Representative Experience
Representing clients in state and federal courts in matters involving administrative rules, antitrust, commercial transactions, contracts, elections, franchising, government rights and obligations, health care, initiative and referendum, intellectual property, natural resources, and real property

Advising clients on matters involving state and local governments

Representative Reported Cases
Fidanque v. Myers, 342 Or 485 (initiative and referendum), 2007

Carley/Towers v. Myers, 340 Or 222 (initiative and referendum), 2006

McIntire v. Williams, 330 Or 132 (elections), 2000

State ex rel. Adams v. Powell, 171 Or App 81 (in banc), 2000; rev dism’d, 334 Or 693 (Senate confirmation of executive appointment), 2002

Mockaitis v. Harcleroad, 938 F Supp 1516 (D Or)(free speech and criminal law), 1996

Prior Experience
Legislative Counsel, Managing Oregon Legislative Assembly’s 50-person law firm,
1998-2004

Attorney-in-Charge, Special Litigation Unit, Oregon Department of Justice, 1994-1998

Miller, Nash, Wiener, Hager & Carlsen,
1983-1994

Counsel, House Committee on Judiciary, Oregon Legislative Assembly, 1991

Judicial Clerk, Hon. James M. Burns, Chief Judge, United States District Court for the District of Oregon, 1982-1983

Professional Memberships and Activities
Oregon State Bar

United States Courts of Appeals for the Ninth and Federal Circuits

United States District Court for the District of Oregon

Associate member, National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws,
1998-2004

Bar Counsel, Oregon State Bar (prosecuting disciplinary cases), 1993-2000

Civic Involvement - Present
Councilor, City of Milwaukie

Chair, North Clackamas County Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Public Policy Committee

Member, North Clackamas Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors

President, Milwaukie Ledding Library Foundation, Inc

Civic Involvement - Past
Chair, Board of Trustees, Clackamas County Vector Control District

Vice Chair, Clackamas County Commissioner Task Force

Vice Chair, Clackamas County Historic Review Board

Chair, City of Milwaukie Ledding Library Board

Vice Chair, Island Station (Milwaukie) Neighborhood Association

Publications and Presentations
Frequent speaker at colleges, law schools, and professional gatherings on office management and the legislative processes

“The Uncertain Legacy of Kellas v. Dept. of Corrections,” Oregon Constitutional Law Newsletter, Fall 2007

“How An Idea Really Becomes Law: What Only Jacques Costeau Can Know,” 36 Willamette Law Review, Spring 2000

Poetry and short fiction has appeared in journals throughout North America

Education
J.D., cum laude, Northwestern School of Law of Lewis and Clark College, 1982

• Cornelius Honor Society
  
• Champion, Appellate Advocacy Competition

• Phi Beta Kappa
  
• Mortar Board