Class Notes, Fall 2020

70s

Lou Savage ’74, Workers’ Compensation Division administrator, was named acting director of the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services by the governor’s office. Savage had served as the administrator of the Workers’ Compensation Division since May 2016. He was the senior policy advisor and legislative director for DCBS for nearly 10 years and was the Oregon insurance commissioner from 2011 to 2013. Previously, Savage spent nearly three years in Tunisia consulting and training attorneys in North Africa and the Middle East. 4/14/2020

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Thomas Jensen ’83, an environmental and natural resources law attorney, has joined Perkins Coie’s Washington, D.C. office as a partner in the environment, energy, and resources practice. Jensen has experience providing project development, permitting and regulatory counsel, and litigation support to diverse clients, including utilities, energy companies, natural resource companies, and pipeline operators. He also has worked on the environmental review and multi- jurisdictional permitting required for the development of large infrastructure projects. Prior to entering private practice, Jensen served as majority counsel to the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, and as associate director for natural resources on the White House Council on Environmental Quality. 4/14/2020

Molly Marcum ’82 was named by Best Lawyers as 2020 Lawyer of the Year for Health Care Law in Oregon. Marcum practices health care law and medical malpractice defense, with a primary focus on representing health care practitioners before licensing boards. She consults regularly on matters relating to HIPAA and other compliance issues and is experienced in assisting hospitals, clinics, and providers in response to complaints and government investigations relating to alleged violations. Marcum currently serves on the Oregon State Bar Health Law Section Executive Committee, the Lewis & Clark Law School Alumni Board, and the advisory board for the Campaign for Equal Justice. She served on the board of directors of the Oregon Association of Defense Counsel and is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. Marcum has been recognized by SuperLawyers and was given the AV Preeminent peer review rating by Martindale-Hubbell. She practices at Keating Jones Hughes, PC, a leading professional liability defense firm in Oregon and Washington. As a partner at KJH, her practice includes litigation, arbitration and mediation, and administrative proceedings before licensing boards at all stages. 9/12/2019

Dennis H. Treacy ’83, a member of Reed Smith LLP’s Virginia government relations team and the 2010 Lewis & Clark Distinguished Environmental Law Graduate, has been elected to membership in the American College of Environmental Lawyers. Treacy has had a distinguished career in both the public and private sectors. He served as the director of the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality and as assistant attorney general in the natural resources section of the Virginia Attorney General’s office. At Smithfield Foods, he served as president of the Smithfield Foundation, where he is currently on the board, and as executive vice president and chief sustainability officer for the company. In these roles, he directed many areas, including government affairs, corporate communications, environmental programs, sustainability initiatives, charitable giving, and the legal department. Treacy serves or has served on dozens of state and national boards and commissions. He is a past board chair of the Virginia Chamber of Commerce and chairs VIRGINIAforever, an environmental organization with members from businesses and natural resource and environmental groups. He also is a member of the Chesapeake Bay Commission. “I am honored to be elected as a Fellow to the American College of Environmental Lawyers,” said Treacy. “It is a privilege to join this distinguished group of environ- mental attorneys.” 8/21/2019

Heather Hippsley ’84 retired from her position as Federal Trade Commission deputy general counsel on February 29, 2020, after more than 35 years of service. Hippsley served as the FTC’s chief of staff from 2013 to 2017 under Chair Edith Ramirez, and subsequently was appointed deputy general counsel by Acting Chair Maureen K. Ohlhausen. Before that, she worked as an assistant director in the divisions of Advertising Practices, Enforcement, and Service Industry Practices, and as an attorney advisor to Commissioners Andrew J. Strenio Jr. and Dennis A. Yao. She joined the agency in 1984 as an attorney in the agency’s Cleveland Regional Office. 4/14/2020

Larry Juday ’87 was recognized as a Petco Foundation National Foster Hero. Juday is one of only 22 selected from over 400 nominations by humane societies throughout the country, and is the only selection from the Pacific Northwest. In 2010 he and his spouse Susan began assisting the Humane Society for Southwest Washington Veterinary Clinic by fostering cats and kittens that needed special out- of-shelter care including special feeding, fluids, and isolation. Their successes evolved into a kitten-fostering program involving over 70 community volunteer families. The couple have fostered over 230 cats and kittens, including several needing end-of-life hospice care. Now retired from the practice of law, Juday was a member and chair of the Washington State Bar Association Character and Fitness Committee and served 20 years with the Clark County Volunteer Lawyer Program. 8/10/2020

Cathy Kirkland BA ’75, MAT ’83, JD ’87 writes that she’s “enjoying travel adventures in retirement following a career as an at- torney.” She adds, “My greatest blessing is my four kids and five grandchildren.” 1/27/2020

Chris Eck ’89 has joined Kerauno as chief legal officer. Eck most recently served as senior vice president, general counsel, and corporate secretary at Finish Line, where he led the legal and HR departments and oversaw integration. 1/30/2020

90s

Robert J. Miller ’91 was named the Willard H. Pedrick Distinguished Research Scholar at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University, where he has taught since 2013. Miller taught at Lewis & Clark Law School from 1999 to 2013. His fourth book, Creating Private Sector Economies in Native America: Sustainable Development Through Entrepreneurship, came out November 2019 from Cambridge University Press. Miller’s most recent article, “Sovereign Resilience: Reviving Private-Sector Economic Institutions in Indian Country,” was published in the April 2019 Brigham Young University Law Review. 12/9/2019

Bryan Scott ’91 was unanimously ratified by the Las Vegas City Council on June 17, 2020, as the first African American city attorney for Las Vegas in the city’s 119-year history. Scott started working for the Las Vegas City Attorney’s Office in 1996 and specializes in land use, zoning, and planning. He was the assistant city attorney for 15 years prior to his promo- tion. Scott is the former president of the Las Vegas Chapter of the National Bar Association (1996–1999), the first African American president of the Clark County Law Foundation (2006), the first African American president of the Clark County Bar Association (2005), and the first African American president of the State Bar of Nevada (2016–2017). 6/21/2020

Diane L. Cushing ’92 has joined Lane Powell as counsel to the firm on the labor, employment, and benefits and ERISA, life, health, and disability teams in Seattle. Cushing, who holds an LLM in taxation, is an experienced employee benefits attorney who counsels and represents large corporate, association, public sector, and multi- and single-employer benefit plans. She regularly assists clients with Department of Labor and Internal Revenue code compliance, employee benefits litigation, and strategies for benefits plan design, modification, and administration. 4/14/2020

Dawn McIntosh ’92 is the new presiding judge at Clatsop County Circuit Court. McIntosh was elected in 2016 to a six-year term, replacing the retiring Judge Philip Nelson. She began her career interning for the sex crimes unit in Multnomah County District Attorney’s office after temporarily leaving law school. Following her graduation, McIntosh was hired as an assistant district attorney in Multnomah County. She moved to Clatsop County in 1998 to serve as chief deputy district attorney. McIntosh supervised child abuse and major sex crime cases until 2003. 4/14/2020

Gustavo J. Cruz Jr. ’93, an attorney at the Portland law firm Farleigh Wada Witt, received the Oregon Hispanic Bar Association’s Paul J. DeMuniz Professionalism Award for exemplary professionalism; significant contribution to the justice system and the public; exceptional courage in the face of adversity; outstanding service to the bench, bar, and people of Oregon; exceptional volunteer work; and service to OHBA and the Latino community. Cruz’s law practice focuses on commercial finance and other business transactions. He has extensive experience in both private practice and as in-house counsel, and has handled negotiation and documentation of commercial loan transactions, distressed loans and work- outs, securities offerings, mergers and acquisitions, real estate transactions, and other business matters. Cruz is the board chair of Prosper Portland (formerly known as the Portland Development Commission), the urban renewal agency for the City of Portland, and a board member of Portland Center Stage and several other organizations. He has served as the chair of the Hispanic Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce, and the chair of both the Business Law and Securities Law sections of the Oregon State Bar, in addition to numerous other boards and committees. 2/19/2020

Tia Lewis ’93 of Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt joined the 2020 board of directors for the Bend (Oregon) Chamber. Lewis celebrated her 26th anniversary as an Oregon lawyer this year. She has practiced law in Central Oregon her entire career, focusing her practice areas in real estate and land use. Lewis’ experience includes all aspects of real estate development permitting and approvals. 4/14/2020

Antonia Marie De Meo ’94 has been appointed director of the U.N. Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute. De Meo served as chief of staff of the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East from 2014 to 2017. She has held senior management positions with the U.N. Children’s Fund in Sri Lanka and Sudan (2011–2014), the U.N. Resident Coordinator’s Office in Sudan (2011–2012), and the U.N. Office for Project Services in Palestine, Iraq, and Jordan (2009–2011). 4/14/2020

Scott Allan ’95 authored The Healthcare Manager’s Guide to Labor Relations: Learn Tips and Tricks to Managing Union Employees in Hospitals, Clinics, and Other Healthcare Settings for health care employers navigating labor negotiations. Allan shares lessons learned through firsthand experience and utilizes examples specifically tailored to the health care industry to help readers respond to strikes and disagreements. 5/20/2020

Jennie Bricker ’97 announced the reopening of her law practice as Land Shore Water Legal Services, LLC, (landshorewater.com) on January 1, 2020. Bricker also continues as an of counsel attorney at Harrang Long Gary Rudnick, P.C. She has practiced natural resources, real estate, and environmental law since 1998. 1/31/2020

Rick Eichstaedt ’97 was appointed by Washington Governor Jay Inslee to serve on the Washington Growth Management Hearings Board for a six-year term. 8/13/2020

James Blair ’98 was hired as the director of Institutional Advancement at Diablo Valley College in the San Francisco Bay Area. While a law student Blair spent a summer as the director of orientation for the incoming law school class, a role he says in many ways led him to this position many years later. He has also been teaching business law at DVC for a number of years; he started his journey to law school by taking the class he now teaches. 8/31/2020

Stephen G. Lowry ’98, a partner at Harris Lowry Manton LLP in Savannah and Atlanta, Georgia, has been named to Georgia Super Lawyers’ Top 100 list for the fourth consecutive year in the Personal Injury General: Plaintiff category. Lowry also earned his ninth Georgia Super Lawyer designation. 3/31/2020

Allison Martin Rhodes BA ’94, JD ’99 has joined Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP as deputy general counsel in the firm’s San Francisco office. Martin Rhodes joins from Holland & Knight, where she was cochair of that firm’s legal profession team. Martin Rhodes has significant experience representing lawyers, law firms, and legal tech companies in legal ethics and risk management, regulation, litigation, law firm organization, and attorney disciplinary defense. She is the coauthor of the industry-leading treatise, Hillman on Lawyer Mobility: The Law and Ethics of Partner Withdrawals and Law Firm Breakups. A prolific author and speaker on the legal profession, Martin Rhodes began her career as a deputy district attorney with the Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office. She has been a longtime member of the Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers, serving as the organization’s president from 2018 to 2019, and she has been recognized in Best Lawyers since 2017. 4/14/2020

Matt Singer ’99 joins Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt as a litigation shareholder with an extensive trial and appellate practice. Singer has handled numerous jury and bench trials in state and federal courts and has argued more than 25 appeals to the Alaska Supreme Court and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal. His diverse practice emphasizes complex litigation and natural resources law in Alaska and Oregon courts. 7/8/2020

00s

Adrian Brown (Ingram) ’00 was the top vote getter in a six-way primary race for a rare open seat on the Multnomah County Circuit Court. She faces a run-off election on November 3, 2020. Editor’s Note: Brown was elected as Multnomah County Circuit Court Judge. Jeff Miller ’00, an attorney with Miller Nash Graham & Dunn, was elected to the board of directors of World of Speed, located in Wilsonville, Oregon. Miller, a car enthusiast, is excited to help support the growth and future of World of Speed, a nonprofit motorsports museum dedicated to educating and entertaining the community in all things related to motorsports. Visitors can explore historic race cars, boats, and motorcycles while learning about the history and culture of motorsports in the United States. World of Speed is dedicated to supporting Career & Technical Education (CTE), and has partnered with local school districts and Clackamas Community College to provide technical automotive training for students at nine high schools. Students who finish the curriculum earn Basic Engine Technology certification and community college credits along with their high school credits. 4/14/2020

Geoff Strong ’00, senior partner at Apollo, has been named one of the leaders of Apol- lo’s natural resources business, where he will oversee the firm’s existing and future natural resources funds. Strong, who joined Apollo in 2012, has 16 years of experience investing in the energy, power, renewables, and infrastructure sectors. 4/14/2020

Liz Kirkwood ’00, executive director of For Love of Water, was appointed by the International Joint Commission to a three-year term on the Great Lakes Water Quality Board. The 28-member board is the principal advisor to the IJC. Kirkwood has been the director of FLOW since 2012. She has worked as an environmental lawyer for 19 years, including with the U.S. Agency for International Development in Thailand and at Farella, Braun & Martel in San Francisco. 4/14/2020

David Bean ’01, a partner at Wyse Kadish LLP, deepened his family law mediation skills by completing a 20-hour course focused on online family law dispute resolution. Using Zoom and other platforms, Bean assists people in need of durable, lasting solutions to challenging issues surrounding divorce and other family law matters. He also proudly serves on the board of directors for the Multnomah Bar Association and on the executive commit- tee of the Owen M. Planner Inn of Court. 7/21/2020

Anne Koch ’01 was elected president of the board of Oregon Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts (OVLA). Koch replaces Professor Lydia Loren, who served in the position for five years. OVLA provides a pro bono legal clinic, workshops, and resources for low-income creatives and small arts nonprofits. Koch has served as treasurer and board member of OVLA since 2014. You can learn more about OVLA at oregonvla.org. 8/5/2019

Chris Slottee ’01 joins Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt as a litigation shareholder with extensive experience in matters related to Alaska Native Corporations (ANCs), Alaska Native Corporation settlement trusts, tribal governments, and government contracting. He previously served as vice president and general counsel for an ANC. Slottee regularly represents businesses in both litigation and transactional matters— advising them on risk management, business transactions, employment law, and government contracting issues. 7/8/2020

Donna Maddux ’02 joined the Portland office of Lewis Brisbois as a partner in its data privacy and cyber-security practice. Maddux brings almost two decades of experience prosecuting a wide range of fraud and regulatory crimes on behalf of corporate and individual victims. Previously, she worked for the U.S. Department of Justice, where she served as an assistant U.S. attorney in the Criminal Division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Oregon for the last eight years. In this role, Maddux prosecuted a variety of crimes, including wire fraud, health-care fraud, and money laundering. She regularly managed multiagency investigative teams and worked closely with the FBI, the IRS, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Earlier, Maddux served as an assistant attorney general for the Attorney General’s Office of the Oregon Department of Justice. Over the course of her 10 years in this position, she prosecuted white collar and regulatory crimes, including Medicaid fraud, while working closely with state regulatory agencies. Maddux currently serves as president of the Financial Crimes and Digital Evidence Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing annual training and networking opportunities to professionals who fight fraud and cybercrime. She is also an executive board member for the Owen M. Panner American Inn of Court, and is a past chair of the Criminal Law Section of the Oregon State Bar. Maddux is admitted to practice in the federal and state courts of Oregon, as well as in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. 9/24/2020

Amy Robinson ’02, an attorney with Miller Nash Graham & Dunn, was appointed to serve on the Washington State University (WSU) Vancouver Advisory Board for WSU’s Carson College of Business. Through building industry alliances, the advisory board helps define the college’s vision, while also providing guidance to and identifying best practices for the academic departments. 7/27/2020

Paige L. Davis ’03, a shareholder with Lane Powell, has been appointed general counsel for Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce (SMCC), the largest and most diverse business association in the region. Representing 2,600 companies and a regional workforce of approximately 750,000, SMCC seeks an economically vibrant and globally competitive region where businesses of all sizes flourish and prosperity is shared. At Lane Powell, Davis cochairs the corporate, securities, and M&A team and counsels clients on all aspects of U.S. and cross-border transac- tions. A native of Canada, she has a broad understanding of business and national security regulations in that country and the U.S. and provides clients with strategic business advice to prevent or navigate compliance issues. Davis, who holds an LLM in taxation, has been named to The Best Lawyers in America® list and as a Washington Super Lawyer in the area of tax. In addition to her role with SMCC, Davis serves as a board member for the Association of Washington Business and World Trade Center Seattle. 8/25/2020

John Hairston ’03 became the Bonneville Power Administration’s new chief operating officer following the retirement of Janet Herrin on September 30, 2020. Hairston has served in numerous leadership roles throughout his 28 years at BPA, most recently as the agency’s first chief administrative officer. He will play a key role in delivery of agency strategic goals and is responsible for power services; transmission services; environment, fish, and wildlife; and customer support services. Hairston also oversees the business transformation office and is critical to BPA’s sustained focus on disciplined cost-containment and grid modernization. 4/14/2020

Angela Franco Lucero ’03 was appointed to the Multnomah County Circuit Court by Governor Kate Brown JD ’85, filling the vacancy created by Judge Kenneth R. Walker’s retirement. Lucero grew up in Las Cruces, New Mexico, and earned her bachelor’s degree from New Mexico State University. She has represented individuals, insurance companies, and public bodies in a wide range of civil litigation matters. In addition to her legal practice, Lucero is heavily involved in her community and professional organizations, serving as president of the Oregon Women Lawyers and on the boards of the Oregon Hispanic Bar Association and the Oregon State Bar Board of Bar Examiners. She has also volunteered to help with Refugee Adjustment Day, DACA Renewal Day, and other access-to-justice efforts in her community. Lucero is a recipient of the Paul J. De Muniz Professionalism Award, the Oregon Hispanic Bar Association’s highest honor. 1/30/2020

Nathan Maki ’03 joined Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton as a partner with the firm’s Seattle office. Maki is a member of the electrical engineering and software team in the firm’s internationally recognized intellectual property department. Previously, he practiced with a large law firm based in the Pacific Northwest. 6/23/2020

Justin J. Cabrera ’06 has been elected a shareholder of Lane Powell. Cabrera represents clients in commercial real estate transactions, including purchase and sale transactions, commercial leases and subleases, construction and engineering, and portfolio analysis for a national retailer with over 1,600 locations. He also works closely with company leadership to implement process and strategy for their existing fleet and new developments. As former counsel for companies including KinderCare, StudentsFirst, Portland Energy Conservation, and Nike, Cabrera has vast experience handling corporate transactions, including financing, mergers and acquisitions, and commercial contract review. He serves as vice chair for the MITCH Charter School board of directors. 1/2/2020

Mark R. Barzda LLM ’05 has been named a shareholder of Gevurtz Menashe. Barzda became an of counsel with the firm in May of 2016 and has been recognized by Oregon Super Lawyers and Best Lawyers in America for his work in family law. He is certified as a practitioner in collaborative law, a discipline that focuses on alternatives to litigated family law matters. Barzda will continue his practice handling divorce, custody/parenting time, child support, contempt, and modifications—with an emphasis on alternative dispute resolutions—for clients with legal matters in Oregon. 1/27/2020

Elisa Dozono ’06 was honored with the President’s Special Award of Appreciation at the Oregon State Bar (OSB) Annual Awards luncheon in recognition of significant contributions to the OSB, the bench, or the community. Dozono focuses her legal practice on business litigation and government relations. 4/14/2020

Jason Hill LLM ’06 was appointed chief administrative judge for the Interior Board of Land Appeals of the U.S. Department of the Interior. 4/26/2020

Erin Saylor ’08 has joined Columbia Riverkeeper, an environmental nonprofit working to protect and restore the water quality of the Columbia River from the headwaters to the Pacific Ocean. As staff attorney, Saylor focuses on protecting the river from fracked gas, oil-by-rail, and other fossil fuel infrastructure. Previously, she worked for the Environmental Protection Agency in Washington, D.C., where she focused on Clean Water Act permitting, chemical imports, and lead paint cases. 11/8/2019

Eric DeWeese ’09 pens his second novel, Breech!, which tells the story of an ordinary protagonist’s battle with cancer. Self-published, 2020. 211 pages. 8/11/2020

Avalyn Taylor ’09 has joined Rizzo Mattingly Bosworth with considerable experience in environmental policy and law, having worked in government, nonprofits, and private practice. Most recently, she clerked for U.S. Magistrate Judge Stacie F. Beckerman. Previously, Taylor was an associate at a Portland litigation boutique, where her practice involved a variety of complex litigation and regulatory matters, including environmental law, white-collar criminal defense, and civil rights. Taylor acquired significant experience in environmental policy and federal government relations while serving as policy counsel in the Louisiana Governor’s Office of Coastal Activities during the years immediately following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and then handling public policy and government relations in the Gulf Coast region for the Nature Conservancy. She also has conducted federal government relations work for the Nature Conservancy in Oregon, and has worked as a field representative for a U.S. congressional representative on natural resources and environmental issues. 11/19/2019

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Kristin Asai ’10 was elevated to partner at Holland and Knight, Portland. A member of the firm’s litigation section, Asai is a trial attorney who is well versed in all stages of commercial litigation and has successfully represented clients in numerous state and federal courts, at both the trial and appellate levels. 4/14/2020

Leila Behnampour ’10 has joined the Colorado office of Somach Simmons & Dunn. Behnampour brings nearly a decade of experience in litigation and transactions involving water law, administrative law, real property, and local government law. Her clients have ranged from municipalities and special districts, to ditch companies, nonprofit entities, private companies, and individuals. With an emphasis on collaborative solutions to complex water rights disputes, Behnampour helps clients navigate water court and Colorado state agency processes, including designated basin proceedings. In addition, she has helped numerous clients with water rights due diligence reviews and water acquisitions. 4/14/2020

Heidi Heitkamp ’10 has joined the strategic advisory board of alliantgroup. From 2013 to 2019, Heitkamp represented North Dakota as the first woman ever elected by that state to be a U.S. senator. Before her political career on Capitol Hill, she served as the attorney general for North Dakota as well as the state’s tax commissioner. 4/14/2020

Melina LaMorticella ’10 was elected by Tonkon Torp LLP to the partnership. LaMorticella is a business immigration attorney managing immigration matters for regional and international companies, ranging from labor certifications and naturalizations to extraordinary ability petitions. 5/27/2020

Mary Sofia (formerly Sell) ’10 reports, “It is my pleasure to announce that after a decade of advocating for justice (in and out of the courtroom!), I have opened my own criminal defense law firm. Sofia Law LLC is now open and accepting clients facing violations, misdemeanors, and serious felonies in state court.” 2/2/2020

Stefan M.v.O. Wolf ’10 has been named a shareholder of Gevurtz Menashe. Wolf is a member of both Oregon and Washington state bars and has been practicing estate planning law since 2010. He became an associate with Gevurtz Menashe in October of 2014 and has been named a Rising Star by Oregon Super Lawyers® since 2018. Wolf will continue his practice handling wills and revocable trusts, estate and gift taxes, probate administration, asset protection planning, and beneficiary and trustee representation for clients in Oregon and Washington. 7/6/2020

Melany Savitt ’11 was elected to the partnership at Tonkon Torp LLP. Savitt works in the firm’s business immigration group, where she guides employers and foreign nationals through the maze of immigration laws, handling the full range of nonimmigrant work visas. 5/27/2020

Ashley L. Vaughn ’11 is now a partner at Dumas & Vaughn, Attorneys at Law, formerly Dumas Law Group, LLC. Vaughn practices with Gilion C. Dumas JD ’92, advocating for survivors of sexual abuse and harassment in civil cases across the country. 8/21/2019

Dylan K. Lange ’12 became the director of special projects and legislative initiatives for the Office of the New Mexico Secretary of State in 2019, and was named the general counsel for that same office in 2020. 8/26/2020

James Henry ’14 was part of the Portland area’s largest ever IPO and the biggest software IPO in the last 10 years. Henry is corporate counsel at ZoomInfo Technologies, which listed on the Nasdaq on June 4, 2020, under the ticker ZI. He primarily focuses on commercial and transactional matters for the business, as well as data privacy, regulatory compliance, and dispute resolution. Henry has been a member of ZoomInfo’s legal team since 2017. Prior to that, he served as in-house counsel to a national senior living management company. 6/11/2020

Garett Stephenson ’13 has been named shareholder at Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt. Stephenson helps clients navigate all facets of land use law. He is a part of the firm’s natural resources and real estate and construction industry groups. 3/5/2020

Hans N. Huggler ’14, an associate with Lane Powell, has relocated from the firm’s Portland office to its Anchorage office. Huggler is a commercial litigator with a focus on transportation and insurance- related matters. He served as a law clerk for the Honorable Sharon Gleason of the U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska before joining Lane Powell. Huggler is completing an LLM degree in air and space law from McGill University’s Institute of Air and Space Law in Montreal, Quebec, which includes a research project focusing on U.S. court jurisdiction over international air crash claims. In addition to his studies and work at the firm, Huggler serves as a representative-at-large on the executive committee of the Transportation Lawyers Association. He also holds under- graduate degrees in economics and political science from Oregon State University and an MSc in criminal justice policy from the London School of Economics and Political Science. Huggler writes, “Lane Powell offers the ability to represent clients across the Pacific Northwest and Alaska from any of- fice, and my wife and I were eager to return to Anchorage to enjoy the Alaska lifestyle and raise our son in this community. I have been counsel on cases in Alaska my entire career and look forward to becoming a greater part of Alaska’s vibrant legal community.” 7/27/2020

Kenneth Katzaroff ’14 has joined Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.C., as an associate in the real estate and construction and natural resources industry groups. Katzaroff represents clients in a broad variety of real estate development projects, including regulatory approval, subsequent appellate proceedings, land use entitlement, state water rights, and surface mining permitting. He is experienced in managing complex real estate development projects with a multitude of legal and practical issues at play. 1/30/2020

Cassandra Mercer ’14 has joined Lane Powell as an associate on the intellectual property transactions team in Portland. Mercer advises clients on trademark matters, including developing intellectual property portfolios in the U.S. and abroad, trademark use and registration studies, prosecution of trademark applications, oppositions, and appeals. She also has experience with copyright registration, advising, and enforcement matters, as well as patent enforcement matters. Mercer has assisted with oppositions before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, supported well- known mark petitions in Latin America, and aided in prosecutions of trade dress in the U.S. 4/14/2020

Jeremiah Rigsby ’14 was selected as chief of staff for CareOregon. Previously, Rigsby was CareOregon’s director of public policy and regulatory affairs, working extensively with health care policymakers in Salem and Washington, D.C. He has also served as the senior legislative assistant for U.S. Representative Kurt Schrader (2009–2011) and U.S. Representative Henry Cuellar (2006–2009). 8/5/2019

Elizabeth Rosso LLM ’14 was elected shareholder to Jordan Ramis PC, effective February 20, 2020. Rosso is a member of the firm’s environmental practice group, focusing on environmental compliance, water quality, and wetlands and drainage. She is experienced in a full range of environmental issues that include compliance with the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act; natural resources conservation and protection under the Marine Mammal Protection Act, Coastal Zone Management Act, and Endangered Species Act; and spill and release response. In 2018, Rosso joined Jordan Ramis PC as an associate after serving for 14 years as an officer in the U.S. Navy’s Judge Advocate General’s Corps, where she filled a variety of increasingly complex roles, including criminal defense attorney, instructor, and environmental attorney. 2/26/2020

Nicole Schaefer ’14 is practicing trademarks exclusively through her law firm Yellow Dog Legal. She will be assisting clients with trademark applications, cease and desist letter, office actions, and TTAB proceedings. For inquiries, please call 971-350-8516. 3/20/2020

Sarah A. Garrett ’15 has joined the firm of Gress, Clark, Young & Schoepper as an associate attorney in their Beaverton, Oregon, office. Her practice specializes in the defense of Worker’s Compensation claims in the state of Oregon. 8/28/2019

Allison Mahaney ’15 will join the First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Port Angeles as corporate secretary and assistant general counsel. A practicing attorney, Mahaney is currently owner and managing attorney of Waypoint Law Office in Port Angeles. Prior to forming her own firm, she was an associate attorney at Platt Irwin Law Firm. 4/14/2020

Caleb Smith ’15 joined the faculty of the University of Minnesota Law School as visiting associate professor of clinical law and director of the Ronald M. Mankoff Tax Clinic in 2017. Smith also teaches federal tax procedure. Previously, he worked as a clinical fellow at Harvard Law School’s Federal Tax Clinic. Since 2008 Smith has worked with low-income taxpayer issues: prior to law school as program manager at Minnesota’s largest tax assistance non- profit and after law school as an attorney at low-income taxpayer clinics in Minne- apolis and Boston. Smith has given several presentations at national ABA Tax Section conferences on low-income tax issues, and he coauthored a chapter on the Earned Income Tax Credit in the seventh edition of the ABA’s Effectively Representing Your Client Before the IRS. He is a vice-chair on the ABA Tax Section’s Pro Bono and Tax Clinic Committee and recently won a prec- edential victory for a client of the Ronald M. Mankoff Tax Clinic. 4/14/2020

Philip M. Thoennes ’15 joined the Appellate Division of the Oregon Department of Justice in December of 2018. He represents the state in a variety of appeals in both state and federal appellate courts. His case load includes criminal, post-conviction, civil, administrative, and juvenile dependency appeals. Prior to joining the department, Thoennes worked as assistant general counsel at the League of Oregon Cities and as a judicial law clerk for Oregon Supreme Court Judge Rives Kistler. 7/1/2020

Michael Galvan ’17 received the National Lawyers Guild’s 2019 Weinglass Fellowship. With support from the NLG’s International Committee, Galvan is relocating to New Mexico to work with the Santa Fe Dreamers Project, providing post-prison release support for trans women seeking asylum and their sponsors. Galvan currently serves as cochair of the Queer Caucus of the NLG. After passing the California Bar exam in 2017, he moved to Tijuana to work and volunteer with Al Otro Lado, connecting LGBTQ+ asylum seekers to legal services and humanitarian aid. 1/30/2020

Souvanny Miller ’17 has joined Nash Graham & Dunn LLP in the firm’s Portland office. Miller is part of the education law team, representing educational institutions throughout the Pacific Northwest. Previously, she practiced at a small law firm in southern Oregon and served as a law clerk for the Oregon School Boards Association, assisting staff attorneys in advising school boards and superintendents. Miller has experience advising municipalities and other public entities in regulatory compliance, constitutional law, and public records and public meetings law. She has also represented clients in administrative proceedings, in Oregon circuit courts, and before the Oregon Court of Appeals. 4/17/2020

Olivia Schneider Grabacki ’17, an attorney with Miller Nash Graham & Dunn, was elected to serve a two-year term on the board of directors of Sarah Bellum’s Bakery & Workshop. Sarah Bellum’s is a social enterprise bakery that helps adults who have suffered brain injuries return to work and life through baking various treats, including cupcakes, pies, and paleo desserts. Schneider Grabacki focuses her practice on tax, real estate, cannabis regulatory, and general business governance matters. 4/14/2020

Ryan D. Jahn ’18 was hired as a partner at Baumgartner, Wagner & Jahn, located at 112 W. 11th St., Suite 150 in Portland. 8/19/2020

Daniel Walker ’18 has joined the employment law team at Barran Liebman. Walker represents employers on a wide variety of employment issues, from day- to-day advice through the appeal process. Prior to joining Barran Liebman, he worked as an appellate attorney for the State Accident Insurance Fund (SAIF) and served as a special assistant attorney general to the Oregon Department of Justice. 1/31/2020

Kelly House ’19, whose investigations into groundwater mining and other environmental challenges in Oregon won national honors, has joined Bridge Magazine to cover the environment, natural resources, and conservation issues. A Michigan native, House was a reporter at The Oregonian newspaper for six years. Her reporting on the environment ranged from land and water rights to the resurgence of gray wolves, the impact of climate change on Western drought conditions, and the armed standoff at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. 4/14/2020

Keenan Ordon-Bakalian ’19 has joined Jordan Ramis PC as an associate attorney in the firm’s land use and development practice group. Previously, Ordon-Bakalian worked for the firm as a law clerk. Licensed to practice in the state of Oregon, he focuses his practice on land use and environmental law and has experience handling a variety of regulatory and legal compliance matters at the intersection of these fields of law. While a law student, Ordon-Bakalian clerked for the Snohomish County (Washington) Prosecutor’s Office in the Land Use and Environmental Unit and for Western Resources Legal Center, where he assisted in drafting pleadings in federal district court and the Ninth Circuit relating to federal forest practices and ranching. 11/15/2019