A newsletter published by Oregon Women lawyers Volume 8, No. 1 Winter 1997

A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A LAWYER IN CENTRAL ASIA By Terry Ann Rogers In August 1995 I went to Central Asia as the walked past the White House, headquarters American Bar Association's I iaison to of the President and Parliament, past some President Julie Levie Caron Kyrgyzstan. The project, called the "Central clay tennis courts, and through an amuse­ and East European Law Initiative" (CEELI), is ment park. At the other end of the park is the President Elect/ Vice President one of America's foreign aid programs apartment complex where the CEELI office is Patricia Heatherman (USAID). CEELI is a pro bono project designed located. Secretary to advance the rule of law in the world by Today, besides the snowstorm, there was Teresa Kra emer supporting legal reform in Central and East­ another surprise: yurts (felt tents that are the Treasurer ern Europe and the new countries of the former nomadic Kyrgyz' traditional dwellings) had Antonia DeMeo Soviet Union. Kyrgyzstan is an ex-Soviet re­ been erected in the apartment yard which is Historian Trudy Allen public located in Central Asia, bordering usually filled with clotheslines, bars for beat­ ing rugs, and children playing on dilapidated Board Members China on the east and only about 200 miles Colette Boehmer north of Pakistan. The country is mountain­ equipment. The yurls were there because an Marcy Butcher ous (the tallest peak being over 25,000 feet) important person had died and for several Carmen Ca lzacorta Marva Fabien and has 4.5 million people. The majority are days all cooking was done in the yurts, pro­ Debra Hall Kyrgyz, a people of Mongolian and Turkic fessional mourners were hired to cry, and the Janis Hardman stock, while minorities include Uzbeks, Rus­ funeral itself was conducted. Katherine Heekin Kay Kinsley sians, Germans, and Koreans. Continued on page 8 Lisa LeSage By the time we arrived in the city of Bishkek, Marilyn Litzenberger my predecessor had rented an apartment for Nancy Moriarty Kathleen O'Brien my husband and me. It was small but had OWLS 9TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE Debra Pilcher been remodeled and was quite comfortable. janet Regnell THE POLITICS OF Renee Schmeling My expense account as a pro bono attorney Nargess Shadbeh was $1,100 a month, which was more than BEING A WOMAN Constance Wold enough to live on. (It even covered a house­ Past Presidents keeper who cooked, cleaned, marketed, and Eugene is the site of this year's Phyl is Myles OWLS conference, which will Helie Rode did laundry.) Diana Craine To give you an idea of what life was like as be held Saturday, April 26, at Kathryn M. Ricciardelli a CEELI liaison in Central Asia, I'll take you the University of Oregon School Agnes Sowle of Law. The day-long program Katherine O'Neil through a typical day. That day will be Octo­ begins at 9 a.m. with a key­ Executive Director ber 17, 1995, the day of our first snowstorm. Diane Rynerson (5031 221·2135 The year's first snowstorms take most cit­ Sen. Kate Brown note address by State Senator Fax: (5031 274-8779 ies by surprise, and Bishkek was no excep­ Kate Brown of Portland. Her talk e-mai l: [email protected] tion. Heat, which comes from a centralized will be followed by a panel discussion on Newsletter Editor the conference theme. After lunch in his­ Carolyn Buan (503) 224-8024 plant for the whole city hadn't been turned on yet, so I bundled up in everything I had toric Gerlinger Hall, four workshop ses­ Graphic Design sions will offer insights on how to become Jeanne E. Ga lick bought from REI and walked to work through a judge; paths to elective office; how to The Oregon Women Lawyers the beauty of fresh snow and gracefully bend­ AdvanceSheet is published ing limbs. The walk took 20 minutes, and I establish credibility with clients, court, and quarterly by Oregon Women passed the National Guard post with its sol­ counsel; and the ethics of billing and col­ Lawyers, P.O. Box 40393 lection. A conference flier will soon be Portland, OR 97240 dier choir singing on the parade grounds, its MIG on display, an assortment of kiosks (small mailed to all women lawyers in Oregon. If Printed on recycled paper stalls that sell vodka, candy, and other items), you would like to learn more about the and old women selling sunflower seeds and conference program, call Diane Rynerson cigarettes from cardboard boxes. Then I at (503) 221-2135. I have found that one of the most calls, preferably on the same day they President's Message exciting aspects of Oregon Women are received, and follow any client es­ Lawyers is the networking and theca­ tablished protocols. With our New Year's maraderie among members. Through • Choose your clients well. issue of the Advance my active involvement in OWLS, I have • Market in a way that is comfort­ Sheet, Oregon Women met numerous veteran lawyers, from able to you. But most importantly, keep Lawyers reaches out to whom I have been able to learn through your name in front of both present and readers who are not informal mentoring, and newer attor­ prospective clients. Write articles, give members. Our hope is neys, whom I hope I have been able to lectures, send personal notes and let­ that reading our news­ mentor or assist. I have made a number ters, participate in bar activities, teach letter wi II encourage of genuine friendships that crossed the classes, and serve on community and you to join Oregon Women Lawyers, line of limited professional activity. political committees. to attend OWLS-sponsored activities, A great example of the networking • Know when to say "No" to an or to become involved as a volunteer. at OWLS' events occurred at our activity. Don't take on s.o much that Oregon Women Lawyers is a state­ Women Rainmakers Seminar last No­ you wi II either get burned out or not wide (and beyond) nonprofit organi­ vember, where we heard from numer­ be effective in assisting or planning zation dedicated to the advancement ous experienced attorneys on effective an activity. Only a true commitment of women and minorities in the legal rainmaking techniques and had ample to being on a committee or taking profession. Our membership includes time to network and use some of the on additional responsibilities will men and women lawyers, judges, stu­ marketing techniques we had just assist you in marketing. dents, and interested nonlawyers. In learned. • Be patient. For most lawyers, be­ addition to this quarterly newsletter, Sheryl Willert, managing partner of coming a rainmaker is not something members are entitled to chapter mem­ the Seattle law firm Williams, Kastner that happens overnight. berships, participation in various ac­ & Gibbs, was our keynote speaker. Ms. • Develop a business plan. This tivities (our yearly Bar breakfast at the Willert, an employment law attorney, will vary depending on your prac­ OSB Annual Meeting, our Betty Rob­ shared her insights about developing a tice area. erts and Mercedes Deiz awards din­ successful marketing style. • Mentor others. One of the big­ ner, our Working Parents Forum, • Be well prepared and responsive gest marketing hurdles for women in Marketing Forum, and summer picnic), to your clients. In addition to being the legal profession is gender bias, and reduced rates on OWLScosponsore krrow-J-e-dgeable in the-area- ottaw, itis­ both inside and-outside-of-+aw-firms. conferences and workshops. imperative that an attorney return phone Women partners should take time and effort to include female lawyers in their activities, which will expose the new attorneys to their clients. • Use your intuition. • Demand to be treated with re­ spect in all professional settings. Learn from one who has been a suc­ cessful rainmaker, and reach high instead of pursuing short-term goals. • Celebrate being a woman and NEYS use the fact that you are a woman to your advantage. Women have the 0 PERSONAL INJURY 0 WORKERS' COMPENSATION ability to compromise, to have com­ passion, and to be empathetic. Use DIANA CRAINE AND LINDA C. LOVE this compassion to your advantage. Proud Members of • Never lose sight of the quality Oregon Women Lawyers of life. Attempt to balance your prac­ tice and other aspects of your life. Ms. Willert's insights were inspira­ tional to the attendees. Viewing them now gives me additional insight into where we are going as women. Or­ egon Women Lawyers has many as­ sets that can assist you in attaining your personal goals within the legal profession. I encourage everyone to join and become actively involved. DIANA CRAINE LINDA C. LOVE Only through our members can we Five Centerpointe Dr. , Suite 480 • Lake Oswego. Oregon 97035 have a successfu I organization. 620-1088 ~~~

OREGON WOMEN lAWYERS ADVANCESHEET 2 WINTER 1997 Tips & Techniques for Marketing and Practice Management By Agnes Sowle

t the Women Rainmakers responsive to their needs. She ASeminar, November 7, [!. also believes that the best mar­ 1996, four successful Oregon keting strategy any attorney women attorneys shared strat­ can follow is to do good work. egies they used to develop and Barrie Herbold's practice is maintain a solid client base. solely in the area of employ­ The panelists-Dady K. Blake ment litigation, representing (solo practitioner), Barrie J. both plaintiffs and defendants. Herbold (partner of Markowitz, Therefore, she rei ies on refer­ Herbold, Glade & Mehlhaf), ' '~·l ~· rals from other attorneys. She Lois 0. Rosenbaum (partner of 110~4:. ~ . ' .0) ' :.. ,, said it is sometimes difficult Stoel Rives) and Judy D. Snyder to determine why a particular (partner of Hoevet & Snyder}­ attorney has referred a case offered many suggestions. Women Rainmakers Seminar participants included (left to to her but believes that her bar Judy Snyder has found that right) Libby Schwartz, Co-chair Antonia De Mea, Panelist and community activities all becoming involved in bar ac­ Lois Rosenbaum, and Neisha Saxena. help to make other attorneys tivities is important for attor­ aware of her practice. She neys at two levels in their practices: share their dissatisfaction. agreed that doing good work is the Beginning attorneys should partici­ most effective marketing strategy and Lois Rosenbaum, a litigator in the pate in order to become involved that one can become successfu I by areas of securities and complex busi­ with their legal community, to learn working to gain expertise in a cho­ ness issues, often works for existing leadership skills, and to network. sen area of law, but she reminded clients of her firm who have been Those who have established prac­ participants to choose work that they referred by her partners. Nonethe­ tices should remain active for the enjoy doing. less, she has been able to foster last­ leadership opportunities that become ing relationships with her clients by Agnes Sowle moderated the Women available. Judy, who represents being concerned about them and Rainmakers "Tips and Techniques" panel. plaintiffs in employment cases, also said that she never turns down the opportunity to write or speak about the areas in which she is competent in order to let other attorneys know the types of work she does. D ady Bl ake, practices in the ar­ GRAFF O'NEIL eas of estate planning and elder law. She attributes her success to choos­ ing the areas of SPECIALIZING IN CIVIL APPEALS law in which she wanted to IN ALL COURTS practice and AND IN MEDIATION making herself competent i n those areas. She Suite 100 agreed with 2121 S.W. Broadway Judy that it is Portland, Oregon 97201 important to let (503) 222-4545 Fax (503) 242-9001 At the registration other attorneys table were Co-chair know her areas Debra Hall and her of practice but daughter Hannah. said that most of her referrals come from families who were pleased with her representation. Therefore, she emphasized good c li­ ent relations, reminding the audi­ ence that satisfied clients are likely j OHN PAUL GRAFF K ATIIERINE H. O'NEIL to make referrals to their attorneys, and dissatisfied c lients are likely to

OREGON WOMEN LAWYERS ADVANCESHEET 3 WINTER 1997 attie Bratzel Kremen, of Salem, correctly as it turned out, that the vis­ Hdied on October 29, 1996, after a ibility would help her build her prac­ long and accomplished legal career. tice even if she lost the race. Hattie was born in Hebron, North After one unsuccessful race, in 1956, Dakota, on November 8, 1908 and she was elected to the first of two terms came to Oregon when she was a year as district attorney and became the first old. After graduating from Salem High woman to hold that office in Oregon. School in 1926, she spent four years Hattie enjoyed working as district at­ as a legal secretary. In 1930 she began torney and often accompanied the po­ work as a circuit court reporter and l ice to investigate murders and served in that capacity for 17 years in accidents that occurred in the middle Polk, Yamhill, and Marion counties. of the night. She tried all of the murder In 1947 judge james T. Brand, who cases that went to trial while she was had been appointed presiding judge in office and obtained convictions in of the U.S. Military Tribunal No. Ill of all of them . the Nuremberg War Crimes Trials, asked Hattie had completed a year of After serving two terms as district her to join him in Germany as his con­ evening classes at Northwestern Col­ attorney, Hattie returned to private prac­ fidential secretary. As secretary, she lege of Law in Portland before her stint tice in 1964. Through the years, her excerpted and assembled transcripts, in Germany. Upon her return, she en­ practice included criminal defense, exhibits, and other information about rolled in Willamette College of Law business law, and probate. each of fifteen defendants for the three­ and completed her legal education at Susan Hammer of Stoel Rives remem­ judge panel. At the conclusion of those Northwestern College of Law with an bers Hattie as an important role model trials, Hattie remained in Nuremberg, L.L.B. and J.D. degree. at a time when there were few women serving as official court reporter for ten Hattie entered private practice in lawyers. Susan first became acquainted months. Although pressured to continue Salem and later was appointed assis­ with Hattie when as a high school stu­ her highly valued work as secretary, tant attorney general and advisor to the dent in the 1960s, she worked in the Hattie held out for the court reporter Oregon Civil Defense Agency. After men's furnishings department of position, which carried a higher rank learning that a few of her law school Lipman-Wolfe, where Hattie's husband and afforded her greater entree in her classmates were running for the office Leon ard served as store manager. Later, trave s. S e spent fier weekenos rav­ o /VIdTIOfl emrrn~rcr-Attorrrev, rt ani e add resse-chrn-ass-emb lyarS""outh eling throughout Europe. Hattie joined the race. She believed, Salem High School, demonstrating by her presence that the law was a viable career choice for women. Hattie distinguished herself in vari­ ous community enterprises, including the Red Cross, YMCA, Camp Fire, Or­ egon Leukemia Association, and Cham­ ber of Commerce. She sponsored a girl's softball team, which played under the name " Hattie's Hornets." The Salem Chamber of Commerce awarded her its Distinguished Service Award, and in 1995 she was named Marion County Lawyer of the Year. Susan Glen, an attorney with Dunn Carney Allen Higgins and Tongue, recorded Hattie Bratzel Kremen 's oral history as a volunteer for the U.S. District Court of Oregon His­ INGRID SLEZAK torical Society and Queen's Bench history E. projects. ATTORNEY AT LAW

Practice limited to mediation of domestic relations matters OSB DEADLINES representation ofchildren in custody March 3 (tentative at press time) and visitation disputes for Volunteer Opportunities March 18 for House of Delegates 1020 S.W. Taylor • Suite 845 • Portland, Oregon 97205 Call Donna Richardson at the (503) 248-0938 • Fax: (503) 248-0943 bar, (503) 620-0222, ext. 404.

OREGON WOMEN LAWYERS ADVANCf5HffT 4 WINTER 1997 CONFERENCES OWLS Honors Women's Law Forum ing strategies for election to the house Katherine H. O'Neil and of delegates. Afterwards, for those who Conference Scheduled for Armonica M. Gilford Mid-February in Eugene wish to join us, we'll adjourn to a nearby restaurant. Oreg on Women The Women's Law Forum at the Uni­ Cost of the workshop is $15, and Lawyers will honor versity of Oregon School of Law is pre-registration is preferred. For more Katherine H. O 'Neil sponsoring a special conference Fri­ information, call Diane Rynerson at and Armonica M. day and Saturday, February 14 and (503) 221-2135 or e-mail her at G i Iford as the 1996 15 in Eugene. Titled "Weaving Our orwomenlaw®aol.com. recipients of the Jus­ Future: Vision Into Reality," the event tice Betty Roberts begins on Friday evening with per­ . , . and Jud ge Mercedes formances by local storytellers and OWLS Plans Conference Kathenne 0 Nell Deiz Awards at a viewing of the film How to Make an With British Lawyers in 1998 dinner on Friday, March 7, 1997. American Quilt. How would you like to spend your The Portland Gay Men's. .Chorus will On Saturday, summer vacation in England in 1998? perform. panel sessions on How does a week at Cambridge Uni­ Judge Mercedes Deiz, Gayle such topics as versity, just outside of London, sound Patterson, Nargess "Women as Agents for starters? Shadbeh, and the of Environmental OWLS' board of directors recently Honorable Edwin Justice" and "The approved the planning of a joint con­ Peterson have been Battered Women's ference between our organization and previous recipients Clemency Project" the Association of Women Solicitors of the Judge will be held, and (AWS), an organization of 8,000 Brit­ Mercedes Deiz Virginia Linder Virginia Linder, ish lawyers, during the summer of Award. Past recipi­ Oregon's solicitor 1998. The British women have invited general, will deliver the noontime ents of the Justice Armonica Gilford us to meet with them to discuss is­ Betty Roberts Award keynote address. sues of common concern and to con­ are Justice Betty Roberts, Sid Galton, The conference finale-a reunion duct a joint CLE program. The two Helen Althaus, and Norma Freitas. of University of Oregon women law organizations will now work together The reception and dinner beg in at students and former students in Pro­ to plan the event. 6:30 p.m., March 7, 1997, at the fessor Caroline Forell's Women and Sandra Smith Gangle, a Salem law­ Hilton Hotel, 921 SW Sixth Avenue, the Law class-begins at 7 p.m. and yer and member of AWS since 1995, Portland. To reserve individual tick­ will feature entertainment by conveyed the English lawyers' invita­ ets, please send a check for $45 (or Wymprov (a women's improvisational tion to the OWLS board. She is now $35 for individuals with incomes un­ comedy group). CLE credit for the forming a committee to work on plan­ der $25,000 a year) to: OWLS, P.O. eight panel sessions will be available. ning for the joint conference, as well Box 40393, Portland, OR 97240. Pre-registration for the conference as other activities our members might Tables of 20 are $400.00. Please call is not necessary, but planners request wish to include in their travel pack­ Diane Rynerson, (503) 221-2135, with that those who will attend register age while in England. If you are in­ questions. for the luncheon and send their checks terested in serving on the committee, -$10.00 (or $5.00 for students)­ please call Sandra at (503) 585-5070 before February 1. The checks should or e-mail her at [email protected]. be made out to Women's Law Fo­ Watch future issues of the rum, School of Law, 1221 University AdvanceSheet for more news about of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403. To this opportunity! request a conference brochure, call Carol Pratt (541) 461-5360. The Woman Advocate 97 OWLS Bar Leadership The ABA's annual CLE for women Agnes Sowle M. }anise Augur Workshop Set for February litigators, which has garnered rave re­ Whether you are already active in views in past years, is coming right up. OWLS Run for OSB Board the Oregon State Bar or are just curi­ The event will be held February 27 and Three OWLS members are candidates ous about committee opportunities 28, 1997 in San Francisco and March for the Oregon State Bar Board of and bar governance, you'll appreci­ 20 to 21 in New York City. Topics in­ Governors: Agnes Sowle, a sole prac­ ate the information and camaraderie clude paperless trial and courtroom titioner who was an OWLS founding at a Saturday morning workshop on techniques, marketing, partnering be­ member and former OWLS president, February 22. The workshop will be tween corporate and outside counsel, David Hytowitz, a partner at Pozzi held from 9:30a.m. until noon at the persuasion and jury issues, and depo­ Wilson Atchison, and M. Janise Au­ Oregon State Bar Center in Lake Os­ sitions-all from the perspective of gur, staff attorney, Public Defense wego. Over coffee and rolls, we'll women trial lawyers. For details, call Services, Lane County. (Photo of David discuss paths to leadership, includ- Lynn Glasser at (800) 308-1700. Hytowitz unavailable)

OREGON WOMEN lAWYERS AOVANCESH EET 5 W INTER 1997 sion will be available later on. For more information, call julia Olsen or You may know Take Notice! him as the Hon. Christine Cimini at Oregon Legal Ser­ vices (503) 648-7163 . David Gernant, • Training for Pro Bono Work in Fam­ but on Monday, ily Abuse Prevention Act Hearings. • 1997 Portland International February 3 at By Oregon law, survivors of domes­ Women's Day. Sunday, March 9, 1997 4:30p.m. he will tic violence can obtain ex parte re­ is a special day in a special month become straining orders against their abusers (Women's Herstory Month). On that day Clarence Darrow without an attorney. Once the order the 22nd annual Portland International Hon. D. Gernant in a program en- is issued , respondents may request a Women's Day Festival will be held at titled Racism in hearing to contest all or part of the Montgomery Park, 2700 NW Nicolai the Courtroom. judge Gernant will order. It is in these hearings that peti­ in Portland. The event takes place from be joined by Assistant United States tioners need legal representation, for 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Attorney Okainer Christian Dark, without it they stand to lose the re­ who will facilitate a 'post-perfor­ straining order's benefits, including • Professional Services Coordinating mance discussion. A reception fol­ restraint, ouster of the abuser from Council Breakfasts. A series of break­ lows the program, which is the home, protective visitation terms, fasts sponsored by the Professional co-sponsored by Oregon Minority and even custody of the children. In Services Coordinating Council contin­ Lawyers Association, Association Washington County there are pres­ ues on March 14 with a talk on "The of Oregon Black Lawyers, Asian ently 10-15 contested hearings a week Impact of Workplace Design on Pro­ Pacific American Lawyers Associa­ in which survivors are not represented ductivity and Employee Motivation." tion, Oregon Women Lawyers, Or­ (but, often, respondents are). That talk is followed on May 16 by egon Gay and Lesbian Lawyers On Thursday, February 13, from 4 "The What, When, Why of Referrals. " Association, and Minority Law Stu­ to 7 p.m ., training will be held for The series was initiated to foster pro­ dents of Northwestern College of attorneys who want to represent sur­ fessional networking and alliances Law. Call (503) 778-2175 for details. vivors at these hearings on a pro bono and features topics not typically pre­ basis. The training will be held in sented at continuing education semi­ Room 205 of the Washington County nars. The breakfasts take place from cost is $15 . For reservations, call the Courthouse in Hillsboro ana will last 7:00 folLJO a.m--:- an1le Mallory-Ho-­ Suran Group (503) 274-9381. 2 to 3 hours. A videotape of the ses- tel, 729 SW Fifteenth in Portland. The • Suspicions Confirmed. A study by the Women's Bar Association of Mas­ sachusetts has found reluctance among firms to accept and support lawyers who work part time. The re­ port, based on interviews with part­ ners or managers in 154 law firms and Boston-area corporations, con­ cluded that a lawyer's commitment to practice is still measured by the hours she puts in, that employers are reluctant to accommodate the needs of parenting attorneys for more than a few years at a time, and that most part-timers are dissatisfied with the options they are offered. One partner noted that it usually takes most women lawyers longer to develop business than their male counterparts and that as part-timers they have even less time for the entertaining, extra meetings, and professional activities needed for business development. One associate reported that her professional growth had slowed because of work­ ing part time. She felt that partners are reluctant to give women major respon­ sibilities and that working part time leads to women getting even more of a firm's "dreck" work.

OR EGON WOMEN lAWYER S ADVANCESHEET 6 W INTER 1997 Race Judicata Planning ___Around Oregon"'----- Under Way • On December 12, 1996 the Mary Northwestern May 10 will be the date for the 1997 Leonard Law Society held its holiday School of Law of Race Judicata, the Mary Leonard Law party. In lieu of a gift exchange, mem­ Lewis & Clark Society's popular annual fundraiser bers contributed new sweatshirts and College. for Salem area charities. This year's sweatpants-women's and children's Upcoming beneficiary will be Threshold, a non­ sizes-to the Salem Women's Crisis meetings feature profit organization that Salem residents Service. Members contributed in ex­ (on February 11) started in 1992 to provide direct ser­ cess of 50 new items of apparel­ Coquese Washington Oregon Board of vices to children with autism. and enough cash to buy Christmas Parole and Post­ Profits from the 1997 run will be gifts for children in foster care in Prison Supervision Chairperson Diane used to start and sustain a new Thresh­ Marion County. Middle and (on April 8) Portland State old program called "First Step," which Upcoming meetings will be held University President Judith Ramaley. is designed for parents, sib I i ngs, and February 13 and March 13, 1997, Both women are recipients of the extended family members of autistic with speakers and programs to be Commission on Women's 1996 children. Threshold hopes that the pro­ announced. The meetings are held Woman of Achievement Award. The gram will become a model for the at Goudy Commons, Willamette speaker for the March meeting is to State of Oregon. University. For more information, call be announced. Donors both inside and outside the Kristen Preston at (503) 378-8247. All meetings are held on the sec­ Salem area are encouraged to give ond Tuesday of each month at the $100 or $250 (to put the name of • Queen's Bench started the year off downtown Portland Meier & Frank's their choice on the official Runt-shirt), right with a talk by Coquese Wash­ 1Oth floor Georgian Room at 11 :45 $250 to put their firm or organization ington, a guard for the Portland Power, and cost $8. Reservations are not logo on the Run flyer, or $500 to have Portland's new professional women's needed. For more information, call their logo appear on both the flyer basketball team, and a student at Lori Deveny (503) 226-3232. and the t-shirt. The flyer is distrib­ uted to running and sporting goods • On Tuesday, January 28, Washing­ stores throughout Oregon and south­ GET INVOLVED! ton County Women Lawyers will hear west Washington. a talk by Hank Lageman, a vocational If you would like to be a sponsor, expert, who will discuss the effective LOCAL CONTACTS call Cindy Forbes at (503) 378-6313 use of vocational experts in determin­ or Kristin Preston at Cascade Women Lawyers­ ing damages and disability impact in (503) 378-8247. For Patricia Heatherman, Merrill, personal injury cases and earnings sponsors whose O'Sullivan et al., Suite 303, ability in dissolution cases. At the logos will appear 1 070 NW Bond Street, Bend, February 25 meeting the speaker is on the flyer and t­ OR 97701 (541) 389-1770 Jean Walker of Pathways, and on April sh i rt, donations 22 Cindy Flintjer of Waverly must be received Coos County Women of the Children's Home will speak. (The before March 1 . For Bench and Bar (WOBBS)-Mar­ speaker for the March 25 meeting is those who wi II have garet Melvin-Davidson, 895 to be announced.) All meetings are names on the t­ Commercial Avenue, Coos Bay, held on the fourth Tuesday of the shirt, the deadline is OR 97420, (541) 269-5225. month at Miller's Homestead Restau­ April 30. rant at 640 SE 1Oth in Hillsboro. Lane County Women Lawyers­ Marcy Butcher, DA's Office Fam­ ily Law, Suite 320, 675 Oak Street, Eugene, OR 97401 (541) 687-4517 Thanks to Women Rainmakers

Rogue Women Lawyers­ Seminar Planners: Co-chairs Antonia M. DeMeo and Debra L. Hall and Colette Boehmer, Suite 3-B, 201 committee members Jane E. Angus, Kathryn E. Holland, Janet Knauss, West Main, Medford, OR Margaret M. Maguire, Elaine M. Malin, Nancy 97501' (541) 779-7552 j. Moriarty, Neisha A. Saxena, Claire Turcotte, and S. Diane Rynerson Washington County Women Lawyers-Eiissa Ryan , Special thanks to: the Vancouver law firm Westlawn Professional Building of Horenstein & Duggan, which generously #201, 1225 NW Murray Road, underwrote the printing and binding of the Portland, OR 97229 (503) 643- extensive written materials. 0504.

O REGON WOMEN lAWYERS ADVANCESHEET 7 W INTE R 1997 A LAWYER IN puters for itself but was be­ ginning to bask in the glory CENTRAL ASIA CONT. of having played a role in The CEELI office, an apart­ opening the law library, which ment of three rooms plus so many people felt was sig­ kitchen and bath, was very nificant for the country's law cold, and I spent this morning reform efforts. in my boots and coat. The After the law library meet­ cooking gas was on so we ing, Irina and I hitchhiked back could make tea to warm up. to the office. (Cab fares were My staff consisted of Irina, a only $1, but when a cab full-time interpreter who was wasn't to be found, we would also my office manager and Terry Ann Rogers (second from right) at the opening of the hail any driver who wanted secretary, and a part-time law library in Kyrgyzstan with (from left) a member of the to earn that fare,) It was lunch "gofer" who did the xeroxing bar, the director of the National Library, and the president of time and we went to a small and delivered the mail. The the bar association. cafe in the Ministry of Finance postal system was in disarray, building. Irina had lagman and bill paying was done in person tional Library of the Republic-to (Kyrgyz mutton and vegetable soup) because checking accounts and develop Kyrgyzstan's first and only and nan (flatbread baked in a tandoori charge cards have not yet reached public law library. oven). I had samsa (a filled bun of Kyrgyzstan. Both organizations would have mutton and onion, baked in a tandoori The morning's first meeting for Irina liked to have had the library without oven), tomato and cucumber salad, and me was at 10:00 at the National working with the other, but that was and tea. The two lunches cost about Library. I was bringing together two impossible. The bar association was $1.20. organizations-the Association Attor­ too new to get anyone to fund a law After lunch I had Irina call justice neys of Kyrgyzstan (the independent, library, but it was an NGO (non-gov­ Baekova, chief justice of the Consti­ voluntary bar association that CEELI ernmental organization) and could get tutional Court, because we were ar­ had been working with) and the Na- foundation money. The National Li­ ranging for another visit by retired brary was an established organiza­ Washington State Supreme Court jus­ tion and could guarantee public tice Robert Utter. Justice Utter had access, but as a governmental body been to Kyrgyzstan many times to it would be ineligible for many grants. consult on the constitution and set­ The library was very excited about ting up the court system. justice Ut­ the project because its funding had ter would be consulting with justice been cut and a new collection was Baekova on the organization of the being offered. The bar association's Constitutional Court, which was be­ representatives were leery of giving ginning its historic first term. My role up power and resentful of not getting was to make all the arrangements for any books. My role was to help the justice Utter's visit, including send­ two sides work together, plan a com­ ing a car and driver to Almaty, pletely new library department, raise Kazakstan (1 00 miles away, but a four­ all the funds, and get the I i brary hour drive) and arranging hotels, in­ opened before I left at the end of july terpreters, and other details. (The trip 1996. worked out very well. justice Baekova To jump ahead, the law library arranged a trip to Lake Issyk Kul, where opened on july 18, 1996 with $47,000 to honor justice Utter we stayed in having been raised. The chief justices the President's compound. We also of the Supreme and Constitutional were treated to "terrorist hospitality," courts and the deputy prime minister i.e., being wined and dined with five of Kyrgyzstan presided over the open­ complete meals in five different set­ ing ceremony. The major contributor tings in one day!) to the new law library was the United At 4:00 that afternoon, Irina and I Nations High Commission for Refu­ headed for the board meeting of the gees, because its chief viewed the bar association. My predecessor had establishment of the rule of law to be started this new group by holding 20 of primary importance in guarantee­ weekly CLEs, mostly on commercial ing the rights of refugees. The Na­ law topics. When the CLES ended, tional Library and the bar association over 40 local lawyers incorporated had established a board of trustees to the first independent, voluntary or­ run the law library. The bar associa­ ganization of lawyers in Kyrgyzstan. tion still wanted to get books and com- The minister of justice had registered

O RE GON WOMEN LAWYE RS AOVA NCESHEET 8 W INTER 1997 the "Association Attorneys of European Union's foreign aid program Anyone who is interested in becom­ Kyrgyzstan" in August 1995, and a in Kyrgyzstan. Dinner was compote, ing a CEELI I iaison (a one-year posi­ seven-member board of directors had borscht, stuffed peppers, Russian po­ tion) or a legal specialist (usually a been elected. The board was meet­ tato salad, and apple cake. two-month position) may call me at ing monthly and wanted to continue At day's end my bedtime reading (503) 224-4094, or call Kamala to present weekly CLEs and plan sev­ was Chingis Aitmatov's A Day Lasts a Mohammed at CEELI, (202) 662-1950. eral two-day seminars on law prac­ Hundred Years. Aitmatov is a famous Terry Ann Rogers is executive director at tice management. The ABA would Kyrgyz writer, and it's a great book. Multnomah County Legal Aid Service. send jim St. Clair, past president of the ABA's law practice management section, to present them. But on this On the Move ...... day, the board was not able to do much future planning, since on Oc­ Dianne L. Middle, Chairperson of the Oregon Board of Parole tober 20 the bar was co-sponsoring and Post-Prison Supervision, is one of three Orego_o women to the second public hearing on a draft receive the Commission on Women's 1996 Woman of Achieve­ law ever to have been held in ment Awards. The other honorees were Portland State Univer­ Kyrgyzstan. Parliament and the min­ sity President judith Ramaley and Fred Meyer Senior Vice ister of justice had requested that the President Cheryl Perrin. ABA pay for the hearing on the draft Dianne Middle Lise Rae Pfost, formerly a staff attorney in the Hillsboro office criminal code (this included renting of Metropolitan Public Defender, has opened a law practice in a hall, xeroxing the draft law, coffee Hillsboro, Washington County. Her practice will include criminal defense, breaks, and lunch) and I had gladly juvenile and school law, custody modification, Social Security accepted but said that the co-sponsor disability, and personal injury. should be the new bar association. Loree Devery, past president of Queen's Bench, has been named To fast forward once again, the hear­ a partner at Tonkon, Torp, Galen, Marmaduke & Booth. She ing was exemplary. The minister of will continue her practice in creditor's rights, collection and justice and the speaker of the upper bankruptcy law. chamber of Parliament opened the hearing. Sixty lawyers attended from In February 1997 Helle Rode, past president of OWLS, will join Loree Oevery Parliament the defense bar, the the firm of Bullard Korshoj Smith & jernstedt. She will be de- prosecutor's office, the police acad­ fending employment litigation against public and private employers. emy, and the judiciary. The proce­ dure involved going through each section of the draft code and taking comments. People felt very free to comment and criticize. Two stenog­ raphers took minutes by hand, and the ministry of justice was respon­ sible for incorporating the comments AGNES SOWLE into the next draft of the law and sub­ mitting it to Parliament. The ABA had OSB BOARD OF GOVERNORS a legal specialist testify at the hear­ ing. Richard Thomson, deputy legis­ lative counsel to the State Legislature of California, arrived in time for the "I am committed to working hearing, after having been sent the draft code in translation. Richard's toward an Oregon State Bar which primary function as a CEEL/Iegal spe­ responds to, supports, and cialist was to spend two months in encourages all Oregon attorneys." Parliament's Department of Compara­ tive Analysis helping with legislative -AGNES SOWLE drafting. He was the first foreigner ever to work inside Kyrgyzstan 's parlia­ ment. The bar's board meeting was over • Founding member and past President of Oregon Women Lawyers at 6:00, and Irina's husband picked us up and took us home. That night • 1996 Member OSB House of Delegates our cook, Shura, had prepared a din­ • Member MBA, OTLA ner party. My husband and I were • Presenter and writer for the Oregon State Bar in civil litigation and entertaining David Holst, a charm­ ing Dane who headed "TACIS," the business programs

OREGON WOMEN LAWYERS ADVANCESHEET 9 WINTER 1997 As a service to our members, the OWLS Contract spend more time than you'd antici­ Lawyer Referral Service will answer questions about pated, tell the hiring lawyer before contract work and contract attorneys. Feel free to presenting a bill. Then, depending on submit your questions for upcoming issues. For more the circumstances, you can either ar­ information, call Deborah Guyot at 228-0097. gue that the project warranted the ask extra time ("Once I began the research THE CONTRACT Question: I've just gotten my first call about a con­ I found additional issues we needed L A VV Y E R tract assignment. How can I be sure this project to address"), or offer to cut your hours REFERRAL SERVICE leads to more? ("I spent 30 hours, but I'll only bill Answer: Doing a good job is, of course, the best By Deborah Guyol you for 20 because it took me awhile way to ensure that your customers will keep com- to get oriented to this area of law"). ing back. So it's important to determine what your 3. Work efficiently. Ascertain the customer considers "doing a good job." Clear communication is key. Don't format the hiring lawyer wants for your assume that the lawyer hiring you, because she is experienced or well estab­ work product. Ask for s3:rnples of simi­ lished, will tell you everything you need to know. If you want to succeed, you lar documents produced by her or her must take the lead. Ask questions. Understand the hiring lawyer's expecta­ firm. Ask whether she has a research tions. Here are some rules: file on the subject that you can use as 1. Establish a definite deadline. Is there a court deadline involved? If so, a starting point. If the hiring lawyer how far in advance of it does the hiring lawyer need your work? If not, ask for has suggested an avenue that looks a deadline anyway. If the hiring lawyer persists in being vague, set one your­ like a dead end, tell her why you think self. "I can finish this by Friday. Will that work for you?" Then stick to the so and discuss whether you should deadline. If you need more time, let the hiring lawyer know immediately and pursue it. set a new deadline. 4. Memorialize the agreement. It's 2. Discuss how much time the project should take. This is especially impor­ easy to confirm your assignment with tant for new lawyers, who may not have enough experience to judge. Spend­ a brief memo to the hiring lawyer. ing "too much time" on a project is one of the principal complaints hiring For example: "You have asked me to lawyers make about contract lawyers. If the hiring lawyer insists the project spend up to five hours doing research can be completed in ten hours and you think it will take longer, you can on rules of contract interpretation and suggest reporting on its status before you exceed ten hours. If you discover that writing a memo that applies them to a project is more complicated than either you or the hiring lawyer suspected, the facts of this case. You need the call her and discuss adjusted expectations. If despite all your precautions you memo by Monday, February 3." You may want to use an engagement let­ ter with all lawyers you work for. Such a letter should state your hourly rate, when you will present bills, and when you expect payment. 5. Protect yourself. When you're starting out it may not occur to you tr-' to check for conflicts, but you should get in the habit anyway. Ask the hir­ cathe toe ing lawyer for the names of all par­ ties to the matter, as well as of the teach eporting lawyers representing other parties. Be familiar with the Oregon rules on con­ Your Professional Court Reporting Agency flicts of interest and follow them. Note • Depositions DR 10-lOl(a), which defines "firm • Medical!fechnical member." If you've availed yourself • Arbitrations of the law clerk exemption to PLF • Computer-Aided Transcription coverage, tell the hiring lawyer and • Condensed Transcripts explain what this means in terms of • Word Indexes supervision and restrictions on what • Videotape Depositions you can do. And if you are working • Discovery ZX I ASCII I Amicus Diskettes without PLF coverage, make sure the • Scanning/Conversions hiring lawyer has not been suspended. • Daily and Expedited Service Call the Oregon State Bar to deter­ • Nationwide Referral Service mine the status of any lawyer. • Complimentary Conference Room For Excellence in Court Reporting, Quality and Service call Deborah Guyol is co-author with Deborah Arran of The Complete Guide to Contract Lawyering (Niche 503/2-18-1003 • FA X: 503/226-6806 Press, 1995). To order a copy of the lOIII S\\ 3th \H·nul·. Suill- lh73 • Portland. OJ{ 9720-t book, call (800) 468-1994.

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LEGAL FL YERS™-Miriam Green, accurate, reliable freelance legal secretary, faster than a last minute FedEx, available to make order out of chaos, days/ eves/weekends, (503) 281-9022, NEW e-mail [email protected]. OWLS CONTRACT LAWYER REFERRALS. Could you use temporary help from another attorney to handle any portion of a case, from initial research to trial to appeal? Call OWLS Contract Lawyer Referral Services Coordinator Michelle Lawson at (503) 228-0097. NANNY-SHARE REGISTRY. Do you want the flexibility of private child care but feel concerned about the financial burden? Consider a "nanny-share" Can You See YOURSELF arrangement. The OAAP and OWLS will match people who are i.nterested in in This Picture? sharing a day-time nanny. If you would like to participate in the registry, send Serving on the OWLS board may your (1) name, (2) mailing address, (3) work and/or home phone numbers, (4) not be all fun and games, but it IS a children's ages, (5) home address and cross streets, (6) days and hours you chance to work with interesting col­ need child care, (7) preference as to which home is used for providing care, leagues to keep a worthwhile orga­ and (8) preferred areas of town for sharing (example "southeast" or "near nization going strong. At the 1996 downtown"). Mail to Barbara Fishleder, Professional Liability Fund, P.O. Box holiday board reunion, we caught 1600, Lake Oswego, OR 97035. these OWLS members during a DOWNTOWN PORTLAND. Prestigious Executive Business Center offers FT break: (from left) Noreen Saltveit, space and options for those requiring less. Convenient to courthouses and julie Levie Caron and our hostess, bankruptcy court. Programs start at $165 and include telephone answering the Hon. Ellen Rosenblum. If you and voice mail. Access to professional staff and services. Suburban location would like to serve on the OWLS also. Call Rosalyn, (503) 220-1600. board, please call Trudy Allen im­ mediately at (503) 797-0219. r------1

Oregon Women and 1997 Oregon Women lawyers the Law Updated Membership Application & Renewal Consistent with its mission of edu­ cating women about their legal rights NAME ______and responsibilities under the law, the Oregon Commission for Women FIRM/ORGANIZATION ------is publishing an updated version of ADDRESS ------Oregon Women and the Law. More than 40 attorneys-many of the them CITY/STATE/ZIP ------OWLS members-have volunteered their time and expertise to write PHONE ------FAX ------chapters on issues ranging from OSB NUMBER ______EMAIL ------adoption to workers' compensation. The book will contain more than CHECK ONE 250 pages of information in large, 0 $100 - 249 ... Sponsor 0 $250 - 499... Sustaining Member 0 $500+... Patron easy-to-read type and will include 0$55 ... Regular members (law school graduates) __ New __ Renewal resource sections. It will be distrib­ 0 $25 ... Out-of-state lawyers, non-lawyers, and those with incomes under $25,000 uted free to women's shelters and 0$15 ... law students public libraries throughout the state 0 Include me as a member of and will be available to the public 0 Cascade Women Lawyers as of February 1, 1997 for $10 a 0 Mid-Columbia Women's Bar Association 0 Myra Bradwell Forum (Roseburg) copy. (That charge may be waived 0 Queen's Bench (Portland) on the basis of need.) 0 Klamath County Women Lawyers 0 Rogue Women Lawyers To request a book, call the Com­ 0 Lane County Women Lawyers 0 Washington County Women Lawyers mission at (503) 725-5889, fax your 0 Mary Leonard Law Society (Salem) order to (503) 725-8152, or write PRACTICE AREAS: ------toP. 0. Box 751-CW, Portland, OR 97207. MAIL TO: OREGON WOMEN LAWYERS, P.O. Box 40393, Portland, Oregon 97240 L------~

OREGON WOMEN LAWYERS AOVANCESHEET 11 WINTER 1997 New Members SUSTAINING LEVEL: $250-499 Trudy Allen Robert Varitz Bridget Bailey Harlan E. Levy Amy N. Barnhouse Katherine A. Lewis SPONSOR LEVEL: $100-249 K. C. Becker Sid Lezak Tana May Bieniewicz Eve L. Logsdon Susana Alba Gretchen Morris Cristi D. Bozora Merv Loya julie Levie Caron Phylis Chadwell Myles Allison S. Browdie Hugh j. Mallet Edward L. Clark Jr. Elizabeth Perry Mary j. Corwin Melissa A. Marks Linda Green Agnes Petersen Erica Caughlin-Glaser Gina S. McClard Louise Kimball Hammer Carol Martin Sommers Shelley R. De Leo jessica Mindlin Jennifer Harrington Constance Wold Heather Wright Decker Laurie Mounts Teresa Kraemer Elizabeth A. Fetsch Natalie j. Nahey Kathleen H. Fields Lisa Nordstrom james L. Francesconi GraceS. Pangilinan CourtCare Seeks Your Support Greta Gibbs Kristen Tsehai Richert The Multnomah CourtCare Committee is conducting a Michael Halpern Teresa Ericsson Ridgeway Angela j. Hart Susan Ann Russell study to determine the need for, and feasibility of, provid­ Zaha Hassan Libby Schwartz ing drop-in child care at the Multnomah County Court­ Laura E. Hazen Roxanne R. Scott house. The study, being done with the help of Portland julie M.H. Hoffinger Nina M. Soltero State University, will cost approximately $5,000. Michelle Holman Katherine S. Somervell To date, generous donations have come from Adidas David A. Hytowitz Brett W. Sommermeyer America, the Oregon Law Foundation, Ater Wynne Hewitt Kristin Mace Ingram Carol Martin Sommers Dodson & Skerritt, Davis Wright Tremaine, Stoel Rives, Lynn F. Jarvis jennifer Fern Steindler Gevurtz Menashe Larson & Yates, Kell Alterman & Runstein, Kimberly A. Kaminski Sylvia Sum Hoffman Hart & Wagner, Multnomah Bar Association, Melissa Susanne Kibler Louise Swenson Stoll Stoll Berne Lokting & Shlachter, jody Stahancyk, David Kelly Knivila Michelle T. Timko Sheryl R. Krueger Lawrence M. Vergun Riewald, janice Hall, and Robin Selig. Gayle Kvernland Margaret Parker Washburn If you wish to make a donation to this worthwhile project, Kristin LaMont Melinda Wilde which aims to keep children warm, safe, and well cared Angela V. Langlotz jessica Lynne Wood for while they are in the courthouse, please call Gerri Sue Michelle L. Lawson Marybeth Wosko Lent at (503) 231-7533.

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