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Meet Circuit Court Judge Katharine Von Ter Stegge TM Published Quarterly by Oregon Women Lawyers Volume 30, No. 1 Winter 2019 Fall CLE on Oregon Refugee Experience By Stephanie Engelsman n October 26, the OWLS Fall CLE took General Rosenblum said that in Oregon, “we place in the beautiful Mercy Corps build- welcome refugees: clearly, it is the right thing Oing in downtown Portland. The topic was to do.” She noted efforts now underway at the “Journey to America: Access to Justice and the federal level to drastically reduce the number Oregon Refugee Experience.” OWLS President of refugees allowed into the United States. The Amber Hollister welcomed new admittees and most recent figure—a maximum of 45,000 refu- In This Issue law students and thanked everyone for being gees allowed in in 2018—is the lowest number Fall CLE present to help welcome refugees. since the United States Refugee Act of 1980 was Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum, a enacted. The number will be capped at only Time’s Up Program founding member of OWLS and Oregon’s first 30,000 for 2019. President’s Message woman attorney general, made opening remarks, Attorney General Rosenblum reminded us that OWLS Members Win in Nov. listing notable refugees such as Albert Einstein, we are a nation of immigrants and that immi- Madeleine Albright, and Gloria Estefan. Attorney grants make us richer and stronger. This is why OSB Awards Continued on page 10 Upcoming OWLS Events Board Seeks Candidates Chapter Summit Panelists at the OWLS to Honor Judge Tennyson OWLS Fall CLE and Elisa Dozono included (left to right) Smoothing Path to Reentry Salah Ansary, Sunshine for Seniors Lee Po Cha, Jan Elfers, Annual Report Kelsey Keswani, Judges’ Forum and Fowzia Abdulle. Women’s Trial Academy Rogue Women Lawyers Save the Date: Time’s Up Program on May 8 Capitol Update eaders from Oregon’s specialty bar organizations are collaborat- OWLS for a Fresh Start CLE ing to produce a dynamic program entitled “Time’s Up Oregon: CLE on Indian Law LReckoning with Sexual Harassment in Oregon’s Legal Community.” With sponsorship by the Oregon State Bar Diversity & Inclusion Depart- Judge von Ter Stegge ment, this event will take place Wednesday, May 8, at the Benson Hotel Judge Kasubhai in Portland, starting at noon. Free Federal Law Clinic Multimedia programming will include a specially developed video presentation and speakers with expertise in developing tools to address Board Member Sara Kobak sexual harassment. The keynote speaker will be Tina Tchen, co-founder Queen’s Bench Luncheon of the Time’s Up Legal Defense Fund, former chief of staff to FLOTUS Mary Leonard Chapter Obama, and executive director of the Council of Women and Girls under President Obama. Tina Tchen “The overwhelming majority of those who come forward with claims are telling the truth, and we need to believe them … not to vilify them, not to try to undermine their stories,” said Tchen in a September 2018 interview with the online news station Newsy. We “need the C suite involved” to address sexual harassment in the workplace, Tchen said. Join colleagues from Oregon’s specialty bars for this special lunch and afternoon programming as we take a much-needed look at the landscape of harassment laws, acknowledge stories of ha- rassment in Oregon’s legal community, and learn how to interrupt harassment in the workplace. The cost is $60, and $25 for those making $60k/year or less. It is free to law students, and limited scholarships are also available. For scholarship information, email [email protected]. OREGON WOMEN LAWYERS AdvanceSheet 1 WINTER 2019 President’s Message appy and people of color began attending New law school in larger numbers. In 1948, HYear! the Queen’s Bench was founded by 2019 is a year Portland-area women lawyers to en- in which we gage in the “promotion of professional celebrate an advancement, comradeship, and good President Amber Hollister important fellowship among women members of milestone for the legal profession.” One Queen’s Bench President-Elect Hon. Allison Boomer Oregon Wom- founder, Helen F. Althaus, reflected on Secretary en Lawyers— the environment for woman lawyers and Maya Crawford Peacock it has been recalled that when she accepted a job at a Treasurer Amber Hollister 30 years since law firm following her clerkship, she was Megan Burgess OWLS was cre- told that the firm would place only her Historian ated. Just over 30 years ago, trailblazing initials (not her name) on the firm’s door Jacqueline Alarcón women convened around a kitchen table because partners feared “a woman’s pres- Board Members to map out the creation of Oregon’s first ence might alienate clients.” Twelve years Sara Kobak Ericka Langone statewide organization to advocate for later, in 1960, Mercedes Deiz became the May Low women and minority lawyers in the legal first Black woman lawyer admitted to the Aruna Masih profession. Oregon State Bar. Jennifer Nicholls Kathryn Olney This year, OWLS is planning several In 1988, a Multnomah Bar Association Susan Pitchford opportunities for our members to cel- committee co-hosted a breakfast at the Adele Ridenour ebrate OWLS’ continued vitality in the OSB’s statewide convention with three Kristin Sterling Silvia Tanner legal community. In summer 2019, OWLS existing groups of women attorneys: Amanda Thorpe and its sister organization, the Oregon Queen’s Bench, Lane County Women Val Tomasi Women Lawyers Foundation, will co-host Lawyers, and the Mary Leonard Law So- Gloria Trainor Hon. Katharine von Ter Stegge a 30th Anniversary Celebration. OWLS ciety in Salem. Recognizing the common Past Presidents will also host a reception after the 2019 struggles faced by women and people Angela Franco Lucero Fall CLE to mark the occasion and honor outside the dominant culture in striving Laura Craska Cooper OWLS’ founding mothers. to succeed in the legal profession, attend- Elizabeth Tedesco Milesnick Kendra Matthews For those members seeking to memo- ees resolved to create OWLS—Oregon’s Kathleen Rastetter rialize their support of OWLS during this first statewide organization to advocate Megan Livermore special year, we are offering a special for women and minority lawyers in the Heather L. Weigler Concetta Schwesinger 30th Anniversary Roberts & Deiz Award legal profession. As OWLS founding Gwyneth McAlpine Dinner Platinum sponsorship opportunity. mother Justice Betty Roberts explained, Heather Van Meter Lawyers and firms that elect this level of OWLS was formed in part for the “sheer Laura Caldera Taylor Kellie Johnson enhanced support will be listed as Plati- camaraderie and support it will provide in Norma S. Freitas num Sponsors of both the 2019 Roberts a male-dominated profession.” Vernellia Kate A. Wilkinson & Deiz Award Dinner and the OWLS 30th Randall, a former OWLS vice president, Jennifer K. De Wald Sarah J. Crooks Anniversary Celebration. To secure a noted that she was motivated to take Elizabeth Schwartz sponsorship, please contact OWLS Head- a strong role in OWLS because of her Debra Pilcher Velure quarters for more information. frustrations with discrimination and her Marilyn E. Litzenberger Teresa M. Kraemer It is impossible to truly appreciate this hope that OWLS would take a strong Patricia L. Heatherman milestone without understanding the role in “removing sexist behavior from Julie Levie Caron long path that led to OWLS’ creation. all levels of the legal system.” Phylis Chadwell Myles Helle Rode The creation of OWLS as we now know it OWLS was incorporated in 1989 as a Diana Craine was a long time coming. The story might 501(c)(6) nonprofit professional associ- Kathryn M. Ricciardelli Agnes Sowle start on April 13, 1886, when, months ation with a mission to “transform the Katherine H. O’Neil after the Oregon legislature mandated practice of law and ensure justice and Executive Director the admission of women to the bar, Mary equality by advancing women and mi- Linda Tomassi Gysin Leonard became the first woman norities in the legal profession.” Soon, executivedirector@ admitted to the Oregon State Bar. It was founding president Katherine O’Neil oregonwomenlawyers.org not until 1903 that the first Black person, took the helm, and founding OWLS Editor Elise Gautier McCants Stewart, was finally admitted board members Jeanne Atkins, Kathryn S. [email protected] to the bar. Auguston, Nell Hoffman Bonaparte, Hon. www.oregonwomenlawyers.org Decades passed, in which women Nancy Campbell, Hon. Mercedes Deiz, gained the right to vote and women Continued on page 3 Our mission is to transform the practice of law and ensure justice and equality by advancing women and minorities in the legal profession. OREGON WOMEN LAWYERS AdvanceSheet 2 WINTER 2019 OWLS Members Receive OSB Awards ight of the 15 recipients of awards from the Oregon State Bar at its ENov. 7 awards luncheon were OWLS members. The OSB honored OWLS members with the following awards: Wallace P. Carson Jr. Award for Judi- cial Excellence: Hon. Youlee Yim You; President’s Membership Service Award: Hon. Beth A. Allen; President’s Diversity Judge Jennifer Chapman Judge Laura Cromwell Judge Debra Velure & Inclusion Award: Stella K. Manabe; OWLS Members Win in Nov. Election President’s Public Service Award: Laura M. Kerr and Lorena M. Reynolds; President’s By Joslyn Keating Technology & Innovation Award: Hon. everal OWLS members claimed victories in Oregon’s November general election. Ann Aiken; President’s Special Award of At the top of the ticket, Governor Kate Brown was reelected as the state’s chief Appreciation: Stephanie M. Palmblad; Sexecutive, a position she has held since February 2015. Incumbent Congress- the Oregon Bench & Bar Commission on woman Suzanne Bonamici was reelected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Professionalism’s Edwin J. Peterson Pro- Oregon’s First Congressional District, having served in that position since January 2012.
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