A newsletter published by Women Lawyers Volume 1, No. 3 Spring 1990 L:'S WOMEN ON THE BENCH IN OREGON .• A major goal of Oregon Women Lawyers is to and worked for private firms in Santa Fe and Cin­ llllll encourage the appointment of women to the cinnati, Ohio. A graduate of Wellesley College, O.REGON Bench. In this issue, we review the record to date, she received her law degree from the Yale Law specifically the appointments made by Gover­ School. women nor since 1987, and look at Linda L. Bergman, also of Portland, was ap­ LAWYERS women who are currently seeking judicial po­ pointed to the Multnomah County Circuit Court President Katherine O'Neil sitions in Oregon. in December 1988, following an eight-yearterm on the Multnomah County District Court. Dur­ Vice-Presidents ing the last year of her term on the district court, Debra Kronenberg GOLDSCHMIDT APPOINTMENTS Sharon Smith During Governor Neil Goldschmidt's admini­ judge Bergman was appointed to the position stration, he has appointed seven women attor­ of chief juvenile judge. Corporate Secretary In addition to her work on the bench, judge Agnes Sowle neys to the bench. Heading the list is Susan P. Graber of Portland, Bergman has taught for the past 10 years at the Recording Secretary Northwestern School of Law of Lewis and Clark Diane Polscer whom Goldschmidt appointed to a seat on the this january, two years College. From 1974 to 1980 she was Portland Treasurer after having appointed her to the state court of attorney at the Metropolitan Public Defender's Cynthia L. Barrett appeals. justice Graber is only the second woman Office. Board Members to sit on the Oregon Supreme Court. The first, Governor Goldschmidt has also appointed five jeanne Atkins justice , served on the court from women to district court positions. Kathryn S. Augustson was appointed to the Lane County Nell Hoffman Bonaparte 1982 to 1986. The Hon. Nancy Campbell Before taking a seat on the bench, justice District Court in june 1988. Before that she was The Hon. Mercedes F. Deiz in practice with Thorp, Dennett, Purdy, Golden Sandra Hansberger Graber practiced for 10 years with Stoel Rives janiceKrem Boley jones & Grey, working primarily as a trial and jewett of Springfield for five years. From 1982 11 Corinee Corki' Lai lawyer. From 1972 to 1974, she served as an to 1983 she was chief clerk at the state house Stephen R. Moore Phyllis Myles assistant state attorney general in New Mexico Continued on page 3 Mary Anne Petersen Agnes M. Petersen Kathryn M. Ricciardelli The Hon. Betty Roberts The Hon. Ruth Spelter Irene Bustillos Taylor Celeste C. Whitewolf Ann Zeltmann

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Oregon Supreme Court justice Susan P. Graber Multnomah Co. Circuit Court judge Linda Bergman lawyers are sexually harassed at work. cultivating a mentor-often an essen­ Management consultant Don Aiken tial ingredient to success in this predomi­ advised our Working Parents Forum nantly male culture. attendees that every law firm's policy Ann Ominous is manual must proscribe such behavior • Toxicity varies by organization. A right (see cartoon and detail what is not acceptable. While woman can feel demeaned and ineffec­ below).Her some bores consider any activity short tive in a firm that has lost six women women lawyers' of rape acceptable, women know that associates in five years. But there are association is en­ sexually explicit comments are a means more congenial places to work-com­ couraging her to stay for devaluing an individual and also for pare notes through your OWLS network. in the profession and disrupting productivity. OWLS provided to thrive in an increas­ access to this information for those in Women don't become lawyers by ingly harsh working attendance, including the managing accident. Our bar numbers are the environment. partners of major firms. product of time, commitment, and "Running from the law" is a fashion­ money. When you question yourfuture able phrase, a recognized phenomenon, • Debra Kronenberg notes in her ar­ in the law, talk to other members of and now a popular book. Is the transi­ ticle in this issue that the characteristics Oregon Women Lawyers. And work tion from the profession being made by which make effective lawyers are also with us to expand the survival skills of a disproportionate number of women? the ones which cause burnout. Debra's women and minorities--and, possibly, No one keeps this statistic, but from my excellent seminar, led by Dr. Frances to change the legal environment. You observation it appears that the answer Page, provided specific tools for coping owe it to yourself and to your profession. is "yes" and that women leave because with burnout, including "anchor they don't have certain definable and groups," the subject of Debra's article. obtainable tools to succeed. Correctly informed and properly • Vicky Yates, in her article on work­ supported by colleagues, however, ing parents, echoes the message offered women will remain productive mem­ at our Working Parents Forum-that ~ bers of the profession. Towit: women can work part time and become Ifill! partners of their firms. • Ann Ominous asks in her cartoon why we encourage her to stay in a pro­ • A workshop at our April 7 confer­ Judge Edwin Allen fession when 60 percent of women ence set out techniques for locating and Proposes FREE Child Care for Jurors Lane County Circuit Court Judge Edwin Allen proposes that Oregon courts ANN OMINOUS., J.D. By/JQ~eyW4Ist-tl. provide free child care for all those called ~------~~~~~------~ 114E NAllONl'IL f"\'1 WoMeN 1.-AW"'E~ to jury duty. "We're freezing out a seg­ J'OUltNAL. SA'/ 5 A-SSOClA1l ON l S ment of jurors," says Judge Allen. "I'm S I )('f''f PER CEJI1' EJJCOI)~6-JNG­ pretty hard nosed about jury service, but OF "WOME.N M£ To spr.y LPI'IN'IER-S JN 1t1E the lack of child care is an excuse I'll ARE. f'RoFf..SSlt>N. listen to." SEXVI"'LL'f Quality child care for working parents lff\12.1Hl sscD f!-i Vol OR. V::... has long been an interest of Judge Al­ len, who maintains that "without the aid and assistance of women of childbear­ ing age, our economy will not function, and these women cannot be in the economy unless business arad society provide decent child care." Judge Allen (687-4259) is interested in hearing from those who favor free child care for jurors, as is the board of Oregon Women Lawyers, which is also considering the issue. Both Judge Allen and his daughter Mary Beth Allen-a law student at the -are Oregon Women Lawyers members.

2 District Court judge Ellen F. Rosenblum District Court judge Elizabeth Welch

of representatives and from 1980 to 1982 Law of Lewis and Clark College. • The Hon. Nely Johnson, for she was affiliated with the Eugene firm Barbara A. Haslinger was appointed Multnomah County Circuit Court of Sahlstrom and Dugdale. Deschutes County District Court judge • The Hon. Ellen F. Rosenblum, for Judge Aiken received her law degree in December 1989. A resident of Bend, Multnomah County District Court from the University of Oregon School she was a partner in the firm of McCord • Blake Ramsay, for Multnomah of Law and holds a master's degree in & Haslinger and served for nearly two County District Court political science from Rutgers Univer­ years as protem judge for the Warm sity. She was honored in 1989 as Out­ Springs Tribal Court. She has been a OWLS MEMBERS standing Young Oregonian by both the prosecutor for the Burns Paiute Tribe and WHO ARE JUDGES Eugene and Oregon Jaycees. a public defender for the City of Red­ Robert Abrams Ellen F. Rosenblum was appointed to mond. Judge Haslinger received her law Ann Aiken the Multnomah County District Court in degree from the University of Oregon Edwin Allen November 1988, after serving eight years School of Law and her bachelor's de­ Robert Belloni as assistant attorney in the gree in general science from Oregon Linda L. Bergman DistrictCourtforOregon.ln private prac­ State University. tice she was a partner in Hammons, Phil­ Nancy Campbell received her ap­ Nancy Campbell lips & Jensen. She also taught in the Uni­ pointment to the Washington County MaryDeits versity of Oregon School of Law's Civil District Court bench after having served Mercedes Deiz Litigation Clinic from 1977 to 1980 and six months as a protem judge in the Stephen Gallagher lectured in business law at the Univer­ county district and circuit courts. She James Goode sity of Oregon Business School in 1979 came to her present position from pri­ Susan P. Graber and 1980. vate practice in Tigard. Barbara A. Haslinger Judge Rosenblum holds a sociology Judge Campbell earned her law Polly Higdon degree from the University of Oregon degree at the Northwestern School of Kristena LaMar and a law degree from the University of Law of Lewis and Clark College and her Charles Littlehales Oregon School of Law. B.S. degree in psychology from Portland Donald Londer Elizabeth Welch received her appoint­ State University. ment to the Multnomah County District Thomas L. Moultrie Court bench in November 1988, after J. F. Olsen having been a partner in the firm of CURRENT CANDIDATES Edwin J. Petersen Welch & Koch, serving briefly as a Women currently running for judicial James Redden Multnomah Circuit Court judge, and officP. in contested races include: Robert W. Redding being deputy district attorney for Clacka­ • Dorothy Baker, for Multnomah R. William Riggs mas County. From 1975 to 1978, she County Circuit Court Betty Roberts was the director of the City of Portland's • The Hon. Mercedes Deiz, for Ellen F. Rosenblum Office of Justice Programs. In addition, reelection to the Multnomah County Joan Seitz Judge Welch has been an instructor for Circuit Court Robert Selander the Board of Police Standards and Train­ • Ellen Pitcher, for Hood River Elizabeth Welch ing and for the Northwesten School of County District Court

3 DECEMBER 0 Organize and prepare mailings; How to Run 0 Have all your letterhead, envelopes, design newspaper ads. and contribution envelopes designed and for Judicial printed. MAY 0 Send your initial fundraising letter 0 Start mailings in an organized Office well before year's end. For attorneys, buy manner (focus on two-voter households Tips From the Experts labels from the OSB. with a good voting record and on tar­ 0 Organize subcommittees for fund geted mailings). raising, lawn signs, etc. 0 Continue canvassing-meet as The following tips were offered by The 0 Attend lots of holiday parties and many people as you can. Hon. Nancy Campbell during last No­ make sure people know you're running 0 Run media ads-most heavily dur­ vember's program on running for judi­ for judge. Keep I ists of contacts you make; ing the last week before the election. cial office. they may contribute, volunteer, or put up 0 On election night, relax with lawn signs. friends near the election office. FOR CONTESTED JANUARY ELECTIONS 0 Have brochure printed (use photo). 0 Start attending, being introduced at, FOR THOSE NOVEMBER and speaking to service clubs. SEEKING APPOINTMENTS 0 Ask the Secretary of State's office for filing forms and literature on elec­ 0 Obtain precinct maps and voting­ tion laws and campaign contributions. history information from your county 0 Get organized early. elections office. Make friends there-they Form an ad hoc committee Uane 0 Work within the system by under­ 0 can be very helpful. Doe for Judge Committee); start a card standing precisely what that system is file or computer list of supporters. 0 Canvass the county for good lawn­ (a bar selection committee, a governor's sign locations (main intersections and office screening committee, etc.) Choose a campaign treasurer 0 thoroughfares); obtain property owners' (accountant "type") and manager. 0 Make contacts with people in po­ permission. sitions to assist with the appointment, 0 File with the Secretary of State, 0 Secure billboard locations, as well from the local level to the governor­ necessary before your committee can as radio/t.v. spots (expensive!). this is crucial. collect campaign contributions (a judge may not personally solicit contributions). 0 Obtain all the necessary forms and FEBRUARY submit them on time. Have the treasurer open campaign 0 0 Send the second fundraising letter. bank accounts. 0 Don't assume that any bases will Don't ignore previous contributors, a be covered for you. The system is open 0 Collect "seed" contributions from likely source of additional funds. to women, but you and your friends will your committee and others. 0 Hold a fundraising party. have to lobby every step of the way. 0 Obtain a professional photo that 0 Design, order, and assemble lawn meets ORS requirements. signs (probably using a work party). Obtain a bulk-mail permit from the 0 0 Have billboards silkscreened. post office where you will do all of your FOR MORE campaign mailings. INFORMATION MARCH 0 Start door-to-door canvassing on A wealth of detailed and highly use­ LEGAL ETHICS AND weekends with family and friends. ful information was presented at the DISCIPLINE? 0 From March 15 to April 1, install November program, which cannot be lawn signs. covered in this article. We recommend 'In-house' Ethics CLE's. that serious candidates for judicial of­ 0 Prepare Voters Pamphlet statement fice and their supporters order a full set Stephen R. Moore and have several people critique it. 209 SW Oak, Portland, OR 97204 of program materials and tapes from: (503) 274-2556 Oregon Women Lawyers, P. 0. Box APRIL M.Div., Duke Divinity School, 1968 40393, Portland, OR 97240. The cost 0 Start heavy door-to-door canvassing. J.D. Michigan Law School, 1974 is $50 for members and $70 for non­ Do as much as you can yourself and have Ad )unct Professor of Legal Ethics at members. Allow two to three weeks for Northwestern Law School since 1979. volunteers concentrate on the last 3 weeks delivery. (See page 15 for additional Chairperson, OSB Legal Ethics before election. details.) Committee 1983-84. 0 Send your third fundraising letter.

4 SUPERMOM. She is a mythical creature First, decide whether partnership is who has a successful full-time legal your goal. If it is, negotiate an extension career, is raising two or more precocious to the length of your partnership track. and well-behaved children, and lives in If you work three-quarter time for a few an immaculately clean home. In real­ years, you should negotiate 75 percent ity, Supermom is exhausted, stressed, has credit on the partnership track. too little quality time to spend with her own children and almost no time to . This job is a full-time commitment. You herself. The obvious solution? Being a cannot really be dedicated, productive, part-time lawyer. and effective and work part time. Although law firms and other employ­ Before submitting your resignation, ers of attorneys usually do not seek part­ take a few deep breaths and ask the time lawyers, many will entertain a names of the partners with this philoso­ proposal from a full-time lawyer to cut phy. Personally discuss the issue with back her practice. However, employers By Vicki Hopman Yates each of them and try to convince each have concerns, manyofthem legitimate, that you can do the job part time. Share about part- time lawyering. In addition, success stories of part-time lawyers at most legal employers are in business to other, similar firms. Personal contact with We have fixed overhead. Part-time make a profit and wi II reject a part- time supportive partners is also essential, and lawyers are too expensive. proposal that is not economically fea­ you are likely to find several who will The employer can make a larger profit sible for the firm. take on your cause. by hiring a full-time lawyer who will bill The key to negotiating and keeping In addition, let the recalcitrant law­ 1,800 hours instead of a part-time law­ a part-time position is to be aware of the yers know that the firm cannot ignore yer who will bill 1,200. However, you employer's concerns and economic the needs or desires of lawyers who are can help save the firm money on over­ considerations. These concerns can be parents of young children and continue head, which will enable you to negoti­ successfully addressed. For example: to attract top candidates. ate a higher salary. These are trying, yet exciting, times There are many overhead costs to You probably won't be available when for women lawyers. Today's part-time consider, and your firm may provide you we need you. lawyers are pioneers. How we fare will with a per-lawyer breakdown of them. You must convince your employer that impact lawyers who enter the profession Take a hard look at the numbers to as­ despite your part-time schedule, you will in years to come. If we are successful, sess where money can and cannot be be available when needed. This factor lawyers 10 years from now will expect saved. For example, if your spouse has cannot be overemphasized. For ex­ to be able to work part time when their a health plan through work, offer to drop ample, if you usually work on Monday, children are small. Ideally, law firm, your participation in the firm's plan. If Wednesday, and Thursday, you must be corporate, and government recruiters your entertainment and state bar activ­ able to juggle child care and other fam­ will offer part-time employment as part ity expenses are more modest than the ily needs to make a court appearance of a job package. average lawyer's, point this out. Offer on Friday, if required. to move into a smaller office space or In addition, let your employer know Vicki Hopman Yates is a part-time share an office. If you type your drafts how to reach you, even on the days you litigation attorney with the firm of Davis on a personal computer, argue that are not scheduled to be in the office. Be Wright Tremaine. support services cost less for you. Pass sure to have an answering machine at up the CLE that you planned to attend home. A computer with a modem, a fax in Honolulu. machine, or a cellular telephone are not Certain expenses-most notably essential but may make the firm more malpractice insurance-cannot be comfortable with the part-time situation. minimized per lawyer. However, the less you are in the office, the less secretar­ COMMUNICATION Part-time lawyers do not fit with the ial, administrative, and other support CONCEPTS firm's image; and our clients would not services should be attributed to you. like it. Contact part-time lawyers at other • \"idt>o - LP~al. TraininK Film:-.. Family HistHr:. Point out that your part-time status firms or offices comparable to yours and • Audio f{p,·ordings of SpPP("hf's & Workshops need not be advertised to clients. You • liraphil' lh•sign & Produrtion of \ewslettt•r.-> learn the financial arrangements they may simply be "out of the office" a & RnwhurPs, LPttt>rht>ads. Business Cards have worked out. Many part-time law­ • Spt•,·ialty-madt> gn•t•tinK 1·ards couple of days a week. Such unavaila­ yers are willing to share this information. bility is pretty typical for the average Let your employer know who else has lawyer. In addition, some clients, espe­ (503) 585-6837 part-time employees and how they are cially female clients who seek out female compensated. 70!1 Cot t;tl{l' St. :\E lawyers, may support the firm's sensi­ You cannot work part time and be on Sail' Ill, Orl'l{on !17:!0 1 tivity to the needs of working parents. a partnership track.

5 flexible work sched­ ules, and child care." While conceding that women have "come a Profiles long way in the legal profession," Polscer be­ Profiles offers members an opportu­ lieves strongly that "we nity to become acquainted with their sti II need to work to­ colleagues who hold leadership posi­ gether to increase the tions in Oregon Women Lawyers. number of women who are partners, judges, and leaders in government When Diane L. Polscer moved to and in the bar." Portland from Spokane, Washington, she had already been a board member and Another board member president of Washington Women Law­ whose organizational ex­ yers. That experience was invaluable to perience gave Oregon Women Lawyers Oregon Women Lawyers in its forma­ a good start is Agnes Sowle, who drafted tive months, and Polscer went on to the organization's bylaws and now become the organization's first record­ serves as its corporate secretary. Sowle ing secretary. is currently an associate at Meyer, Haber­ Currently an associate with Bullivant, nigg & Wyse, where her practice areas Diane Polscer (left) and Houser, Bailey, Pendergrass & Hoffman, include corporate law, business and Agnes Sowle. Polscer's practice emphasis is in envi­ business litigation, and construction law. ronmental, complex commercial, busi­ Before coming to Portland, she was ness, and insurance defense litigation. a sole practitioner in Moscow, Idaho, for She received her law degree from the five years, with a practice that included University of Oregon School of Law, domestic relations, civil litigation, and where she was associate editor of the real estate. Sowle has taught business TIDBITS University of Oregon Law Review, and law at Washington State University and her bachelor's degree from Pennsylva­ at the University of Idaho, where she also Vernellia R. Randall, of Sullivant, nia State University. taught English. A graduate of the Uni­ Houser, Bailey, Pendergrass & Hoffman, Last year, on behalf of Oregon Women versity of Idaho, she received her law has accepted a faculty position with the Lawyers, Polscer presented a resolution degree from the same institution. University of Dayton School of Law, on combining family and career to the "One of my greatest concerns," says where she will develop a new Health Board of Governors Sowle, "is our need to make the prac­ Care Law course. Because of her strong and-along with Ellen Rosenblum and tice of the law more humane. Yet sur­ background and experience in health Ruth Spetter-was instrumental in es­ veys indicate that conditions for Iawyers, care, Vernellia is uniquely able to de­ tablishing the OSB commission that is generally, may be getting worse. There velop one of the few health-care law currently investigating the problem. seems to be a trend for lawyers to work programs in the nation. In addition to This, she says, is "one of the critical harder than they did 10 or 15 years ago." having a master's degree in nursing, her issues facing all lawyers in the 1990s," Even more troubling, she adds, is the nursing career ranged from holding ad­ adding, "Lawyers need to establish degree of dissatisfaction attorneys at all ministrative positions to serving Native written policies regarding parental leave, levels of the profession are expressing American populations by bush plane. in these surveys. "I feel that this is indica­ tive of changes sweeping our profession. Gretchen Morris of Corvallis was Although seen most clearly in the stresses chosen in October as that city's first TOO BUSY and career choices of women attorneys, winner of the Athena Award, which FOR SHOPPING these are problems that transcend gen­ recognizes outstanding contributions to AND ERRANDS? der. The profession as a whole should the community by a local business or realize that by paying attention to the professional woman. so- called women's issues, we may im­ ~ Call)ul;elohnson ~ prove the morale and productivity of all Katherine H. O'Neil is serving, with s (503) 254-9130 . of us." Clifford Carlsen and Jerard Weigler, as co-chair of the Committee to Re-Elect Circuit judge Mercedes F. Deiz. Recently, BUYING TIME INCORPORATED Katherine was also re-elected corporate A Personal Shopping secretary of the U. S. District Court of and Errand Service Oregon Historical Society.

6 to grant a single man an adoption, and she pushed for a conciliation law in the hope of getting some couples back PIONEERS together through counseling. Her career also involved some humor­ When Jean Lagerquist Lewis was ous situations. While in the legislature, appointed to the Multnomah County she captured national media attention bench in March 1961, she jumped at by "hiring" her seven-year old daugh­ the opportunity. "It had always been a ter as her secretary, thus skirting a regu­ dream," she recalls, and Judge Lewis had lation prohibiting the presence of chil­ never been one to shy away from a dren on the floor. Judge Lewis also pioneering role. At Northwestern Col­ remembers that as a judge, ·she occasion­ lege of Law, she had graduated in 1938, ally encountered male colleagues un­ taking top place over her male class­ accustomed to a woman in that role. "I'll mates. In those days money was scarce, never forget one young chap who ad­ and it had been necessary to postpone dressed me as 'Judge, Your Honor, her law studies for several years while Ma'am, Sir."' she worked at Lipman Wolfe Depart­ In 1978 Judge Lewis retired from the ment Store to finance them. bench, but her contributions to the cause After graduation, she went into prac­ of women in the law will long be re­ tice on her own-one of a handful of membered. She was featured speaker at women lawyers to do so. Those women OWLS' first spring conference, partici­ included Dorothy Lee, Madge Langley, While serving in the house, she co­ pating in a panel on coping with sexist Wilametta McElroy (who was in the city sponsored (with , who was and racist behavior. attorney's office), Gladys Everett, and in the Oregon Senate) legislation man­ This article is based in part on an oral history Mary Jane Spurlin (whom Governor dating that whenever a person convicted from the Sound Recording Archives at the Ore­ Pierce had appointed to the district court of a crime received the death penalty, gon Historical Society. in the 1920s). "With about $50 in my the Supreme Court must review the con­ pocket, I opened a law office and viction. The legislation was aimed at wondered how I was going to pay the giving fair treatment to poor people rent," she remembers. accused of crimes. At first taking "anything that walked At that time, Judge Lewis was also in the door," Judge Lewis soon became concerned about driver education and the chief rent enforcement attorney for sponsored legislation paving the way for Co111plete the Office of Price Administration in driver training in schools. In addition she Portland. "Then I made so much noise introduced legislation for a minimum for a Japanese friend, all of whose fam­ speed limit, a measure designed to Financial ily's assets were frozen under the Trad­ reduce driver frustration on the narrow ing With the Enemy Act, that the United highways of the day. Services States Treasury offered me a job on the In the Senate, one of her main causes staff of the General Counsel in Wash­ was full-fledged status for Portland State • Government Securities ington D. C." College (now Portland State University) • Corporate Bonds • IRAs That job, which involved unraveling and the establishment of community col­ • Stocks • Mutual Funds a variety of campi icated foreign currency leges. She was also a strong advocate • Pension Funds and stock ownership problems occa­ of civil rights legislation. Judge Lewis was • Tax-Exempt Bonds sioned by the war, ended in 1945 and the first woman to be appointed to the • Retirement Plans Judge Lewis and her husband decided Ways and Means Comittee and the to return to their respective law prac­ Emergency Board. tices in Portland. As a woman on the bench, Judge For more information In 1954 she won a seat in the Ore­ Lewis always realized that she was being call Cynthia R. Meyer gon House of Representatives-one of watched carefully. "There was always at (503) 226-1875 or only four women in that l:xx:ly. Two years the feeling, if I goof it isn't only Jean Lewis (800) 541-5171. later she was elected to the Oregon who gets criticism, it's all women. I Senate, which had not had a woman hoped other women would come be­ member since Dorothy McCullough Lee hind and I'd leave a trail that would be had served some years before. (At the helpful." That "trail" included some PaineWebber same time she was seeking election to pioneering work in domestic relations­ 111 S.W. Fifth, Suite 1200 the Senate, Judge Lewis also managed one of her chief interests both in the leg­ Portland, OR 97204 's campaign for the U.S. islature and on the bench. For example, MemberSIPC Senate!) Judge Lewis was the first in the country

7 By The Hon. Helen J. Frye

The following remarks are taken from . zone Aquino, jane Fonda, entrepreneur appointed 34 women, out of 404 ap­ a speech that judge Frye delivered to Estee Lauder, and all us women here-­ pointments, to the federal courts. More members ofthe Federal Bar Association the mothers (at least for many of us) and women are serving in state legislatures on October 19, 1989. women of accomplishment. We descen­ than ever before, and the people are re­ dents of Artemis can congratulate our­ electing them. There are still few women n the beginning, if there ever was selves and enjoy our status and our en­ in the Congress, but women attend the such a time, Demeter, the goddess lightenment-or can we? military, naval, and air academies, and aof life, gave birth to four daughters From an historical perspective, a woman student recently became "top whom she named Persephone, Psyche, women in the United States have come gun" at West Point. Athena, and Artemis. When they be­ a long way and are faring "well." On the In the private sector, women's names came women, Persephone was raped other hand, most of the world's women and faces show up in business beat by Hades, the god of death, and carried have been and many still are in bond­ columns. They are members of the City to his underworld; Psyche longed for a age. Even throughout Anglo- American Club in Portland and the Town Club in husband and a child; and Athena wished history, women have been perceived as Eugene, but there are private clubs which to control the affairs of men- not to different from-and in most respects do not permit full membership for have children or a husband. But Artemis, inferior to--men. women. Until full membership in all the youngest, left her mother's house to In 1862, in ruling that the State of Il­ private clubs comes about, women do found a city the likes of which the world linois could prevent women from be­ not have access to the social contacts had never known. In it, every woman coming lawyers, the United States around which so much of politics and was a soldier and mother, and tears were Supreme Court wrote: business is conducted. as common as physical bravery. Also, women must not forget that they We all know descendents of Artemis: The civil law, as well as nature her­ have no fundamental constitutional Margaret Thatcher, Indira Ghandi, Cori- self, has always recognized a wide guarantee of equality before the law. difference in the respective fears and Whenever a national crisis of magnitude destinies ofman and woman .... The arises, whether it be military or economic natural and proper timidity and de­ or now environmental, women stand to liciacies which belong to the female be hurt the most because their rights are sex evidently unfit it for many of the not truly constitutional rights. occupations of civil life. Nevertheless, with many legal barri­ ers gone, the daughters of Artemis have But the laws passed by Congress and indeed moved into the man's world­ the various state legislatures have re­ many into lower-paying jobs, but in moved the legal barriers which had pre­ respectable numbers women are doc­ vented women from entering the man's tors and lawyers, business managers, ex­ world of politics, business, and indus- ecutive secretaries, sales representatives, try. The laws of the land are being ap­ restaurant owners, tax consultants, plied equally to men and women educators, and FBI agents. Women are by the courts, and the courts are on city councils and supreme courts, and enforcing laws that benefit even run for governor. women. As a result, some Butwhetherthefeministgoalsof a sex­ women fare well. In govern­ integrated political system will ever be ment, there is a woman on the achieved depends almost entirely upon United States Supreme Court, making it possible for women to have and there was a woman on the and raise families and to participate in Oregon Supreme Court. Presi­ politics and business and industry. If dent Carter appointed1 35 women have to sacrifice marriage and women to the federal judici­ a family in order to be publicly involved, ary, an astronomical number most will choose marriage and a fam­ considering that before his ily. Without the participation of moth­ term of office there had been ers in public life, the women participat­ only a handful-five or six­ ing in public life will be tokens: single who had ever served on a fed­ women, childless married women, and eral bench. President Reagan maybe a few extraordinarily energetic

8 Amazons. Single women, childless sound like " Room Mother." women, and Amazons can only provide Women want it all. Women can't token representation for "women" in handle it all. I see women overworked, society. floundering under the burdens of a full­ The strength of the family-oriented time job in the marketplace and a full­ anti- groups time job at home. Just as men have had shows what deep roots the values of to release some control in politics and family and home have in our society and business to women, women must either how unlikely it is that women will ac­ share the home and the children with cept, on a long-term basis, duties out­ willing men or somehow beguile or side of the family and home until their coerce the unwilling ones into sharing male counterparts-the fathers of their in the work there. children-share the daily tasks of child­ Young women, the really young ones, caring and housekeeping. Unfortunately are becoming alert to the problems of for women, few men have any real working mothers. Before they will en­ incentives to help them secure their ter public life at the same rate as young footholds in traditional male territory. To men, they need to know-by demon­ help women, men would have to take stration- that there are solutions which their full share of work in the home. wi II provide reasonable security for their What man wants to add a second un­ future children. The message they are paid job to the paying one he already receiving from the public is that only Should women try to handle it all? has. Another problem is that few women superwomen can manage dual roles. have learned the art of delegating to their Before society will and should fully the home and the family. husbands the daily tasks of child care support the integration of women in For women who work full time and and housekeeping. Can Dad's home­ public life, it also wants to know what cooked chicken soup cure colds? Can effect this will have on the home and raise children atthe same time, the frus­ Father really stuff the turkey as well as the family. No matter what our views, trations are great. There are long hours carve it? "Room Father" just doesn't we all have a stake in what happens to Continued on page 77

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9 ond Wednesday of each month (except Oregon Women Lawyers. Call Marilyn August), is led by OWLS founding board Bishop (248-2902) Around Oregrm member Elizabeth Stockdale. Katherine Ricciardelli succeeds Stockdale on the • Women Lawyers of Southern Ore­ • Central Oregon Women Lawyers OWLS board. For meeting places and gon recently met with Agnes Petersen holds informal lunch meetings in Bend other information, call Elizabeth Stock­ to talk about the OSB Board of Gover­ the second Friday of each month. Ag­ dale (378-4620). nors' work and increased participation nes Petersen, Ruth Spetter, Marilyn · by local OWLS members in the state bar Harbur, and Sylvia Stevens will meet • The Multnomah County Bar Asso­ organization. It was noted that Stuart with OWLS members in central Oregon ciation Committee on the Status of Foster, OSB president and OWLS mem­ when the Oregon State Bar Board of Women meets the third Thursday of the ber, completes his board term this fall, Governors meets in Prineville May 3 and month, 5:15 p.m., in the Bullivant leaving an opening on the board for Re­ 4. For details, call The Hon. Barbara Houser offices at Portland's PacWest gion 3. For meeting information, call Co­ Haslinger (388-5300) or Marge Garrow Center. For details, call Diane Polscer lette Boehmer (779-7552) or Helen (382- 3736). (228-6351). Althaus (488-1159).

• Corvallis Women Lawyers meets • Queen's Bench in Portland meets with other women professionals each at 11 :45 a.m. on the second Tuesday of Oregon Women Lawyers Thursday noon to discuss topics of the month at the Hilton International gratefully acknowledges the inkind mutual interest (currently career satis­ Club. The May 8 program, by Harriett contributions of the following firms: faction and burnout). For details, call Dennison and Carol Vreeland, concerns Gretchen Morris (754-1411). The Women's Foundation of Oregon Bullivant, Houser, Bailey and Southwest Washington and the June Graff & O'Neil • In Klamath Falls an informal group 10 program, by Senator Joyce Cohen, of women lawyers meets occasionally covers The Nuts and Bolts of the Politi­ Johnston & Augustson for lunch. For more information, call cal Process. In January the group voted Meyer, Habernigg & Wyse Karla Kneips (884-7728). to become the first local chapter of

• Lane County Women Lawyers As­ sociation holds brownbag lunch meet­ ings each month (except summer) at the Lane County Public Service Building, Conference Rooms B & C, in Eugene. VANDEVENTER & HOCH Meetings feature speakers on topics of interest to women attorneys. The group Investment Counsel also has a Mentor Program with the Established 1969 University of Oregon Law School's Women's Law Forum. For information, Portfolio Management for the Conservative Investor call Sharon Smith (686-8511 ).

• Lincoln County Recipe Club. Women attorneys and other OWLS members in Lincoln County meet alter­ nate Tuesdays at 5:30p.m. at the New­ port Hotel to discuss "recipes" for so­ cial change and personal and profes­ sional growth. Members are also active in the Lincoln County Bar Association and recently joined the bar for a visit by Ardeth A Hollo, Senior Vice President OWLS president Katherine O'Neil and OSB board of governor's representative Understanding the client's needs through highly personalized Agnes Peterson . For the next meeting portfolio management. date, call Bernice Barnett in the district Providing superior investment performance with accurate attorney's office (238-6406). and timely accounting for our clients.

• In early March the 1201 Third Avenue, Suite 3130 Law Society in Salem voted unani­ Seattle, Washington 98101 mously to become a local chapter of 503/344-5025 or 206/624-9603 Oregon Women Lawyers. The group, (collect) which holds a lunch meeting the sec-

10 WOMEN'S LIB cont. masculine spirit, but to express the ernment, and the workplace, there will feminine. Hers is not to preserve a be a human world. The feminine spirit man-made world, but to create a will pervade the work place, and the human world by the infusion ofthe mascu Ii ne spirit wi II be incorporated into feminine element into all of its the home and the family. It will be a activities. Woman must not accept; different world and it should be a much she must challenge. She must not better world. be awed by that which has been Helen J. Frye is a U. 5. District Court built up around her; she must rev­ judge, the only woman ever to have erence that woman in her who served in that capacity. struggles for expression. When men and women truly share the burdens of the home, the family, gov- ,------, I I I Oregon Women Lawyers I Membership Application & Renewal of child-related work in the early morn­ ings and late evenings; there are busi­ NAME ------ness and professional meetings and con­ ferences for which there is no time. FIR/vVORGANIZA TION ------While it is possible to be a good wife and a good mother and a successful ADDRESS ------professional at the same time, it is not CITY/STATI'/ZIP ------possible to be all three without help­ without substantial help from within the WORK PHONE ______FAX ------family and from the husband. Since the failure of the Equal Rights Amendment, CHECK ONE I have found that my thoughts have 0 $45 ... Member(law school graduate) 0 $10 ... Member (graduates with incomes under $1 0,000) drifted on-not to the equality of the 0 $1 0 . . . Associate (law students and non-lawyers) sexes, but to the vast differences between 0 $45 ... Membership Renewal (1990 dues) the sexes. While I used to believe that the roles of men and women were in­ PRACTICE AREA stitutionalized-that is, the differences OAdmiralty 0 Government Law between men and women were either 0 Alternative Dispute Resolution 0 Health Law/Malpractice environmentally or culturally imposed-- 0 Antitrust, Trade Regulation 0 Labor Relations/Employment 1 have come to believe that the differ­ 0 Appellate Practice 0 Civil Litigation ences between men and women-and OAviation 0 Military & Veterans' Affairs I'm not talking about the biological dif­ 0 Business Law 0 Patents & Trademarks ferences, but something deeper and 0 Civil Rights 0 Pensions/ERISA more cosmic-are not culturally and not 0 Computer Law 0 Public Utility Law environmentally caused, but are evolu­ 0 Construction 0 Real Estate & Land Use tionary. My thinking today is the think­ 0 Criminal Law 0 Rights of Persons with Disabilities ing of Margaret Sanger, the great birth­ 0 Debtor-Creditor & Bankruptcy 0 Securities control advocate, who stated: 0 Environmental/Natural Resources 0 Social Security Women are too much inclined to 0 Estate Planning & Administration OTaxation follow in the footsteps of men, to 0 Family & juvenile Law 0 Workers Compernsation try to think as men think, to try to solve the general problems of life Mail To: as men solve them. But woman is Oregon Women Lawyers P.O. Box 40393 not needed to think man's thoughts, L ______~rtlan~Oreg~9724~ ______j her mission is not to enhance the

11 of a long hiatus from the law and liti­ ticipating in an anchor group. An anchor "Anchor Groups" gation had been so attractive to me. I had group consists of three or four people Provide One Answer been living intheworldof"denial" along who meet weekly for lunch. (The mem­ the burnout trail. bers don't all have to be lawyers.) The to the Problem of Lawyering is stressful and we all cope purpose of the meeting is to keep pri­ with it in various ways, some healthy and orities and reality in focus. Each mem­ Burnout some not. The personal strengths that ber of the group, in turn, discusses the By Debra Kronenberg prompt us to be lawyers and make us following points: successful are the very factors which, 1. What am I struggling with this On behalf of Oregon Women Lawyers, when taken to an extreme, lead us into week? the "used up" feelings of burnout. I organized a participatory workshop on 2. How am I doing? . burnout, which was presented by The overwork and total immersion for Frances I. Page, Ph. D. on February 24. which we gain the most praise can also 3. What am I learning? Troubled by the example of several be seen as an early stage of burnout, 4. What do I need to be doing? when we are receiving praise for dys­ friends who had left the legal profession, 5. What do I need to ask for? I hoped to provide all of us with survival functional behavior. Eventually, as alter­ skills so that practicing law remained a natives are blurred, there may seem to Feedback and discussion are appro- viable possibility. be no other choice than leaving that priate and expected, and-for a person Of course all of this had nothing to do "jealous mistress" we call the law. in a stressfu I situation-provide perspec­ with me or my recent "mid-career va­ Those of us who attended the work­ tive. cation," but somewhere toward the end shop on burnout are better versed in My vacation from practicing law is of the workshop I realized why the idea alternatives. My favorite is that of par- ending, even if I haven't read all the books I had planned to read. This time I'll be armed with a better understand­ ing of myself, the demands of the prac­ tice of law, and the physical, psycho­ logical, and emotional early-warning signs of burnout. With the help of my future anchor group, I hope then to ac­ complish the changes in society which I dreamed about when I entered law school. I would like all of us to be able to do that. If you couldn't attend the workshop­ yet want the tools to bring your dreams to fruition-let me know and we can plan a repeat session at a later date. I can be reached at 382-5754.

Queen's Bench officers are (I. tor.) Marilyn Bishop, president; Ann Morgenstern, vice presi­ Debra Kronenberg lives in Bend and is dent; Shari Clark, treasurer; and , secretary. a vice-president of Oregon Women Lawyers. Her practice emphasis has Queen's Bench Becomes Oregon Women lawyers' First been in workers compensation and in administrative law. She is currently chair Chapter of the Oregon State Bar Medical-Legal In January 1990 Queen's Bench voted to become a local chapter of Oregon Women joint Committee. Lawyers-the first group in the state to do so. (Until now, OWLS has maintained informal ties to local women lawyers' groups in several communities.) As an official chapter, Queen's Bench believes it can join forces with a large number SPRING CONFERENCE of women lawyers to promote better programs, reach more women, and attract OVERWHELMING SUCCESS more participation. The Portland organization will also continue to hold local functions, including monthly luncheons with speakers and social hours with other Over 200 people attended our sec­ women's groups-activities that will give members opportunities to socialize and ond annual Spring Conference, with all to support one another professionally. counties in Oregon represented. Kudos Queen's Bench was formed in late 1947 or early 1948 at a meeting of about 20 to Sandy Hansberger, Diane Rynerson women, called by Celia Gallagher Galey at the Benson Hotel. The organization, and their hard-working committee, who named after a group in San Francisco, held annual breakfasts at state bar conven­ put hundreds of volunteer hours and tions and met monthly in Portland. their hearts into this wonderful event. (Next time, we will profile the Mary Leonard Society of Salem, which voted in Details with pictures in our next issue. March to become OWLs' second chapter.)

12 Program Offered New Women Litigators

Oregon Women Lawyers will join the Young Lawyers at the july 9, 1990 ses­ sion of the Young Litigators Forum in a program designed for the new woman litigator. Topics include: relating to the JUMPING THE HURDLES male judge, the courtroom persona, jury perceptions of women attorneys, and Dealing With Difficult People dealing with the big-gun o'pponent. The presenters are Kathryn Augustson, Anna By Nancy W. Frisch, MS, MSW, RCSW Brown, Stacy Heyworth, joan Snyder, and Katherine O'Neil. The one-hour pro­ Have you ever found yourself in a situ­ maintain eye contact and use assertive gram begins at noon in Room 602 of the ation where you need to ask a "difficult'' body language. Multnomah County Courthouse. partner for help, time off for a child, etc.? 4. Start your discussions by using the The Hon. Robert Paul jones, who Or ask a "difficult" family member to word"l." invited OWLs participation, is also stop doing something (like dropping over 5. Ignore nasty comments; if you focus soliciting stories of first-hand ex­ without calling, or telling you how to on them you won't reach your goal. periences of Oregon women trial conduct your life)? Or deal with a "dif­ 6. Agree only to that which you want attorneys to include in the program ficult" secretary or court personnel? to agree to. Remember, you can always handout. The program wi II be re­ If these situations seem familiar, you agree to disagree. peated this fall for judge jones's may have had trouble dealing with the 7. Come to a conclusion and state it. trial advocacy class at the North­ "difficult" people in them for the follow­ Summarize the discussion, similar and western School of Law. judge jones ing reasons: different points of view, and your con­ plans to invite all women law stu­ 1. You saw the situation in win/lose clusion. If you seem to be reaching an dents to that presentation. terms. impasse, acknowledge and label the 2. You became emotional-perhaps problem by saying something like, "We because the "difficult'' person reminded seem to be having trouble working this PACKAGE PRICE ON CLE TAPES you of someone from your past and you out." This labels the "difficult" person AND MATERIALS fell back on unsuccessful childhood or as your ally rather than your adversary. A package of all tapes and CLE ma­ adult patterns of behavior. Now you are both responsible for work­ terials from Working Parents Forum 3. You were afraid you would appear ing out the problem. foolish or weak. is available for $65. The package of tapes and CLE materials on the confer­ 4. You were afraid you would not get Nancy Frisch is a psychotherapist in ence for Running for judicial Office is what you wanted. private practice in Portland and a fre­ $70. Individual tapes may be ordered The types of "difficult" people you quent presenter for OWLS and the Pro­ by using the form on page 15 of this may need to deal with might include: fessional Liability Fund. She counsels newsletter. Order through OWLS, P.O. 1. A Bully-someone who is too in­ individual and couples in personal and Box 40393, Portland, Oregon 97240. tense, gets too close, and may in fact professional areas. threaten you physically. 2. A Hider-someone who avoids being confronted, withholds informa­ Our New Directory Is Now Being Distributed tion, hides from you, is covert, or says We're very proud of our first-ever membership Directory, which was distribut~ one thing and does another. at the April 7 conference and will continue to be distributed through the cha1rs Here are some ways to deal effectively of local chapters. A copy has been reserved for each OWLS member and also with these people: for each member of the Oregon judiciary and other women attorneys. 1. First, ask yourself what your goal The Directory includes the practice emphasis of those members who included is. Probably it is not to make the other that information on their applications, as well as addresses and phone numbers. person your adversary but to attain a The Directory also contains a history of the organization and ads from positive outcome (get help, get a job our friends and supporters. (The ads paid for the printing, so please done, etc.). thank these folks for their support!) 2. Remain neutral and calm. Use self­ Diane Rynerson, Agnes Sowle, and other volunteers updated our informa­ talk-that is, remember your goal and tion by telephoning several hundred members. Diane, Agnes, and Glenn Pul­ remind yourself that this person is not len spent hundreds of hours at their computers updating and formating the your mother, father, or ex-husband, but membership lists. Kudos, also, to other members of the Directory Committee: someone you need to reach a goal with. Ann Fisher, Kathleen jones, Corky Lai, Karen Stayer, and Katherine O'Neil. 3. Use non-verbal skills--for example,

13 • Financial Wizard Needed • Plan to Attend Our Annual Bar Take Notice!! If you are competent and experienced Breakfast in managing books, the budget commit­ Mark your calendar for the annual tee is interested in you! To volunteer your women's bar breakfast, scheduled for help, please call Sue Pickgrobe (378- • Tent Show Revived 7:30a.m. Friday, October 5, in Portland. 6387). Agnes Sowle, chair of the event, wel­ The Oregon State Bar Board of Gover­ comes your assistance and program nors is considering reviving the tent show at this year's annual meeting. Any of our · requests. Call her at 228-8448. • OWLS Play Groups Are Forming members who have an act, song, or Do you have children five years old or other vaudeville routine honed for per­ younger? If so, you may be interested • Family Law CLE Presenters Sought formance are asked to contact Agnes in joining a play group with other OWLS Women family law practitioners inter­ Petersen (397-4091 ), who is coordinat­ members and their children. Diane ested in being presenters at future CLE ing Oregon Women Lawyers' efforts. Rynerson (Portland) has organized one sessions of the Family Law Section are play group and is hoping to help organ­ asked to contact president-elect Beth ize satellite groups. The goal is to pro­ • Board Nominations Requested Mason. Please send your resume and vide intellectual stiumlation and cama­ indicate your special areas of practice Two of our strongest supporters from raderie for lawyer parents who have interest. For more information, contact Oregon Women Lawyers' early days are chosen to stay home with their children Beth (641-7990) or Kathryn Augustson leaving the board. Verne II ia Randall has during the preschool years. Diane can (226-7986). Both are interested in accepted a tenure track position teach­ be reached at 235-8716. achieving a balance in the presentations. ing law at the University of Dayton in Ohio, and Elizabeth Stockdale has re­ signed because of the press of business. • Home Stays for the State Bar • We Want Your Ideas for Programs Our sincere thanks to both for their Convention Being Arranged About Working Parents untiring efforts in the organization's Sue Pickgrobe is coordinating requests Nell Bonaparte is acting as the clearing­ behalf. If you are interested in serving for home stays for Oregon Women house for ideas about programs focused on the board, please contact nominat­ Lawyers members who will attend the on lawyer parents. Please call her at 224- ing committee chair Sharon Smith at state bar's October convention in Port­ 9723 with your suggestions. 686-8511. All nominations should be land. If you have a home to volunteer submitted by August 1. or would like to stay in someone's home, please call Sue at 378-6387. ~ • Oregon Women Lawyers Offers a New Service llllll • Program Discusses Flex Time Sarah Rosenberg is managing i;l new The Oregon Society of CPAs is co­ OWLS' service-a clearing house for sponsoring an April 24 program on al­ "at-home" members who are interested ternate work schedules. The event begins FATHERS, MOTHERS in contract work. If you are interested, with 3:30p.m. registration and ends with please phone Sarah (235-051 0) to ob­ AND a no-host social hourfrom 5:45 to 6:45. tain an application form. After she has DAUGHTERS-IN-LAW Cost is $30. For registration materials, a sufficient number of candidates, call Sherri McPherson at 641-7200 or Oregon Women Lawyers will pay for OWLS is recognizing Oregon fami­ 1-800-255-1470. classified ads in bar publications. lies with a legal tradition. Are you the daughter or parent of a lawyer? Please drop a line to Katherine O'Neil. Bob Kristen L. Winemiller and Katherine E. Tennyson Fraser and his daughter, Cynthia Fraser, are OWLS members, as are judge Edwin are pleased to announce the opening of their Portland office: Allen and his daughter, Mary Beth Al­ Tennyson & Winemiller len, and Agnes Petersen and Mary Ann 818 NE Broadway Portland, Oregon 97232 Petersen. Few families can match the (503) 284-3166 FAX (503) 284-5257 tradition of Mary Christine Wood, who will be admitted this spring. She follows and the relocation of their Beaverton office: her father, grandfather, and greatgrand­ Tennyson & Winemiller father as a member of the Oregon State 4340 SW 110th Beaverton, Oregon 97005 Bar. Her father, Eskine Wood, recently (503) 627-0183 retired. Her grandfather and greatgrand­ The firm will continue to practice in the areas of Business Law and Litigation, father were, respectively, Eskine Wood Criminal Defense, Domestic Relations and Personal Injury. and C.E.S. Wood (also well known as a writer in Oregon).

14 OREGON WOMEN LAWYERS Audio Cassette Tapes 1989 SPRING CONFERENCE [ ] Gender Bias in the Courts Chief Justice Edwin Peterson, Oregon Supreme Court Making it Professionally [ J How to Handle Serist and Racist Behavior in the Courtroom Panel Discussion WORKING PARENTS FORUM The Parent Track and the Partner Track-It Can Be Done [ ] Ch.ildcare-The Benefit of the '90's Don Akins, Hildebrant &. Associates Oregon Statutes and Regulations on Family Benefits , Commissioner of Labor [] Charting the Benefits of Flexibility in the Workplace: Surveys of Oregon Attorneys and Northwest Business Prof. Arthur Emlen, Portland State University [ ] Practice in the '90's: Flexible Time, Job Share, and the Parent Track Panel Discussion. Chair: The Honorable Ellen Rosenblum [ J Latch Key Kids and Teens: Who's Watching! Panel Discussion. Chair: Prof. Arthur Emlen [ J Designing a Family Benefits Paclmge Panel Discussion. Chair: Don Akins [ ] Nurturing Your Legal Tot: Locating and Evaluating Your Caregiver Options Panel Discussion. Chair: Nell Hoffman Bonaparte [ ] Babies and Billable Hours: Survival Techniques for All Parents Panel Discussion. Leader: Nancy w. Frisch BECOMING A JUDGE How to Make Getting There Almost Half the Ftm. [ J Being a Judge on the Bench Judges Riggs/Seitz/Frankel/Aiken [ ] Media Relations, Endorsements Larry Hildebrand and Donovan Mack [ J Election Laws and Ethical Considerations Judge Linda Bergman, John Tyner [] The Nuts and Bolts of Campaigning Judges Lamar/Keys/Johnson, Kathleen Bogan [ J Getting Organized, Planning a Successful Strategy Van Hoomissen/Lowe/Campbell/Ramsey [ ] Resume Building, Contacts, Targeting an Office Graber/Streisinger/LaFrance/Margolin

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15 Welcome to Our Newest Diane L. Gruber Kevin M. Myles Charles H. Habernigg The Han. J. F. Olsen Members Janis L. Hardman Turid L. Owren Jennifer L. Harrington Marilyn Podenski Anna M. Gonzalez Alter Anne Pendergrass Hill Ann Postlewaite Ellen C. Bachman Mary Ellen Hoffman Coni Rathbone David Bangsund Mike Hoffman Susan Elizabeth Reese Mary Ann Bearden Ardeth A. Hollo Jamese Rhoades Toni Berres-Paul Ruth Hooper Susan K. Roedl Susan Boyd Theresa Anne Jensen Mary P. Rook! idge Elizabeth W. Browne Kate L. Jones Gloria Schmidt Claudia Burke Kathleen A. Jones Pamela A. Schultz Patricia Champion Lee Judy Linda Meng Seluzicki Jean W. Christensen Marianna Kanwit Barbara Proebstel Seymour Emily Cohen Jennifer J. Kelley Olivia L. Smith Ruth A. Crowley Meg E. Kieran Susan L. Smith Janine Curtis Margaret Kirkpatrick Jean use Snow Jeannie E. Dodson-Edgars Susan M. Zike Koch Kathie F. Steele Helen T. Dzuiba Ellen Koller Linda Swartley Susan T. Egnor Carolyn Ladd Michael Sweeney Delores Empey Judy Lucas Connie L. F. Terwilliger Tammy L. English Wendy Lou Manley Roslyn Tucker Miriam Feder Susan D. Marmaduke Elaine Ciafarone Tunzat Barbara S. Fishleder Beth Mason Robert Van Natta Mary C. Forst Anne Toland Mee Gail Patrice Vore Susan Evans Grabe Donna R. Meyer Dana M. Weinstein Celene Greene Paul R. Meyer lnge D. White Leilan J. Greer Marsha M. Morasch Constance L. Wold Mary J. Grimes The Han. Thomas L. Moultrie Robin J. Wright Aviva Groner Lucinda Moyano

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