Class Notes: 1980s
1980
Michael Diederich ’80 spent most of 2012 in southern Afghanistan, where he served as a U.S. Army JAG lawyer. He is now retired from the Army Reserves and is refocusing on his law practice, which includes employment law, civil rights, and environmental law. In fall 2013, he went to Ghana on a humanitarian activity helping a conflict-resolution NGO.
1981
Phil Schiliro ’81 has temporarily returned to Washington, D.C., to help Democrats pitch the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to voters in 2014 midterm elections. He is also responsible for coordinating with Congress and executive agencies as the Obama Administration continues to put the law’s wide-ranging policies into effect, and for helping to develop communications and legislative strategies on any potential changes to the law. Schiliro, who served as President Obama’s legislative director until 2011, helped campaign for the passage of the ACA. He was one of only two in the White House whom Obama honored with a pen from the set the president used to sign the ACA into law in 2010.
1982
1983
Debra A. Jenks ’83 of Ciklin, Lubitz, Martens & O’Connell in West Palm Beach, Florida, participated as a speaker for the defense in a three-part securities law session presented by the Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association in October: A Comparative Discussion of Pre-hearing Legal Issues, Strategies, and Preparation Before the Hearing—Exploring Critical Differences Between New York, Florida, California, and Texas.
Michael Mason ’83 received the Henry Hewitt Access to Justice Award in recognition for his substantial contributions to legal aid for low-income Oregonians. Mason was cited for his two decades of commitment to access to justice. He has served as board president of Legal Aid Services of Oregon and the Oregon Law Center.
Max M. Miller Jr. ’83 was recognized by the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners and the Multnomah County Citizen Involvement Committee with the Multnomah County Volunteer Award for his service on the Regional Arts and Culture Council. This is the second time he has been so honored. Miller chairs Tonkon Torp’s environmental and natural resources practice group. His business counsel and litigation practice focuses on complex hazardous waste, air, and water pollution matters, as well as forestry and renewable energy.
1984
Dr. Paul Blaylock ’84 retired from the active practice of law and from his emergency medicine practice to focus on his private medical practice emphasizing motor vehicle accident and workers’ compensation patients, as well as medical/legal consultation.
1985
Michael A. Greenlick ’85 was appointed by Governor John Kitzhaber to fill the vacancy on the Multnomah County Circuit Court bench created by the appointment of Judge Michael McShane ’88 to the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon. Greenlick closed his private practice of the last 18 years as a criminal defense lawyer in state and federal courts.
1986
1987
1988
Dana M. Campbell ’88 moved with her husband, son, and dog to Sydney, Australia, to accept a position as CEO of Voiceless, the Animal Protection Institute, after working for 12 years as a lawyer for the Animal Legal Defense Fund and for four years as an animal law adjunct professor at Cornell Law School.
Jolie Russo ’88 was elected president of the Oregon Chapter of the Federal Bar Association for 2013-14. Russo continues in her position as senior staff attorney with the U.S. District Court of Oregon.
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