Year Joined Organization

• 1980

Areas of Practice

• Federal Civil and Criminal Trials and Appeals
• Real Estate and Land Use
• Trusts & Estates
• Collections
• Immigration
• Indian Law

Bar Admissions

• Oregon, 1976
• U.S. District Court Northern District of California, 1980
• U.S. District Court District of Oregon, 1976
• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1977
• U.S. Court of Federal Claims, 1993
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1993

Education

• University of Oregon School of Law, Eugene, Oregon, 1976
  J.D.
  
  
• Columbia University, 1970
  B.A.
  
  

Published Works

• Civil Litigation Manual, (Contributing Author), Oregon State Bar CLE, 1999
• Civil Litigation Manual (Revision), (Contributing Author), Oregon State Bar CLE, 2004

Representative Cases

• Decker v. Wiman, 288 Or. 687, 607 P.2d 1370 ( 1980)
• Shermoen v. United States, 982 F 2d 1312 (9thCir.1992) cert denied 509 US 903 ( 1993)

Professional Associations and Memberships

• City of Medford,Planning Commission, 1990 - 1992
  
  
• Jackson County Planning Commission, 2001 - Present
  
  
• Federal Bar Association
  
  
• American Bar Association
  
  
• Oregon State Bar House of Delegates
  Member, 1999.
  
  
• Oregon State Bar Low Income Legal Services Committee
  1990-1993
  
  
• Oregon State Bar Federal Practice and Procedure Committee (secretary 1995 -1997)
  1994-1997
  
  
• Oregon State Bar Judicial Administration Committee
  1998-2001
  
  
• Southern Oregon Estate Planning Council
  President 2004-2005
  
  
• American Immigration Lawyers Association
  
  

Past Employment Positions

• Organization of the Forgotten American, Inc., Klamath Falls, Oregon, Staff Attorney, 1976; Executive Director 1977-1979
• City of Ashland, Oregon, Interim City Attorney, 1991

Birth Information

• 1948, Oregon