only after ‘getting acquainted’ ing a little fun at his expense, Simon den both recalled Judge Ash’s ability Continue on page 8 responded in jest, “Your honor, my role is to sit here and look pretty.” Judge Ash shot back, “Well, Mr. Simon, you’re failing miserably.” Judge Simon also recounted Judge Ashmanaskas’ now famous speech comparing apples to oranges, which involved the same young lawyer. While working as Judge Ashmanskas’ law clerk, the young man drafted a find- ing and recommendation, dismissing a party’s argument because “it was like comparing apples to oranges.” Judge Ashmanskas loathed the use of cliches in legal writing. He crossed out the Carra Sahler, Judge Garr King, Judge Ashmanskas, and Heather Van Meter. Photo offending phrase, explaining to the by Owen Schmidt.

Fall 2011 7 in this way that he would look at his had been called as a witness. Outside watch and say, ‘OK, let’s get to work’ the presence of the jury, Judge Ash so we could argue the motion.” asked the planner “How he got to the Jay Waldron remembered Judge courthouse? When the planner replied Ash as “a loyal member of our Red that he drove there, Ash read to him Sox diehards,” a group that attended from a transportation plan concern- games at various stadiums. In one ing the benefits of mass transit, gave case before Judge Ashmanskas, Wal- him a bus schedule, and wrote out a dron recalled opposing counsel as a note telling him which buses he could “made-for-TV” New York-type part- take to get back to Tigard City Hall if ner “with an associate entourage.” he wanted to experience firsthand the Linda Sherry, Judge Ashmanskas and Before the New York lawyer could Mary Moran in 2008. joys of mass transit.” Judge Ash rode speak, Judge Ash noted this was a the bus to the courthouse most days. close case, “So, whoever knows the the Dark Side (the federal bench). His Michael Cohen recalled working name of Roy Hobbs bat [from the work was always clear and, whenever with Judge Ash while he was a law movie The Natural], wins.” Waldron he could get away with it, amusing as clerk to U.S. District Court Judge blurted, “Wonderboy” and Judge Ash well.” Judge Ash’s passing is a “loss Otto Skopil. Cohen enjoyed Judge said “he was granting my motion.” As for all of us, and proof positive that Ash’s love of language and mentioned the New York lawyer “turned white,” you don’t have to take yourself seri- that his grandmother would challenge Judge Ash said, “Just kidding.” ously to be a seriously great judge.” him with a list of “five obscure vocab- Dan Knox recalled cases in both Jeremy Vermilyea appeared before ulary words a month.” Judge loved the Judge Ash’s state and federal court- Judge Ash on several occasions. On tradition and “demanded that I start rooms: “Trial work is, of course, high his first motion before Judge Ash, sharing my grandmother’s vocabu- octane and high stress, for the par- Judge Ash asked about his back- lary lists with him as well.” Cohen ties, for the witnesses, for the lawyers. ground, “where I was from, where I recalled that unlike him, Judge Ash Judge Ash invariably tried to reduce lived, whether I had children, where “knew almost all of the words, but the anxieties of the people in his court- they went to school.” Vermilyea there were a few that stumped even room, and did so without demeaning answered the questions, noting his him. When we came across that cher- his office or diminishing the serious- two stepdaughters attended South- ished word that neither of us knew, ness of the case at hand. Of course, he ridge High School in Beaverton, we would look up the definition and didn’t mind occasionally puncturing “Judge Ash’s eyes narrowed.” Judge then Judge Ash would challenge me the lawyers. Right after he went onto Ash was no fan of that school’s pool. to figure out a way to work it in, in an the federal bench, Kent Roberts and I “He proceeded to talk about the com- appropriate way, to a written opinion tried a big ticket admiralty death case munity garden that used to be on that I was working on for him.” to him, without a jury. He began the piece of land, and how he’d spent Judge Janice Stewart recalled a first morning of trial, after seating years tending a garden there, and how piece written by Hannah Senesh, himself, by noting the name of plain- upsetting it was when the garden was which she felt described Judge Ash: tiff’s counsel, and asking Mr. Babcock plowed under to make way for the “There are stars whose radiance is vis- if he was ready to proceed. And then pool.” Judge Ash always remembered ible on Earth though they have long he looked at me over the top of his that conversation and would “usually been extinct. There are people whose glasses and said, ‘And I see the defen- growl about the pool” whenever he brilliance continues to light the world dants are represented by the Prince of saw Vermilyea. “It was through that even though they are no longer among Darkness. Prince, are you ready?’ The story that I learned about Judge Ash’s the living. These lights are particu- temperature in the courtroom went love for his community and his love larly bright when the night is dark. down by about 15 degrees. Oregon for gardening.” They light the way for humankind.” has been graced with a great, great Judge Ash’s colleagues and the law- “To me,” Judge Stewart lamented, federal bench for decades. Ash will yers who appeared in his courtroom “Judge Ash is one of those stars.” be a difficult act to follow.” uniformly recalled him as a fair jurist Former Oregon Supreme Court and a joy to be around. Joe Willis An article noting Judge Ashman- Justice, W. Michael Gillette, fondly recalled a case, in which Judge Ash skas’ retirement appeared in the recalled Judge Ash as “a colleague tactfully needled an Oregon Depart- Winter/Spring 2008 issue of Oregon of many years before he went over to ment of Transportation planner who Benchmarks.

8 U.S. District Court of Oregon Historical Society Betty Roberts: Honoring a Trailblazer By Jan Dilg n July 28, 2011 approximately when their father lost his health Chief Judge Ann Aiken recalled being O400 people gathered in the Port- and ability to financially support enthralled by Roberts’ electrifying land State University Ballroom to pay them during the 1930s. It was then floor speech on the Equal Rights tribute to the Honorable Betty Rob- that Betty learned lessons she never Amendment in the Oregon State Sen- erts, who passed away on June 25 of forgot “about charity, the goodwill ate in 1973 as an undergraduate at pulmonary fibrosis. A force in the of people, and government orga- the University of Oregon. “Her torch Oregon Legislature in the ‘60s and nizations and programs.” Cantrell was on fire and she owned the room ‘70s, Roberts was the first woman on remembered his sister’s nascent fight- with her passionate, articulate, and the (1977- ing spirit. When teaching Betty to well-reasoned speech in favor of rati- 82) and the first woman on the Ore- box, Cantrell recalled that after a fication.” Aiken recalled that Roberts gon Supreme Court (1982-86). After few practice jabs, she punched him was not only “a spectacular mentor,” leaving the Oregon Supreme Court soundly in the nose, making it bleed. but noted that Betty “welcomed” she established a career in alterna- He asked his little sister why she hit women and men, even younger than tive dispute resolution, primarily as him. “You challenged me to a fight. herself as “teachers, too.” She was, a mediator, but also as an arbitrator. I thought you knew that I would hit “courageous enough to open herself The Rev. Dr. Marilyn Sewell served you.” “Perhaps,” Cantrell pondered, to opportunity and challenge, to tak- as officiant as colleagues and family “a few grown men in Oregon should ing chances on people.” members recounted their relation- have known of Betty’s propensity to Former Chief Judge of the Oregon ships with Betty and the many ways swing fast whenever challenged.” Court of Appeals, Mary Deits, and she inspired and motivated them over As several speakers noted, Rob- former Oregon Supreme Court Justice the arc of her life. More often than erts was a tireless advocate for equal Sue Leeson noted Roberts’ role as a not the personal and the professional rights, civil liberties, and reproductive trailblazer for women on the Oregon associations were closely intertwined. rights. Longtime feminist advocate bench. Deits was clear that her time The speakers recalled different peri- and elected official on the Court of Appeals was easier ods of Roberts’s life and career, but summed up Roberts as a role model because Betty had “focused on being their remembrances shared com- for women this way: “She was what the best judge she could be” rather mon themes: courage, compassion, we wanted to be before we even knew than waste time on adversarial battles. humor, generosity, intelligence, and what we wanted to be ourselves.” Continue on page 10 persistence. Melody Rose, Portland State Uni- versity vice provost of academic pro- grams and instruction, spoke of Betty Roberts’ pride in being an educated woman, and her belief that “education was the great equalizer.” Roberts’s early career as a teacher, and later as a state legislator advocating for educa- tional reforms and funding, grew out of her core belief in the importance of access to a good education for every- one. Robert Cantrell, Betty’s older brother recalled that their mother instilled the value of education in all the Cantrell children. She made sure the children went to school and did their homework, because being poor was no excuse for not being educated. During their shared childhood, the family’s fortunes dissipated Justice Betty Roberts and Judge Mercedes Diez. Photo courtesy of Oregon State Bar

Fall 2011 9 Profile of Lifetime Member: Justice Edwin J. Peterson Contributing to Efficient Courts By Jennifer Jill Esmay or this edition, we honor Lifetime FMember Justice Edwin J. Peterson. Before becoming an Oregon Supreme Court Justice, Peterson specialized in civil tort, insurance, and business litigation at Tooze, Kerr, Peterson, Marshall and Shenker for 22 years. Justice Peterson was appointed by From left: Judges Susan Graber, Ann Aiken, Anna Brown, and Betty Robert with Governor to the court Katherine O’Neil and at 2007 annual meeting. in 1979. In 1983 and 1989 he was elected chief justice by his peers on When Leeson, then the only woman tise. When Roberts received the Cen- the Oregon Supreme Court. He served member of the Supreme Court, strug- ter for Women, Politics and Policy’s as Chief Justice until September 1991. gled with whether her decision to Lifetime Achievement award in 2009, He retired from the court at the end leave the court in 2002 would be a despite the advanced stage of her pul- of 1993. Currently, Justice Peterson “betrayal to women.” Betty pragmati- monary disease, Roberts declared: mediates and arbitrates cases, serves cally counseled: “Quit. Go get well. “I’m not done with my torch yet. Go as a pro tem judge, and is a Distin- Don’t ever look back.” get your own.” guished Jurist in Residence at Willa- Family was just as important as Betty Roberts was mindful of the mette College career and public service were to value of documenting and preserving of Law where Betty Roberts and finding a balance her life and her accomplishments for h e t e a c h e s between those parts of her life was a future generations. She recorded sub- pretrial civil priority. Daughter Dian Odell spoke stantial oral histories that are avail- litigation. on behalf of her siblings, John, Jo, and able at the Oregon Historical Society. Born in Gil- Randy. Their mother was many things Those oral histories culminated in manton, Wis- over the course of her life, “and she her book, With Grit and By Grace: consin, which wasn’t a miracle worker, she was just Breaking Trails in Politics and Law, has a popula- incredibly organized.” Betty Roberts A Memoir written with Gail Wells, tion then and was stay-at-home “mama,” night- which is widely available. In addition, Hon. Edwin Peterson now of about school student (first college and later Betty Roberts’s papers are archived 300 people, Justice Peterson lived law school), and then single-working at the Oregon Political Leadership there for 14 years. In 1944 his fam- mother. Odell noted that through “all Archive at Millar Library and open to ily moved to Eugene. After attending phases and ages, whatever it was, it the public. Copies of the video record- college at the University of Oregon was our normal.” ing of Betty Roberts’s Celebration of and before law school at the U of O, As Sue Leeson noted, Roberts did Life can be accessed online at www. Judge Peterson spent time in the Air not retire in 1986 when she stepped bettyroberts.net. Click on the “Past Force as a first lieutenant. down from the bench, but continued Events” tab for links to the video, Interested in management, Jus- to serve Oregonians as an effective viewing tips, and a copy of the pro- tice Peterson ensured that courts in mediator through 2009. During the gram. Articles based on talks Betty Oregon could run more efficiently brief time that same-sex marriage Roberts gave to an Oregon Women by promulgating the Uniform Trial was legal in Multnomah County, Lawyers Conference ran in the Win- Court Rules. Chief Justice Peterson Betty performed the first ceremony. ter 2000 and Spring 2001 issues of oversaw the integration of the state Despite her diagnosis of pulmonary Oregon Benchmarks, available at court system where all court employ- fibrosis disease, she continued to www.usdchs.org advise, mentor, and share her exper- Continue on page 15

10 U.S. District Court of Oregon Historical Society 2011 Lifetime Service Award Judge Edward Leavy and Family By Adair Law Information for this article came from interviews with Judge Leavy, interviews with family members and friends and Oregon Benchmarks Fall 2004. f the annual meeting is the brain of Ithe U.S. District Court of Oregon Historical Society, then surely our annual picnic is its heart. Since 2002 the annual picnic has been held at the family hop farm of Ninth Cir- cuit Court of Appeals Judge Edward Leavy. We take this opportunity to Left: Ed Leavy and a friend hauling hops in the 1940s. Right: Judge Leavy hauling thank him and his family for their picnickers in the 2000s. contributions to our organization. The area where we enjoy cama- born in Oregon in 1888, Her father downtown Portland during a flood in raderie, delicious food, and drink is Jeremiah O’Brien emigrated from the early 1900s. where families and groups who came Ireland and found work with the Patrick Leavy and Ella O’Brien to pick hops would pitch their tents Oswego Iron Company of New York. married in St. Mary’s Cathedral in and camp when Ed Leavy was a young He came to Oregon in 1881 to work Portland in 1907; he was 43 and she man. Judge Leavy recalled that many in the ironworks in Lake Oswego at a was 19. Their first child was born of the groups that came picked with time when there were visions of turn- later that year but lived only a few a purpose in mind, such as money ing the area into the “Pittsburgh of days. In 1910 Patrick, Ella, and James for school clothes. He recalled one the West.” The iron business fizzled, Leavy moved to Marion County. In group of six women who picked so but Jeremiah bought 500 red-soiled 1912 the brothers purchased the first that they could afford to hire a law- acres on Bald Peak, between Yamhill parcel of what became over 300 acres yer for a divorce. and Washington County. of the Leavy family farm on July 20, Edward Leavy was born on August Patrick and James Leavy started a 1912. By 1920, Patrick and Ella had 14, 1929 in Butteville, Oregon in a dairy in Sylvan, Oregon, on Scholls four children. At some point in the house about a mile away from the Ferry Road, just south of the inter- mid-twenties, the family moved into site of our annual picnic. He was section of Sylvan and the Sunset a spacious six-bedroom farmhouse. the youngest of ten children, nine of Highway along the Multnomah and The youngest child of the family, whom lived to adulthood. His father Washington County line. As a boy, Edward, was born in August 1929, Patrick Leavy was born in 1864 in Leavy enjoyed his Uncle Jim’s stories two months before the stock market Killucan, County West Meath, Ire- about delivering milk in a rowboat in crashed. land. Patrick Leavy immigrated to the 1886 and his brother James, born in 1869, followed in 1888. They lived in New York and eventually made their way west. Judge Leavy remembers stories they told about working on a streetcar in New York; one was a conductor and the other drove the horses. The U.S. Census for 1900 shows them living in Beaverton, Oregon. Second and third from the right are Ed Leavy and his friend Foye Harper in Octo- Leavy’s mother, Ella O’Brien was ber 1940 at Butteville School .

Fall 2011 11 Judge Leavy’s earliest memories we did. But, on the other hand, any- begin at about the age of five in 1934. body I saw who worked with horses “We were raising hops and had raised very much were always the ones who hops for I don’t know how many years were injured. Every one of my broth- before that. Everything was done by ers, it seemed, and my uncle, they all hand, including picking, and it took had injuries that came from horses. a lot of labor. I can remember men So the tractors were, on that score, a starting the season by splitting wood little more safe.” in anticipation of drying the hops with The rhythms and necessities of wood, so they would spend January farm life were a strong influence. He and February splitting wood, cord learned early how to figure things out wood. It would take about thirty and come up with practical solutions cords of wood or more to dry those for problems. His mother Ella had hops. When March came it was time received an education up to the sixth to hoe the hops and then of course the grade. A practical woman, when her strings had to be tied and they had to children balked at what they thought be trained on the strings and trained was a distasteful task, she told them, on the wire and cultivated and all of “Pride and poverty go hand in hand.” that. And it was all hard work some She was an avid reader of two news- of it done by horses. I can remember papers a day and engaged in what was going on in the world around her. when the first tractor came to the Eileen and Ed Leavy, July 16, 1951. farm….We not only raised hops but She served as counselor to many in raised some grain and all that was we had the tractors and that was what the area over matters of buying and harvested with the binder and put it I did mostly. I had brothers who were selling land. She was ambitious and in the shock and haul it to a thrash- not interested in tractors, didn’t care made astute business decisions. Her ing machine. A neighbor had a big to drive ‘em and didn’t even want to youngest son believes that had it not steam engine and thrasher and I can do it. They would rather go and do been for the fact that four of her sons remember, to run that big thrasher it something else and so I guess I had were alcoholics, Ella Leavy’s family took nine teams of horses, one team that extraordinary interest in doing it might have owned a large chunk of to haul water to it and eight teams to and I did that. And particularly after the Willamette Valley. haul bundles to it and that didn’t even we got a combine and that would have Leavy made two decisions at age get the grain away from the machine. been when I was about ten or eleven 16. Because he didn’t believe he’d be They left it in sacks when they were years old, I drove the tractor pulling able to handle alcohol any better than done. So it was just enormously hard that combine day in and day out it his brothers had, he made a vow not work.” seemed like for six weeks each sum- to touch it. There were some benefits Judge Leavy started his education mer. But I look back at it and wonder to that decision. “I acquired a whole at the two-room Butteville School in how we were able to survive as young- lot of status in high school as a non- 1936, the only member of his first sters, just to be able to take the risks drinker, because anytime any of my grade class. There were about twenty buddies wanted to borrow their fam- students in the school. In later years ily car they could represent that I was one of his teachers told him that she going to be there, so I got to be very had despaired of him ever learning popular.” He also decided he wanted to read. Because of their farm work to become a lawyer. He’d been inter- responsibilities, he and his classmates ested in science, but with the dropping might miss as many as 35 days of the of the atomic bomb, this 16-year-old school year decided scientific advancement was In 1939, his father Patrick Leavy over, but that people would always passed away. The family continued to need to have disputes resolved. He was work the farm and he and his brother the first member of his family to go and sister picked hops. “It wasn’t long to college. His mother was very sup- until I learned to operate a tractor. By portive and after he graduated from Mary Kay, Susan, Tom, Paul, and Pat the time I was ten or eleven years old Leavy. Woodburn High School in 1947, he

12 U.S. District Court of Oregon Historical Society Distinguished picnic guests over the years included (from left) Senator and Representatives Elizabeth Furse, Bob Duncan, and Denny Smith; Judge Leavy and Justice Sandra Day O’Connor; Senator . started college at University of Port- district attorney for Lane County. His nation.” Judge Leavy continued to rise land. He graduated in three years in mother Ella passed away that year. up the judicial ladder. On March 22, 1950 and was accepted to the Uni- In 1957, at the age of 27, he became 1984, he received a call from President versity of Notre Dame Law School. district court judge for Lane County. , informing him that Through a combination of good In 1961 he became an Oregon circuit he was prepared to nominate Judge timing and good grades in law school, court judge, a position he held for the Leavy to the seat of retiring Judge Leavy was not called to serve in the next 15 years. Belloni if Leavy would accept. Judge Korean War. After completing his The Leavy family suffered the loss Leavy said he would accept and he first year of law school, he returned of their daughter and sister Susan in was confirmed by the Senate on April to Oregon to marry a young woman 1966 when the three-and-a-half-year- 25, 1984. On February 2, 1987, Presi- from Gervais, Eileen Hagenauer on old died suddenly of a heart attack. dent Reagan nominated Judge Leavy June 16, 1951. They had started keep- They remained connected to the fam- to a seat vacated by Judge Otto Skopil ing company when they were seniors ily farm, helping out with harvest on the Ninth Circuit, who was assum- at Woodburn High School. Their when they could. ing senior status. He was confirmed first child Tom was born in 1952 as In 1974, Judge Leavy served as by the Senate on March 20, 1987. Leavy started his final year of law a justice pro tempore on the Ore- He sent an invitation to his April 16 school. Over the next eleven years, gon Supreme Court. On October swearing-in ceremony to his judicial four more children followed, Patrick, 1, 1976, he joined Judge George colleagues in Lane County. They sent Mary Kay and twins Paul and Susan. Juba in Portland and Judge Michael him the following note, dated April After graduation from law school, the Hogan in Eugene to become Oregon’s 3, 1987. young family returned to Oregon and third magistrate. When making the Dear Judge Leavy, Leavy went into private practice with announcement, Chief Judge Robert We, your colleagues and friends on Bert McCoy’s law firm in Eugene in Belloni noted now Oregon had “the the Lane County bench are unable to 1953. In 1954, he became a deputy best combination of magistrates in the attend due to previously scheduled

Foye and Beth Harper; Pat Leavy and Jean Ann Quinn; Eileen Leavy with Juliet Moan-Johnston; Judge Leavy

Fall 2011 13 matters. Frankly, the sentiment is focus to the picnic by giving each pic- Leavy, and Eileen Leavy decorate, strong against continued trips down nic a theme with a focus on legal his- welcome all warmly, help keep things the freeway to honor a person who tory makers. In a recent interview he moving, and then direct the clean-up. cannot hold a job for a respectable happily noted, “I have an enthusiasm “We should be managing a circus” is period of time. Congratulations for the event I don’t try to conceal.” a common refrain in the Leavy family anyway. Judge Leavy’s son, Pat and his wife during the August picnic weekend. The USDCHS is truly fortunate in Jean Ann Quinn who now run the We extend our great thanks to the the ways that Judge Leavy and his hop farm, welcome us each year. Paul Leavy family for the hospitality and family have extended their hopitality. Leavy and Mark Brown drive trac- the history they have helped us build. In 2005, Judge Leavy brought a new tors, while Mary Kay Brown, Trish

2011 Annual Picnic at the Leavy Family Hop Farm

On August 7, the members of the U.S. District Court Histori- cal Society and the Oregon Fed- eral Bar Asso- ciation enjoyed a lovely day in the country at the Leavy family hop barm. The focus of this year’s picnic celebrated Oregon’s law schools. Guests were encouraged to come in their own law school paraphernalia. There was a healthy amount of orange and black (Lewis and Clark), green and yellow (University of Oregon), cardinal and old gold () and a varied array of other school colors.

14 U.S. District Court of Oregon Historical Society Federal Circuit Oregon’s New U.S. Attorney Sworn In Visits Oregon n October 7, 2011, following Senate confirma- By Stephen Joncus Otion and commissioning by President Barack uring the week of October Obama, Chief Judge Ann Aiken swore in Amanda D3, 2011, the Federal Circuit Marshall as Oregon’s U.S. Attorney. Marshall fol- Court of Appeals sat in Oregon and lows Dwight Holton, who served as interim U.S. heard oral arguments at the Pioneer Attorney for 20 months. Courthouse, Mark O. Hatfield U.S. Marshall takes over as U.S. Attorney after a Courthouse, Lewis and Clark Law sixteen-year legal career as a Coos County deputy School, Willamette Law School, and district attorney, assistant attorney general, and University of Oregon School of Law. attorney in charge of the Child Advocacy Section Amanda Marshall The Federal Circuit normally sits in with Oregon’s Attorney General’s Office. In those Washington, D.C., but about once a roles, Marshall amassed significant trial and supervisory experience in year, the court travels outside Wash- state courts, handling litigation in 23 of Oregon’s 36 counties, and man- ington to hear oral arguments. This aging a section of 50 lawyers. year, for the first time, the court’s des- Marshall was born in Washington, D.C. and raised in Mill Valley, Cali- tination was the U.S. District Court fornia, where she attended Tamalpais High School. She graduated from of Oregon. the University of Oregon in 1992 and received her law degree from Wil- The Federal Circuit’s visit to Oregon lamette University in 1995. While in law school, she served as the tribal included eight of the ten active judges: court clerk for the Confederated Tribes of the Grande Ronde Community Chief Circuit Judge Randall R. Rader of Oregon. As a criminal prosecutor in Coos County, she tried primarily and Circuit Judges Alan S. Lourie, serious violent crime cases and created and oversaw a domestic violence William C. Bryson, , prosecution unit, which helped develop a community response to domestic Timothy B. Dyk, , Kim- violence focusing on enhanced victim safety and offender accountability. berly A. Moore, and Jimmie V. Reyna, As the attorney in charge of the Oregon Department of Justice Child Advo- along with a contingent of law clerks cacy Section, Marshall led the attorneys who represented the Department and support staff. Chief Judge Rader of Human Services Child Welfare Division. proudly announced that the court’s Marshall is married to Ladd Wiles, a Yamhill County deputy district visit to his home state of Oregon set attorney, and they have three children. a record for the highest percentage of active Federal Circuit judges to sit outside of Washington, D.C. Many Oregon lawyers and students Hon. Edwin Peterson A total of 24 appeals were argued flocked to the oral hearings, CLE pre- continued from page 10 to six different panels of three judges sentations, and social events during ees became state employees. The inte- each. One panel included Chief Dis- the week. At one particularly interest- gration created challenges, but it has trict Court Judge Ann Aiken sitting ing CLE, all eight judges participated been successful. by designation with Judge Rader in a panel that responded to questions When Peterson became Chief and Judge Moore to hear oral argu- from the audience. Justice, the statewide average time ments at historic Pioneer Courthouse. Some members of the court took between filing and trial of civil cases While the Federal Circuit is com- time to explore Portland. For exam- was well over a year (19 months in monly known as having exclusive ple, Judge Moore and her law clerks Multnomah County). With the coop- jurisdiction over appeals in patent reportedly embarked on a walking eration of trial judges, that time was cases, audiences to the hearings also tour one morning that included Pow- reduced, on average, to a year or less observed oral arguments unrelated to ell’s City of Books. In all, the week of (eight months in Multnomah County). patent law that arise from the court’s October 3, 2011 provided the Oregon Looking back on his years as a jurisdiction that includes appeals bar with a marvelous opportunity to Chief Justice, the area he derived the from the Court of Federal Claims, meet the judges of the Federal Cir- most satisfaction from was “working Court of International Trade, Court cuit and to witness them in action with judges on operating efficient of Appeals for Veterans Claims, Merit on the bench. courts; and working with extremely Systems Protection Board, and Board bright people with a sense of humor.” of Contract Appeals.

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OFFICERS: Hon. Ann Aiken, Board Chair, Ex-Officio; New Federal Judges continued from page 10 President, *Kari Furnanz; *Stepehn Joncus, Vice President; Kathryn P. Roberts Treasurer, *Shannon Marie Vincent, compassionate jurist is like.” He extended special appreciation to the Corporate/Executive Secretary; *David Landrum, Immedi- ate Past President Hon. Richard L. Unis. In thanking his colleagues in the profession, he 2011 BOARD MEMBERS: Courtney Angeli, Ex-Officio; reminded us of Shakespeare’s words from Taming of the Shrew: “Do Sean Bannon; Michelle Barton; Hon. Trish M. Brown; as adversaries do in law; strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends.” *Marc M. Carlton; Hon. Paul De Muniz, Ex-Officio; *Thomas H. Edmonds; *Julie Engbloom; *Jennifer Jill He thanked his son, Andrew, who was present, and his daughter Esmay; *Mary Ellen Page Farr; Gary Gaydos, Ex-Officio; Hon. Dennis J. Hubel, *Jenifer Johnston, Ann Marie Sara, who is studying in China, for the many things they have and King,*Hon. Edward Leavy; Colin Love-Geiger, Josh Lute, will continue to teach him. “Finally, I owe most and so much to my *Gregory J. Miner; *Hon. David Rees, *Bruce A. Rubin; *Carra L. Sahler; Joshua P. Smith; *Vicki L. Smith; *John greatest teacher, greatest role model, best friend, life partner, and W. Stephens; Kerry Tymchuk, Ex Officio; *Cody M. Weston. wife for more than 26 years. Thank you, Suzanne.” 2011 HONORARY MEMBERS: The Belloni Family, Ernest Bonyhadi, Helen Burns; George Fraser; Randall Kester, Greetings and thank, Judge Hernández and Judge Simon, for all Katherine O’Neil, Hon. Owen Panner, Hon. James Redden, that you will bring to the U.S. District Court of Oregon. Richard B. Solomon, Norm Wiener. 2011 LIFETIME MEMBERS: Jeffery Batchelor, Frank Bauman, Owen Blank, *Hon. Anna J. Brown; Helen Burns, Donald Cinnamond, Sarah Crooks, Jan Dysart, Paul Fortino, George Fraser, Edwin Harnden, Cynthia Harrison, Douglas Houser, Hon. Robert Jones, Randall Kester, James Knoll, Hon. Edward Leavy, James S. Leigh, Nancy Moriarty, Jeffrey Mutnick, Elizabeth Newcomb, Verne Newcomb, Daniel O’Leary, Hon. Owen M. Panner, Hon. Edwin Peterson, Dian Rubanoff, Sarah Ryan, Thomas Sand, , Norman Sepenuk, Arden Shenker, Richard Solomon, Gayle Troutwine, Heather Van Meter, Timothy Williams, Kelly Zusman. 2011 IN MEMORIAM: Hon. Helen Frye, John Jaqua, Hon. Albert Radcliffe, John Schwabe LIAISON: newsletter, *Adair Law ([email protected]); Newsletter designer, Jeanne E. Galick; Oral History,*Jan Dilg ([email protected]); USDC: *Dana Vinchesi

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At the annual meeting, suffragettes Sandy Polichuk, Eliza Stuckman, Jan Dilg reminded us of the upcoming centennial anniversary of women get- ting the vote in Oregon.