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2009 Annual
oregon lawyer
Letter from the Dean
Dear friends:
As we are about to begin another exciting school
year with the matriculation of the Class of 2012,
I am grateful for our wonderful alumni who are
such a vital part of the Oregon Law community.
Whether they devote their careers to private practice or public interest law or have put their law
degrees to use in other endeavors entirely, it is
our alumni who serve as Oregon Law’s most important ambassadors both in Oregon and beyond.
This fall, ten classes — ten generations of
Oregon Law alumni — will be returning to campus for their class reunions during the weekend
of September 11-13. While in Eugene, alums will
have the opportunity to catch up with old friends
at their class receptions and special activities
such as wine tasting, rafting, and an Oregon football game — and make new ones at the Journal
of Environmental Law & Litigation symposium
that will take place at the Knight Law Center the
first day of the reunion. I hope you can attend,
and I invite you to visit our Alumni Website,
www.uoregonlaw.com, for more information As a
preview, we include in this issue a special series
of stories about seven of our reunioning alumni
— Joyce Benjamin, Katy Bloomquist, David Gold,
Hon. Roxanne Osborne, Hon. Ann Aiken, Agi
Petersen, and Gerald Parks.
Autumn is also a time to look ahead, and this
year we are proud to welcome four new faculty
members who will add strength and depth to our
offerings in constitutional law, our nationally
ranked appropriate dispute resolution program,
and intellectual property law. As you will read on
page 18, Stuart Chinn, John Greenman, Eric Priest,
and Jennifer Reynolds join us from a variety of
backgrounds. Professor Chinn, a constitutional
expert who holds a Ph.D. in political science, is
an accomplished constitutional theorist. Professor
Greenman, an authority in Constitutional law,
previously practiced appellate
law at one of the
nation’s most elite
law firms. Professor
Priest traveled the
farthest to join us
in Eugene: until
recently, he was
the CEO of Noank
Creative Internet
Technologies,
Ltd., in Beijing.
Professor Priest’s
scholarship focuses
on domestic and
international intellectual property
law. And Professor
Reynolds’ interests
lie in negotiation
and deal making; her professional background
also includes stints at top law firms in London
and Atlanta.
As always, we place a high priority on nurturing our connection with you, both through
this publication, the many social and educational events we sponsor for our alumni here, in
Portland, and beyond, and on the Oregon Law
and Oregon Law Alumni Websites. We love to
hear about the important work our alumni are doing, and we encourage you to keep in touch.
Margaret L. Paris
Philip H. Knight Dean
Oregon
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Writer and Editor
Director of
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Mike Lee
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Photography
Jack Liu
Michael McDermott
Brett Patterson
University
of Oregon
School of
Law
Margaret L. Paris
Philip H. Knight Dean
4Night Zero
Alexander Theoharis ’09 authors a photographic comic series.
6Alumni Stories
Sharing their tales: Katy Bloomquist ’89, Hon. Ann Aiken ’79, Hon. Roxanne Osborne ’79,
David Gold ’84, Joyce Benjamin ’74, Jerry Parks, Jr., ’69, and Agi Petersen ’59.
28Oregon Law remembers John Jaqua
“Literally thousands of us whom he touched in one way or another will miss him for a very long time.”
N E W S
2 Commencement 2009
3Rennard Strickland’s Spirit Red
14 Jaqua Distinguished Alumnus Award to Honor Hon. David Brewer ’77
15Three Oregon Law Programs Again Ranked Top Ten by U.S. News & World Report
Oregon Law Welcomes Visiting Professor Jennifer Martin
16 Merv Loya Receives 2009 Meritorious Service Award
18 Constitutional, Intellectual Property, Dispute Resolution Experts Join Faculty
19 Laurie Webb Daniel ’82 Participates on Committee Vetting Supreme Court Nominee
20 Professor Rebecca Tsosie Joins Law School Community as the Inaugural Oregon Tribes Professor of Law
21 Oregon Law Announces Loan Repayment Assistance Program Recipients
22 Professor Dale Jamieson Holds Wayne Morse Chair 2009-2010
Wayne Morse Center Announces 2009-10 Project Grants
23 Journal of the Legal Writing Institute Names Award for LRW Pioneer Mary Lawrence
24 “Microwave Guy” Stephen Robbins Raises Internship Funds
14 L a w S c h o o l H a p p en i n g s
17 K u d o s
19 M e d i a H i g h l i g h t s
25 Cl a ss N o t es
27 i n mem o r i a m
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Assistant Dean
External Relations
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Associate Director of
Development
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Commencement
2009
Peter Howard
Zephyr Andrew
Rayney Meisel, Jordan Bates, Anya Kjeldsen
Melissa Beyer
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Sixteen Oregon Law Graduates
Elected to Order of the Coif
Oregon Law is proud to congratulate the 16 members of the Class of 2009
who have been elected to Order of the Coif. Erika Norman graduated first
in this year’s class.
This year’s Order of the Coif inductees are: Melissa Anne Bates,
Kimberly Lynne Clark, Adam James Cohen, Marya E. Colignon, Sarah M.
Einowski, Madeline Juliette Engel, Benjamin Michael Kelley, Sarah C.
Mann, Westin Thomas McLean, Hannah V. Meisen-Vehrs, Erika Danielle
Norman, Kyra Rockwell Patterson, Cheol-Won Randle, Michael J. Turner,
Alfredo Villanueva, and Dawn Elaine Winalski.
Considered one of the highest honors a law student can receive, the
Order of the Coif is a national honor society for law school graduates at
member institutions. A student must earn a J.D. and graduate in the top 10
percent of his or her class to gain membership into the Order.
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Rennard Strickland’s
Spirit Red Delves
into Personal
History, Native
American Art
Spirit Red: Visions of Native American Artists from
the Rennard Strickland Collection is the title of professor emeritus and former Oregon Law dean Rennard
Strickland’s latest project. He recently donated his
extensive personal collection of Native American art to
the University of Oklahoma’s Fred Jones Jr. Museum of
Art. The donation was made in memory of his mother,
Adell Tucker Strickland.
Professor Strickland, an internationally recognized
law professor and legal historian, currently serves
as senior scholar in residence at the University of
Oklahoma College of Law. He is considered a pioneer
in the introduction of Indian law into university curriculum. He has written and edited more than 35 books
and frequently is cited by courts and scholars for his
work as revision editor in chief of the Handbook of
Federal Indian Law. Strickland has been involved in the
resolution of a number of significant Indian law cases.
Additionally, he is the founding director of the Center
for the Study of American Indian Law and Policy at the
University of Oklahoma.
The print version of Spirit Red is a catalog of
Strickland’s Art Collection at Oklahoma as well as
a personal account of his life and family. Professor
Strickland is of Osage and Cherokee heritage.
The art collection itself reflects five decades of acquired pieces. More than 200 works represent some of
the most acclaimed artists of the 20th century through
the present. The collection includes paintings, baskets,
pottery, textiles, and sculpture.
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Alexander Theoharis ’09 Authors
Photographic Comic Series
By Ali Wayner
Q: Do you know how many
episodes you will be writing?
Battling zombies in post-apocalyptic Seattle is just a typical
A: The first story arc is six
day for the characters of the new
episodes long, and I’ve signed on
comic book series Night Zero,
for all six episodes. I’ve already
written by Alexander Theoharis
written three, and they just began
shooting the third (Episode II:
’09, founder and editor-in-chief of
“Quarantine” is already in the
The Legality, the online law jourcan, and started showing for free
nal run by Oregon Law students.
online this week). I’ve got about
Night Zero is a photo comic
half of Episode IV complete.
book produced on location in
If things go well, I’d like to
Seattle, Washington. It follows the
continue writing other arcs in the
lives of the survivors of a deadly
future.
viral outbreak who must learn
to live together and forge a new
Q: Were you involved much
future in the New City.
with the photographic process?
The comic is unique in that,
A: The sets and shoots are in
rather than containing illustraSeattle, so it’s rare that I have the
tions, it uses High Dynamic Range
opportunity to observe, let alone
photographic images (“HDR”).
participate in the photography.
Actors are photographed in
We have a very capable team (the
HDR and the images go though a
director, Anthony Van Winkle; the
process called tonemapping, in
photographer, Forest Gibson; the
which digital artists transform the
talent coach, Tara Miller; and the
photos into a visual style someproduction manager, Kelly Ota)
where between photography and
who attend every shoot, in addiillustration.
tion to others for lighting, blood,
To view the Night Zero story to date, visit
Night Zero is available online, http://nightzero.com/
gore, and makeup effects when rewith one page being added every
quired. My biggest contribution to
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. The comic’s first
the photography was bringing Slurpees one particularly
volume recently became available in print.
hot day last summer, during an eight-hour outdoor shoot.
I interviewed Theoharis for his insights on how he
The team is out shooting for eight to twelve hours
started writing comic book scripts and how he balanced
every weekend to keep up with the online posting
law school and creative writing.
schedule of three pages a week.
Q: How did you come across this comic writing gig
Q: Was it difficult to balance your law school responin the first place?
sibilities with the episode writing?
A: Law school certainly takes priority, and the vast
A: While an undergraduate in Seattle, I used to direct
the University of Washington’s improvisational troupe
majority of my time. I started writing in the summer of
and I met a lot of incredibly talented people through
2008, so I managed to get the first few scripts completed
that. I’ve also always had a passion for writing, despite
before returning to school.
what you’d expect from an interest in improvisation.
Luckily, it’s an extremely enjoyable process, and
One of those folks from the improv troupe went on
writing is my creative outlet. It happily takes the place
to start a sketch comedy troupe, and I wrote a few skits
of free time — it’s a great way to unwind.
for that. After that disbanded, he and another of the
And yes, one of the upcoming scenes in Episode IV
former directors teamed up with the crazy idea of creattakes place in a courtroom — keep your eyes peeled.
ing a photo comic book. My understanding is that they
Q: Is this type of writing something you hope to conwanted to make a comic, but didn’t know anyone who
tinue in the future?
could draw.
A: Twenty boxes of the printed comics arrived today,
They shot a pilot episode, but it was lacking in the
and presuming enough of them get moved to let us
script department: it was meant more as a technical “we
continue producing, I intend to keep at it. Right now it’s
can do this” than as a polished piece. When it came
certainly a work of love — it’s a very expensive medium.
time to shoot the first episode, I got tangled up (thanks
Unlike a traditional comic book, if we want some fantasto having written for the sketch comedy group) origitical effect or set location, we can’t just draw it, we need
nally to give comments on the script, and ultimately to
to build the props, get permits for the outdoor street
rewrite it entirely. Fifteen revisions later, Night Zero,
scenes, and position lighting to get the desired result. I’ll
Episode I: “Ashes” exists.
keep doing it as long as people keep reading it.
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Katy Bloomquist ’89
Blends Work and Hobby
Katy (Cheolis) Bloomquist
’89 knew she wanted to be a
lawyer since ninth grade, but
the type of law she would
practice wasn’t so clear.
“My mother said that because of the way I argued, I
should be a lawyer,” Katy remembers. “That actually was
a major factor in my decision
to go to law school — it was
either law school or become
a concert violinist.”
Even throughout the rigors of law school, Katy said
she never regretted her decision to become a lawyer. Perhaps it was her unique,
yet relaxing way of studying for finals that helped ease
the stresses that so often cause law students to buckle
under the pressure.
“I rented a room and studied for finals on the
Oregon Coast,” she fondly recalls. “I bought my first
car, a red Honda Prelude, in law school and loved to
drive it up and down the coast.”
In fact, Katy says she chose Oregon Law after visiting and seeing the beautiful environment in which
the school is located. “After that visit, I contemplated
environmental law but decided at the time that I was
more business law oriented.”
Following graduation from law school, Katy returned to her home state of Minnesota and set off to
work in a large corporate law firm regularly logging 80
hours a week, sometimes more. She credits a senior
partner in the firm with recognizing the risk of burnout
and encouraging her to find a hobby outside of work.
“He introduced me to horses, and from there I was
hooked,” she says.
In 1996, Katy was in charge of an equine case that
went before the Minnesota Supreme Court – and she
won. To this day, this case still stands out in her mind
as one of her proudest accomplishments since law
school.
“Arguing before the Minnesota Supreme Court
was great, especially because so many people told me
the case would never make it that far, but it did and I
won.”
After the 1996 case, Katy came to the realization that
she may just be fortunate enough to combine her passions – law and horses – into a rewarding career. She
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established Bloomquist Law Firm, which specializes in
equine and animal law.
Her practice focuses primarily on the preventive
side of the equine business, including initial releases
and boarding contracts. The litigation side includes
insurance defense (representing a barn or trainer)
and both domestic and international sales contracts.
Additionally, Katy has had the opportunity to represent
Olympic athletes in sponsorship contracts, while also
helping corporations work with the athletes.
“I think one of the reasons I have been successful is that, because horses are my passion, I speak the
language,” Katy explains. “I know the people, the vets,
and the trainers. There is always someone I can run
ideas past or call on to be an expert witness.”
As if running a law firm isn’t enough work, Katy
and her husband David Holub, along with their two
children Paula and Jack, own and operate Trophy Hill
Sport Horses, LLC, a 20-acre horse facility located 30
minutes west of the Twin Cities. Their primary focus is
developing dressage and jumping horses for their own
use and resale. They also host various lessons and clinics for horses of all disciplines. Additionally, the farm
serves as a training facility for many Olympic athletes
to teach up and coming riders.
“I just get less sleep than most people,” Katy says
when I ask how she balances work, family, and a horse
facility. “I’m also very lucky to have the ability to blend
my work with my personal passion.”
Katy herself is more than just a leisurely rider. She
has completed in the one star format, one of the upper
levels in Eventing, an equestrian sport comprised of
dressage, cross-county, and show-jumping. “I competed
at the international level and was able to beat several
Olympic athletes on their young horses,” she says.
Most recently, Katy has served as a contributing author to the recently released American Bar Association
book, Litigating Animal Law Disputes: A Complete
Guide for Lawyers. Her chapter discusses the use of
expert witnesses in animal litigation, a topic she presented at this year’s Equine Law Conference.
Despite all her professional and athletic successes,
Katy maintains that she is the most proud of her family.
“I’m so lucky that I have found a career that I love,
but what I’m proud of the most are my children and
family.”
Class of ’79 Judges Ann Aiken
and Roxanne Osborne watch
careers, families blossom
While many law school friendships fade throughout the
course of time, Class of 1979 alumnae Judge Ann Aiken
and Judge Roxanne (Burgett) Osborne have withstood
the test of time. Aiken and Osborne have remained
close friends even through the all-consuming life stages
of careers and moves, marriages and children.
The two met in their first law class of the day, Legal
Research and Writing, nearly thirty-three years ago.
“The 1Ls were assigned to the class based on the
alphabetical order of their last names,” Judge Aiken
recalls. “A number of my close friends from law school
had last names beginning with letters at the front of the
alphabet.”
Since law school, the two have talked on the phone
nearly every morning (Judge Aiken lives in Eugene,
while Judge Osborne resides in Klamath Falls), and
their families have vacationed together for the past
twenty-five years.
“Ann and I have been friends since our first day of
law school,” Judge Osborne says. “She has five boys and
I have two boys. We’ve raised our kids together.”
“Our families are intertwined,” adds Judge Aiken.
What is it about the friendship of these two successful women that has helped it survive throughout the
years? Judge Aiken says it has been the mutual support of a shared dream — to do meaningful work while
maintaining a close family life. The support for one
another certainly seems to work.
Osborne is a circuit court judge in Klamath County,
making her the county’s first woman judge. She was appointed to the position in 1990. Aiken is a federal judge
for the U.S. District Court of Oregon. Former President
Bill Clinton nominated her for the position in 1998. She
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was appointed to the Chief Judge position earlier this
year.
“We have supported one another’s careers since law
school and we are privileged to have such wonderful
work,” Judge Aiken says.
Although both women have watched their careers
in law flourish, each came to Oregon Law following
a different path. For Judge Osborne, law school was
always in the plans, even from her early years. She first
attended Oregon State University, receiving a bachelor’s
degree in political science before heading to Oregon
Law.
“When I was little, I was always told how mouthy I
was and that I should become a lawyer — the seed was
planted,” she remembers. “Then, in 1976 a book was
published featuring all of the law schools in the nation
divided into four tiers. At the time UO was the only
second-tier law school in Oregon and it was extremely
affordable.”
For Judge Aiken, the path was a little less clear.
When asked if she always knew she wanted to attend
law school, she replies with an emphatic, “No, not at
all.”
“My background is in medicine and I grew up working in hospitals in Salem to put myself through school,”
she notes. “I came to UO as an undergraduate premed/
pre-nursing major, but also took some courses in political science and economics.”
Ultimately, it was a political science course taught
by the late Professor James Klonoski, whom she later
married, that changed Judge Aiken’s mind. “He said I
should give law school a try.”
Aiken took time off during her junior year of undergraduate school to work for the Oregon Legislature. She
then took a year to work for the United States Congress
before heading to graduate school at Rutgers University
in New Jersey, where she earned a master’s degree in
political science.
Despite the varying experiences each woman had
on her way to law school, both agree that their time at
Oregon Law was an experience they’ll never forget.
“I loved all of it,” Judge Osborne jovially exclaims.
“People always talk about how awful law school is, but
other than the studying, I thought it was a great time.”
“We had an extraordinary class,” Judge Aiken
recalls. “We were a very engaged class — we hosted
numerous big-name speakers and I believe we hosted
some of the first wine and cheese events at the school.”
Of course, both women fondly remember the Hearts
tournaments, a popular establishment of the Class of
1979 and now an enduring part of its legacy. Judge
Osborne is quick to note that she was the winner of one
of these prestigious tournaments.
Now, nearly thirty years since those tournaments
ended, the friends are watching as their children prepare to enter Oregon Law. Judge Osborne’s oldest son,
Justin, and Judge Aiken’s third son, Zach, will join the
incoming Class of 2012 this fall, and both mothers have
some words of advice for their future lawyers.
“A legal education is a tool that can be used in many,
many career choices,” remarks Judge Aiken. “He is going to have a great experience.”
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“My advice is to go to class and do all of your homework,” Judge Osborne says. “Your education costs a lot
of money.”
Whether or not their sage advice is followed, both
women understand that their sons’ legal education will
be much different than their own as the practice of law
evolves.
“Technology is huge. The kids entering law school
today have a tremendous advantage. The tools are more
advanced and user-friendly,” Judge Aiken says. “Plus,
my son’s game of choice is cribbage.”
“There’s a lot more emphasis on mediation and
arbitration outside of the courtroom,” Judge Osborne
explains. “That’s a trend we’re seeing these days and
I think it’s a good thing. It’s much better to see people
agreeing outside the courtroom than arguing inside the
courtroom.”
David Gold ’84 Tried Many Paths
Before Finding his Passion
Not everyone who has a law degree necessarily becomes
a lawyer. For David Gold ’84, his time at Oregon Law
was just one of the many paths he took to realizing his
true passion — entrepreneurship.
The highly successful Portland-based commercial
real estate owner often describes realizing his desire to
acquire real estate during what he calls “the thirteenth
year of my five-year plan.” That is when David sold
his business, Great Western Ink, and realized that real
estate had piqued his interest all along.
David, a Los Angeles native who studied government
and was president of his housing and dining co-op at
Oberlin College in Ohio, didn’t head to law school right
away. After starting his own graphic supply company
in Los Angeles, which he sold to his partners after two
very successful years, David moved to Washington,
D.C., to work for a lobbying group focused on saving the
National Co-op Bank.
David eventually made his way to Boulder, Colorado,
and then to Eugene.
“I had heard a lot about Eugene while I was in
Boulder and remembered visiting there when I was a
kid,” David recalls. “I felt really drawn to the environment of the Pacific Northwest.”
David says Oregon Law’s Environmental and
Indian Law programs appealed to him at the time and
he thought Public Interest Law might be his calling.
However, David ended up practicing business law for
Portland’s Lindsay, Hart, Neil & Weigler LLP, for twoand-a-half years before leaving to run for state representative in 1988.
“The realization came to me on my way back from a
Mexican vacation,” he says. “I remember asking myself
why I was ‘paying my dues’ as an associate when I
really wasn’t interested in the end game. So, I went to
work the next day and gave notice.”
It seemed neither law nor government were in the
cards for David, so he tried his hand at business, purchasing Portland-based Great Western Ink, a company
he characterizes as “circling the toilet bowl” at the time.
“My idea was that I could add value to a struggling
business.”
That is just what he did. Knowing next to nothing
about the industry, David dove in and took the company from three employees doing $120,000 per year, to 22
employees doing more than $2.5 million per year.
Since selling Great Western Ink and embarking on
his career in real estate, David has reaped the rewards
of great success. In June he received a U.S. Patent for
a new green roofing technology that incorporates used
carpet into the roof’s design. He is considering starting
another business to develop, cultivate, and distribute
his product.
“We currently have more than 7,000 square feet of
green roofing in Portland,” David proudly adds.
In addition to sustainable buildings, David’s other
focus is on the arts. He is known around Portland as an
artist-friendly developer — another passion David says
he did not discover until about 10 years ago, when he
began developing spaces for up-and-coming artists and
galleries.
“I try to figure out ways artists can prosper, rather
than just turning a profit for myself,” he explains. “The
most important aspect is cultivating a creative community. Our two artist’s buildings have more than 150
creative tenants.”
And although a traditional career in law was not
David’s ultimate path, he did enjoy his time at law
school and uses his law education on a daily basis.
“I remember being in law school and studying on the
weekends with friends and then heading to Cougar Hot
Springs late at night,” says David, whose favorite class
was Torts with Professor Dom Vetri.
“My law education has been invaluable in business
and in real estate,” he notes. “If for no other reason than
that I have the confidence to make decisions with some
understanding of the legal ramifications.”
Currently, David is a part of the Uwajimaya development project, which is looking into opening one of
the popular Seattle-based Asian supermarket stores in
the Old Town/Chinatown neighborhood of Portland
near the University of Oregon’s White Stag Building. In
addition to the grocery store, the development would
also include 140 units of affordable housing, a Chinese
restaurant, and micro retailers (a concept that David
observed while traveling with his family in Lima,
Peru).
Even with all of these successes, David maintains his
proudest accomplishment is his family — his wife, son,
and daughter.
“My son will be starting college next year,” he says.
“So, this is a very exciting time for us as he’s planning
his future.”
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Joyce Benjamin ’74 Took
a Non-Traditional Approach
to Law School
She had to purchase a home on Potter Street just to be
closer to campus.
“I was forty-one with three children, a husband, and
now multiple homes to manage,” recalls Class of 1974
graduate Joyce Benjamin. “I was exhausted and walking
up the stairs at the law school and a professor who was
coming downstairs said to me, ‘Isn’t law school great? It
was the best time of my life.’”
“All I could think was, ‘Yeah, right.’”
Although she had her fair share of potential setbacks
while in law school, Joyce seems to relish the entire experience and recalls even the most difficult times with a
joyful nostalgia in her voice.
“During law school, I ended up having three major
surgeries. I had hardly been sick a day in my life,” she
says. “Two of the surgeries were on my retinas, so some
of my classmates came to the hospital to read assignments to me. I never understood how I passed Tax that
year — I guess my memory was better than I thought.”
For Joyce, the decision to attend law school wasn’t
something she always had set in her mind. She became
interested in archaeology and history while attending
the University of Chicago in 1947 at age sixteen as part
of an early admissions program available at the time.
“It was interesting,” she notes of attending college at such a young age. “There were those of us who
were younger attending as part of the early admissions
program, but there were also much older war veterans.
Being the wise child I was, I never let my mother know
I was seeing some of these men.”
Despite being surrounded by older gentlemen, Joyce
eventually married another early admissions student, Jonathan Benjamin. She was twenty and he was
twenty-one. They came into some money and decided
to make their way to Europe after graduation. Joyce and
Jonathan spent six months in Europe between 1951 and
1952.
“We knew the opportunity for just the two of us to go
was only open for a limited time.”
After returning from Europe later that year, Joyce and
Jonathan ventured west. Initially looking for a home
on the California coast, the two crossed the border into
Oregon and fell in love with the landscape and the people. Joyce knew she eventually wanted to go to graduate
school, so living near Eugene with the University of
Oregon close by was the logical choice.
“We bought a sheep ranch about twenty miles outside of Eugene, north of Fern Ridge,” Joyce explains. “It
was a working ranch – we did all of the work and even
made a little bit of money each year. It was a great place
to raise kids.”
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After nearly twenty years of sheep ranching and now
with children, Joyce’s original plans of studying archeology in graduate school didn’t seem plausible.
“I was passionate about serving on the county school
board and doing lots of community work over the years,
so law seemed like the next best choice.”
So in 1971, the woman who was among the youngest
in her undergraduate class was now the oldest in her
law school class.
“I was surprised at how wonderful all of my classmates were. Matt Chapman was the youngest in our
class at twenty and I was the oldest, so we got to be
good buddies.”
Classmates even were fond and welcoming of her
children; perhaps because they were so willing to work.
“During my second and third years of law school, I
used to take my youngest with me to the school some
evenings,” Joyce recalls. “The other students and I
would give her a stack of coins and she would photocopy pages of text for us — she loved it. I’m surprised
we never were cited for any child labor violations.”
Following law school graduation, Joyce worked
in Eugene for several years with the firm now known
as Harrang, Long, Gary & Rudnick P.C. She eventually started the Benjamin, Waggoner, Chapman and
Farleigh law firm in Portland with her good friend Matt
Chapman, and fellow classmates James Waggoner and
Scott Farleigh. Joyce also managed to continue her work
in education, becoming a member of the Oregon State
Board of Education in 1976.
Once her two daughters started attending east coast
universities; however, Joyce decided to search for a job
in Washington, D.C. She was offered a position at the
Academy for State and Local Government, running a legal center that helped state and local attorneys prepare
to argue in front of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Even while working in D.C. for several years, Joyce
continued her work on the Board of Education, flying back to the West Coast once a month for meetings.
She completed her second term on the board in June
1984. Her passion for education was obvious, and when
her friend Norma Paulus was named Oregon State
Superintendent, Joyce was the first person asked to
serve as associate superintendent. Joyce accepted and
returned to Oregon in January 1991 to handle federal
education policy and State Board relations.
“I loved my work on educational issues,” she remarks. “It’s been an odd career, but very satisfying.”
Joyce retired in 2006 after marrying UO Professor
of Physics Russ Donnelly. She is proud to boast that
she now has six grandchildren and that her oldest son,
Andy, and youngest daughter, Elizabeth, are both attorneys, while daughter Emelia is a cardiologist. Even in
retirement Joyce remains active in the Eugene community, especially in her work with the Network Charter
School and as a member of the advisory board for the
UO Museum of Natural and Cultural History. The acclaimed “Mother of her Class,” which she says no one
ever has called her to her face, is even hosting a brunch
at her home for her fellow classmates returning to
Eugene in September for their 35th Law School Reunion.
“I’m so excited to see everyone this fall,” she notes.
“I so enjoyed that class. Many are very good friends.”
Jerry Parks, Jr., ’69 Enjoys
Seeing his Multiple Businesses
Grow and Expand
Jerry Parks, Jr., a graduate of Oregon Law’s class of 1969,
was close to attending law school elsewhere.
The Tacoma native and University of Washington
graduate wasn’t accepted to Oregon Law until August,
right before school was scheduled to start. It seemed
everyone else he knew had been accepted in April.
Despite what could have been construed as a rather
ominous sign, Parks had a stellar law school career and
graduated fourth in his class, which was no easy task.
“I remember Dean (Orlando) Hollis telling our class
that he predicted only half of us would graduate, and he
was right! Only half of our class actually graduated.”
Despite Dean Hollis’ frightfully accurate predictions,
Parks says he still very much enjoyed the dean.
“Dean Hollis was a lot kinder than his public face
led you to believe,” Parks recalls. “Still, he scared the
hell out of me sometimes.”
Parks is now the general manager of Holaday-Parks,
Inc., one of the largest mechanical contractors in the
nation with headquarters in Seattle, Washington, and
additional offices in Fairbanks, Alaska. The company
specializes in the design, fabrication, installation, and
service of mechanical systems, building controls, and
architectural metals. The company’s portfolio is extensive, boasting such projects as Seattle’s Bank of America
Arena and Fairbanks’ state-of-the-art Eielson Air Force
Base Fitness Center.
Holaday-Parks was established in 1889, manufacturing and selling airtight sheet iron heaters. Parks’ father,
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pany in 1929 at age 17,
acquired what was then
Holaday & Edworthy in
the 1950s.
The family business
wasn’t Parks’ first stop
after graduation, though.
He was drafted and
became a JAG officer in
the Navy, serving as a defense attorney and trying
everything from murder
to AWOL cases.
“It turned out that I
sympathized with the
underdog, so I was a defense attorney the entire
time, with the exception
of serving as a judge in one case and a prosecutor in
another,” he recalls. “I ended up volunteering to go to
Vietnam and it turned me into an anti-war guy.”
After his time in the Navy and “having the opportunity to see the world,” Parks went on to practice
anti-trust and radio and television law at a private firm
in Seattle where he worked his way up to partner. In
1978, Parks joined the family business, taking over the
management of the company.
“I left private practice so I could follow my own
advice, tell lawyer jokes, and no more time sheets,” he
jokes. “Seriously, I thought it would be a challenge, and
a way to have some independence. That has turned out
to be true.”
Following the death of his father in 1984, Parks
became president of Holaday-Parks, expanding the company into service and controls, as well as HVAC design,
fabrication, and installation. In 1997 Jerry assumed the
role of Chairman and CEO with his brother, David, taking over as president. After David’s unexpected death in
2007, Parks resumed the role of general manager for the
company.
As if running a large company wasn’t enough to
keep him busy, Parks also acquired two resort hotels
along the way. The Hastings House, a small luxury
country resort, spa, and restaurant, is located on Salt
Spring Island, British Columbia; the Hermitage Lodge is
nestled in Australia’s wine country.
“My wife and I stayed at the Hastings House several
years ago and loved it. When we found out it was for
sale, we bought it up,” Parks says. “After that, the manager from the Hastings House led us to the Hermitage
Lodge.”
While running three large businesses may seem like
a daunting task to most, Parks notes that the experience
has been rather enjoyable.
“My favorite part of what I do is seeing all of the
businesses growing. It’s been a real pleasure over the
years building up the family business and seeing it
grow and prosper. We have more than 600 employees in
Seattle now.”
Additionally, Parks notes that his law degree and
experience practicing has saved him a lot of money in
legal fees throughout the years.
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“No one followed my advice when I was practicing,”
Parks jokes. But over the years I’ve known when to hire
a lawyer and when to just follow my own advice.”
Parks’ own advice also has kept him incredibly active throughout the years. “I just need to keep moving,”
he says. An avid boater, Parks enjoys a host of outdoor
activities including roller blading, hiking, kayaking, and
golf.
“Of course, I’m not good at any of these,” he laughs.
Agi Petersen ’59 loves law
and thinks lawyers should
love themselves a little more
St. Helens native Agnes “Agi” (Thompson) Petersen
’59 doesn’t like to talk about herself. The tall, thin,
dark-haired woman, who jokingly describes herself as
looking like Olive Oyl from the Popeye cartoon, would
much rather discuss the accomplishments of her classmates and her children.
“You have many more persons in this class who are
more interesting than I am,” she says in response to
interview requests. “You might want to reconsider your
choice.”
But Agi Peterson is an incredibly interesting person.
One of only two women in her class (the other, Barbara
Seymour, was her friend and godmother) among a number of men who were significantly older than her, Agi
ranked fourth in her class at graduation. She says that
while law school was tough, she actually “had a blast”
the entire time.
Looking back, Agi admits she had no idea what the
law profession entailed when she entered it. Her grandmother thought everyone should get into politics and
that law school was a means to that end, so that’s what
Agi did.
It turns out Agi was very lucky and found that she
loved the law.
She has been practicing full-time now, at the same
location, for 50 years, with no plans to call it quits any
time soon. Agi thoroughly enjoys her profession. After
graduation, she focused her practice on drunk-driving
cases, but as her clients aged, Agi’s practice developed
into family and divorce law, and she now focuses on
wills and trusts.
In addition to her extensive law career and raising a
family with her husband, John, Agi also found time to
run for various political offices, including state representative and Columbia County district attorney, but
often became distracted by more pressing issues.
“Every time I ran for an office, I got pregnant,” Agi
says. “So I figured that was what was causing it, so I
quit running for office for a few years.”
In later years, however, Agi successfully ran for
the St. Helens School Board, the Columbia County
Education Service District Board, the St. Helens
Columbia PUD Board, and the St. Helens Port District
Board. In 1989, she became a member of the Oregon
State Bar Board of Governors, where she deemed herself
the “Mistress of Trivia.”
Throughout her career, Agi has advocated for professionalism within the practice of law, or what she calls
“Loving Lawyers.” In an article written after her run for
the OSB Board of Governors, Agi called on all lawyers
to love themselves and one another more, stating that
this is what true “professionalism” entails.
“We need to stop repeating the old saws about what
we think Shakespeare and Christ said about lawyers,”
she noted. “It becomes a game of putdownsmanship.
This is a marvelous profession – really.”
Even in her 1989 application to run for the OSB
Board of Governors, Agi espoused her feelings on lawyers’ perceptions of their profession.
“Most of today’s lawyers have to take in more business than they can handle in order to make a living,”
she wrote. “We are fine people in an honorable profession and we do much good in many ways everyday.”
In addition to loving the law for most of her life, Agi
has been a loving mother and wife. She says the most
important things she has ever done were being faithful
to her husband and raising her four children.
“We raised them so none were in jail or on public
assistance,” she says proudly.
In fact, three of her children are University of Oregon
graduates and her only daughter, Mary Anne (Petersen)
Anderson, is a 1990 graduate of Oregon Law. This
mother-daughter law duo certainly is one of the first (if
not the first) in Oregon Law history, and perhaps even
in the state.
Neither her life story nor the fact that the Federal
Courthouse has kept a poster detailing Agi’s storied
career seem to convince her that she’s interesting. Agi
simply shrugs off the attention with a slice of humor,
saying the poster is kept in a dark closet somewhere, as
she would much rather stay out of the limelight.
“The poster is there because a few years ago Judge
[Edward] Leavy saw fit to honor ancient women lawyers
at his bar picnic. It’s drug out occasionally for some
receptions along with several others.”
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Law School
Happenings
On February 12, 2009, Professor Mary Wood and Professor Patrick
Bartlein (Geography) gave a talk titled, “Bridging Law and Science in
the Face of Climate Emergency.” The talk was a part of the ongoing series, “Seeking Sustainable Solutions: A Series of Fireside
Conversations,” sponsored by Oregon Law’s Environmental and
Natural Resources Law Program, along with the University of
Oregon’s Environmental Studies Program.
The Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics put on a February
19, 2009 event titled “Mobilizing New Constituencies.” Steve
Hildebrand and Dan Carol, two strategists from the Obama campaign,
delivered a keynote presentation. Other speakers included Matthew
Barreto (University of Washington), Daniel HoSang (University of
Oregon and 2008-09 Wayne Morse Resident Scholar), Francisco
Lopez (CAUSA), David Rodgers (Partnership for Safety and Justice),
Sarah Howell (Western States Center), Rebecca Flynn (Basic Rights
Oregon), Eugene Mayor Kitty Piercy, Oregon State Representative
Jefferson Smith (Oregon Bus Project), Secretary of State candidate
Rick Dancer, Jason Mason-Gere (Forward Oregon), Andrea Ortiz
(Eugene City Council), Sarah Bean Duncan (College Democrats),
Jory Card (Associated Students of the University of Oregon), and
Ashley Miller (Oregon Bus Project).
On February 19, 2009, Professor Mary Wood spoke at the Third
Thursday Climate Victory Speakers Series, sponsored by the League
of Women Voters, in Eugene.
The Oregon Law Students Public Interest Fund (“OLSPIF”) held
its 14th annual gala and auction at the Knight Law Center on February
20, 2009. Funds raised went to support OLSPIF’s summer award
program, which provides financial assistance to students working in
public interest positions.
On February 20, 2009, Professor Steven Bender ’85 delivered the
keynote address at the Mid-Year CLE continuing education seminar,
sponsored by the Government Law Section of the Oregon State Bar.
The event took place in Lincoln City, Oregon.
The Oregon Review of International Law held its annual symposium, titled “The Confluence of Human Rights and the Environment,”
on February 20, 2009. Justice Presbitero J. Velasco, Jr., of the
Supreme Court of the Philippines, delivered the keynote address.
Other speakers included Lalanath de Silva (World Resource
Institute), Liz Mitchell (Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide),
Jennifer Gleason (Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide), David
Hunter (American University), Svitlana Kravchenko (Oregon Law),
John Bonine (Oregon Law), James R. May (Widener University Law
School), George Pring (University of Denver Law School), and 2L
Michelle Platt.
On February 26, 2009, John Frohnmayer ’72 delivered a public
talk titled, “The Arts, Politics, and Law.” The event was co-sponsored
by the law school and the Wayne Morse Center for Law and
Politics.
Various university groups, including the Women’s Law Forum
and Law Students for Reproductive Justice, sponsored “A
Conversation with Betsy Myers” on February 26, 2009. Ms. Myers,
who was a senior official in the Clinton Administration, delivered a
public address in Deady Hall.
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Jaqua Distinguished
Alumnus Award
to Honor Hon. David
Brewer ’77
The third annual John E. Jaqua
Distinguished Alumnus Award
reception and dinner will be
held on Friday, November 13, in
the University of Oregon’s Erb
Memorial Union Ballroom.
This year’s award honors class
of 1977 alumnus Hon. David
Brewer for his lifetime dedication
to the University of Oregon School
of Law and the legal community.
Judge Brewer has served as the
Chief Judge of the Oregon Court of
Appeals since 2004, and has been
a judge on that court since 1999.
Prior to his elevation to the appellate court, Judge Brewer sat on the Lane County Circuit Court
from 1993-1999. Before that, he had a practice in Eugene
concentrating in civil litigation, family law, commercial law,
probate, and real property law.
Judge Brewer is a former president (1991-92) of the Lane
County Bar Association. He also has served on the Lane
County Domestic Violence Council (1996-99), the State
Council on Court Procedures (1995-99), and several Oregon
State Bar committees and task forces, including the Practice
and Procedure Committee (1998-91), the Indigent Defense
Task Force (2001-02), and the Legal Services Task Force
(1995, 2002-present).
“Judge Brewer’s com“Judge Brewer’s
mitment to the law school
commitment to the
and to the broader comlaw school and to
munity has helped to
the broader
bring them together for
community has
the benefit of all,” noted
nominator Kelly Helt ’04,
helped to bring
an associate at Sullivan &
them together for
Cromwell LLP and a forthe benefit of all.”
mer clerk to Judge Brewer.
Kelly Helt ’04
“[H]is boundless energy,
generous spirit, and downright cheerfulness have touched all who know him. I cannot
imagine a more distinguished alumnus.”
The Jaqua Distinguished Alumnus Award is presented by
the Law School Alumni Association (“LSAA”) and is given
to individuals who exemplify the highest quality and ethical
standards of the school. The award recognizes personal and
professional achievements and loyalty to Oregon Law. The
LSAA named the Distinguished Alumnus Award after its
first recipient, the late John E. Jaqua, in 2007. Nominations
are solicited by the LSAA and a committee of the association
selects the annual recipient.
For more information about the event, visit the Oregon
Law Alumni Website at www.uoregonlaw.com.
OREGON LAWYER 2009
Three Oregon Law
Programs Again Ranked
Top Ten by U.S. News &
World Report
Oregon Law’s Appropriate Dispute Resolution (“ADR”),
Environmental and Natural Resources Law (“ENR”), and
Legal Research and Writing (“LRW”) programs are once again
among the best in the nation, according to U.S. News & World
Report’s 2010 edition of “America’s Best Graduate Schools.”
The LRW Program has moved up from tenth in 2009 to sixth,
the ADR Program ranked seventh, and the ENR Program
ranked tenth in the recent report.
U.S. News & World Report bases its rankings on student
selectivity, placement success, faculty resources, and separate measures of institutional
reputation. Having three
Oregon Law’s
programs ranked in the top
ranking improved
ten puts Oregon Law in an
five places over
elite group with schools
last year.
such as Harvard University,
Northwestern University,
and the University of California at Berkeley. Schools having more than three programs ranked in the top ten include
Georgetown University, American University, New York
University, University of Maryland, and Stanford University.
One hundred eighty-four accredited programs were surveyed
in order to gather the information used in the rankings.
As a whole, Oregon Law is ranked seventy-seventh in the
nation, a five-place improvement over last year’s ranking of
eighty-second. Ranking information is available online at
www.usnews.com/grad.
Oregon Law Welcomes
Visiting Professor Jennifer
Martin
Oregon Law is pleased to welcome Jennifer S. Martin, current
visiting associate professor at the University of Louisville’s
Louis D. Brandeis School of Law, as a visiting professor for
the 2009-10 academic year.
Professor Martin received her undergraduate degree from
the University of Nevada at Las Vegas in 1988, and her J.D.
from Vanderbilt University School of Law in 1993. Professor
Martin began her teaching career in 1998, teaching at various law schools including Northern Kentucky University’s
Chase College of Law, New England School of Law, Western
New England College School of Law, and the University of
Pittsburgh School of Law.
In addition to her extensive list of published legal writings, Professor Martin also is the founder and a contributor to
the Commercial Law weblog.
Professor Martin will teach Contracts during both the fall
and spring semesters, as well as International Sales during
the fall semester, and Business Associations during the spring
semester.
LAW SCHOOL HAPPENINGS (continued from p.14)
The 27th Annual Public Interest Environmental Law Conference
(“PIELC”) took place February 26-March 1, 2009, at the Knight
Law Center. The annual conference of the National Association
of Environmental Law Societies and the Environmental Alliance
Worldwide took place in conjunction with PIELC. Keynote speakers
included Riki Ott, Katharine Redford, Stephen Stec, Fernando Ochoa,
Claudia Polsky, Gail Small ’82, Matthew Pawa, Derrick Jensen,
Pablo Pajardo Mendoza, Anhthu Hoang, and Carla Garcia Zendejas.
On March 5, 2009, Professor Bart Johnson (Landscape Architecture)
and Professor David Hulse (Landscape Architecture) gave a talk
titled, “The Challenges of Modeling the Interactions of Climate
Change, Ecosystem Trajectories and Land Use Decisions.” The talk
was a part of the ongoing series, “Seeking Sustainable Solutions:
A Series of Fireside Conversations,” sponsored by Oregon Law’s
Environmental and Natural Resources Law Program, along with
the University of Oregon’s Environmental Studies Program.
The Oregon Supreme Court heard arguments at the Knight Law
Center on March 6, 2009. The Court heard the cases of State of
Oregon v. John Frederick Luman and Emerald Steel Fabricators Inc.
v. Bureau of Labor and Industries. Oregon Court of Appeals Judge
David Schuman ’84 previewed the cases for Oregon Law students
on March 4, 2009. The Legal Research and Writing Program
sponsored both events.
On March 7-8, 2009, Oregon Law hosted the 2009 Regional
Representation in Mediation Competition. In attendance were
teams from schools in Montana, Nevada, Alaska, Washington, Idaho,
California, and Oregon.
Climatologist Philip Mote (Oregon Climate Change Research
Institute) gave a talk titled, “Update on the Oregon Climate Change
Research Institute” on March 19, 2009. The talk was a part of the
ongoing series, “Seeking Sustainable Solutions: A Series of Fireside
Conversations,” sponsored by Oregon Law’s Environmental and
Natural Resources Law Program, along with the University of
Oregon’s Environmental Studies Program.
On March 20, 2009, Professor Susan Gary spoke on the topic of
“Drafting for Donor Intent” to the Trusts and Estates Section of the
New York State Bar Association during its spring meeting in Amelia
Island, Florida.
In April 2009, Professor Barbara Aldave led a discussion on the
rights of incarcerated women in Oregon following the Portia Project’s
screening of “A Sentence for Two,” a documentary about three
pregnant inmates and another former inmate from Coffee Creek
Correctional Facility.
Law Students for Sustainable Business, the Lundquist College
of Business, and the Oregon Law Review co-hosted the 2009
Sustainable Business Symposium, “Growing a Green Economy:
Perspectives from Law and Business,” at the University of Oregon’s
White Stag Building in downtown Portland on April 3, 2009.
Prominent clean tech venture capitalist Nancy Floyd, founder and
managing director of Nth Power, delivered the keynote address.
On April 3, 2009, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Associate
Director of Oregon Law’s Appropriate Dispute Resolution (“ADR”)
Center Michael Moffitt joined many of the nation’s leading voices
in ADR, complex litigation, and public interest lawyering to address
attendees at the Fordham Law Review’s 2009 symposium, “Against
Settlement: Twenty-Five Years Later.”
Oregon Law’s Public Interest Public Service Program hosted a
day of public service in the community on April 4, 2009.
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LAW SCHOOL HAPPENINGS (continued from p.15)
On April 9, 2009, Professor Nancy Shurtz gave a talk titled, “The
Role of Environmental Tax and Market Mechanisms in the Green
Building Movement.” The talk was a part of the ongoing series,
“Seeking Sustainable Solutions: A Series of Fireside Conversations,”
sponsored by Oregon Law’s Environmental and Natural
Resources Law Program, along with the University of Oregon’s
Environmental Studies Program.
The Portland Center hosted a pre-release screening of the documentary, Copyright Criminals: This Is A Sampling Sport at the UO
Portland Center’s White Stag Building on April 15, 2009.
Former Oregon Law Assistant Dean Peggy Nagae, who also
served as lead attorney in the 1943 United States Supreme Court
case of Minoru Yasui v. United States, spoke on the topic of “The
Legal Implications of Japanese American Internment: Then and
Now,” on April 15, 2009. The event was sponsored by the School of
Architecture and Allied Arts.
On April 17-18, 2009, the Wayne Morse Center for Law and
Politics, Oregon Law, and the UO Department of Political Science
co-sponsored a symposium titled “Racial Formation in the TwentyFirst Century.” Professor Howard Winant (UC Santa Barbara) and
Professor Michael Omi (UC Berkeley) headlined. Professor Daniel
HoSang (UO Department of Political Science), a 2008-09 Wayne
Morse Center Resident Scholar, organized the event, along with
Professor Oneka LaBennett (Fordham University) and Professor Laura
Pulido (University of Southern California).
Oregon Law’s Admitted Student Visiting Day, which took place on
April 25, 2009, welcomed nearly eighty prospective students of the
Class of 2012.
In May 2009, Professors John Bonine and Svitlana Kravchenko
visited the Republic of Korea, where they delivered lectures at Korea’s
Constitutional Court and National Human Rights Commission, and
introduced Oregon Law’s LL.M. program to Korean law students
and lawyers. After visiting Korea, Professors Bonine and Kravchenko
delivered lectures at Waseda University Law School in Japan.
Former Oregon Law Professor Robert Tsai (American University
Washington College of Law) read from and signed his latest work,
Eloquence and Reason: Creating a First Amendment Culture in the
Browsing Room of the University of Oregon Knight Library on May 6,
2009.
On May 7 and 8, 2009, Professor Michelle McKinley, who was
a 2008-09 Wayne Morse Resident Scholar, convened a two-day
symposium, “Contested Citizenships.” Professor Leti Volpp (UC
Berkeley School of Law) delivered the keynote address, “Immigration,
Citizenship, and the Concept of Space.”
Oregon Law held its 2009 Commencement ceremony on May 16,
2009. Federal Public Defender Steven T. Wax delivered the commencement address.
On May 19, 2009, Professor Mary Wood delivered a talk titled,
“Global Restoration: Insights on Global Warming and Actions We
Can Take.” The event took place at the St. Thomas More Newman
Center Sanctuary in Eugene.
Visiting Professor Ryan Vacca participated in the University of
Oregon School of Journalism and Communication’s conference, “Your
Digital Life: Risks, Opportunities and Practical Applications of Social
Media.” The event took place on May 27, 2009.
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Merv Loya Receives
2009 Meritorious
Service Award
Merv Loya, who served as an assistant dean from 1986 to 2007,
received Oregon Law’s 2009
Meritorious Service Award at the
school’s commencement ceremony
May 16. Established by the law
school faculty in 1984, the award
is given annually “to a person or
persons who have made extraordinary contributions to legal education and the law.”
Loya has contributed more
than 20 years of service to the law
school, its students, and alumni.
He began his career as a legal services lawyer in Portland in 1967,
joined a year later by Laird Kirkpatrick ’68, then a Reginald
Heber Smith Fellow and later dean of the law school. Loya
was the executive director of the legal services program in
Eugene during most of the 1970s. In 1970 as legal services
director, he worked with Professor Dom Vetri to help develop
the first of the law school’s clinics, the Civil Clinic, housed
at the legal services program offices. During that time the
program grew from three to 10 attorneys through the use of
Vista volunteers and through funding from United Way, Lane
County, state court filing fees, and the Older Americans Act.
The latter provided funds to continue a Legal Aid Service/
Senior Law Service program initiated by Senator Ron Wyden
’74.
From 1979 to 1986, Loya served in management and
administration with a 20-attorney Eugene firm — then known
as Johnson Harrang. In the fall of 1986, he joined Oregon Law
as the assistant dean for administration and part-time director
of the Career Services Office. In 1991, he also began working with UO President Emeritus Dave Frohnmayer, at that
time the dean of the law school, to teach a Legislative Issues
class, which allows 20 law students to work with legislators
during Oregon’s legislative sessions. Loya and Frohnmayer
have continued to teach the class every two years since. In
1996, as an assistant dean and director of the Career Service
Office, Loya moved full-time into career services, continuing
his work with students, graduates, and employers. During his
years with Oregon Law, he also helped develop and supervise
externship programs to give students additional opportunities to gain practical experience using their legal training.
Throughout his career, Loya has been active in state and
local bar associations. He served as president of the Lane
County Bar from 1998 to 1999, was an elected member of
the Oregon State Bar (OSB) House of Delegates from 2000 to
2006, and has served on various Oregon Bar and Lane County
Bar committees. These included an OSB Strategic Planning
Committee, an OSB President’s Advisory Committee on
Future Issues, and an OSB Ad Hoc Committee to help design
and implement the Oregon Bar’s Interest on Lawyer Trust
OREGON LAWYER 2009
Accounts (IOLTA) Program, which has provided millions of
dollars for Legal Services programs in Oregon since it’s establishment in 1983.
Loya currently is the law school representative to the OSB
Loan Repayment Assistance Program Advisory Committee
and is a member of the Advisory Committee for the Campaign
for Equal Justice. The campaign, established by the Oregon
Bar, raised more than one million dollars last year to provide additional funding for Legal Services programs, which
provide legal assistance to low-income persons in Oregon. In
addition, in March Loya and Karen Garst, the former executive director of the OSB, were given special recognition for
their volunteer work in support of the campaign and for their
long-time support of legal services programs in Oregon.
The Meritorious Service Award comes at a particularly
significant time, as Loya is completing his post-retirement
service to the law school this spring.
In an email announcement to Oregon Law’s faculty and
staff, Dean Margie Paris outlined Loya’s numerous accomplishments during his time with Oregon Law.
“His many contributions to legal education and the law
truly are extraordinary,” she said.
The law school’s Lectures & Awards Committee, chaired
by Professor Merle Weiner, recommended Loya for the honor.
Previous Award recipients
2008: Former Dean Rennard Strickland
2007: The Hon. Dorothy W. Nelson
2006: The Hon. Wallace P. Carson, Jr., Phyllis Barkhurst
2005: Alice Plymell ’63
2004: The Hon. Stephen Reinhardt,
Senator Ron Wyden ’74
2003: The Hon. Ellen Rosenblum ’75
2002: Norman Wiener ’47, Minoru Yasui ’39
2001: Ray and Lois Ackerman
2000: The Hon. Helen Frye ’66
1999: The Hon. Sandra Day O’Connor,
Professor Emeritus Frank R. Lacy
1998: Hardy Myers ’64
1997: Wendell Wyatt ’41
1996: Otto Frohnmayer ’33,
Noreen (Saltveit) McGraw ’55
1995: Oglesby Young ’49, Anthony Yturri ’37
1994: Arthur Johnson, Sidney Lezak
1993: Jeannette Hayner ’42, John Luvaas ’42,
Eugene Scoles
1992: John Jaqua ’50, Frank Nash ’39
1991: Chapin Clark
1990: John Van Landingham ’77
1989: The Hon. Alfred T. Goodwin ’51,
The Hon. Edwin Peterson ’57
1988: The Hon. Roland Rodman,
The Hon. Richard Unis ’53
1987: Richardson Nahstoll
1986: The Hon. Hans Linde
1985: Lois Baker, The Hon. Kenneth O’Connell
1984: William East ’31, Orlando J. Hollis
LAW SCHOOL HAPPENINGS (continued from p.16)
In June 2009, Professor Michelle McKinley presented her paper,
“Cultural Culprits,” at the 2009 Law & Humanities Junior Scholar
Workshop.
Professor Nancy Shurtz delivered a talk titled, “Seeing Green:
Eco-friendly Construction from the Earth Up.” The talk was part of
the “Summer Spotlight: Urban Inspirations” discussion series at the
University of Oregon in Portland, and took place on July 9, 2009.
Kudos
In May 2009, the Oregon House of Representatives passed House
Concurrent Resolution 6. The resolution honored University of
Oregon President Emeritus Dave Frohnmayer, who will remain a
law professor post-retirement, for his leadership, public service, and
accomplishments.
Professor Adell Amos ’98, who also directs the Environmental and
Natural Resources Law Program, has received the 2009 Orlando
J. Hollis Teaching Award. Professor Amos also has been selected
to serve as the 2009-10 Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics
Resident Scholar.
During March 2009, Professor Roberta Mann held the top spot on
three of the Social Science Research Network’s Top Ten Downloads
lists. Professor Mann’s article, “The Case for the Carbon Tax: How to
Overcome Politics and Find Our Green Destiny,” was ranked first on
the lists for the Top Ten Papers for Journal of SE: Primary Taxonomy,
the Top Ten Papers for Journal of Randomized Social Experiments,
and the Top Ten Papers for Journal of PT: Tax Policy.
Professor Jim O’Fallon recently was appointed to the NCAA’s
Division I Committee on Infractions. As part of the Committee,
Professor O’Fallon will help to adjudicate charges brought against
NCAA member schools accused of violating NCAA rules. The
Committee meets six times per year to participate in cases involving
alleged violations by member institutions.
During July 2009, Professor Ofer Raban held the top spot on four
of the Social Science Research Network’s Top Ten Downloads
lists. Professor Raban’s article, “Dissecting the Torture Memos,”
was ranked first on the lists for the Top Ten Papers for LC: Judicial
Decisionmaking; Criminal Law and Procedure Journals; Philosophy
Research Network and Philosophy Research Network: Subject
Matter eJournals; and TPE: Executive Authority, PLAW: Law, Legal
Reasoning, and Legal Systems, and PLAW: Legal Theories, Policies &
Practices, Law & Society.
Jordan Bates ’09 received the 2009 Nicole Richardson Outstanding
Pro Bono Service Award at the Pro Bono Executive Board’s April 21
recognition ceremony. Ms. Bates, who was nominated by Professor
Leslie Harris, has devoted much of her energy throughout law
school to the Juvenile Streetlaw program. The award honors the
memory of the late Nicole Richardson ’04. The Board also recognized Bryce Ellsworth ’09 for his 450 hours of pro bono service,
and Beau Kellogg ’10 for 512 hours of pro bono service.
Melissa Beyer ’09 recently tied for third-place honors in the Louis
Jackson National Student Writing Competition in Employment and
Labor Law. Ms. Beyer’s paper was titled, “The Genetic Information
Nondiscrimination Act: Protecting Privacy and Ensuring Fairness in
Health Insurance and Employment Practices.”
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kudos (continued from p.17)
Ben Stoller ’09 was named the 2008-09 Outstanding Student
in Law and Entrepreneurship. Mr. Stoller was a Technology
Entrepreneurship Program Fellow in the summer of 2008 and has
held leadership positions with the Student Bar Association, the
Law and Entrepreneurship Student Association, and the Sports
and Entertainment Law Forum, all while maintaining his own graphic
design practice.
In April 2009, the Oregon Law Review announced that its 88th
volume would include articles written by six Oregon Law students.
The students whose work will be published are Tracy Frazier
’10 (“Of Property and Procreation: Oregon’s Place in the National
Debate over Frozen Embryo Disputes”), Erin Gould ’10 (“Read
the Fine Print: A Critical Look at Oregon’s New Noncompete and
Nonsolicitation Agreement Laws”), Daniel Kwak ’10 (“Death or
Taxes: The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and
the Resulting Need for a Carbon Tax”), Chris Page ’10 (“These
Statements Have not Been Approved by the FDA: Improving the
Post-Approval Regulation of Prescription Drugs”), Alison Torbitt ’10
(“Implementing Corporate Climate Change Responsibility: Possible
State Legislative and SEC Responses to Climate Change through
Corporation Law Reform”), and Megan Yarnall ’10 (“Dueling
Scientific Experts: Is Australia’s Hot Tub Method a Viable Solution for
the American Judiciary?”). Two students were selected as alternate
authors: Rebekah Murphy ’10 (“Identifying Juvenile Incompetence:
Oregon’s Need for a Juvenile Incompetency Statute to Protect the
Dignity of the State’s Youngest Accused”) and David SherboHuggins ’10 (“Knock, Knock: The Fourth Amendment Lives on
Campus Too”).
In May 2009 the Oregon Law Students Public Interest Fund announced the names of its 2009 stipend recipients. The following
students pursued public interest work during the summer: Rebecca
Bateman ’10 (Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office, Felony
Trial Division), Lindsay Day ’10 (Lane County Law and Advocacy
Center), Amanda Husted ’10 (San Francisco Office of the Public
Defender, Juvenile Division), Holly Jacobsen ’11 (California District
Attorneys Association, Environmental Prosecutions), Alexandra
Kamel ’11 (U.S. Department of Justice Natural Resources Division),
Dave Kim ’11 (San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office),
Kerry Lewiecki ’10 (Disability Law Center), Emily Marrer ’11
(Juvenile Rights Project), Kathryn Peters ’10 (Lane County Law and
Advocacy Center), Jeremy Pyle ’10 (Oregon Department of Justice,
Environmental Enforcement), Naomi Rowden (Crag Law Center),
and Daniel Wayne ’11 (Supportive Parents Information Network).
The Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics recently announced
the 2009-10 Wayne Morse Law Fellows, who will participate in the
Center’s new theme of “Climate Ethics and Climate Equity.” Secondyear law fellows are Aaron Kraft ’11, Kiran Sahdev ’11, and Brent
Wilkins ’11. Third-year law fellows are Jillian Clearman ’10, Erin
Gould ’10, Autumn Johnson ’10, and Tim Ream ’10.
Oregon Law was the top law school contributor to the 2008
Campaign for Equal Justice. The Campaign works to support 91 legal
aid attorneys in 16 Oregon communities. This spring, the Campaign
also honored Merv Loya, Special Assistant to the Dean, for his longtime volunteer work in support of legal services programs in Oregon.
Oregon Law has once again reported the highest number of pro bono
hours of any Oregon law school, earning the law school top honors
for the eighth year in a row in the Oregon State Bar’s Annual Pro
Bono Challenge. Oregon Law reported 8,517 hours.
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Constitutional,
Intellectual Property,
Dispute Resolution
Experts Join Faculty
Four new faculty members, whose expertise in constitutional
law, intellectual property matters, and alternative dispute
resolution will further important areas of the curriculum,
have recently joined the Oregon Law community.
Stuart Chinn
Constitutional expert, political scientist
Assistant Professor Stuart Chinn is an expert in the areas
of constitutional law, constitutional theory, and legal and
political history. Professor Chinn received his B.A. and J.D.,
along with an M.A. and Ph.D. in political science, from Yale
University. He has published an article on constitutional
theory titled, “Democracy-Promoting Judicial Review in a
Two-Party System: Dealing with Second-Order Preferences,”
38 Polity 478 (2006), and currently is working on a book
project dealing with recurrent processes of political change
across American history. Professor Chinn previously taught
Legislation and American Constitutional Development at the
University of Texas at Austin School of Law.
John Greenman
Constitutional expert, former appellate practitioner
Assistant Professor John Greenman is an expert in the role of
technology in rights definition, and additionally researches
in the areas of public law, torts, and national security law. A
graduate of the Iowa Writer’s Workshop, Professor Greenman
earned his J.D. at the University of Texas at Austin School of
Law. His practice experience includes clerkships for the Fifth
Circuit Court of Appeals and the Texas Supreme Court, as
well as a position in Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP’s appellate
practice. Professor Greenman recently authored an amicus
brief to the Texas Supreme Court on behalf of the ACLU and
the NAACP of Texas. He joins the law school from Stanford
University, where he is a Law School Fellow.
Eric Priest
Intellectual property expert, former CEO
Assistant Professor Eric Priest is an expert in the areas of
domestic and international intellectual property law. His
other research interests include the impact of the Internet and
emerging technologies and business models on innovation,
economics, and the law. A 2002 graduate of Chicago-Kent
College of Law in 2002, where he was editor-in-chief of the law
review, Professor Priest earned an LL.M. from Harvard Law
School in 2005. While at Harvard, Professor Priest worked as a
research fellow for the Berkman Center for Internet & Society,
where he researched and analyzed Internet censorship and
surveillance practices in several Asian countries. Professor
Priest joins Oregon Law from his position as CEO of Noank
Creative Internet Technologies Ltd., located in Beijing, China.
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Jennifer Reynolds
Dispute resolution expert
Assistant Professor Jennifer Reynolds is an expert in the area
of dispute resolution. Her research interests lie in negotiation
and deal making, and she is a co-author of “Selling Neiman
Marcus,” which was published last year in the Harvard
Negotiation Law Review. Professor Reynolds earned an
A.B. at the University of Chicago, an M.A. in English at the
University of Texas, and a J.D. at Harvard Law School. While
at Harvard, Reynolds served as an editor of the Harvard Law
Review; as a research assistant for Professor Arthur Miller on
his treatise, Federal Practice and Procedure; and as a teaching assistant, researcher, and Harvard Negotiation Research
Project Fellow with the Program on Negotiation. Professor
Reynolds’ legal experience includes work with Kirkland
& Ellis in London and Dow Lohnes in Atlanta. She also
served for seven years as associate director for Information
Technology Services at the University of Texas at Austin, and
taught English in Japan. Professor Reynolds joins the faculty
from the University of Missouri School of Law, where she has
been a visiting associate professor of law since August 2008.
Laurie Webb Daniel ’82
Participates on Committee
Vetting Supreme Court
Nominee
Oregon Law 1982 graduate Laurie Webb Daniel recently
served on the American Bar Association’s Standing
Committee on the Federal Judiciary charged with vetting
the newest member of the Supreme Court, Associate Justice
Sonia Sotomayor.
Daniel served as part of the committee’s “reading group,”
a national team of leading practicing lawyers with Supreme
Court experience. The group examined Justice Sotomayor’s
legal writings and provided the standing comThe ABA reports its
mittee with insights and
rating to the White
comments.
House, Department
The results of the readof Justice, and the
ing group’s analysis and
Senate Judiciary
those of the committee’s
Committee.
other groups were reported to the full standing
Daniel has served as
committee for considera commentator for
ation and evaluation in
CNN on Supreme
developing a rating: “Well
Court arguments.
Qualified,” “Qualified,” or
“Not Qualified.”
The standing committee reported its rating in a written letter to the White House, United States Department of Justice,
and to each member of the Senate Judiciary.
Daniel is a partner with Holland & Knight LLP, and chair
of the firm’s appellate team. Based in Atlanta, she has appeared in appellate and trial courts nationwide, including
the U.S. Supreme Court. Daniel has served as a commentator
for CNN on Supreme Court arguments and on the faculty of
numerous continuing legal education programs.
Media Highlights
Oregon Law’s photographic exhibit “From One Place to Another”
was featured in Inside Oregon on February 16, 2009.
On February 21, 2009, Legal History Blog highlighted the Wayne
Morse Center’s Symposium, “Racial Formation in the 21st
Century.”
The Eugene Weekly’s February 26, 2009 edition previewed
Oregon Law’s 27th Annual Public Interest Environmental Law
Conference. The Oregon Daily Emerald, the An Bui blog, and the
Plumas County News also covered the conference.
On March 3, 2009, Portland-based lawyer Ray Thomas delivered an
address to an Oregon Law audience on bicycle and pedestrian law.
A story about the event appeared in the Register Guard, on March 4,
2009.
The Medford, Oregon Mail Tribune of April 14, 2009, ran a story
titled, “Lawyers Argue Concealed-Gun Case Before Appeals Court,”
which recounted oral arguments that took place at the Knight Law
Center the previous day.
On April 1, 2009, the Legal Writing Prof Blog ran a story titled,
“Oregon Law to Co-Host Green Legal Writing Conference,” at http://
lawprofessors.typepad.com/legalwriting/2009/04/green-legal-writers.
html
Media statewide covered the retirement of President Emeritus Dave
Frohnmayer, who retains his position at the law school following
his retirement from the UO presidency. Articles included a June 21,
2009 column by The Oregonian’s David Sarasohn, titled “Farewell to
Dave Frohnmayer”; a June 16, 2009 column by the Register-Guard’s
Bob Welch titled, “Frohnmayer proved he’s up to the task”; a June 13,
2009 piece by KVAL News titled, “UO President wishes graduates
farewell”; a June 14, 2009 piece in the Register-Guard titled, “A final
moment: UO’s ceremony closes a chapter for graduates, UO president”; a June 10, 2009 article in the Register-Guard titled, “Farewell,
Frohnmayer: A campus party celebrates the outgoing president’s
leadership”; a June 7, 2009 Oregonian editorial titled, “Public life
will miss Dave Frohnmayer’s grace”; a June 4, 2009 piece on KVAL.
com titled, “Dave Frohnmayer: A life of public service”; and a June 4,
2009 piece on KVAL.com titled “Frohnmayer on UO: ‘A different way
of looking at ourselves caught on.’” President Emeritus Frohnmayer
also penned a feature article for the Summer 2009 issue of Oregon
Quarterly titled, “Uncommon Good.”
Oregon Law Dean Margie Paris urged contributions to the Loan
Repayment Assistance Program in letter that was published in the
February/March issue of the Oregon State Bar Bulletin.
Professor Steven Bender ‘85 was quoted in a New York Times
article, titled “Thoughts on Walking Away From Your Home Loan,”
which was published on March 13, 2009. The story also appeared in
the Seattle Times on March 21, 2009.
On April 9, 2009, the Seattle Times quoted Professor Steven
Bender ‘85 in an article titled, “Walking Away From a Mortgage
Can Make Sense.” (http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/realestate/2008894938_walkaway22.html)
Professor Andrea Coles-Bjerre was interviewed by the RegisterGuard for a June 24, 2009 article titled, “Monaco’s case in final
phase.” Professor Coles-Bjerre’s further comments on Monaco
Coach stock, after the company’s bankruptcy, were featured
in the March 29, 2009, article “Lock, Stock and Barrel” in the
Register-Guard.
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UNIVERSITY OF OREGON SCHOOL OF LAW
media highlights (continued from p.19)
On March 12, 2009, the Oregonian published an op-ed titled
“Weighing the Rule of Law,” by Professor Ofer Raban.
Professor Ofer Raban penned an op-ed in the March 31, 2009, issue of the Register-Guard, arguing for state constitutional protection
of nude dancers’ expression.
Professor Suzanne Rowe, Director of Oregon Law’s Legal
Research and Writing Program, published a column titled “Verb Pairs
That Puzzle,” in the April 2009 issue of the Oregon State Bar Bulletin.
On June 19, 2009, The Lange Blog ran a feature article titled,
“Review of Retire Secure!,” which highlighted Professor Nancy
Shurtz’s “in-depth review of the 2nd edition of Retire Secure! Pay
Taxes Later.”
Professor Mary Wood discussed the politics of climate change on
KBOO Radio’s “Old Mole Variety Hour” on March 2, 2009.
The February/March issue of the Oregon State Bar Bulletin featured
an article by Legal Research and Writing Instructor Megan McAlpin,
in which she offered tips for avoiding legalese in writing.
On March 26, 2009, the New York Times technology news blog
Gadgetwise featured a link to a Legality.com article on the legal risks
of social media.
On March 31, 2009, the Register-Guard featured a story about
Oregon Law student Stephen Robbins, whose fundraising efforts
to finance his summer internship with human rights groups and the
juvenile justice system in Peru are profiled on page 24.
Oregon Law’s Associate Director of Development, Jay Klein ’03,
published an April 9, 2009 opinion piece in the Register-Guard titled,
“Let Cyclists Have Voice on Stop Law.”
On April 8, 2009, in a piece about Google and the Website “The
Ripoff Report,” the online publication Bureau24.net cited an article by
3L Tracy Frazier in Legality.com titled “You Read What About Me
On the Internet?!: Anonymous Online Libel.”
Professor Kyu Ho Youm published an April 23, 2009 article in the
Jurist Legal News & Research blog titled, “Blogger acquittal shows
South Korean appreciation for freedom of speech.”
On April 23, 2009, OPB News published an article titled “University
of Oregon Grad Schools Rank High,” noting Oregon Law’s three
“top-ten” programs: Legal Research and Writing, ADR, and ENR.
Register-Guard columnist Bob Welch singled out the Knight Law
Center as one of the “best” buildings in Eugene on April 26, 2009.
In the article, titled “Favorite area buildings get thumbs up,” Welch
opined that, “An arched entry way flanked by peaked roofs gives it a
warm, welcoming feel. At four stories and long, it’s a big building, but
doesn’t come across like some bully on the block.”
On April 28, 2009, the Fort Wayne (Indiana) Journal Gazette quoted
Professor Kyu Ho Youm in an article titled, “Libel Suit Should Have
Landed in Appeals Court.”
Professor Ofer Raban published an op-ed in The Oregonian titled
“Dissecting the Torture Memos” on April 28, 2009.
On April 24, 2009, the Oregon Daily Emerald ran a story titled
“Students donate training, gear to Kenyan orphanage,” reporting the
Conflict and Dispute Resolution Program’s drive, together with other
University programs, to provide donated athletic gear to the Sacrena
Soccer Academy in Kisumu, Kenya. The event was also reported in
the May 1, 2009 issue of the Register-Guard.
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Professor Rebecca
Tsosie Joins Law School
Community as the
Inaugural Oregon Tribes
Professor of Law
Oregon Law is pleased to welcome
Professor Rebecca Tsosie as a
Wayne Morse Center Distinguished
Speaker and the inaugural Oregon
Tribes Law Professor.
Professor Tsosie, who is of
Yaqui descent, has worked extensively with tribal governments
and organizations and serves as a
Supreme Court Justice for the Fort
McDowell Yavapai Nation. She
serves as Executive Director of the
top ranked Indian law program at
Arizona State University’s Sandra
Day O’Connor College of Law
since 1996. She teaches Indian
law, property, bioethics, and critical race theory, as well as
seminars in international indigenous rights. Professor Tsosie
also teaches in the school’s LL.M. program in Tribal Policy,
Law, and Government. Additionally, she is a Faculty Fellow
of the Center for the Study of Law, Science, and Technology
and an Affiliate Professor in ASU’s American Indian Studies
Program. In 2005, Professor Tsosie was appointed a Willard
H. Pedrick Distinguished Research Scholar.
Professor Tsosie has written and published widely on
doctrinal and theoretical issues related to tribal sovereignty,
environmental policy and cultural rights. She is the author of
many prominent articles
dealing with cultural
Professor Tsosie is
resources and cultural
the author of many
pluralism. Professor Tsosie
prominent articles
is the co-author of a feddealing with cultural
eral Indian law casebook
resources and
entitled American Indian
cultural pluralism.
Law: Native Nations and
the Federal System. In
addition, Professor Tsosie annually speaks at several national
conferences on tribal sovereignty, self-determination, and
tribal rights to environmental and cultural resources.
Professor Tsosie is a recipient of numerous distinguished awards and honors, including a Woodrow Wilson
Fellowship, the Native Nations Distinguished Alumnus
Award, the “Judge Learned Hand Award” for Public Service,
and the American Bar Association’s “ 2002 Spirit of
Excellence Award.”
Professor Tsosie’s visit will take place from October 10
through October 24, 2009. During this period, she will meet
and consult with the faculty, students and staff on Indian
legal education, meet with Oregon Law’s Native American
Law Student Association, meet with Oregon tribes to discuss
the issues of climate change, and present the annual Rennard
OREGON LAWYER 2009
Strickland lecture, cosponsored by the Wayne Morse Center
and the Oregon’s Environmental and Natural Resources Law
(ENR) Program.
The Oregon Tribes Professorship is established to boost
scholarship, public service and academic offerings in
Indian Law. It is aimed to provide legal education about
and to the Native Americans at Oregon Law, and serve as a
bridge between the law school and the Native community.
This chair was made possible by a challenge grant from the
Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde and matching contributions from numerous registered tribes in Oregon.
Oregon Law Announces
Loan Repayment
Assistance Program
Recipients
Oregon Law is pleased to announce the names of three
alumni who are the 2009 recipients of Oregon Law’s Loan
Repayment Assistance Program (“LRAP”) stipends.
Pamela “Ela” Orenstein ’06 works at Greenlaw, a non-profit
environmental law firm in Atlanta, Georgia. She focuses her
efforts there on air quality and environmental justice. While
at Greenlaw, Orenstein has been involved with landmark litigation resulting in the first court ruling to require stationary
sources to evaluate carbon dioxide emissions. She also had
the opportunity to participate in the creation and publishing
of a community handbook titled, Putting the law to work in
our communities: A citizen’s guide to environmental protection and justice in Georgia. The Romm LRAP Endowment
funded Orenstein’s award.
Sarah A. Peters ’06 is the legal and agency liaison for
Wildlands CPR in Missoula, Montana. She focuses her work
on protecting public lands from off-road (motorized) vehicle
abuse. She coordinates a national legal campaign assisting
activists and other attorneys in building a strong case if the
need for later litigation arises. Peters researches and develops
new and unique ways to protect public lands and identifies
best fact patterns for testing new theories. In addition, she
has been working on a project to address the growing problem of failing and unnecessary roads managed by the Forest
Service with the goal of supporting their requests for money
in the stimulus package for “shovel ready” projects. The
Romm LRAP Endowment funded Peters’ award.
Mark Olson ’06 is a deputy attorney general in the
Criminal Appellate Division of the Idaho Attorney General’s
office. The Criminal Appellate Division handles all appeals
of criminal convictions to the Idaho Court of Appeals and
Idaho Supreme Court. In addition, the Division works with
state legislators on proposals and amendments to the Idaho
criminal statutes. The Ferrette Alcorn Pharies & Dorgan LRAP
Endowment funded Olson’s award.
LRAP is designed to help recent Oregon Law graduates
entering the public service sector pay their law school loans.
Many of today’s students graduate with high debt levels,
making it difficult to accept lower paying public interest law
jobs. LRAP’s goal is to provide these graduates with financial
assistance for their law loans, thus helping them continue
their public service.
media highlights (continued from p.20)
The Register-Guard ran an opinion piece by Professor John
Bonine titled “Local flu planning often inadequate,” on April 30,
2009.
Professor Suzanne Rowe published an article titled, “Word Choices
IV: Too Close for Comfort?” in the May 2009 issue of the Oregon
State Bar Bulletin.
On May 4, 2009, the High Country News featured the comments of
Professor Mary Wood in an article titled, “Salmon Salvation: Will A
New Political Order Be Enough To Finally Bring the Dams Down?”
Pique Newsmagazine (Whistler, Canada) reprinted the article on June
17, 2009.
The AllAboutAlpha.com blog discussed Professor Rob Illig’s scholarship in the area of hedge funds on May 4, 2009.
On May 8, 2009, Dean Margie Paris’s comments about the
possible nomination of a gay or lesbian judge to the United States
Supreme Court appeared in an article titled “Gay Advocates Eye
Supreme Court,” on ABCnews.com.
An interview with Professor Carrie Leonetti was featured in a May 8,
2009 story titled, “Court Limits Aggravated Murder: A UO law professor says the ruling could affect other cases involving accessories to
a homicide,” which ran in the Register-Guard. The article analyzed a
recent Oregon Supreme Court decision holding that, in some cases,
a conviction for aggravated murder can be limited to the person who
actually committed the murder, rather than applying to accessories as
well.
On May 14, 2009, Wayne Morse Resident Scholar Daniel HoSang
was quoted in an article in The Oregonian titled “Hispanic Surge is
Reshaping Oregon.”
Professor Steven Bender reported on Secretary of Homeland
Security Janet Napolitano’s keynote address to the annual meeting of the American Law Institute, in Washington, D.C., for the
ImmigrationProf Blog on May 20, 2009.
On May 26, 2009, artdaily.org reported on Distinguished Professor
Emeritus Rennard Strickland’s gift of more than 100 Native
American paintings, baskets, pottery, textiles, and sculptures to the
Fred Jones Jr. Museum at the University of Oklahoma.
Professor Steven Bender commented on the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor in an article titled, “Local Hispanics
Laud Sotomayor Nomination,” which appeared in the Register-Guard
on May 27, 2009.
On May 31, 2009, Professor Roberta Mann’s article, “Is Sharif’s
Castle Deductible? Islam and the Tax Treatment of Mortgage
Debt,” was featured on the First Amendment Law Prof Blog’s “First
Amendment Scholarship Update.”
Oregon Law student Naomi Rowden published a guest post titled,
“Summer of Service: Bringing environmental justice to Oregon,
Washington & Alaska,” on equaljusticeworks.wordpress.com, which
appeared on June 18, 2009.
The June 18, 2009 edition of Inside Oregon ran a feature story, “Law
professors lecture throughout Korea,” chronicling a two-week lecture
tour of Korea by Professor Svitlana Kravchenko and Professor
John Bonine.
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UNIVERSITY OF OREGON SCHOOL OF LAW
Professor Dale Jamieson Holds
Wayne Morse Chair 2009-2010
The Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics recently
welcomed Professor Dale Jamieson, of New York
University, as the Wayne Morse Chair for 2009-2010.
Professor Jamieson is Director of Environmental
Studies at New York University, where he is a Professor
of Environmental Studies and Philosophy, and
Affiliated Professor of Law. He received his M.A. and
Ph.D. from University of North Carolina, and is recognized as a leading environmental ethicist.
Professor Jamieson has published more than eighty
articles and book
chapters. He is the
The Chair is held
author of Morality’s
every year by a
Progress: Essays
noted scholar,
on Humans, Other
author, or activist
Animals, and the Rest
who has raised
of Nature (Oxford
public awareness
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of issues such as
a co-author of the pophuman rights and
ular textbook, Ethics
social justices,
and the Environment:
constitutional law,
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(Cambridge University
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Press).
representative
The Wayne Morse
government.
Chair is held every
year by a noted scholar,
author, or activist who has
raised the level of public
awareness of such important issues as human rights
and social justices, constitutional law, and the role
of representative government. The mission of each
year’s chair is to serve the
students and faculty of the
University, as well as the
citizens of Oregon, by stimulating the discussion and
debate of important contemporary concerns. For 27
Dale Jamieson
years, distinguished scholars, who embody the qualities and traditions associated
with Wayne Morse, have held the Wayne Morse Chair
for Law and Politics. Chairholders are public figures
and scholars from a variety of disciplines. Morse Chair
Professors give public addresses, teach courses, meet
with students and community groups, and participate
in other relevant events.
For more information please visit
http://waynemorsecenter.uoregon.edu or call 541.346.3700.
Wayne Morse Center Announces
2009-10 Project Grants
By Daria Latysheva
Each year, the Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics
offers grants and fellowships to students, faculty,
and community groups. This year, the grants support
projects that supplement the center’s current thematic
inquiry, “Climate Ethics and Climate Equity.” For the
2009-2010 academic year, grant recipients include:
UO Labor Education and Research Center (LERC):
Its program “Equity and Green Jobs: Paving the Way
for Worker Participation in Oregon’s Emerging Green
Economy” received funds to organize, train, and provide technical assistance to create a new network of
low-income and worker advocates who can pursue a
“green jobs agenda” in their communities.
UO Journal of Environmental Law and Litigation
(JELL): This group organized a student-led symposium
to be held on on September 11, 2009, “Environment
of Equality: Legal and Ethical Duties in a Changing
Climate.” This program included CLE credits for
Oregon attorneys.
UO Climate Leadership Initiative, Institute for a
Sustainable Environment: This group received funds for
its Junior Climate Stewards program for schools to build
on the successful Climate Master program to enhance
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youth awareness, knowledge, and skills pertaining to
climate change.
UO Institute for Sustainability Education and Ecology
and the Environmental Leadership Program (ELP): This
program will support an ELP service-learning project
that will bring together university students, community
nonprofit organizations, and area middle schools to
raise awareness about equity, safety, and climate issues
associated with student transportation to and from
school.
Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide (ELAW): This
group will host the 2008 Goldman Prize winner and
environmental advocate Pablo Fajardo for an ELAW
Fellowship. Mr. Fajardo will present several lectures at
the university and in the community.
The Wayne Morse Center also provides a fellowship
to one University of Oregon graduate student completing her dissertation.
Katie MacKendrick: Ms. MacKendrick, a master’s degree student in community and regional planning, will
work on her thesis titled “American Indian Tribes and
Climate Change Adaptation Planning” and disseminate
her research to the Coquille and the Hoopa American
Indian tribes.
OREGON LAWYER 2009
Journal of the Legal Writing Institute
Names Award for LRW Pioneer Mary
Lawrence
By Alison Wayner
Thirty-one years since she pioneered Oregon
Law’s Legal Research and Writing program,
Professor Emerita Mary Lawrence continues
to garner national recognition.
Legal Writing: The Journal of the Legal
Writing Institute, the country’s largest organization of legal writing teachers, recently announced the establishment of the
Mary Lawrence Award. Honoring Professor
Lawrence’s lifetime of teaching and service,
the award will be given to outstanding academics who, like her, have dedicated their
lives to teaching, scholarship, and service.
Kristin Gerdy, editor in chief of the journal
and professor at Brigham Young University
Law School, said the award would be handed
out periodically to a person who has made an Professor Emerita Mary Lawrence with Dean Margie Paris (left) and (from left to
right): Professor Caroline Forell; Suzanne Rowe, director of the LRW program;
outstanding contribution to the field of legal
Tenielle Fordyce-Ruff, visiting LRW professor; Megan McAlpin, LRW instructor; and
writing.
Rebekah Hanley, LRW instructor.
“This person will demonstrate the very
qualities that Professor Mary Lawrence perProfessor Lawrence led Oregon Law’s program until
sonifies: innovative teaching, pioneering scholarship,
her retirement in 2000, and remains active in legal writand consummate professionalism,” Gerdy added.
ing organizations nationally. She makes presentations
Each year, the journal’s board of directors will conat national conferences, and she serves as a mentor
sider recognizing an individual who meets the criteria.
to many legal writing professors and former students.
The award will be presented at the following Legal
Professor Lawrence has received both the Association
Writing Institute or Journal of the Legal Writing Institute
of American Law Schools Section on Legal Writing,
event.
Reasoning, and Research Award, and the Marjorie
Suzanne Rowe, director of Oregon Law’s Legal
Rombauer Award. In 2008, she was elected senior ediResearch and Writing Program, noted that this award is
tor of Legal Writing: The Journal of the Legal Writing
further recognition of Professor Lawrence’s seemingly
Institute.
endless contributions to the field of legal writing.
In response to the announcement of the award,
“This award demonstrates yet again Mary’s national
Professor John Bonine noted Oregon Law’s eternal graticontributions and her continuing impact on legal writtude for Professor Lawrence’s hard work and dedication
ing,” Professor Rowe said. “She was one of a handful
to the school.
of professors who literally developed the field of legal
“Mary is a real hero to the cause of clear and effecwriting. In doing so, she put Oregon at the forefront and
tive writing and UO Law is forever in her debt.”
made us a leader in this emerging field. The award also
shows the personal impact she has had over the past 30
years. Many legal writing professors nationwide look to
media highlights (continued from p.21)
her as a leader, mentor, and friend.”
The Register-Guard ran a story titled, “Checkoff is Klonoski legacy,” on
Oregon Law’s LRW program was formed in 1978
July 13, 2009. The article chronicled the efforts of 2L Zach Klonoski,
when Professor Lawrence was hired to initiate the
along with his brothers Nick and Jake, to revive the “dollar checkoff”
school’s groundbreaking new curriculum. She created a
section on Oregon’s tax return forms that allow taxpayers to dedicate $1
program with a major focus on legal analysis, and emof their taxes to any ballot-qualified political party. The program was the
phasis on statutes and agency regulations. This unique
branchild of the late Jim Klonoski, a University of Oregon political scientist
program combined Professor Lawrence’s training in
and the husband of Hon. Ann Aiken ’79.
both English and law to teach writing as a “thinking
On July 12, 2009, 2L Kyle Daley’s performance in the Caledonian
process,” emphasizing self-editing skills. In foundGames was featured in the East Oregonian.
ing the current curriculum, she created one of the first
programs in the nation that employed full-time instrucFollow media coverage of Oregon Law as it happens on
tors who were law graduates. This is now the model
law.uoregon.edu.
nationwide.
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“Microwave Guy” Stephen Robbins
Raises Internship Funds
Law school boasts cleaner microwaves, refrigerators
By Alison Wayner
It took being elbow-deep in gunk and grime, and inhaling the heavy aroma of multiple cleaning agents, but
Stephen Robbins raised more than $1,500 in less than
two months toward a summer internship in Peru.
The Oregon Law student, who has just started his
second year, is the creative mind behind the viral marketing project, Stephen Will Clean The Microwaves (for
money). In mid-March, Robbins decided to combine his
need for travel funds with his disgust for the school’s
student microwaves and refrigerators. He laid out
monetary milestones — the more he raised, the more he
would clean.
“Everyday I tell myself that someone really should
clean the microwaves and fridges, I’ve grown more
and more frustrated as the microwave becomes
more and more encrusted with Lean Cuisine explosions,” Robbins lamented on his blog, http://
stephenwillcleanthemicrowavesformoney.blogspot.
com/, at the start of his project.
Law school friends and curious strangers alike
seemed to respond. After launching his fundraising
effort on March 17, Robbins raised enough to clean the
first microwave (a $200 milestone) by March 24.
Although Robbins, who worked with various human rights groups and the juvenile justice system in
Peru, didn’t quite reach his $2000 goal, he is more than
pleased with the result.
“I was 90 percent sure when I started this fundraiser
that I would just get laughed at. Instead, I got laughed at
and raised a large sum of money,” he wrote.
The money Robbins raised was used for travel, his
internship deposit, mandatory immunizations, and
miscellaneous costs that arise as part of his internship.
He was able to secure a student loan to make up for the
remainder of his expenses.
While in Peru, Robbins worked closely with young
people who find themselves in trouble with the law in
an effort to rehabilitate them and ensure they receive
fair treatment from the judicial system. Much of the
work is hands-on, educating youth and their families in
an effort to instill a sense of social responsibility.
Robbins blogged about his internship at
juvenilerightsperu.blogspot.com.
Reunion Weekend
September 11-13, 2009
Reflect, share, and reconnect with family and friends.
Enjoy a cocktail party and dinner, football tailgate and game,
CLE, wine-tasting tours, river rafting, and more!
To register, visit uoregonlaw.com
For more information, call Jay Klein ’03 at 541.346.3987
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1959, 1964, 1969, 1974, 1979, 1984, 1989, 1994, 1999, and 2004
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Class Notes
1957
Ed Fadeley ’57 penned a
piece on the settlement of
the Oregon territory that appeared in the Register-Guard
on February 15, 2009.
1959
Dave Andrews was hon-
ored at an event in Atlanta
sponsored by Best Lawyers,
recognizing his 25 years of
inclusion in Best Lawyers
in America. Mr. Andrews
is a lawyer with Hershner
Hunter LLP in Eugene.
1962
The News-Review profiled
retiring circuit Judge William
Lasswell ’62 on March 1,
2009.
1964
On June 11, 2009, former
Oregon Attorney General
Hardy Myers was honored by the University of
Oregon’s Department of
Planning, Public Policy, and
Management for his outstanding service to Oregon.
On May 14, 2009, Myers
was honored by the Oregon
House of Representatives for
his service as Speaker of the
Oregon House, a position he
held in 1979 and 1981.
1968
Judge Robert Herndon
was a panelist at the 2009
Multnomah Bar Association
Continuous Legal Education
Annual Probate Update, on
April 30, 2009.
1971
Judge Dale Koch joined the
ranks of Oregon’s senior circuit judges and was profiled
in the March 2009 issue of
Multnomah Lawyer.
Peter Richter of Miller Nash
penned a response to Caitlin
Dwyer’s column “On the
Threshold” that appeared
in the February 2009 issue
of Multnomah Lawyer. Mr.
Richter’s response was
published in Multnomah
Lawyer’s March 2009 issue.
1975
On May 23, 2009, Harry
Beckwith delivered the
commencement address at
Pacific University College
of Arts & Sciences in Forest
Grove, Oregon.
1977
Tom Hooper of Hooper
Englund & Weil LLP moderated a discussion on the
topic of “Accounting and
Financial Management for
Lawyers: How to Increase
Your Firm’s Fiscal Efficiency
and Control Risk.” The event
took place on May 19, 2009,
and was sponsored by the
Multnomah Bar Association.
Dan Neal’s work developing
“modern and memorable,
thoughtfully designed specifically for students, built
sustainably” private student housing was recently
featured in AIArchitect This
Week.
Oregonian published the
article on February 26, 2009.
Alan Spinrad has been
selected managing partner
at the Portland law firm of
Samuels, Yoelin, Kantor,
Seymour & Spinrad. Mr.
Spinrad’s practice focuses on
complex real estate transactions on behalf of buyers and
sellers.
1979
Judge Ann Aiken was named
Chief Judge for the United
States District Court for
the District of Oregon. On
May 21, 2009, Judge Aiken
delivered a presentation
titled “Federal Court Nuts
and Bolts,” as part of the
Multnomah Bar Association
Young Lawyers Section’s
“Beyond the Basics” educational series.
Gene Grant of Davis Wright
Tremaine has been selected
to receive the Multnomah
Bar Association Pro Bono
Award of Merit for his
work at the Community
Development Law Center
(CDLC).
1980
The Naa Amerley Palm
Education (NAPE)
Foundation has announced
the first recipients of the Lee
Nusich Scholarship, which
helps students in Ghana attend Ghanaian universities.
The scholarship was named
for Lee Nusich, counsel in
Lane Powell’s Portland office, as a tribute to his and
his firm’s support for the
scholarship.
Thomas Thetford is retiring
1978
Lisa Naito received the
Multnomah Bar Association
Award of Merit on May 7,
2009.
Thomas Murphy of Scott
Hookland, and Angela Otto
’99 of Stewart Sokol & Gray,
spoke at a CLE seminar titled
“The Basics and “Gotchas”
of Construction Liens,”
on May 12, 2009. The
Multnomah Bar Association
sponsored the event.
Jack Roberts discussed
Oregon’s free speech provisions in an article titled,
“The Legal Muddle on
Free Speech Rights.” The
after more than 37 years of
naval service. After being recalled to active duty in April
2007, CDR Thetford was
assigned to the U.S. Pacific
Command at Camp H.M.
Smith, near Pearl Harbor,
Hawaii. As of May 2009, he
intended to return to Salem,
Oregon, upon his release
from active duty.
1981
1983
On July 10, 2009, the
Register-Guard reported that
On May 28, 2009, Dean
Freed, general counsel at
Mentor Graphics, spoke
at a CLE discussion titled
“Inside-Out: Corporate
Counsel’s Perspective.” The
Multnomah Bar Association
sponsored the event.
On June 30, 2009, the
Petoskey News interviewed
Gail Gruenwald in an article
titled, “Watershed group
turns 30.” Ms. Gruenwald
is the executive director of
Tip of the Mitt Watershed
Council, the group that the
article profiled, and has
worked there for more than
25 years.
David Ris has been promoted to City Attorney in
Gresham, Oregon. He previously served as Interim City
Attorney.
1984
On April 16, 2009, Kurt
Hansen, a partner at
Schwabe, Williamson &
Wyatt, spoke on a panel titled “Surviving and Thriving
in a Tough Economy:
Guidance for Lawyers
Looking for Work.” The
Multnomah Bar Association
sponsored the event.
1986
On May 28, 2009, Judge
Michael McShane spoke at a
Multnomah Bar Association
CLE seminar titled,
“Multnomah County Judges
Trial Practices.”
1987
Brent Baker was profiled
by the Salt Lake Tribune on
May 19, 2009. The article,
titled “Utah lawyer relishes high-stakes battle,”
focused on Mr. Baker’s
representation of Laura
Pendergest-Holt, former
Chief Investment Officer at
Stanford Investment. The
Hon. Karsten Rasmussen
and Suzanne Chanti ’88 were
under consideration for
appointment to the federal
bench.
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c l a ss n o t es
story also told of Mr. Baker’s
experiences on September
11, 2001, and his escape
from the South Tower of
the World Trade Center that
morning.
Michael Case is a partner at
Biedermann, Reif, Hoenig &
Ruff, P.C., in New York City.
Prior to joining Biedermann,
Reif, Mr. Case was a partner
at Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz,
Edelman & Dicker, LLP.
Bert Krages was profiled in
the February/March 2009
issue of the Oregon State
Bar Bulletin, as a nationally
recognized advocate of the
right to take pictures in public places. The article was
titled “Defending the Right
to Shoot.”
1988
Suzanne Chanti. See Hon.
Karsten Rasmussen ’83.
Maia Godet and Cody
Weston ’98 received the
ACLU of Oregon’s 2009
Civil Liberties Award for
their work with individuals detained in Guantanamo
Bay, Cuba.
Stephen Wallace was pro-
filed in the February 17,
2009, edition of The Kodiak
Daily Mirror.
1990
Mary Broadhurst, who
practices special education
law in Eugene, represented
the plaintiff in the case of
Forest Grove School District
v. T.A., an IDEA case that
the United States Supreme
Court recently decided in
the plaintiffs’ favor. At the
Supreme Court stage of the
case, Ms. Broadhurst served
as team coordinator, assisting with the merits brief and
working with various amici
groups that filed briefs.
Nate Garvis has been appointed to a three-year term
on the Board of Directors of
Allina Hospitals & Clinics.
Mr. Garvis is vice president
of Government Affairs and
Senior Public Affairs Officer
at Target.
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1992
1996
James Anderson has become
The Portland Business
Journal bestowed an Orchid
Award on Sarah Crooks, a
partner at Perkins Coie. The
Orchid Award is presented
to 25 women annually, for
their service as business
leaders in Oregon combined
with involvement in their
communities.
a shareholder in Cummins
Goodman Fish Denley &
Vickers PC. Mr. Anderson’s
practice focuses on civil
litigation, workers compensation and other administrative law defense.
On May 5, 2009, Jeff
Montgomery, chief executive of Al Frank Asset
Management in Laguna
Beach, California, was
quoted in an article in the
Wall Street Journal’s Markets
blog titled “Rally Sends U.S.
Stocks Into Black For the
Year.”
1993
Scott Broekstra recently was
featured in Super Lawyers,
Corporate Counsel Edition
magazine for attaining a high
degree of peer recognition
and professional achievement in the area of environmental law. He is a lawyer
at Mika Meyers Beckett &
Jones PLC, in Grand Rapids,
Michigan.
1994
In March 2009, Katherine
Heekin became a director of
the Oregon Law Institute,
which provides continuing legal education for
Northwest professionals.
Natalie Hocken recently
was elected Secretary/
Treasurer of the Multnomah
Bar Foundation. She is Vice
President & General Counsel
of PacifiCorp.
Larry Sanders, who is acting director of the Turner
Environmental Law Clinic
at Emory University School
of Law, was honored by
the Alliance for Nuclear
Accountability at an awards
ceremony held April 28,
2009, in Washington, D.C.
The group recognized Mr.
Sanders for his work in front
of the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
Heidi Moawad, a lawyer
with the Multnomah County
District Attorney’s Office and
Court Liaison Committee
member, published a column titled “News from the
Courthouse” in the March
2009 issue of Multnomah
Lawyer.
Angela Otto, see Thomas
Murphy ’78.
1998
2001
Hong Huynh, a partner
Valerie Sasaki, see Hong
Huynh ’98.
at Miller Nash LLP, and
Valerie Sasaki ’01, an associate at Miller Nash LLP
and an adjunct instructor
at Oregon Law, recently
helped to found the Oregon
Asian Pacific American Bar
Association.
On July 16, 2009, Peter
Shaver delivered a talk titled, “Free Culture: Creating
Copyright and Copyright
Creation.” The talk was part
of the “Summer Spotlight:
Urban Inspirations” discussion series at the University
of Oregon in Portland.
Cody Weston, see Maia
Godet ’88.
1999
Kelly Matheson recently
launched an online video
featuring interviews with
participants and attendees
at Oregon Law’s 2009 Public
Interest Environmental
Law Conference (“PIELC”).
Environment Is Life: Voices
From Human Rights
Activists Around the World
documents the interconnection between environmentalism and human rights,
particularly in developing
nations. The video features
interviews with Oregon Law
Professors John Bonine and
Svitlana Kravchenko, as well
as 3L Tim Ream. She is the
Program Coordinator for
North America at Witness, a
group that “uses video and
online technologies to open
the eyes of the world to human rights violations.”
2002
Heather Cavanaugh became
a partner at Miller Nash LLP.
Ms. Cavanaugh is a member of the firm’s business
litigation group, where she
focuses on contracts and
tort litigation, corporate
governance and shareholder
disputes.
2004
Kyoko Wyse joined the firm
of Meyer & Wyse as an associate. Ms. Wyse’s practice
focuses on family law and
general litigation.
Allison Mosher was fea-
tured in the May 2009
Multnomah Lawyer’s “Pro
Bono Spotlight.” The article
highlighted Ms. Mosher’s
pro bono immigration law
services.
2005
Colin Andries received
the 2009 Multnomah Bar
Association Young Lawyers
Section Award of Merit on
May 7, 2009, in Portland.
Dan Galpern is co-director of
the Western Environmental
Law Center’s Campaign
to End Field Burning. He
recently co-authored an
op-ed piece, titled “The
data is in: End field burning
now,” which appeared in the
April 19, 2009 edition of the
Register-Guard.
On April 6, 2009, the
Lewis County (Washington)
Chronicle published a feature story about Tony Garcia,
who formerly practiced at
OREGON LAWYER 2009
the Portland law firm of
Bullivant Houser Bailey.
Garcia has deployed to Iraq,
where he is a member of the
JAG Corps.
2006
Rachel Kastenberg is a
special assistant to Special
Envoy on Climate Change
Todd Stern, at the U.S.
Department of State.
Cass SkinnerLopata recently
was appointed to the Oregon
Liquor Control Commission.
Lauren Sommers works in
the government law practice group at the law firm of
Harrang Long Gary Rudnick
PC. Ms. Sommers’ practice
focuses on government ethics, election law, and public
records and public meetings
law.
York’s Financial Services
Division.
2008
2007
Lincoln County League of
Women Voters on March 19,
2009.
Justin Denham is the head
coach of the volleyball
program at Valley Catholic
School in Beaverton, Oregon.
Mariel Ettinger was profiled
in the Bend Bulletin on June
2, 2009. The article was
titled, “You only live once:
Mari Ettinger has always
stretched herself to the
limits, in running, cycling
and triathlon, as well as in
her professional life as an
attorney.”
Wally Hicks was profiled
in the weekly issue of the
Illinois Valley News on
March 4, 2009. The story
discussed Measure 11 and
its implications for lawyers.
Joe Torregrossa works in
the legal department of the
Federal Reserve Bank of New
Sarah Einowski is clerking
Juna Hickner addressed the
for Oregon Court of Appeals
Judge David Schuman ‘84.
Matt O’Brien and Zack
Welcker are clerking at
On March 25, 2009, The
Register-Guard ran an op-ed
by Chad Marriott, who proposed an agreement between
the U.S. and China to regulate black carbon emissions.
the Ninth Circuit Court of
Appeals. Megan Thompson
will be clerking at the Ninth
Circuit Court of Appeals
after completing her clerkship with Oregon Court
of Appeals Judge David
Schuman ‘84.
Rayth Myers offered sug-
gestions for Oregon’s beer
tax hike in the op-ed piece
featured in March 13, 2009
issue of the Oregonian.
Sabrina Yige Zhang (LL.M.
’08) is a Visiting Scholar
at the Environmental Law
Institute.
2009
On April 2, 2009, Jonathan
Cavanagh published an oped in The Oregonian titled,
“Making Green by Going
Green.”
In Memoriam
The Honorable Jeff D. Dorroh ’48
recently passed away. Judge Dorroh
was a “Hometown Hero” — World
War II flying ace who received the
Navy Cross. He later became a judge
in Harney County. He was married
to Mary C. Freel Dorroh. He had a
son, Jefferson D. Dorroh, Jr.
George Corey ’40, lawyer and
rancher, died at his home in
Pendleton, Oregon, on April 23,
2009, at the age of 93. Born in
Marshfield, Oregon, Mr. Corey attended high school in Salem. He
was a “double Duck,” having earned
both his undergraduate and law
degrees at UO. Mr. Corey served in
the U.S. Army as a captain during
World War II. In 1942, he married Joan Hoke. After the war, Mr.
Corey continued his public service: he was the district attorney of
Umatilla County and was active in
the community. Mr. Corey’s many
community activities included
serving as the President of the
Pendleton Chamber of Commerce,
the Chairman of the Pendleton
School District 16R, Secretary of
the Happy Canyon Company, Board
member of the Pendleton Round-up,
Grand Marshal of the Westward Ho!
Parade, Chairman of the United Way
of Umatilla County, Member of the
Board of Governors of the Oregon
State Bar, Fellow of the American
College of Trial Lawyers, Member of
the State of Oregon Water Resources
Commission, Member of the Oregon
State Board of Higher Education,
Member of the Oregon Historical
Society, and Board member of the
Umatilla County Historical Society.
He was honored as First Citizen of
Pendleton. Mr. Corey is survived by
his wife Joan, sons Steven H. Corey
and Dr. Douglas G. Corey, daughter
Susan C. Corey, six grandchildren,
and two great-grandchildren.
Jim Tiger ’71 died on July 4, 2009,
in Sublimity, Oregon. Mr. Tiger was
a practicing lawyer for 38 years,
most recently at Duncan, Tiger &
Niegel, where he practiced with
his daughter, Jennifer Niegel ’98.
He was born in Oklahoma. After
moving to Oregon, Mr. Tiger graduated from Stayton High School in
1956. A double Duck, Mr. Tiger
graduated from the University of
Oregon in 1960. Before attending
law school he served in the Navy
for seven years. During his long career, Mr. Tiger also was active with
the Stayton Rotary Club and was
otherwise active with the schools
in his community; in 1988 he was
honored as Stayton’s First Citizen.
He was a founding member of the
Stayton Area Rotary; he also was a
Stayton Roadrunner, Marion County
Master Gardener, and member of
the Marion County Bar Association.
In addition to his daughter, Mr.
Tiger is survived by his wife Edie;
bother George; sisters Wynona
Farris, Helen Collins, Betty Miller,
Lori Davis, Peggy Spitz, Wanda Van
Gulik, Carolyn Beebe, and Susan
Kuhnle; daughters Kathy Pons,
Tammy Nichol, and Jennifer Niegel;
son Paul; eight grandchildren; and
one great-grandson. Mr. Tiger’s family has set up the Jim Tiger Memorial
Scholarship Fund in his memory; to
contribute, contact West Coast Bank.
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UNIVERSITY OF OREGON SCHOOL OF LAW
Robin and John Jaqua at the 2007 Jaqua Award Dinner.
In Memoriam
Oregon Law Remembers Alumnus and
Longtime Friend John Jaqua ’50
legal community, and especially in the life of our law
Oregon Law remembers John E. Jaqua, 1950 alumnus
school,” Professor Mooney stated. “He was someone
and longtime friend to the law school, who passed away
whose company I enjoyed immensely — an intelligent,
Thursday, May 14. Jaqua was 88.
wise, witty, modest, and exceedingly generous human
Mr. Jaqua received an undergraduate degree from
being. Literally thousands of us whom he touched in
the University of Oregon in 1948 after serving as a pilot
one way or another will miss him for a very long time.”
in World War II. He went on to pursue his law degree
In addition to serving the university, Mr. Jaqua also
from Oregon Law. After graduation, Mr. Jaqua became
gave his time generously to numerous community
a senior partner and founding member of the Eugene
organizations in the Eugene area including the YMCA,
law firm of Jaqua & Wheatley. Mr. Jaqua was a former
Eugene Arts Commission,
president of both the Oregon
the Eugene School District
State Bar and Lane County
“John was a giant in the Oregon legal
4-J Advisory Committee,
Bar Association. He also was
community, and especially in the life
the Coburg School Board,
a founding member of the
of our law school… Literally
Marist Foundation, Lane
NIKE board of directors and
Rehabilitation Center, and
served for many years as the
thousands of us whom he touched in
Lane County Heart Fund,
board secretary.
one way or another will miss him for
among many others.
Mr. Jaqua’s passiona very long time.”
For his unparalleled
ate commitment to giving
Professor of Business Law Jim Mooney
contributions to education
back to his alma mater is
and the community, the unidescribed as “never-endversity has recognized Mr. Jaqua throughout the years,
ing.” Since 1973, Mr. Jaqua served on numerous
awarding him with the Distinguished Service Award
university committees and boards, including the UO
(2001), Presidential Medal (1999), the law school’s
Foundation, Oregon Law, Museum of Natural and
Meritorious Service Award (1992). Most recently, Mr.
Cultural History, International Institute for Sport and
Jaqua was the inaugural recipient and namesake of
Human Performance, the UO Athletic Hall of Fame
Oregon Law’s Jaqua Distinguished Alumnus Award.
selection committee, and as a member of the UO Board
(2007).
of Trustees. Mr. Jaqua chaired Oregon Law’s fundraising
In addition to the Distinguished Alumnus Award,
efforts during The Oregon Campaign (1992-1998), which
Mr. Jaqua also is the namesake of the law school’s John
resulted in the construction of the Knight Law Center.
E. Jaqua Law Library and Eugene’s Jaqua Concert Hall
Professor of Business Law Jim Mooney echoed the
at the Shedd Institute. Mr. Jaqua’s memorial service was
sentiments of the Oregon Law community, noting that
held in the Jacqua Concert Hall on June 3, 2009; it was
Jaqua’s generosity and humor touched more individuals
covered by the Register-Guard (“Memorialized musicalthan he ever could have known.
ly: Songs sing farewell to philanthropist John Jaqua”).
“As others have said, John was a giant in the Oregon
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Special Celebrations for the Classes of
1959, 1964, 1969, 1974, 1979, 1984, 1989, 1994, 1999, and 2004
To register, visit uoregonlaw.com. For more information, call Jay Klein ’03 at 541.346.3987
Dean’s Advisory Council
Dick Alexander ’69
Jim Carter ’76
Chris Kent ’85
Paul Nelson ’74
Robert A. Sacks ’74
Howard Arnett ’77
Don Corson ’85
Allyson Krueger ’96
Carol A. Pratt ’98
Dick Shaw ’62
Jeffrey Beaver ’85
John Crawford, Jr. ’73
Thomas Landye
Laura E. Rackner ’84
Cory Streisinger
Ed Belsheim, Jr. ’78
Deirdre Dawson ’86
Richard Meeker ’74
Peter Richter ’71
The Hon. David Brewer ’77
Katherine Gurun ’75
Hardy Myers ’64
Lawrence P. Riff ’82
Stoel Rives LLP
Portland, Oregon
Karnopp Petersen LLP
Bend, Oregon
Graham & Dunn
Seattle, Washington
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Seattle, Washington
Oregon Court of Appeals
Salem, Oregon
Nike, Inc.
Beaverton, Oregon
The Corson Law Firm
Eugene, Oregon
Business Dispute Arbitration
Portland, Oregon
Cassidy, Shimko & Dawson, PC
San Francisco, California
JAMS
New York, New York
Kent & Johnson LLP
Portland, Oregon
Hitt, Hiller, Monfils & Williams, LLP
Portland, Oregon
Landye Bennett Blumstein LLP
Portland, Oregon
Willamette Week
Portland, Oregon
Salem, Oregon
Steve L. Naito ’80
Duane Morris LLP
San Francisco, California
Preston Gates & Ellis LLP
Portland, Oregon
Gearing Rackner Engel LLP
Portland, Oregon
Miller Nash LLP
Portland, Oregon
A&R Development Co.
Portland, Oregon
Higgs, Fletcher & Mack LLP
San Diego, California
Oregon Department of Consumer
and Business Services
Salem, Oregon
The Hon.
Vicki J. Toyohara ’80
Seattle, Washington
Steptoe Johnson LLP
Los Angeles, California
Maryann Yelnosky ’86
Michael R. O’Connor ’97
E X O F F ICIO
Tarlow Naito & Summers, LLP
Portland, Oregon
Bullard Smith Jernstedt Wilson
Portland, Oregon
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION BOARD
President
Allyson Krueger ’96
Hitt Hiller Monfils Williams LLP
Portland, Oregon
Vice-President
Dave Coffman ’97
M embe r s
John Branham ’04
Portland School District 1J
Portland, Oregon
Allyn E. Brown ’69
The Hon. Thomas Hart ’86
Marion County Circuit Court Judge
Salem, Oregon
The Hon.
Donald W. Hull ’70
Coffman Legal, PLLC
Seattle, Washington
Brown Tarlow & Bridges
Newberg, Oregon
Hood River County
Circuit Court Judge
Hood River, Oregon
Treasurer
Michele Buck-Romero ’07
Grethe Larson ’75
Adele Ridenour ’04
The Aldrich Law Office, P.C.
Portland, Oregon
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Portland, Oregon
Myles Conway ’88
Secretary
Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC
Bend, Oregon
Andries Law Offices, LLC
Portland, Oregon
Jim Egan ’85
Colin Andries ’05
Kryger Alexander Egan Elmer &
Carlson PC
Albany, Oregon
Kurt Hansen ’84
Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC
Portland, Oregon
Hewlett-Packard Company
Vancouver, Washington
Joshua Marquis ’80
Clatsop County District Attorney
Astoria, Oregon
The Hon.
Lorenzo Mejia ’86
Jackson County Circuit Court Judge
Medford, Oregon
Garvey Schubert Barer
Portland, Oregon
Murray S. Pettit ’96
Prof. Steve Bender ’85
University of Oregon School of Law
Eugene, Oregon
Thorp, Purdy, Jewett, Urness &
Wilkinson PC
Springfield, Oregon
Jay Klein ’03
The Hon.
David Schuman ’84
Sandy Weintraub ’10
Oregon Court of Appeals
Salem, Oregon
Brooke B.
Willcox-Jones ’00
Portland, Oregon
Mindy Wittkop ’97
Gartland Nelson McCleery
Wade Walloch, P.C.
Eugene, Oregon
Associate Director of Development
Eugene, Oregon
UO Law Student Bar Association
President
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Permit No. 63
1221 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1221
Please join the Oregon Law Community as we honor
Hon. David Brewer
with the John E. Jaqua Distinguished Alumnus Award
the evening of Friday, November 13, 2009
EMU Ballroom
University of Oregon
Eugene, Oregon
To RSVP, please email Rachel Johnson at [email protected], or call 541.346.3970
The Hon. David Brewer ’77, who serves as the Chief Judge of the Oregon Court of Appeals, is this
year’s recipient of the Jaqua Distinguished Alumnus Award. Judge Brewer’s commitment to Oregon
Law and the broader community — given with a boundless energy and generosity of spirit — are
legendary.
He has given countless hours of his time to the state and local bar associations, as well as the Lane
County Domestic Violence Council, the State Council on Court Procedures, and the Dean’s Advisory
Council.
Oregon Law is proud to honor him with this year’s award.