International Water Conference I U.S. District Judge Michael McShane ’88 I Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts I Honor Roll of Donors TheADVOCATE LEWIS & CLARK LAW SCHOOL I PORTLAND, OREGON I FALL 2013 Justice Sonia Sotomayor to Visit Law School Fifth Visit by a Supreme Court Justice Since 2008 Alumni Board of Directors Board of Visitors 2013-14 Table of Contents 2013-14 John Bates Features Matthew Bergman ’89 Tonya Alexander ’01 Justice Sonia Sotomayor to Visit. 6 Sidney Billingslea ’84 Sidney Billingslea ’84 Water for Life . 8 Bowen Blair ’80 Hon. Anna Brown ’80 Introducing Oregon Volunteer Lawyers Monte Bricker Coby Dolan ’99 for the Arts. 14 Michael Eidlin ’92 Thomas Brown ’80 Changing Lives for the Better . .16 Dan Eller ’04, Vice President Jerry Carleton ’07 Albert Menashe. 20 Adina Flynn ’96, President Ying Chen ’95 DOJ Honors the National Crime David Hittle ’74 Jonathan Cole ’76 Victim Law Institute. .22 Thomas Jensen ’83 Bruce Crocker ’76 Commencement 2013. 24 Molly Marcum ’82 Victoria Cumings ’04 Honor Roll of Donors . 46 Hon. Keith Meisenheimer ’76 Jeff Curtis ’86 Sarah Melton ’08 Stephen Doherty ’84 Departments Christopher Neumann ’98 Barnes Ellis Events in the News . 2 Ajit Phadke ’98 David Ernst ’85 Faculty and Staff News . 28 Justin Sawyer ’01 M. Carr Ferguson Class Notes . 35 Kenneth Schefski ’99 Paul Fortino In Memoriam . 58 Bryan Scott ’91 Hon. Julie Frantz ’75 Heather Self ’01 Hon. Susan Graber Hon. Jill Tanner ’88 Gary Grenley ’75 Lawrence Wobbrock ’77 Edwin Harnden Volume 35, Number 1, Fall 2013 Christie Helmer ’74 The Advocate Recent Graduate Steven Hopp ’75 David Howitt ’94 Lewis &Clark Law School Council 10015 S.W. Terwilliger Blvd. 2013-14 James Hubler ’72 Judith Johansen ’83 Portland, Oregon 97219-7799 Lizzie Brodeen-Kuo ’08 Hon. Elizabeth Johnson ’77 503-768-6600 Scott Byrd ’07 Jeffrey Lewis ’89 law.lclark.edu Eric Deitrick ’05 Caroline Lobdell ’01 Justin Caberera ’05, Vice President Henry Lorenzen ’76 Cody Elliott ’09 Richard Maizels ’66 Patrick Foran ’09 Charles Markley ’75 Anthony Kuchulis ’08 Leodis Matthews ’73 The Advocate is published for alumni, faculty, Holly Rudolph ’10, President Alan Merkle ’82 Christina Schuck ’11 staff, and friends of Lewis &Clark Law School. Matthew Murray ’75 Letters and articles are welcomed; submissions Vathana Sivanesan ’05 Michael Nelson ’95 are subject to editing. Manohar Sukumar ’12 Ambyr O’Donnell ’01 President: Barry Glassner Tyler Volm ’08 Hon. Diarmuid O’Scannlain Dean: Robert H. Klonoff Tara Zuardo ’10 Jordan Schnitzer ’76 Writing: Elizabeth A. Davis ’93 J. Mack Shively ’79 Design: Reynolds Wulf Inc., Henry Skade ’77 Robert Reynolds, Letha Wulf Nancy Tauman ’78 Jeffrey Teitel ’73 On the cover: U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor. Mark Tratos ’79 Michelle Travis © 2013 Lewis &Clark Law School. All rights reserved. Isao Tom Tsuruta ’89 Recycled paper. Lewis & Clark is committed Steven Wildish ’85 to using resources wisely. Michael Williams go.lclark.edu/printing_practices Lawrence Wilson ’75 Russell Winner Benjamin Wolff ’94 Letter From the Dean Dear Law School Community: years, our full-time faculty have published 251 articles, 60 books, In my last letter, I wrote about our extraordinary staff, adjunct and 30 book chapters. A number of these professors have pre- professors, mentors, and visiting professors. In this issue, I want sented these articles—or spoken on other topics—at academic to discuss our permanent faculty. and professional conferences around the country. This exposure One of the incredible things about our school is that faculty advances the law school’s reputation with potential employers. members who join us rarely leave. Our longest-serving faculty (A glance at the Faculty and Staff News section on page 28 will members have been here for over 40 years, and the majority have give you an idea of some of the faculty’s recent scholarly activity.) been here for more than 10 years. Equally important is that the Our faculty also make an enormous contribution to the knowledge and experience of this group is reinforced by the 24 administration of the law school. Each faculty member serves on faculty members who have been at the law school for less than one or more committees that have responsibility for such tasks 10 years and are adding exciting new ideas and energy to the mix. as curriculum, admissions, faculty appointments, budget, and All of our faculty members are dedicated to teaching. I am other less obvious concerns that are essential to the operation proud to say that most of our faculty regularly score 4 or higher of the institution. (on a scale of 1 to 5) in student evaluations. And faculty members In addition to all of this, most faculty members find time volunteer to take on teaching responsibilities in addition to the to mentor student groups, serve on bar committees, or volunteer scheduled classes they are required to teach: for example, over with a variety of community groups—and some do all three. the past five years they have supervised 498 externships (many In his book Dinner With Lenny, Jonathan Cott reported on with papers) and 564 individual research projects. a conversation with maestro Leonard Bernstein that turned The law school’s open-door policy, long a hallmark of this out to be Bernstein’s last interview. In addition to composing institution, is alive and well. Forty-five faculty members volun- and conducting, Bernstein hosted a weekly television show, teered to participate in this past year’s new 1L Faculty Advising “The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra.” The show proved Program, and most faculty also spend untold hours mentoring that Bernstein was, first and foremost, a teacher. He told Cott: additional students and alums. “Teaching is…the most unselfish, difficult, and honorable pro- Through these efforts, our faculty have influenced countless fession.” I could not agree more. We are blessed at Lewis &Clark students. As Henry Brooks Adams said, “A teacher affects eternity; with a faculty—podium, legal writing, and clinical—that is second he can never tell where his influence stops.” Whenever I meet to none. They have chosen to dedicate their careers to teaching, with alums, I hear stories about professors who had a profound scholarship, and service and, in short, are the lifeblood of this law impact on a particular alum’s professional life and development. school. For their dedication and hard work, the entire law school Our faculty keep in touch with students long after they graduate. community owes them a debt of gratitude. And our students have demonstrated their gratitude by contribut- ing generously to fundraising efforts to honor particular faculty Warm regards, members, including Doug Newell, Ed Brunet, and retired dean and professor Jim Huffman. Teaching, of course, is the number one commitment of every faculty member. At the same time, however, our faculty is made up of prolific scholars who are leaders in their fields. In the past six Bob Klonoff Dean and Professor of Law Fall 2013 ADVOCATE 1 Events in the News Higgins Visitor Ken Starr and Jim Huffman March 12, 2013 March 18, 2013 William Rodgers of the University of Washington Law School served as the Ken Starr inaugurated the James L. Huffman Lecture in Honor of the 2013 Higgins Visitor. His public lecture was titled “Warranted but Precluded: Western Resources Legal Center. The series was established by generous The State of U.S. Environmental Law.” lead gifts from Dan Harmon ’85, Kirk Johansen, Valerie Johnson, Rick Sohn, and Steven Wildish ’85. Professor William Rodgers (University of Washington), and Clinical Professor Allison LaPlante ’02. Ken Starr and Dean Emeritus James Huffman. Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture Series January 28, 2013 Professor of Law at Georgetown Sheryll Cashin served as the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture Series speaker. The series is made possible through a generous endowment by Lee Matthews ’73 and Jackie Alexander ’07. Lee Matthews ’73, Jackie Alexander ’07, Professor Sheryll Cashin (Georgetown), Dean and Professor Bob Klonoff, and Jeffrey Bain Faculty Scholar and Professor Paula Abrams. 2 Events in the News Earthrise Clients Win SLAPP Suit in Federal Court July 24, 2013 For over two years, Earthrise Law Center has represented a Mount Hood area community planning organization (the rural equivalent of a neighborhood association), as well as individuals associated with the organization. They were sued in federal court by a developer upset by their comments opposing his development proposal’s adverse impacts on Oregon’s Sandy River and its important salmon habitat. It was a classic SLAPP—a strategic lawsuit against public participation. This July, Judge Michael Simon issued an order granting the Earthrise clients’ motion for summary judgment and dismissing all claims against all defendants. According to lead attorney Professor Hon. Betty Roberts Women in the Law Program Dan Rohlf, Earthrise clinic student February 21, 2013 Laura Hagen ’14 did excellent work during the discovery phase of the The law school welcomed the Honorable Diane P. Wood, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and senior lecturer case during the fall semester of in law at the University of Chicago Law School, as the 2013 Honorable Betty Roberts Women in the Law Program speaker. 2012. Nick Lawton ’13 wrote much The program is made possible through a generous endowment by Williams Love O’Leary & Powers. of the summary judgment brief Left to right: Lisa Whittemore ’13, Hon. Diane P. Wood, Hon. Jill Tanner ’88, and June Liu ’14. text—as well as argued the summary judgment motion before the court this summer. Lawton drew praise from Judge Simon for both his written and oral advocacy in the case. “All in all,” says Rohlf, “it is a result that makes me proud to work with Earthrise and teach at a law school with such dedicated and talented students.” Mentor Program Awards April 3, 2013 The Mentor Program Spring Awards Reception honored Valerie Berg ’11, Erin Fitzgerald ’08, Laura Maurer ’11, Will McLaren ’14, Karen Nashiwa, Raife Neuman ’08, and Robert Scott ’11.