Summer 2011 THE LAWYERS ’ 2010-2011 Annual Report 20th Anniversary Edition CAMPAIGN for EQUA L JUSTICE We’re In It For Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of Legal Aid & The Long Haul the 20th Anniversary of the Campaign for Equal Justice! his year, we celebrate the 75th anniversary of Congress declared legal aid in Oregon and the 20th anniversary of that “there is a need Tthe Campaign for Equal Justice. to provide equal access to the system of In 1935, Portland lawyer Gus Solomon persuaded justice in our Nation” the newly formed Oregon State Bar to approve a legal and “to provide high aid office for Portland funded by the Works Progress quality legal assistance Administration (WPA) and local lawyers. On February to those who would 15, 1936, the office opened with three lawyers and two otherwise be unable to The founders of the stenographers. On that first day, 30 clients needing afford adequate legal Campaign for Equal Justice legal help came to the new office. More than 1,700 around the time of the counsel.” founding: Ira Zarov, Lou people sought help in the first six months. Janet Savage, Linda Clingan, and Starkey was the Executive Director of the office for the In 1971 Governor Henry Hewitt first 25 years it was open. Tom McCall called for a study to assess After WPA funding ended in 1937, legal aid operated the civil legal needs of the poor in rural Oregon. The as a two or three person office until the 1960s, relying study committee was co-chaired by Don Marmaduke on the support of charitable organizations and small (Top row) Gus Solomon; Janet Starkey, executive director of Oregon legal aid from 1936 to 1961; Steve and Steve Lowenstein, with staff attorneys Doug Green donations from a few lawyers. In 1966, the Office of Lowenstein and (bottom row) Don Marmaduke, co- and Charlie Williamson. This Statewide Legal Aid Economic Opportunity funded legal services programs chairs of the 1971 legal needs study; Charlie Williamson Feasibility Study concluded that Oregonians in rural in Multnomah, Marion, and Lane Counties. That and Doug Green, staff attorneys for the 1971 legal parts of the state needed legal aid. That led to the expansion continued in the 1970s, with Congress needs study creation of rural programs in Oregon and to the idea of starting the Legal Services Corporation in 1974. Cont’d page 3 Annual Fund 2010-2011 Year in Review by Statewide Co-Chairs Howard Arnett, John Gartland, Tim Gerking and Susan Marmaduke Hon Tim Gerking, Jackson County Co-Chair, and OSB President Steve Piucci at Mahonia Hall N Robert Stoll, Stoll Berne, Hon Anna J. Brown, and Senator Jeff Merkley at Annual Awards Luncheon (left). Justice Balmer at Annual Awards Luncheon (right) Emily Auerbach, uring this year’s campaign we again asked The Portland Large Firm Committee, chaired by Joel Kell Alterman, and Oregon lawyers if they believe in justice. Even Mullin, Stoel Rives; Beth Skillern, Bullivant Houser Bailey; Deborah Weston, OLC (upper); Keil in the face of a tough economy, you once again and Larry Reichman, Perkins Coie, raised almost $370,000 D Mueller, Stoll Berne; answered with a resounding “YES!” In our 2010- — close to their goal of funding the equivalent of eight Andrew Schpak, 2011 annual fund drive, which ended March 31, 2011, legal aid lawyer positions. The Mid-Sized Firm Committee, Barran Liebman; Amy Oregon lawyers raised over $1 million for statewide legal co-chaired by Mark Wada, Farleigh Wada Witt and Mike Edwards, Stoel Rives; aid programs. Over 250 attorneys from all corners of the Silvey, Roberts Kaplan (now Lane Powell), raised close to and Ross Williamson, state pitched in to raise money for the annual fund drive, $84,500. The Associates Committee, chaired by Andrew Speer Hoyt, (lower) and about 2,500 lawyers contributed to the Campaign. Schpak, Barran Liebman; Gina Hagedorn, Perkins Coie; at Young Lawyers Mahonia Hall Cont’d page 18 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 2010 Jens Schmidt JUSTICE COUNCIL Andrew M Schpak FIRMS 2010 ❡ Lawrence S Shaw Firms of 2 or more attorneys ❡ Ann L Sherman & Cris Corcoran which averaged $301-$999 per ❡ Charmin B Shiely attorney ❡ Patrick J Simpson Ater Wynne LLP ❡ Daniel H Skerritt Bodyfelt Mount ❡ Beth R Skillern Brisbee & Stockton LLC Cherida Collins Smith Brophy Schmor Brophy Paradis ❡ Joan Paula Snyder Maddox & Weaver LLP ❡ Thomas & Becky Sondag The Corson & Johnson Law Firm Kristin H Sterling Cosgrave Vergeer Kester LLP ❡ Ellyn L Sternfield Davis Wright Tremaine LLP ❡ Dunn Carney Allen Higgins & Charles Swindells Tongue LLP ❡ Elizabeth Knight and John Miller, attorneys Jeremy David Sacks and Amy Edwards, Partners Bradley F Tellam Farleigh Wada Witt at Dunn Carney. Dunn Carney received an at Stoel Rives and Kirk Maag, Associate at Stoel Christina Thacker Gartland Nelson McCleery Wade & Andrea H Thompson Walloch PC award for being one of the two large firms Rives, at Annual Luncheon. Stoel Rives received ❡ Kent B Thurber Gaydos Churnside & Balthrop PC with the largest dollar increase in donations. an award for being one of the two large firms Iris Tilley Gleaves Swearingen Potter & Scott with the largest dollar increase in donations. ❡ Valerie Athena Tomasi LLP ❡ Roslyn L Tucker Harrang Long Gary Rudnick PC ❡ Richard Van Cleave Hershner Hunter LLP ❡ Pillar of Justice ❡ Sharon A Rudnick Hon Lisa Fithian-Barrett ❡❡♥ Eric & Hollie Lindauer ❡ Philip S Van Der Weele Kell Alterman & Runstein LLP (individual donors who have ❡ Kurt W Ruttum ❡ George K Fogg Ann Lininger given 15 or more gifts in ❡ Mark R Wada Lane Powell PC ❡❡♥ Robert A Shlachter ❡ Randolph C Foster Mark A Long CEJ’s 20 Year History) ❡❡♥ David Wade Leahy Van Vactor & Cox LLP ♥ ❡❡♥ Scott Shorr ❡ Sara L Gabin ❡ Mervyn H Loya Defender of Justice James C Waggoner Luvaas Cobb (individual donors who have ¶Michael H Simon ❡ Morris J Galen ❡ David R Ludwig given $20,000 or more in ❡ James T Waldron Markowitz Herbold Glade & ❡❡♥ Vicki L Smith ❡ Gerry Gaydos Anita Manishan Mehlhaf PC ‌‌ CEJ’s 20 Year History) ❡ Hon Martha Lee Walters ❡ Karen G Stolzberg & Barry ❡ Steven Goldberg ❡ Christine B Mason McDowell Rackner & Gibson PC David F White Lavine ❡ Edmund Goodman ❡ Michael D Mason Miller Nash LLP ❡ ❡ Jeffrey B Wihtol VISIONARIES 2010 David L Thornburgh Eugene L Grant ❡ Thomas J Matsuda Paulson Coletti Trial Attorneys PC ❡ ❡❡♥ Charles R Williamson III Thomas Healy Tongue ❡ Michael E Haglund ❡ Jeffery J Matthews Perkins Coie ❡ ❡ D Lawrence & Peggy Wobbrock Individual Contributors of Roy W Tucker ❡ Jessica T Hamilton ❡ John F McGrory Jr Pickett Dummigan LLP ❡❡♥ ❡ Hon Robert Wollheim $10,000 and Above E Walter Van Valkenburg ❡ Todd A Hanchett ❡ Erich W Merrill Jr & Laura IB Ransom Blackman LLP Kimberley J Wouters ♥ Anonymous Robert D Varitz ❡ Sandra A Hansberger Merrill Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt PC ❡❡♥ Kenneth A Wright ❡ Pat Clark & Estate of Ned Ira Zarov Melissa J Healy J Dominic Monahan Shetterly Irick & Ozias Hon Merri Souther Wyatt Clark ❡ Steven M Hedberg ❡ Michael M Morgan Stoel Rives LLP ❡ Jeffrey Mutnick ❡ Senator Ron L Wyden CHAMPIONS 2010 James K Hein Tonkon Torp LLP Individual Contributors of ❡ Hon Hardy & Mary Ann Myers ❡ Richard S Yugler Individual Contributors of ❡ Cynda Herbold $5,000 - $9,999 Steve Naito $1,000 - $1,999 ❡ Thomas S Hillier ❡❡♥ Larry A Brisbee ❡ ❡ Carole F Alexander ❡ Charles F Hinkle Hon Lynn Reiko Nakamoto ❡❡♥ Peter H Glade ❡ Robert L Allen Robert Hirshon Robert J Neuberger ❡❡♥ Edwin A Harnden ❡ Amy L Angel Janet Lee Hoffman Robert D Newell ❡❡♥ Linda C Love ❡ Kenneth S Antell ❡ Charles F Hudson & Angela C James B Northrop ♥ Leslie W O’Leary ❡ Ann & Rob Armstrong Van Patten Margaret H Noto The Campaign for Equal Justice ♥ Thomas B Powers ❡ ❡ Jonathan & Deanne Ater Richard C Hunt Karen L O’Connor ❡❡♥ N Robert Stoll ❡ ❡ ❡ Nelson D Atkin II Kathryn Elise Jackson Milo E Ormseth thanks Stoel Rives LLP for its ❡❡♥ Michael L Williams ❡ ❡ Aloysius TC AuYeung Hon Mary & Art James Dean Margaret L Paris ❡ David C Baca Drew L Johnson Douglas S Parker BENEFACTORS 2010 ❡ strong and enduring partnership Sheryl Hansen Balthrop Robert C Joondeph Louise Patten Individual Contributors of ❡ ❡ ❡ Paula A Barran Leslie Kay Beverly Pearman $2,000 - $4,999 Matthew H Kehoe ❡ Amy Joseph Pedersen with CEJ. During CEJ’s 20 year ❡ Trudy Allen ❡ Jeffrey M Batchelor ❡ Neil D Kimmelfield ❡ J Randolph Pickett David F Bartz Jr Brenda K Baumgart ❡ Wesley W Kirtley Ellen C Pitcher history, Stoel Rives attorneys and ❡❡♥ Gary M Berne ❡ Kathleen Beaufait ❡ Glenn S Klein ❡ Stephen V Piucci Sen Suzanne Bonamici ❡ Carol J Bernick ❡ Peter H Koehler Jr ❡ Guy A Randles ❡ ❡ Bruce G Berning staff have contributed more than Ernest Bonyhadi & Shirley ❡ ❡❡♥ Gittelsohn William A Birdwell Hon Paula J Kurshner Cecil A Reniche-Smith ❡ ❡ ❡ Christine Chute ❡ Alan R Blank Margaret Baumgardner Kushner Joe & Marian Richards $1 million in support of Oregon’s ❡ John Condon ❡ David A Bledsoe Kevin T Lafky Peter C Richter ❡ ❡❡♥ Timothy J Conway ❡ Mark R Bocci Frank V Langfitt III George D Rives ❡❡♥ legal aid programs. Sarah J Crooks ❡ Duane A Bosworth II Debra Fee Jing Lee & Peter Sage Jeffrey G Robertson ❡❡♥ Timothy S DeJong Todd A Bradley Justin D Leonard Sheldon Ira Rubin ♥ Emi & Brett Donis James M Brown Maureen Leonard Tamara E Russell ❡ ❡ ❡❡♥ Linda K Eyerman ❡ Lawrence B Burke Lisa M LeSage Jeffrey D Sapiro ❡ ❡ ❡❡♥ Valerie Fisher Phyllis Burke Richard F Liebman Louis D Savage Mark A Friel Donald