Summer 2010 THE LAWYERS’ 2009-2010 Annual Report Edition CAMPAIGN for EQUAL JUSTICE Annual Fund 2009-2010 Year in Review by Statewide Co-Chairs Howard Arnett, John Gartland, Tim Gerking and Susan Marmaduke Representative Tina Kotek; Ernie Estes, Bonneville Power Administration; and Brena Lopez, Salem LASO; Eric Lindauer, CEJ Board Member; Chief Justice Paul DeMuniz Gerry Gaydos, Gaydos Churnside/OSB (background); and Ed Harnden, Barran Liebman/CEJ Board Chair at the Annual Awards Luncheon President, at the Bus Tour/CLE with CEJ (Left). Justice Martha Walters makes keynote remarks at the Annual Awards Luncheon (Right). and Fair Housing Council of Oregon. uring our annual fund drive that ended March The Portland Large Firm Committee, chaired by Joel 31, 2010, we asked Oregon lawyers if they Mullin, Stoel Rives; Beth Skillern, Bullivant Houser Laf-Off Dbelieve in justice. In the face of the toughest Bailey; and Larry Reichman, Perkins Coie, raised almost attendees recession since the Great Depression and growing $390,000 --- close to their goal of funding the equivalent rehearse the numbers of low-income Oregonians in desperate of eight legal aid lawyer positions. The Mid-Sized Firm music video need of legal services, you once again answered with a Committee, co-chaired by Mark Wada, Farleigh Wada Witt production of resounding “YES!” Oregon lawyers raised $1 million and Mike Silvey, Roberts Kaplan, raised almost $80,000. “Do You Believe for statewide legal aid programs. We thank the 200 The Associates Committee, chaired by Andrew Schpak, in Justice?” attorneys from all corners of the state who pitched in to Barran Liebman; Brien Flanagan, Schwabe Williamson; Tonkon Torp raise money for the annual fund drive, and the 2,500 and Amy Edwards, Stoel Rives, drummed up enthusiasm lawyers and lawyers who contributed to the Campaign. for the Campaign by holding three events: the now-annual friends yukking Cont’d page 16 it up at Laf-Off. Legal Aid Shores Up Pro Bono to Help Meet Increased Need uring legal aid’s strategic planning process, the The pro bono team has already scored several successes. programs identified ways to increase service to This April they helped Central Oregon’s legal aid office Dclients, and to address the needs of some of the start a Bankruptcy Clinic. hardest-hit areas of the state. Both Central Oregon and the The Bankruptcy Clinic is a Washington County region had seen increases in the poverty model program that has been population by over 50%. Funding from the legislature operating successfully in the helped legal aid hire additional lawyers in those hardest-hit Portland area for more than a regions and also helped legal aid shore up pro bono efforts decade and was developed in to stretch limited resources. David Thornburgh, Executive partnership with the Debtor- Director of the Oregon Law Center, gives credit to the Creditor Section of the Oregon Governor and First Lady, legislators, the State Bar and State Bar, the Lewis and Clark Oregon lawyers for recognizing the dramatic increase in Legal Clinic, and Judge Perris the numbers of low-income Oregonians who need legal of the US Bankruptcy Court. aid’s help. The team is also working to Carla Mikkelson, expand the pro bono list-serv--- The addition of a Statewide Pro Bono Coordinator will Salem LASO, and which allows pro bono lawyers help legal aid offices make efficient use of volunteer attorney Rep. Brian Clem at to select individual cases they resources. Sharon Brown, a veteran legal aid lawyer, the Marion County can handle. Sharon stated that assumed the Statewide Pro Bono position in January 2010. CEJ luncheon. “training for our volunteer Sharon will be working closely with Maya Crawford, the lawyers on substantive topics Sharon Brown, Statewide Pro Bono Coordinator new Supervising Attorney of the Volunteer Lawyers Project is now available on the internet. As an added bonus, the and Maya Crawford, LASO, work to increase in LASO’s Multnomah County office. trainings qualify for CLE credit.” pro bono efforts. Nonprofit Org. U.S. Postage PAID Portland, Oregon Permit No. 3215 921 SW Washington Street, Suite 520 • Portland, OR 97205 • 503-295-8442 • [email protected] • www.cej-oregon.org 1 Justice Council 2009 Thomas J Matsuda John F McGrory Jr Erich W Merrill Jr & Laura IB Merrill Michael M Morgan Jeffrey Mutnick Hon Hardy & Mary Ann Myers Steve Naito Lynn Reiko Nakamoto Robert J Neuberger Robert D Newell Margaret H Noto Karen L O’Connor Garvey Schubert was the large firm that had Tonkon Torp partners and CEJ volunteers Darcy Milo E Ormseth the highest percentage increase in the number Norville, Ron Greenman, and Kristin Bremer. Turid L Owren of donors over last year—a 63% increase. Tonkon Torp received an award for the large Dean Margaret L Paris Katie Haraguchi, Volunteers William Kabeiseman and Samuel firm committee with largest dollar increase Douglas S Parker Kauffman are pictured here. in donations. Louise Patten Miller Nash & Amy Joseph Pedersen Laura Althouse, VISIONARIES 2009 Cecil A Reniche-Smith Timothy & Mia Clark Laury H Hennings J Randolph Pickett Dunn Carney at Individual Contributors of Peter C Richter Colleen O’Shea Clarke Cynda Herbold Ellen C Pitcher the Annual Awards $10,000 and Above George D Rives Linda D Clingan & Michael Christopher K Heuer Stephen V Piucci Luncheon. Templeton Anonymous Brenda JP Rocklin Thomas S Hillier Phillip C Querin Mark B Comstock Individual Contributors of Harvey W Rogers Charles F Hinkle Guy A Randles Jeffrey G Condit JUSTICE COUNCIL FIRMS $5,000 - $9,999 Prof Suzanne E Rowe & Mark Charles F Hudson & Dennis P Rawlinson Corley John Condon Angela C Van Patten ($301 per attorney for firms of Larry A Brisbee Hon David F Rees Sharon A Rudnick Roger A Cooke & Joan Cirillo Richard C Hunt 2 or more attorneys) Peter H Glade Stanley G Renecker Kurt W Ruttum Laurie E Craghead Kathryn Elise Jackson Aller Morrison Robertson PC Edwin A Harnden Martha L Rice Robert A Shlachter William B Crow Hon Mary & Art James Ater Wynne LLP Linda C Love Joe & Marian Richards Scott Shorr Eric L Dahlin Drew L Johnson Barran Liebman Leslie W O’Leary C Kent Roberts Michael H Simon Aleta E Doerr Jeffrey Douglas Jones Brisbee & Stockton LLC Thomas B Powers Jeffrey G Robertson Vicki L Smith Emi A Donis Robert C Joondeph Brophy Schmor Gerking Brophy N Robert Stoll Sheldon Ira Rubin Karen G Stolzberg & Barry Lavine Michael & Cheryl Dotten Lisa A Kaner Paradis & Maddox LLP Michael L Williams Tamara E Russell David L Thornburgh John B Dudrey Leslie Kay Bullivant Houser Bailey Jeffrey D Sapiro BENefactors Lea Ann Easton Matthew H Kehoe Chanti & Middleton PC Thomas Healy Tongue Louis D Savage Individual Contributors of Jeffrey M Edelson Gary L Kelley The Corson & Johnson Law Firm Robert D Varitz Jens Schmidt $2,000 - $4,999 Amy Edwards Albert N Kennedy Cosgrave Vergeer Kester LLP James T Waldron Jo Ann Schmidt Trudy Allen Holly Wing Andrew M Schpak Crowell Ing LLP Christina L Beatty-Walters Ira Zarov Lawrence S Shaw Davis Wright Tremaine Gary M Berne Jay F Sherrerd Dunn Carney Allen Higgins & Senator Suzanne Bonamici Tongue LLP CHAMPIONS 2009 Corinne C Sherton Carmen M Calzacorta Individual Contributors of Farleigh Wada Witt Patrick J Simpson Kathleen Cegla $1,000 - $1,999 Foster Denman LLP Michael J Sirtori Timothy J Conway Richard D Adams Gartland Nelson McCleery Wade & Daniel H Skerritt Charles E Corrigan Carole F Alexander Walloch PC Beth R Skillern Sarah J Crooks Robert L Allen Garvey Schubert Barer Cherida Collins Smith Keith C Cunningham-Parmeter Amy L Angel Gaydos Churnside & Balthrop PC Thomas & Becky Sondag Timothy S DeJong Kenneth S Antell Gaylord Eyerman Bradley PC Ellyn L Sternfield Linda K Eyerman Jonathan & Deanne Ater Gleaves Swearingen Potter & Scott Charles Swindells Valerie Fisher Nelson D Atkin II LLP Bradley F Tellam Mark A Friel Aloysius TC AuYeung Harrang Long Gary Rudnick PC Christina Thacker William Gary David C Baca Hershner Hunter LLP Andrea H Thompson William A Gaylord Vicki A Ballou Jaques Sharp Sherrerd LASO Board Chair Michael Mason and Attorney Kent B Thurber FitzSimons & Ostrye Timothy C Gerking Sheryl Hansen Balthrop General John Kroger at the Annual Awards Iris Tilley Johnson & Sherton PC S Ward Greene Paula A Barran Luncheon. Valerie Athena Tomasi Johnson Clifton Larson & Schaller Ronald L Greenman David F Bartz Jr Christine Tracey PC Ronald S Grossmann Jeffrey M Batchelor Roy W Tucker Kahn & Kahn PC Henry H Hewitt Brenda K Baumgart Edward D Einowski Michael Kennedy William Randy Turnbow Kell Alterman & Runstein LLP Keith A Ketterling Kathleen Beaufait Barnes H Ellis Randall B Kester Richard Van Cleave Lane Powell PC Neil D Kimmelfield Carol J Bernick David A Ernst Wesley W Kirtley John H Van Landingham IV Leahy Van Vactor & Cox LLP Jacob Krohn William A Birdwell & Anita Manishan Kathleen A Evans Glenn S Klein E Walter Van Valkenburg Markowitz Herbold Glade & Gov Theodore R Kulongoski Mehlhaf PC Alan R Blank F Scott Farleigh James L Knoll Mark R Wada Margaret Baumgardner Kushner McDowell & Rackner PC David A Bledsoe James M Finn Sara Kobak David Wade Hon Kristena A LaMar Mark R Bocci Hon Lisa Fithian-Barrett Peter H Koehler Jr James C Waggoner Miller Nash LLP Steven D Larson Ernest Bonyhadi & Brien Joseph Flanagan Hon Paula J Kurshner Diana Wales Northwest Lawfirm Andy Lee Shirley Gittelsohn George K Fogg Frank V Langfitt III Hon Martha Lee Walters Paulson Coletti Trial Attorneys Maureen Leonard Duane A Bosworth II Sara L Gabin Debra Fee Jing Lee & Peter Sage Stephen & Mabsie Walters Perkins Coie LLP Kenneth