Representative Experience
Advise broadcasters and newspapers on defamation, right of publicity, privacy torts, and other content-related issues, including prepublication and prebroadcasting review; provide advice regarding Oregon public records laws and other media access issues; defense of defamation and privacy claims for book, newspaper, magazine, and broadcast clients

Appearances before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the Oregon appellate courts

Assist clients in a broad range of litigation matters, including collection matters, residential and commercial real estate disputes, contract disputes, wage and hour, wrongful discharge, and discrimination litigation

Publications and Presentations
Author, “Be Careful Who You SLAPP,” Litigation Journal of the Oregon State Bar, Summer 2006

Co-Author, “Expert Witnesses: Not Automatically Protected by the Attorney-Client Privilege or the Work Product Doctrine,” Litigation Journal of the Oregon State Bar, November 2001

Author, “The Trust Doctrine and the Clean Water Act: The Environmental Protection Agency’s Duty to Enforce Tribal Water Quality Standards Against Upstream Polluters,” 80 Oregon L. Rev. 677 (2001)

Memberships and Activities
U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Multnomah County Bar Association

Oregon State Bar

Prior Experience
Corrections Counselor, Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office, Portland, Oregon

Associate Director, Centro Latino Americano, Eugene, Oregon

Education
J.D., University of Oregon School of Law, Eugene, OR

• Order of the Coif
  
• Executive Editor, Oregon Law Review
  
• Tesdahl Award for Best Brief
  
• Maxine F. Lee Award for Editorial Excellence

• Psychology department honors
  
• Minor in Business Administration