A newsletter published by Oregon 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 Neil Goldschmidt 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 Oregon Supreme Court 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 Betty Roberts, served on the court from women to district court positions. Kathryn S. Augustson Ann Aiken 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. Ellen Rosenblum Ruth Spelter Irene Bustillos Taylor Celeste C. Whitewolf Ann Zeltmann Executive Assistant Kristin K. Coli igan Newsletter Editor Carolyn Buan Graphic Design jeanne E. Galick The Oregon Women Lawyers AdvanceSheet is published periodically by Oregon Women Lawyers, P.O. Box 40393, Portland, OR 97240. 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 University of Oregon-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 United States 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.