Experience

Representative Cases

• Utility Reform Project v. Public Utility Commission 277 Or App 325 (2016) – Amortization in rates of utility expense
• Gearhart v. Public Utility Commission and Portland General Electric Company, 356 Or 216 (2014) – Utility ratemaking; authority of Public Utility Commission
• Richards v. American Medical Response Northwest, 172 Wn App 1022 (2012) – Wrongful death; corporate liability
• Oregon Firearms Education Foundation v. State Board of Higher Education, 245 Or App 713 (2011) – Administrative procedure; regulation of firearms on state university campuses
• Matson v. Oregon Arena Corp., 242 Or App 520 (2011) – Personal injury; premises liability
• Emerald Steel Fabricators v. BOLI, 348 Or 159 (2010) – Regulating employee use of medical marijuana
• Pendleton School District 16R v. State of Oregon, 347 Or 344 (2009) – Public school funding under Oregon Constitution
• Goddard v. Farmers Insurance Company, 344 Or 232 (2007) – Constitutional limitation of punitive damages
• Friends of Parrett Mountain v. NW Natural, 336 Or 93 (2003) – Energy facility siting
• Hensley v. NW Permanente, 258 F3d 86 (9th Cir 2001) - ERISA.
• PGE v. Duncan Weinberg, 162 Or App 265, 986 P2d 35 (1999) – Legal ethics
• Harris v. American Air Lines, 55 F3d 1472 (9th Cir 1995) - Federal preemption of state tort law
• Harper v. Federal Land Bank of Spokane, 878 F2d 1172 (9th Cir 1989) – Private rights of action under federal statutes
• Andor v. United Air Lines, 303 Or 505 (1987) – Corporate punitive damages

Honors & Activities

Professional Honors and Activities

• American Academy of Appellate Lawyers – Fellow
• Oregon State Bar Appellate Practice Section – Past Chair
• Oregon State Bar Constitutional Law Section – Past Chair
• Included in The Best Lawyers in America^© (currently: Appellate Practice, Commercial Litigation), 1998–2021
• Listed in Oregon Super Lawyers^® (Appellate, Energy & Natural Resources, Business Litigation), 2006–2019
• Oregon Legal Citizen of the Year, 2012
• American Bar Foundation – Lifetime Fellow

Civic Activities

• City Club of Portland – Past President
• Portland State University Alumni Association – Past President 
• Classroom Law Project – Board Member, 1998–2002
• CASA for Children – Board Member, 2006–2014
• Multnomah Bar Foundation – Board Member, 2009–2012
• Volunteer coach, “We the People” Constitution teams at Grant High School and De la Salle North Catholic High School

Insights & Presentations

• Presenter at numerous appellate and constitutional law continuing legal education programs, state and federal
• Appeal and Review: Beyond the Basics (Oregon State Bar 2014) – Co-Editor
• Appeal and Review: The Basics (Oregon State Bar 2010) – Co-Editor
• Oregon Constitutional Law (Oregon State Bar 2013) – Chapter Author, Initiative and Referendum
• Oregon Civil Pleading and Practice (Oregon State Bar 2012) – Chapter Author, Mandamus
• Appellate Practice in Federal and State Courts (Law Journal Press 2011) – Chapter Author, Appellate Decision-Making
• History in Oregon Constitutional Analysis: Should We Even Worry About It? (2007)

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