Class Notes, Fall 2015

1950s

Donald B. Bowerman JD ’59 Named in the 19th edition of The Best Lawyers in America for his work in commercial litigation, medical malpractice defense, and personal injury litigation. Bowerman is with the Oregon City firm Bowerman & David. 2/10/15

1970s

John Hart JD ’74 Named in the 2015 issue of Best Lawyers magazine for his work in medical malpractice law and personal injury litigation. 2/1/15

• Named in the 2015 issue of Oregon Super Lawyers magazine for his work in medical malpractice law and personal injury litigation. Hart, a partner at Hart Wagner, has been honored in every issue of the magazine since its debut. 7/28/15

Chris Helmer JD ’74 Presented a CLE, International Law Issues in Domestic Litigation, to the Multnomah Bar Association, with Lewis & Clark Associate Professor of Law George K. Foster. The presentation addressed how to handle some of the most common issues that arise in international civil litigation in the United States. Among the topics covered were personal jurisdiction, sovereign immunity, forum non conveniens, antisuit injunctions, extraterritorial discovery, enforcement of arbitration agreements and awards, and enforcement of foreign judgments. 2/17/15

John Bennett JD ’75 Named an Oregon Super Lawyer in 2014 and 2015. Bennett is a shareholder at Bullivant Houser Bailey. 2/1/15

Emil Berg JD ’75 Presented a CLE program—Ethical and Malpractice Issues Arising From Association and Consultation Relationships Between Attorneys Not in the Same Firm—at the January 16, 2015, meeting of the Idaho State Bar’s Litigation Section. 5/15/15

Julie Frantz JD ’75 Elected president of the National Association of Women Judges. Frantz is the first from Oregon to hold the position. She has served on the Multnomah County Circuit Court bench since 1994, and is Chief Criminal Judge. 2/1/15

Gary Grenley JD ’75 Received Lewis & Clark Law School’s 2015 Distinguished Business Law Graduate Award. The honor recognizes demonstrated exemplary leadership. Grenley is a partner in Garvey Schubert Barer’s business litigation practice in Portland. 4/17/15

Charles Markley JD ’75 Honored in the 2015 issue of Oregon Super Lawyers magazine. Markley, a founding partner of the law firm Greene & Markley, was recognized in the real estate category. 7/21/15

James Richardson JD ’76 Named the chair of the Board of Trustees of Lewis &Clark. Richardson, who also earned a bachelor’s degree at Lewis & Clark, is a longtime leader in both the business and nonprofit worlds. 9/1/14

Tom Sand JD ’77 Inducted as a fellow into the American College of Trial Lawyers. Sand is a litigation partner at Miller Nash. 2/1/15

Charles “Chuck” Tauman JD ’77 Joined the Multnomah Bar Foundation board of directors. In his private practice, he focuses almost exclusively on tobacco litigation. 9/1/14

Philip Berkowitz JD ’78 Appointed 2014-15 vice-chair of the International Employment Law Committee of the American Bar Association Section of International Law. Berkowitz, a shareholder in the New York City office of Littler, is also the U.S. practice cochair of the firm’s international employment law practice group. 2/24/15

Ann Lehman JD ’78 Honored by San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee on May 2014 for 20 years of advocating for women and girls. “Your dedication and service were instrumental in our city gaining international and nationwide recognition through the years and your service has bolstered San Francisco’s reputation as a leader in equality and justice for all,” said Lee. “You have blazed a trail for generations of San Francisco women, and our city thanks you for your many significant contributions.” Lehman is principal at Zimmerman Lehman, a consulting firm to nonprofits, located in El Cerrito, California. 3/3/15

William H. Kwitman JD ’79 Honored with the Pro Bono Award at the MBA Annual Meeting, Dinner, and Judges Reception. 2/1/15

Jack Lundeen JD ’79 Received the Hon. Ralph Holman Lifetime Achievement Award in March from the Clackamas County Bar. 6/1/15

Jerret Sale JD ’79 Named in the 2015 issue of Best Lawyers in America magazine. Sale is with Bullivant Houser Bailey. 2/1/15

Ronda L. Sandquist JD ’79 Appointed to the Sense of Security board of directors. Sandquist will provide strategic direction to raise awareness of the nonprofit organization and increase the number of grantees it serves. Before joining the board, she worked with Sense of Security, which seeks to enhance the quality of life and financial security of Colorado breast cancer patients in treatment, to develop its premier fundraising event, Champagne & Diamonds. Sandquist is a shareholder at Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck. 2/1/15

1980s

Scott Meyer JD ’81 Is now a fulltime arbitrator and mediator. Previously, Meyer was a trial lawyer, practicing civil litigation in Portland for 33 years. He was also an adjunct professor at Lewis & Clark, where he taught Evidence, from 1991 through 1994. He can be reached at www.meyer-adr.com. 5/2/15

Katherine Armstrong JD ’82 Joined Hogan Lovells Privacy and Information Management Practice as counsel. Previously, Armstrong worked at the Federal Trade Commission in the Division of Privacy and Identity Protection, where she led investigations, settled law enforcement actions, and worked on rulemakings and other policy matters. 2/1/15

Denise Minor JD ’83 With business partner Christina Eanes is the owner of MindSpring Metro DC, a company dedicated to executive and employee professional and personal development and coaching. 2/1/15

• Retired from her position on December 31, 2014, as a supervisory special agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation after over 28 years of service. As a Lewis & Clark Law School graduate, she was eligible to become an FBI agent under the law program before training at the FBI Academy. She used the language skills she developed studying French at Colorado College to conduct FBI investigations in French-speaking countries. 12/31/14

Kay Abramowitz JD ’84 Joined Miller Nash’s trusts and estates practice. Abramowitz, who focuses on advising family‐owned businesses, is a frequent lecturer and is recognized for her experience in succession and transfer issues found in family‐owned businesses. These include assisting owners in identifying the next owners, leaders, and managers and assisting with tax‐sensitive strategies for transferring business assets to the next owners. She also helps her clients with probate‐avoidance trusts, tax‐planning trusts, special-needs and special-purpose trusts, and charitable remainder trust and asset-protection strategies. Her clients include owners and executives of family-owned businesses, married couples, single individuals, unmarried couples, and non-U.S. citizens. 2/1/15

Heather Hippsley JD ’84 Appointed chief of staff of the Federal Trade Commission in Washington, D.C. Previously, Hippsley was assistant director in the Federal Trade Commission Division of Enforcement. 9/1/14

Stuart Jones JD ’84 Named in the 2014 and 2015 issues of Oregon Super Lawyers magazine. Jones is a shareholder at Bullivant Houser Bailey. 2/1/15

Kathleen Singer King JD ’84 Appointed to the position of General Magistrate in the 11th Judicial Circuit by the Chief Judge March 2015. 3/13/15

Roger Lenneberg JD ’84 Joined Jordan Ramis as a shareholder. Lenneberg will cochair the firm’s construction law team with shareholder John H. Baker. Lenneberg represents construction contractors, design professionals, and owners throughout the life cycle of a project. He provides advice and seminars on contracting, project documentation, and claim management, as well as representing clients in all types of dispute resolution. 2/1/15

Daniel Lindahl JD ’84 Named in the 2015 issue of Best Lawyers in America magazine. Lindahl is with Bullivant Houser

Daniel McInerny JD ’84 Named as the 2014-2015 Indianapolis Administrative/Regulatory Law Best Lawyer. 2/1/15

• Named to the Indiana Registry of Civil Court Mediators, with a focus in environmental, administrative, agricultural, and zoning/land use law. McInerny is a partner at Bose McKinney & Evans in Indianapolis. 3/3/15

Rebecca A. Sweetland JD ’84 Serving as a Peace Corps volunteer through 2015 in the tiny island nation of Dominica (not to be confused with the Dominican Republic). Sweetland works with the Dominica National Council of Women as an institutional developer and is assisting a local magistrate and the Red Cross of Dominica, as well as serving as a peer supporter for other volunteers in the country. Most recently, she conducted an intensive mediation skills course for the Ministry of Education, focusing on workplace and secondary-student peer mediation skills and program development. She encourages all to consider Peace Corps as a retirement vocation…or at least to visit her in Dominica. 2/1/15

Katherine Tennyson JD ’84 Named presidentelect of the board of directors for the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ). Tennyson, a circuit court judge and the chief probate judge for Multnomah County, also serves on the faculty of the NCJFCJ’s Child Abuse and Neglect Institute. 8/13/15

Marlene Findling JD ’85 Returned to solo practice. Her new office is located in the Tillamook Building, Suite 250, 2105 N.E. Cesar Chavez Blvd., Portland, Oregon 97212. Findling will continue to represent clients in estate planning, low-conflict family law, adoption, and alternative reproductive technology, including surrogacy and egg donation. 2/17/15

Mary Lou Haas JD ’85 Assigned to the Appellate Division of the Yakima County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office. 9/1/14

Cecily Smith JD ’85 Named the executive director of the Foothill Conservancy in Pine Grove, California. Smith has more than 10 years of experience working for environmental nonprofit organizations. Before joining the Foothill Conservancy, she was the water resources specialist for Prairie Rivers Network, which is Illinois’ only statewide river protection and conservation nonprofit. 9/1/14

Beth Skillern JD ’86 Listed in The Best Lawyers in America 2015. Skillern is with Bullivant Houser Bailey. 2/24/15

Gordon Welborn JD ’86 Named the 2015 Lawyer of the Year in the Portland metro area for ethics and professional responsibility law. Welborn was also mentioned in the 2014 edition of Oregon Super Lawyers magazine for his work in personal liability defense. 2/1/15

• Named in the 2015 issue of Oregon Super Lawyers magazine for his work in professional liability defense. Welborn is with Hart Wagner. 7/28/15

Ron Clark JD ’87 Named in the 2014 issue of Oregon Super Lawyers magazine. Clark is a shareholder at Bullivant Houser Bailey. 2/1/15

Carla Kelley JD ’87 Elected to the board of directors for the Oregon Repertory Singers (ORS), a choral arts nonprofit organization consisting of six choirs. Kelley, who has sung with the group for the past five years, will serve as secretary. 2/1/15

Wendy M. Kent JD ’87 Joined Portland law firm Bodyfelt Mount as a partner. Kent, an experienced litigator, focuses her practice on employment and insurance issues. Previously, she was the managing attorney and lead trial attorney for Zurich North America Insurance Company in Portland. She also volunteers as a judge and coach for high school mock trial competitions. 4/2/15

Steve Kraemer JD ’88 Named in the 2015 issue of Best Lawyer magazine for his work in medical malpractice law. 2/1/15

• Named in the 2015 issue of Oregon Super Lawyers magazine for his work in personal injury defense. Kraemer is with Hart Wagner. 7/28/15

Jill Tanner JD ’88 Recognized by the Oregon Commission for Women with the Annual Oregon Women of Achievement Award. Tanner is the presiding magistrate of the Oregon Tax Court, where she has served since 1997. 5/27/15

Dean N. Alterman JD ’89 Had his book How to Build a Real Estate Law Practice published by the Real Property, Trusts, and Estates Section of the American Bar Association in April. Alterman, a partner with the Portland firm Folawn Alterman & Richardson, has been practicing in real estate law for more than 25 years. 6/15/15

Eden Rose Brown JD ’89 Recognized as an Oregon Super Lawyer for the ninth consecutive year. 2/1/15

Robert Russell JD ’89 Celebrated 25 years of practicing law and has moved Robert Russell Law Office to a new location: 516 NE Chkalov Drive, #49, Vancouver, Washington. Russell can be reached at 360-882-8990. 3/3/15

1990s

MardiLyn Saathoff JD ’90 Promoted to senior vice president and general counsel at Northwest Natural Gas Company. Previously, Saathoff was vice president of legal, risk, and compliance, and also served as chief governance officer and corporate secretary. 2/1/15

Helen Hierschbiel JD ’91 Elected treasurer of the Multnomah Bar Association Board for the 2013-14 term. 9/1/14

Mark Porter JD ’91 Recognized by the law school’s Small Business Legal Clinic for significant pro bono contributions provided throughout 2014. 5/27/15

Bryan K. Scott JD ’91 Sworn in as the president-elect of the State Bar of Nevada during its recent annual meeting, held in Seattle, Washington. In July of 2016, Scott will be sworn in as the 88th president of Nevada’s state bar. He will be the first government attorney and first African American president since the State Bar of Nevada was established in 1928. For the past 19 years, Scott has worked for the Las Vegas City Attorney’s Office. He is the assistant city attorney for the civil division. 9/1/15

Gilion C. Dumas JD ’92 Opened her own law practice, the Dumas Law Group, with associate attorney Ashley L. Vaughn. They will continue to represent victims of child sexual abuse, both adults and children, in cases against perpetrators and institutions. The new firm will also continue to represent small businesses and individuals with civil lawsuits, employment claims, real estate matters, and other business disputes, and has the flexibility to handle certain personal injury and professional malpractice claims. 2/1/15

Alan Graf JD ’92 Graf’s book I Inhaled: Rantings, Ramblings, and Ravings of a Hippie Lawyer was released in late October 2014. It covers his own career as well as stories about civil rights litigation through the eyes of a self-proclaimed hippie lawyer. 11/1/14

Jilma Meneses JD ’92 Joined Concordia University Portland as its chief operating officer. Meneses had served as Portland State University’s chief diversity officer since 2010. 2/1/15

Davina Pujari JD ’92 Named a 2014 Northern California Super Lawyer for her work in white-collar criminal defense. Pujari is a partner at Barg Coffin Lewis & Trapp. 2/1/15

• Joined the San Francisco office of Hanson Bridgett as a partner. Punjari has practiced environmental and criminal law for more than 20 years, handling complex matters in federal and state court. She is also an expert in regulatory and administrative forums, having worked as an enforcement attorney for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in Washington, D.C., and represented companies in administrative enforcement and penalty actions. Prior to joining the private sector, Punjari was a senior assistant district attorney in the Special Prosecutions Division of the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office and an assistant U.S. attorney in the Northern District of California. In both offices, she investigated and prosecuted environmental crimes and as well as white-collar crimes such as fraud, bribery, false statements, and obstruction of justice. 4/9/15

Roger Alfred JD ’93 Joined the Office of Metro Attorney as�a senior assistant attorney for the Metro Regional Government. He will continue to practice in the areas of land use and transportation planning, with responsibility for issues related to the urban growth boundary and other regional planning projects. 9/1/15

Susan Lain JD ’93 Joined Buckley Law as a shareholder. Lain focuses her practice in family law, including divorce, custody, and asset division. She specializes in military divorces and division of closely held businesses, and is also a seasoned criminal and juvenile law attorney. 2/1/15

Troy S. Bundy JD ’94 Named in the 2015 issue of Best Lawyers magazine for his work in medical malpractice law. 2/1/15

Mitchell S. Milby JD ’94 Joined Wilson Elser as a partner in their Dallas, Texas, office on May 1, 2015. Milby can be reached at 214-698-8071; mitchell. milby@wilsonelser.com; or 901 Main Street, Suite 4800, Dallas, Texas 75202. 5/1/15

Benjamin Wolff JD ’94 Became the chair of Sarcos LC, a leading global robotics and sensor company formerly known as Raytheon Sarcos, the robotics division of the Raytheon Company. Wolff is responsible for overseeing the direction of the company and engaging with strategic partners, customers, and investors. He was CEO, president, and chair of Pendrell Corporation from 2009 to 2014. During his tenure at Pendrell, Wolff navigated a turnaround of the company by facilitating a resolution to a complex subsidiary bankruptcy and creating more than $500 million in value for equity holders by eliminating more than $1.5 billion of consolidated debt. 2/24/15

David Aman J.D ’96 Named in the 2013 edition of Chambers USA, American’s Leading Lawyers for Business. Aman is a shareholder with Tonkon Torp in Portland, and maintains a business litigation and intellectual property practice. 9/1/15

Kyle Sciuchetti JD ’96 Named in the 2015 issue of Best Lawyers in America magazine. Sciuchetti is with Bullivant Houser Katherine Somervell JD ’95 Named in the 2014 and 2015 issues of Oregon Super Lawyers magazine. Somervell is a shareholder at Bullivant Houser Bailey. 2/1/15

Mitch Baker JD ’97 Named in the 2015 issue of Oregon Super Lawyers magazine in the employment litigation category. Baker, regional managing partner of the Portland office of Fisher & Phillips, has defended a variety of employers in labor and employment law matters. He also provides training, advice, and counsel to employers on labor and employment issues. He has extensive experience in enforcing noncompetition agreements and prosecuting Trade Secrets Act violations, as well as defending employers accused of retaliating against employees for exercising protected employment rights. 7/10/15

Victoria Blachly JD ’97 Appointed to Legacy Health’s allied professionals council. The group provides support, advice, and counsel to Legacy’s planned giving program. The first female equity partner at Samuels Yoelin Kantor, Blachly remains active in the local community. 2/1/15

• Received Portland Business Journal’s 2015 Woman of Influence award. Blachly is a partner with Samuels Yoelin Kantor in Portland. 7/6/15

Jennie Bricker JD ’97 Became editor of the Real Estate and Land Use Digest, the flagship publication of the Oregon State Bar Real Estate and Land Use Section. In addition to her legal practice, Jennie Bricker Land & Water Law, she has a writing and editing business, Brick Work Writing & Editing. Bricker can be contacted at 503-928-0976. 2/17/15

Timothy Calderbank JD ’97 Elected shareholder with Landerholm, PS. An experienced litigator, Calderbank represents clients in a variety of matters, including business construction and real estate. 4/17/15

Josh Lamborn JD ’97 Elected to the board of directors for the Oregon Crime Victims Law Center. A proponent of crime victim rights, Lamborn represents clients pro bono through the National Crime Victim Law Institute and sponsors the NCVLI’s annual convention. He opened The Law Office of Josh Lamborn, P.C., in 2009 after serving as a deputy district attorney in Multnomah County for 12 years. Lamborn’s practice focuses on the 50 representation of victims of sexual assault and other crimes, as well as personal injury clients. 9/2/15

Andrew C. Lauersdorf JD ’97 Maloney Lauersdorf Reiner (MLR), a Portland law firm, purchased the landmark Burnside Rocket building. Constructed in 2007, it was one of the first commercial buildings in the world to be awarded LEED Platinum status. Lauersdorf is a shareholder with MLR, which specializes in insurance coverage litigation. 3/10/15

June Wiyrick Flores JD ’97 Joined Miller Nash’s trusts and estates practice. Wiyrick Flores works with individuals, families, and closely held and family businesses to develop and implement succession strategies. She provides sophisticated and highly personalized estate plans and is also experienced in estate, probate, and trust administration and assists both fiduciaries and beneficiaries. She helps her business clients with business formations, developing governance structures, reorganizations and dissolutions, and mergers and acquisitions to achieve beneficial tax results. Wiyrick Flores, who is listed in Best Lawyers in America magazine, is also a frequent speaker on family business and estateand tax-planning topics. 2/1/15

Deanna Wray JD ’97 Became a member of the Claims and Litigation Management Alliance, a national organization comprised of insurance companies, corporations, corporate counsel, litigation and risk managers, and claims professionals. Wray’s practice concentrates on defense of product and general liability and civil litigation matters. She is a managing partner at Bodyfelt Mount. 2/1/15

Jose Cienfuegos JD ’99 Joined the Lake Oswego, Oregon, law firm of Glazer, Maurer & Peterson as of counsel. Cienfuegos will also continue to represent clients through his own firm, 100 Fires. He has tried jury trials as a deputy district attorney for Multnomah County, as a public defender, and as an employee of a major insurance company. 9/17/15

Shawn Filippi JD ’99 Promoted to vice president and corporate secretary at Northwest Natural Gas Company. Most recently, she was the company’s senior legal counsel and assistant corporate secretary. Filippi has been with Northwest Natural for nearly 10 years. 2/1/15

Laura Maffei JD ’99 Appointed by Governor Kitzhaber and confirmed by the Oregon State Senate to serve a four-year term on the governing board of the Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries. Maffei, a partner at Cable Huston, is a registered professional geologist with the State of Oregon. 2/1/15

Michelle L. Prosser JD ’99 Promoted from managing attorney to shareholder at Stahancyk, Kent & Hook, a family law and estate planning firm founded in 1986. Prosser has been with the practice since 2012 and manages their Vancouver office. She has over a decade of family law experience and is an active member of the Washington State Bar and its Family Law Section, in addition to being a member of the Clark County Bar Association and the Oregon State Bar. Prosser also volunteers with the Hough Elementary School and Discovery Middle School PTSAs. 2/1/15

2000s

Román Hernández JD ’00 Joined K&L Gates as partner in Portland. With a focus on employment law, labor law, and business litigation, Hernández represents employers in the defense of discrimination, unfair labor practices, harassment, and wage abuse allegations and on international matters involving multinational contracts. He also acts as lead counsel in class action disputes at the state and federal level, in addition to arguing before the National Labor Relations Board. 5/27/15

Bryan Kirkpatrick JD ’01 Named a 2015 winner of the Client Choice Award for Intellectual Property— Patents for Oregon by International Law Office and Lexology. 5/27/15

David Koempel JD ’01 Recognized by the law school’s Small Business Legal Clinic for significant pro bono contributions provided throughout 2014. 5/27/15

Paul Trinchero JD ’01 Named an owner at Garvey Schubert Barer. Trinchero’s practice focuses on litigation related to real estate disputes, eminent domain, federal and state securities laws, commercial disputes, and intellectual property disputes. 2/1/15

Karen Varney JD ’01 Joined Reinisch Wilson Weier as an associate attorney. Varney has practiced workers’ compensation defense for employers and insurance carriers and other business litigation since 2001. 5/27/15

Kristine Bingman JD ’02 Joined Miller Nash Graham & Dunn’s employee benefits and employment practice teams. Bingman brings more than 12 years of experience advising employers on health and welfare plans and employment law matters, including wage and hour, leaves of absence, state and federal disability laws, harassment and discrimination, and responding to complaints filed with the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries. 9/17/15

Lorne Dauenhauer JD ’02 Joined Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart as a shareholder in the firm’s Portland office. He focuses a large portion of his practice on qualified and nonqualified retirement plans, such as employee stock ownership plans, multiemployer (Taft Hartley) pension plans, and executive and equity-based compensation arrangements. 5/27/15

Andrew Moratzka JD ’02 Named one of the top 50 energy and environmental trailblazers in the United States by The National Law Journal. Moratzka is a partner at Stoel Rives in Minneapolis, Minnesota. 5/15/15

Jeanette Schuster JD ’02 Elected partner at Tonkon Torp, where she is a member of the environment and natural resources practice groups. Schuster provides advice and practical solutions on environmental compliance and enforcement matters and on commercial and real estate transactions for clients in diverse industries large and small. She was also named to the board of directors of Women in Environment (WIE), a Pacific Northwest organization focused on furthering professional development and opportunities for environmental professionals in the region. The organization hosts events and education programs, and provides opportunities for networking and mentoring. 2/1/15

• Named chair of the environmental and natural resources practice group at Tonkon Torp. Schuster’s practice focuses on advising clients on compliance with complex regulatory requirements under federal, state, and local environmental statutes and regulations; buying and selling contaminated property; regulatory agency enforcement defense; and contaminated site investigation and cleanup (including of the Portland Harbor Superfund Site). She also conducts environmental due diligence on complex corporate transactions and advises clients on issues related to the siting and permitting of renewable energy projects. 5/13/15

Zachary J. Cohen JD ’03 Elected president of the Bar Association of Lehigh County. Cohen, a partner and litigator at Lesavoy Butz & Seitz, focuses primarily on business, real estate, and banking disputes. He also handles tax appeals, zoning matters, emergency injunctions, employment cases, and bankruptcy and estate litigation. Cohen has appeared at all levels of the state’s trial and appellate courts, as well as federal courts, and before various local, state, and federal agencies. He was named in the 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Rising Stars list. In 2011, he was included in the Top 20 Under 40 by Eastern Pennsylvania Business Journal. 4/1/15

Christy Doornink JD ’03 Elected president and managing attorney of the Pacific Northwest law firm Reinisch Wilson Weier. Doornink, who is the second woman to be the firm’s president, focuses her practice on Washington workers’ compensation defense. She volunteers her time with the St. Andrew Legal Clinic Race for Justice, Wilsonville Leadership Academy, Girls on the Run, Ronald McDonald House, and Oregon Food Bank, and mentors first-year law students. 6/3/15

Sonya Fischer JD ’03 Joined Yates, Matthews & Eaton as of counsel. Fischer works in family law, juvenile law, special education, guardianships, simple wills, and government relations. 2/1/15

Jill Karmy JD ’03 After six years as a partner with Parham, Hall & Karmy, opened her own firm, Karmy Law Office PLLC. She will continue to practice workers’ compensation law. Karmy is also on the board of governors for the Washington State Bar Association and was named a Rising Star in the 2015 issue of Washington Super Lawyers magazine. 8/15/15

Kathleen Profitt JD ’03 Celebrated the first anniversary of her law firm, Profitt Law, in Clackamas, Oregon. Profitt continues to focus on providing legal representation to homeowners and condominium associations in Oregon and Southwest Washington. In particular, she assists HOA and condominium associations in general counsel, enforcement, litigation, and assessment collections. Profitt also was reelected to the board of directors for the Oregon Chapter of the Community Associations Institute for a term ending in 2016. 2/1/15

Amy Carbins JD ’04 Promoted to partner in DLA Piper’s San Francisco office. Carbins assists lenders, borrowers, investors, owners, and developers with structuring, negotiating, and closing complex commercial real estate transactions. 2/1/15

Danelle Cope Forseth JD ’04 Welcomed Melissa Luna JD ’04 to Landeck & Forseth, a small law firm located in Moscow, Idaho. Both enjoy practicing as part of a close-knit rural legal community. The firm maintains a general civil practice, including estate planning, family, real property, business, and employment law. Forseth was named partner in January 2014. 4/17/15

Melissa Luna JD ’04 Joined Danelle Cope Forseth JD ’04 at Landeck & Forseth, a small law firm located in Moscow, Idaho. Both enjoy practicing as part of a close-knit rural legal community. The firm maintains a general civil practice, including estate planning, family, real property, business, and employment law. 4/17/15

Ethan Hasenstein JD ’05 Traded his two-hour daily commute for a tenminute bike ride when he joined the Corvallis, Oregon, firm of Evashevski, Elliott, Cihak & Hediger. Previously, Hasenstein worked for over seven years at the Oregon Department of Justice, where he counseled the state in major infrastructure development matters. He now focuses on real estate, land use, and counseling Corvallis’s emerging startups and established businesses. He says he is reveling in college-town life and, most importantly, his 4-month-old daughter. 3/12/15

Victoria W. Hollinger JD ’05 Joined Fox Rothschild’s Exton, Pennsylvania, office as of counsel in the environmental department. She represents clients in environmental litigation, regulatory, and transactional matters. Hollinger also conducts environmental due diligence, counsels clients on transaction-related environmental risks, negotiates the allocation of environmental risks, and coordinates permit transfers in connection with mergers, acquisitions, financing, and real estate transactions. 7/17/15

Parna Mehrbani JD ’05 Named one of the top trademark lawyers in Oregon and Washington by The 2015 World Trademark Review 1000. The review stated that she is “a respected member of the IP community” who has “carved a niche in fair use suits relating to the trademarks of famous bands and their former members.” 2/1/15

• Named a 2015 Orchid Award Winner by the Portland Business Journal, which will honor her during their Women of Influence awards ceremony on April 16. Mehrbani, a Lane Powell shareholder, was recognized in part for her work with several community organizations, including the Oregon Minority Law Association’s IMAGE program and the Rock ‘N’ Roll Camp for Girls. 3/18/15

• Appointed to the Oregon Bench and Bar Commission on Professionalism, which is charged with advancing the professionalism, equality, and efficiency of Oregon’s judicial branch. Selections for the commission are based on reputation, past contributions, and diversity. 9/17/15

Rachel Philips JD ’05 Left Metropolitan Public Defender in August of 2014, where she was a trial attorney for 8 ½ years, to start Philips Consulting Group, a firm specializing in investigation, mitigation, trial preparation, and consulting. Philips’ background defending hundreds of criminal cases—including those involving Ballot Measure 11, Jessica’s Law, and many serious felonies—allows PCG to provide services to lawyers and corporations needing detailed investigations, as well as support to lawyers unfamiliar with defending criminal cases. 2/22/15

Elizabeth Bonucci JD ’06 Named a Rising Star in the employment and labor law category. Bonucci represents employers in all aspects of employment law, including discrimination, wrongful termination, workplace harassment, and wage and hour claims. Prior to joining Fisher & Phillips, she was an assistant attorney general with the Oregon Department of Justice, where she defended sexual harassment, discrimination, civil rights violation, retaliation, and wrongful termination claims. Bonucci has experience litigating a broad range of matters in both state and federal courts. 2/1/15

David Roghair JD ’06 Appointed Magistrate Judge and Standing Master for the trial courts of Barrow, Alaska—which is also his hometown. Roghair replaces Mary Treiber ’80, who retired in November 2014. Previously, he was the Magistrate Judge in Tok, Alaska. 3/3/15

Eric Shaffner JD ’07 Stepped down from his position as assistant editor of the Real Estate and Land Use Digest, the flagship publication of the Oregon State Bar Real Estate and Land Use Section. 2/17/15

Jeanne Sinnott JD ’07 Elected president of the Multnomah Bar Association’s Young Lawyer Section for 2014-2015. Sinnott is a partner at Miller Nash and practices in the areas of debtor-creditor law, commercial litigation, and bankruptcy. 2/1/15

Harry Wilson JD ’07 Included by the Portland Business Journal in its 2015 “Forty Under 40.” The recognition honors young influential business leaders who have excelled in their fields and are dedicated to their community. Wilson, who is with Markowitz Herbold, represents clients in complex litigation involving contracts, business torts, securities, and employment in multiple forums. 9/17/15

Damien Hall JD ’08 Appointed to the board of governors for CareOregon, a nonprofit providing health plan services to four coordinated care organizations that serve about 250,000 Oregonians. Hall, who is with Ball Janik, practices in the areas of land use and real estate. 4/17/15

Anthony Kuchulis JD ’08 Named a 2014 Rising Star. Kuchulis is an associate at Barran Liebman. 2/1/15

Micah Steinhilb JD ’08 Elected treasurer of the Multnomah Bar Association’s Young Lawyer Section. Steinhilb is an associate with Gordon & Polscer and practices in the areas of insurance, products liability, construction defect, and environmental law. 2/1/15

Tyler Volm JD ’08 Elected secretary of the Multnomah Bar Association’s Young Lawyer Section. Volm practices in the areas of employment litigation, labor law, and compliance at Barran Liebman. 2/1/15

• Named to the ambassador board of Big Brothers Big Sisters Columbia Northwest (BBBSCN), allowing him to contribute to fundraising and community outreach efforts for the organization. Volm, with Barran Liebman, has volunteered with BBBSCN for five years as a big brother and continues his mentoring work. 4/17/15

Leslie Edenhofer JD ’09 Named a 2014 Rising Star. Edenhofer is an associate at Hart Wagner. 2/1/15

Jennifer Franks JD ’09 Became chair of the Executive Committee of the Oregon State Bar’s Health Law Section. She has been involved with the Health Law Section since 2012. Franks is an attorney with Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt. 2/1/15

Levi Johnston JD ’09 Recognized by the law school’s Small Business Legal Clinic for significant pro bono contributions provided throughout 2014. 5/27/15

Cara Ponzini JD ’09 Joined Bryant, Lovlien & Jarvis as an associate. Ponzini’s practice focuses on family law, including divorce, child custody, child and spousal support, and support modifications, as well as assisting with civil litigation. Ponzini was also elected vice president of the Deschutes County Bar Association for 2014-2015. 2/17/15

Mark Sherman JD ’09 Named a 2014 Rising Star by Oregon Super Lawyers magazine. Sherman is an associate at Hart Wagner. 2/24/15

• Named a 2015 Rising Star in the employment litigation: defense category by Oregon Super Lawyers magazine. 8/3/15

Tim Sutherland JD ’09 After four years in private practice, accepted a direct commission (first lieutenant) into the U.S. Air Force Judge Advocate General’s Corps. Sutherland has relocated to Moody Air Force Base in Georgia. 2/1/15

Philip Wuest JD ’09 Joined Black Helterline as an associate. Wuest focuses his practice on real estate transaction, land use and environmental permitting, real estate litigation, and construction contracting. 9/17/15

2010s

Rachel Buker JD ’10 Spoke at the 6th Annual Review of Intellectual Property Law Symposium at John Marshall Law School in Chicago, Illinois, on October 24, 2014. Buker’s article “On Art Attacks: At the Confluence of Shock, Appropriation, and Law” is forthcoming in the Review of Intellectual Property Law in 2015. Buker was also elected as a vice-chair of the board for Washington Lawyers for the Arts. 2/1/15

Krista Evans JD ’10 Received the Oregon New Lawyers Division (ONLD) Project of the Year award for developing ONLD’s Student Loan Repayment Information Project, which provides resources on the Oregon State Bar website. Evans was also named ONLD Volunteer of the Year, in part for her work managing the division’s social media platform. 2/1/15

Samuel Hernandez JD ’10 Honored by the Hispanic Metropolitan Chamber with its Leadership Award for his actions to support the advancement of Latino business, students, and community in Oregon and Southwest Washington. 2/1/15

Melina LaMorticella JD ’10 Joined the business immigration practice group at Tonkon Torp. Previously, LaMorticella practiced immigration law for several years at a boutique firm in Portland. She represents regional and international companies in a wide variety of employment-based immigration and naturalization matters, from labor certifications and naturalizations to extraordinary ability petitions. 2/1/15

Nikki Martin JD ’10 Became the first female president in the 44-year history of the International Association of Geophysical Contractors. Martin is also the first woman to lead an international oil and gas trade association. 7/7/15

Laura Nelson JD ’10 Joined Landerholm, PS, as an associate. Nelson’s practice is in estate planning, probate and trust administration, and guardianship. 4/21/15

Scott Rider JD ’10 Recognized by the law school’s Small Business Legal Clinic for significant pro bono contributions provided throughout 2014. 5/27/15

Nawneet Vibhaw LLM ’10 Received the Environmental Law Champions Award from the Asian Development Bank. Vibhaw, who has taught environmental law in India, is with Luthra & Luthra Law Offices in their environmental law practice. 3/31/15

Alexander Wheatley JD ’10 Joined Fisher & Phillips, where he will specialize in employment law. 2/1/15

• Named a 2015 Rising Star in the employment and labor law category by Oregon Super Lawyers magazine. An associate with Fisher & Phillips, Wheatley represents and advises employers regarding workplace discrimination issues, wrongful termination, wage and hour claims, and noncompetition, nonsolicitation, and nondisclosure agreements. 7/10/15

Stefan Wolf JD ’10 Joined Gevurtz Menashe as an associate estate planning attorney. 2/24/15

Kelvin AdkinsHeljeson JD ’11 Awarded the Young Lawyers Section Award at the MBA Annual Meeting, Dinner, and Judges Reception. 2/1/15

T.K. Keen JD ’11 Promoted to deputy commissioner of the Oregon Insurance Division. Keen previously served as a senior policy analyst with Oregon’s Division of Finance and Corporate Securities. 6/15/15

Caroline Livett JD ’11 Joined the labor and employment group at Stoel Rives. Livett recently moved back to Portland after three years working as a public defender at Federal Defenders of San Diego, California. 7/30/15

Josh Soper JD ’11 Appointed as the first in-house city attorney of Sherwood, Oregon. Soper previously served as county counsel for Coos County, Oregon. 7/28/15

Ashley L. Vaughn JD ’11 Joined the Dumas Law Group as an associate attorney. The firm will continue to represent victims of child sexual abuse, both adults and children, in cases against perpetrators and institutions. The new firm will also continue to represent small businesses and individuals with civil lawsuits, employment claims, real estate matters, and other business disputes, and has the flexibility to handle certain personal injury and professional malpractice claims. 2/1/15

Jason Walker JD ’11 Appointed chief criminal deputy prosecutor of the Grays Harbor Prosecuting Attorney’s office in Montesano,

Lauren Wallace JD ’11 Joined Tonkon Torp’s business department, where she is focused on start-up companies, privacy, technology, and intellectual property law. Previously, Wallace was a legal advisor for early and growth-stage tech companies specializing in data privacy, 54 intellectual property protection, fundraising, and scalability strategy. She has also worked for Apple, Microsoft, and Avatron Software. Wallace is a certified information privacy professional (CIPP/US). 3/16/15

Dustin Combs JD ’12 Joined the Myanmar office of Baker & McKenzie. 2/1/15

Aurelia Erickson JD ’12 Became a partner at McGaughey Erickson. The firm will continue to handle securities, employment, business break-up, and contract litigation in their downtown Portland, Oregon, office. 8/3/15

Mathew Joseph JD ’12 Joined the business immigration practice group at Tonkin Torp. He has been a member of the firm’s business department since 2012. 2/17/15

Rohit Kapuria JD ’12 Served as a panelist for Invest in the U.S.A.’s July 24, 2015, webinar, Going Global: The Importance of Diversifying the EB-5 Investor Marketplace. Kapuria is an attorney with the Chicago office of Klasko Immigration Law Partners, where he works with U.S.-based developers to help structure EB-5 compliant projects and conducts immigration due diligence reviews of EB-5 projects for foreign investors. 7/24/15

Darlene Pasieczny JD ’12 Moved to Samuels Yoelin Kantor to establish a securities litigation practice group that represents individual investors, fiduciaries, and institutional investors. Pasieczny also works on shareholder rights, business torts, and complex legal malpractice cases. She spoke at the ABA Section of Dispute Resolution Spring Conference 2015 on the latest developments in FINRA arbitration, and was elected to Reed College’s alumni board of directors. 5/27/15

Dan Simon JD ’12 Joined the Portland city attorney’s office as the inaugural honors attorney. Previously, Simon clerked for the Honorable Adrienne Nelson. 2/17/15

Michael Whiteley JD ’12 Joined Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner as an associate in their Utah office. Whiteley focuses on U.S. patent prosecution in computing, networking, software, and Internet applications. 2/1/15

Jason Yareshes JD ’12 Accepted a position as a magistrate of the Commonwealth in Charlottesville, Virginia. Yareshes’ primary responsibilities include conducting probable cause hearings; issuing search and arrest warrants, emergency protective orders, temporary detention orders, and civil warrants and subpoenas; conducting bail hearings; and issuing orders in minor civil matters. 5/27/15

Liv Brumfield JD ’13 Joined the Portland office of U.S. Representative Earl Blumenauer BA ’70, JD ’76. Brumfield serves as Blumenauer’s field representative on environmental, natural resources, and agriculture issues. 6/1/15

Kimberly Fisher JD ’13 Joined Kolisch Hartwell. Fisher’s practice includes all aspects of intellectual property law, and she also assists clients in litigation and enforcement matters. 2/1/15

Amelia Forsberg JD ’13 Joined Chernoff Vilhauer McClung and Stenzel as an associate attorney. 2/1/15

Craig Fouts JD ’13 Recognized by the law school’s Small Business Legal Clinic for significant pro bono contributions provided throughout 2014. 5/27/15

Elizabeth Inayoshi JD ’13 Recognized by the law school’s Small Business Legal Clinic for significant pro bono contributions provided throughout 2014. 5/27/15

Christopher Morehead JD ’13 Joined the Portland office of Fisher & Phillips as an associate attorney. Morehead’s practice focuses on employment discrimination and related litigation, retaliation and wrongful termination, labor relations, wage and hour law, and whistleblower actions. 5/19/15

Matthew Preusch JD ’13 Joined the complex litigation group at Keller Rohrback. Preusch is based in Santa Barbara, where his work focuses on representing harmed parties in securities, consumer protection, and environmental matters. 2/1/15

Peter Tran JD ’13 Recognized by the law school’s Small Business Legal Clinic for significant pro bono contributions provided throughout 2014. 5/27/15

Patrick Dennis JD ’14 Became the program specialist for the American Bar Association’s Commission on Disability Rights in their Washington, D.C., office. 3/24/15

Bryce Hanks JD ’14 Joined Hart Wagner as an associate. Hanks’ practice will focus on employment defense and medical malpractice defense. 2/1/15

Laura Kerr JD ’14 Traveled to China with Tom Lindley, chair of Perkins Coie’s environment, energy, and resources practice, to provide pro bono assistance to the American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative (ABA ROLI). Kerr, an associate at Perkins Coie, acted as a consultant on the development and implementation of environmental laws designed to address China’s environmental concerns. 7/6/15

Nick Lawton JD ’13, LLM ’14 Won second prize in the ABA’s Public Law and Policy writing competition for his LLM seminar paper, Utah’s Transfer of Public Lands Act: Demanding a Gift of Federal Lands. 9/1/15

Alex Tinker JD ’14 Joined the litigation department at Tonkon Torp. 2/1/15

Joel Reschly JD ’15 Won the Beveridge & Diamond Constitutional Environmental Law Writing Competition organized by the Environmental Law Institute and the National Association of Environmental Law Studies. Reschly is the first Lewis & Clark law student to win this prestigious competition, which recognizes student writing that best advances the state of scholarship and informs the debate on a current topic in constitutional environmental law. His paper, “Pesticides, Water Quality, and the Public Trust Doctrine,” analyzes how courts could use the public trust doctrine to regulate certain forms of water pollution and argues that the current regulatory framework governing pesticides is insufficient to protect human health, the environment, wildlife, or water quality. 5/13/15