Class Notes, Fall 2019
Includes news received August 4, 2018, through July 31, 2019.
70s
Tom Sherwin BA ’71, JD ’74 writes: “Yes, still active. Thirtieth year in practice as CEOResourcesInc.com. Not imaginative enough to have any idea what I would do if I retired, so I keep on doing something I really enjoy. My daughter, Mary, (yes I was a late-in-life dad), is entering her third year at Connecticut College. Think L&C, only overlooking the Thames River rather than the Willamette. Same liberal arts basis with 1,900 students. Ninety miles from home rather than 3,000! She’s going to Amsterdam in the spring to pursue her interest in social justice. I worked to bring together the first Japan ’69 group reunion (21 of 23 living members attended) as part of the L&C 150th Anniversary. It was very fulfilling for all of us.” 7/14/2019
Henry Lorenzen JD ’76 joined Energy Trust of Oregon’s board of directors in October 2018. A partner at Corey, Byler, Rew, Lorenzen and Hojem law firm, Lorenzen also runs his family’s 4,000-acre wheat farm. From 2002 to 2018, he served as member on the Northwest Power and Conservation Council, which develops a regional power plan and fish and wildlife program. Lorenzen has also served on the Oregon State Board of Higher Education, Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission and Oregon Environmental Quality Commission, and on the boards of Oregon Public Broadcasting and the Oregon Historical Society. 10/18/2018
Jordan Schnitzer JD ’76 was profiled in the January 25 Wall Street Journal in an article titled “An Art Collector on a Mission to Share His Passion.” The article states that, for more than 30 years, Schnitzer has been assembling a “teaching collection” of prints, mostly by post–World War II American artists. Under the auspices of the Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation, he makes loans to institutions and colleges to get the work in front of today’s youth. Since its founding in 1997, the foundation has organized over 110 exhibitions and exhibited art in more than 150 museums. Upcoming Exhibitions will focus on artists JJohn Baldessari at the Laguna Art Museum (June 23 to September 22, 2019) and Leonardo Drew at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst (September 19 to December 8, 2019). For more information, visit jordanschnitzer.org. 2/28/2019
Robert M. Tobiassen JD ’78 is the new president of the National Association of Beverage Importers. Previously, Tobiassen was with the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms and the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau. 2/21/2019
Ausey H. (Rusty) Robnett JD ’79 was recently inducted as a fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers at its annual meeting in New Orleans. 1/29/2019
Henry Lorenzen JD ’76 joined Energy Trust of Oregon’s board of directors in October 2018. A partner at Corey, Byler, Rew, Lorenzen and Hojem law firm, Lorenzen also runs his family’s 4,000-acre wheat farm. From 2002 to 2018, he served as member on the Northwest Power and Conservation Council, which develops a regional power plan and fish and wildlife program. Lorenzen has also served on the Oregon State Board of Higher Education, Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission and Oregon Environmental Quality Joseph Arellano JD ’78 has been named office managing director in Portland by Garvey Schubert Barer. Arellano joined the firm in 2017 and has over 35 years of experience representing clients in securities, commercial, and tort litigation, as well as in professional liability defense. He also advises clients in investigations by the SEC, DOJ, IRS, and their state counterparts. 1/9/2019
80s
Brett Buckley JD ’80 is the recipient of the 2019 Washington State Bar Association’s (WSBA) Outstanding Judge Award. Buckley is the presiding district court judge for Thurston County. “I am proud to contribute to and be a member of an organization that has a laser focus on its mission of ‘Serving Justice through Serving People.’ That mission statement served as an impetus for our procedural justice initiative in which we invited out-of-state evaluators to observe how judges and staff relate to all community members, with the aim of uncovering any problematic overt or implicit bias issues,” he says. His court recently created another program, the Court in Schools Initiative, that schedules actual small claims calendars in Thurston County high schools with the goal of showing students how the judicial branch operates. The court is also working to live stream all its proceedings. “The public is better served when the people doing the public’s work do so in the most transparent manner possible,” says Buckley. 6/20/2019
Dale S. MacHaffie JD ’80 has written Whale’s Tails, a novel that features parallel stories told through the activities of four young friends who live in two different centuries. College students Reggie and his best friend Tom have signed on as research assistants with an Oregon State University project based out of Newport, Oregon, that involves tagging humpback whales. Reggie’s ancestor George Page and George’s friend Thomas Payne live a scary and hard existence on a whaling ship in the 1850s. Reggie, who has inherited the journal in which George recorded his adventures, finds himself transported in his dreams Dale S. MacHaffie JD ’80 has written Whale’s Tails, a novel that features parallel stories told through the activities of four young friends who live in two different centuries. College students Reggie and his best friend Tom have signed on as research assistants with an Oregon State University project based out of Newport, Oregon, that involves tagging humpback whales. Reggie’s ancestor George Page and George’s friend Thomas Payne live a scary and hard existence on a whaling ship in the 1850s. Reggie, who has inherited the journal in which George recorded his adventures, finds himself transported in his dreams back to the 1850s, where he shares George and Thomas’ experiences. Whale’s Tails, which is based on the real life of George Page, is filled with current events, whale facts, scientific observations, environmental crises—and action-packed adventure. 7/25/2019
April Nelson BA ’78, JD ’81 retired from legal practice in 2004 after working with several legal education organizations before transferring to private practice and becoming a partner at a firm in Delaware, Ohio. Nelson then went on to develop several special projects, including the Delaware Municipal Court’s mental health docket. Currently, she serves as a staff mediator for the Delaware County Juvenile and Probate Courts and works with families to develop plans to improve school attendance for students. Nelson is the recipient of numerous community awards, including the Delaware Area Chamber of Commerce Citizen of the Year Award, United Way Nancy Frankenberg Award for Community Volunteerism, and the United Way of Delaware County Lifetime Achievement Award, which was renamed in her honor. 9/17/2018
Dennis H. Treacy JD ’83, who recently retired as executive vice president and chief sustainability officer of Smithfield Foods, joined Reed Smith LLP as senior counsel in its government relations and administrative law group in Richmond, Virginia. Treacy, who also was president of the Smithfield Foundation, is rector of Virginia Tech’s board of visitors and past chair the Virginia Chamber of Commerce board of directors. Previously, he was director of the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality. Treacy currently chairs VIRGINIAforever, an organization that advocates increased state funding for water quality and land conservation. In 2010, Lewis & Clark named him a Distinguished Environmental Law Graduate. 9/17/2018
John S. Knowles JD ’84 recently opened a private practice focused on offering mediation and arbitration services. Knowles continues to serve as a pro tem judge, primarily in Oregon’s Washington County. You can reach him at johnshermanknowles@frontier.com. 12/4/2018
Kate Brown JD ’85, the governor of Oregon, was elected vice chair of the Western Governors’ Association. She joins incoming chair Doug Burgum, governor of North Dakota, in providing leadership for the association’s regional policy work. The Western Governors’ Association was established in 1984 to foster nonpartisan policy development, the exchange of information, and collective action on issues of critical importance to 19 Western states and 3 U.S. territories in the Pacific. 6/19/2019
Keith Holman JD ’88 has joined the Administrative Conference of the United States in Washington, D.C., as legal fellow. ACUS is an independent federal agency charged with promoting improvements in the efficiency, adequacy, and fairness of the procedures by which federal agencies conduct regulatory programs, administer grants and benefits, and perform related functions. The agency does this primarily by studying administrative best practices in the public and private sectors and making process and procedural recommendations based on those findings. 3/1/2019
Dean N. Alterman JD ’89 reports that following the amicable split of the partners of Folawn Alterman & Richardson into a transactional firm and a litigation firm, he has formed Alterman Law Group PC (alterman.law) in downtown Portland. Alterman continues his practice in real estate, land use, and private business law. 6/5/2019
Scott Anders JD ’89 was sworn in as the Clark County (Washington) Fire District 3 commissioner on August 13, 2018. He worked for the Clark County Prosecutor’s office for approximately 11 years and was appointed to the Clark County District Court as a judge in January 2001. 11/14/2018
Steve Brown JD ’89 was selected to serve as the associate judge of the Montana Water Court, effective February 6, 2019. The Water Court has exclusive jurisdiction over the adjudication of all water rights claims in Montana. Brown, who replaces retiring Judge Douglas Ritter, is currently the managing partner of the Garlington, Lohn and Robinson firm in Missoula. He has practiced water and natural resources and energy law in Montana since 1994 and has received multiple professional awards, including recognition as a Rocky Mountain Super Lawyer. Brown holds a bachelor’s degree in geology from Whitworth College and is active in a variety of recreational pursuits, especially ultramarathons. 6/19/2019
90s
Gary L. Blacklidge JD ’90 has joined the real estate practice group at Jordan Ramis PC. Blacklidge focuses on real estate law, assisting clients in transactional work as well as foreclosures of all types of liens and judgment executions on real estate. He is also experienced in debtor/creditor matters emphasizing creditor representation in bankruptcy cases. Prior to practicing law, Blacklidge worked as a title officer in an Oregon office of a national title insurance company. Over the years he has represented title companies and their insureds in resolving title claims. He is a member of the Multnomah Bar Association and American Bar Association and has been named in Best Lawyers in America for his work in bankruptcy and creditor debtor rights/ insolvency and reorganization law. 2/4/2019
Michael R. McLane JD ’90, a state representative from Powell Butte (Oregon), will replace retiring Circuit Court Judge Dan Ahern for the 22nd Judicial District, Governor Kate Brown JD ’85 announced. The 22nd Judicial District covers Jefferson and Crook Counties. McLane, who has represented House District 55 since 2011, was the Republican leader of the Oregon House of Representatives from 2012 to 2018. He is a staff judge advocate in the Oregon Air National Guard, maintains a private business litigation practice, and, for two years, was a judge pro tempore on the Deschutes County Circuit Court. From 1994 to 2001, McLane served as chief executive officer of Flying Rhinoceros Inc., publisher of bilingual elementary curriculum materials and creator of a television cartoon series, which he cofounded. 6/19/2019
Linden “Linn” Evans JD ’92, currently president and chief operating office of Black Hills Corp, has been appointed to succeed David Emery as chief executive officer, effective January 1, 2019. Evans was also appointed to the board of directors, effective November 1, 2018. 11/14/2018
Ramona Monroe JD ’93, a partner with Stoel Rives LLP, has received the Alaska Miners Association’s 2018 Advocate of the Year award. Monroe is helping the association develop a set of proposed amendments to Alaska’s mining law. 11/26/2018
Scott Shapiro JD ’94 was named in Best of the Bar 2018 and The Best Lawyers in America 2019 in the field of water law. Shapiro is a managing partner at Downey Brand LLP in Sacramento, California. 11/14/2018
KC Becker JD ’96 was designated by the Colorado House Democratic Caucus to be the next speaker of the house. Becker, who represents House District 13 (Boulder), officially stepped into the position on January 4, 2019. 2/28/2019
Scott M. Kerin JD ’96, an assistant U.S. attorney with the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Portland, received the Major Campaign and Strategic Planning Award from the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy for prosecuting members of an international criminal organization that was distributing fentanyl throughout the United States. Earlier in 2018, Kerin received the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Administrator’s Award, an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) Achievement Award, and the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Outstand- ing Cooperative Effort Award. 12/12/2018
Christopher M. Frost JD ’97 was selected as chief compliance officer of the Bonneville Power Administration. Frost has been with BPA for 11 years and is currently pursuing a PhD in public affairs and policy at the Hatfield School of Government. 11/12/2018
KC Becker JD ’96 was designated by the Colorado House Democratic Caucus to be the next speaker of the house. Becker, who represents House District 13 (Boulder), officially stepped into the position on January 4, 2019. 2/28/2019
Scott M. Kerin JD ’96, an assistant U.S. attorney with the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Portland, received the Major Campaign and Strategic Planning Award from the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy for prosecuting members of an international criminal organization that was distributing fentanyl throughout the United States. Earlier in 2018, Kerin received the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Administrator’s Award, an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) Achievement Award, and the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Outstanding Cooperative Effort Award. 12/12/2018
Christopher M. Frost JD ’97 was selected as chief compliance officer of the Bonneville Power Administration. Frost has been with BPA for 11 years and is currently pursuing a PhD in public affairs and policy at the Hatfield School of Government. 11/12/2018
Thomas Gibson JD ’97 has been appointed deputy secretary and special counsel for water at the California Natural Resources Agency, where he has been undersecretary since 2016 and served as general counsel from 2014 to 2016. Gibson was general counsel at the California Department of Fish and Wildlife from 2008 to 2014. He was a partner at Best, Best, & Krieger from 2002 to 2008; an associate at Hyman, Phelps & McNamara from 1999 to 2002; and an associate at Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard from 1997 to 1999. 6/19/2019
Karla Raettig JD ’97 started as the executive director of the National Wildlife Federation Action Fund in May 2019. 6/11/2019
Ellen Grover JD ’98 became a managing partner at Karnopp Petersen LLP, a full-service business law firm based in Bend, Oregon, effective January 1, 2019. 2/13/2019
Steve Lowry JD ’98, a partner at Harris Lowry Manton LLP in Savannah and At- lanta, Georgia, is the host of the Great Trials Podcast, which launched on January 1, 2019. The podcast features in-depth interviews with top trial lawyers about their strategies in landmark cases and is designed to appeal to the legal community as well as the general public. New episodes are released every Tuesday. To learn more, visit greattrialspodcast.com. 1/11/2019
Lowry has been named to Georgia Super Lawyers’ Top 100 list for the third consecutive year for his work in the Personal Injury General: Plaintiff category. Lowry also earned his eighth Georgia Super Lawyer designation. 2/7/2019
00s
Jason Ayres JD ’00 has joined Garvey Schubert Barer as principal in the firm’s Portland office. Ayres advises commercial lenders, small businesses, equipment lease and finance companies, and farms in litigation, bankruptcy proceedings, and insolvencies, including matters involving agricultural lending and workouts. He has substantial experience representing receivers and lenders in receivership proceedings and contested Chapter 11 and 12 cases. Ayres appears in federal and state court proceedings in Oregon and Washington. 2/1/2019
Josie Garton JD ’00 was appointed to the Alaska Superior Court. 11/14/2018
Román D. Hernández JD ’00 received the 2018 Civil Rights Champion Award from the League of Minority Voters, a nonprofit focused on issues affecting communities of color and minorities in Oregon. Hernández, an employment and commercial litigation attorney, joined Troutman Sanders LLP in March 2018. He was the national president of the Hispanic National Bar Association, president of the Portland Hispanic Chamber, first Hispanic board member of the Oregon Community Foundation, and first Hispanic board member of the Oregon Health & Sciences University. Currently, Hernández is chair of the board of directors of the Portland Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. 10/26/2018
Hernández has been named to the Lawyers of Color Nation’s Best List in recognition of his career accomplishments and commitment to diversity and inclusion in the legal profession. Hernández, an employment and commercial litigation partner at the national law firm Troutman Sanders LLP, is a noted civil rights advocate and is highly involved in several diverse organizations, including the Hispanic National Bar Association. 6/19/2019
Erin Keys MacDonald JD ’02 became a managing partner at Karnopp Petersen LLP, a full-service business law firm based in Bend, Oregon, effective January 1, 2019. 2/13/2019
Amy Robinson JD ’02 has joined Miller Nash Graham & Dunn LLP in their Vancouver, Washington, office. Robinson is a seasoned employment attorney with over 15 years of experience advising her clients on their ever-evolving employment law needs. She represents public and private employers throughout Washington and Oregon in a broad range of workplace- related issues. Robinson is also adept at guiding employers through policy and handbook creation, as well as crafting and negotiating a host of employment-related contracts, such as noncompete agreements, nonsolicitation agreements, and nondisclosure agreements. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Washington State University and worked as a human resources professional for a variety of employers before she began her law career. 6/19/2019
Mark Urioste JD ’02, a former Sonoma County prosecutor and current court commissioner, was appointed to a superior court judgeship by Governor Jerry Brown. From 2003 to 2005, Urioste served as a research attorney and judicial assistant to King County (California) Superior Court Judge Julie Spector. He also worked briefly as an associate at Babin and Seeger before joining the Sonoma County District Attorney’s Office in 2006. 2/28/2019
Christy Doornink JD ’03 was included by the Portland Business Journal in its “Forty Under 40.” She is the president and managing attorney of Reinisch Wilson Weier PC. 6/19/2019
Dan Eller JD ’04 was honored with the Oregon State Bar Taxation Section Pro Bono Award for demonstrating a strong commitment to providing excellent legal services to Oregon’s low-income taxpayers. He was also recently named chair of the Portland Tax Forum, a nonprofit corporation that provides nationally recognized speakers on tax topics and promotes professional tax education. Eller is a partner at Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt and continues his involvement with the Lewis & Clark Law School community as an adjunct professor. 12/5/2018
Josh Smith JD ’05 joined Tonkon Torp’s entrepreneurial services, intellectual property, and mergers and acquisitions practice groups as a partner during the firm’s acquisition of Alto Law Group. Smith brings substantial corporate and intellectual property transactional experience in the startup and technology sectors. His practice focuses on counsel- ing emerging and mature companies on venture capital and angel financing opportunities, mergers and acquisitions, strategic alliances and joint ventures, technology licensing, and commercial agreements. Smith holds an MBA with a finance concentration from Colorado State University and a BS in engineering mechanics from the U.S. Air Force Academy. 2/28/2019
Matthew Yium JD ’05 of Garvey Schubert Barer’s Portland office has been promoted to principal. Yium’s focus is business litigation, as well as professional liability defense, real estate, and securities. He has represented professionals, hospitals, emerging companies, and retailers in multimillion-dollar actions. Yium earned an MPW from the University of Southern California and a BA with distinction from the University of Colorado at Boulder. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. 1/9/2019
David Roghair JD ’06, a magistrate judge in Alaska, has applied to fill a position on the Utqiagvik Superior Court. 8/11/2018
Jeffrey Woodcox BA ’00, JD ’06 is chair of the mergers and acquisitions practice group at Tonkon Torp. Woodcox also focuses on corporate finance, securities regulation, and corporate governance. He is experienced in advising clients on the acquisition and disposition of businesses and assets, ecurities compliance, and raising capital through private placements of equity and debt. 2/28/2019
Yoona Park JD ’07 was recently chosen by federal judges in the District of Oregon to serve as a Ninth Circuit lawyer representative. Park, an attorney with Stoll Berne, will represent the District of Oregon at the annual Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference. Lawyer representatives serve three-year terms facilitating open communications between judges and attorneys in each of the Ninth Circuit’s 15 districts. 6/19/2019
Joe Furia JD ’08 took over in September 2018 as executive director of the World Forestry Center, a nonprofit organization based in Portland and dedicated to promoting sustainable forestry through educational programs. Furia previously was general counsel for the Freshwater Trust and has worked at several Portland law firms, including K&L Gates and Landye, Bennett, Blumstein LLP. 9/25/2018
Christie Totten JD ’08 has been promoted to partner in the Portland office of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP. Totten is a litigator who defends employers against claims of all types and maintains an active advice and counseling practice. She works with employers of all sizes and in all industries, with a focus on health care, technology, and agriculture/wine. 2/5/2019
Brook Detterman JD ’09 writes, “It’s probably not surprising that Beveridge & Diamond, as the country’s largest environmental law firm, has six Lewis & Clark alums on staff. Rest assured that we’re all putting our L&C training to good use, and on a very wide range of issues, including renewable energy projects, drinking water contamination and, of course, the full spectrum of environmental litigation.” 4/28/2019
Oday Salim LLM ’09 has joined the National Wildlife Federation Great Lakes Regional Center as staff attorney, which comes with an appointment as director of the University of Michigan Law School’s Environmental Law and Sustainability Clinic. Salim most recently was the executive director and managing attorney for the Great Lakes Environmental Law Center. He has also served as an adjunct professor in energy, oil, and gas law at Wayne State University Law School, the University of Pittsburgh Law School, and Lewis & Clark Law School. 8/5/2018
Eileen Sterlock JD ’09 was elected 2018– 2019 chair of the Oregon chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA). Sterlock has previously served on the AILA Oregon executive committee as treasurer, secretary, and chair-elect. She has a solo immigration practice in Portland that focuses on removal defense and humanitarian and family immigration, as well as working with criminal defense counsel representing noncitizens. 8/22/2018
10s
Lyndsey Bechtel JD ’10 has been promoted to partner of Litchfield Cavo LLP. Bechtel is based in the firm’s New York City office and her practice involves civil defense of various claims, including general liability, financial lines, and professional malpractice. 1/14/2019
Samuel Hernandez JD ’10 was elected president of Region XVI of the Hispanic National Bar Association (HNBA), encompassing Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington. His two-year term began in September 2018. 1/2/2019
Delfina Homen JD ’10 is a partner at Brooks Quinn, an intellectual property boutique firm based out of Kirkland, Washington. Homen has practiced intellectual property law since 2010, working on numerous lawsuits involving patent infringement, trademark infringe- ment, copyright infringement, trade secrets, unfair competition, and contract disputes. She has also worked on numerous trademark opposition and cancellation proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and patent inter partes review proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Homen can be reached at delfina@brooksquinn.com. 11/26/2018
Tara Brock JD ’11 has joined Oceana as Pacific counsel and is based in Portland. Brock brings with her more than a decade of experience and a diverse background in ocean conservation, not only as an attorney but also through community organizing, policy expertise and advocacy, and commu- nications outreach. Before joining Oceana, she worked for the Pew Charitable Trusts, Surfrider Foundation, M+R Strategic Services, Environment Michigan, and other organizations. 6/19/2019
Elliott P. Dale JD ’11 recently joined Landye Bennett Blumstein LLP as a partner. Dale helps businesses and individuals make informed business decisions and position themselves for success. He holds an MBA and has experience in business management and organizational leadership. 4/12/2019
Jessica A. Flint JD ’11 has been named of counsel by Gevurtz Menashe. Flint started as an associate with the firm in July of 2012 and will continue her practice handling international and domestic family law matters in Oregon. 1/29/2019
Annie Nelson JD ’11 has been named a partner by Karnopp Petersen LLP, a full-service business law firm based in Bend, Oregon. Nelson has been with the firm since 2012 and practices primarily in the area of trust and estates. She regularly advises clients on estate planning, probate, and trust administration, and also counsels clients with respect to establishing guardianships and conservatorships. Nelson is a member of the Oregon State Bar Estate Planning and Business Law Sections, Deschutes County Bar Association, Oregon Women Lawyers, and Cascade Women Lawyers. 2/13/2019
Dylan K. Lange JD ’12 is the deputy elections director for the Office of the Secretary of State of New Mexico. 3/26/2019
Ben Pirie JD ’12, who is part of the Lane Powell cannabis team, has been elected to the executive committee of Oregon State Bar’s Cannabis Law Section. Pirie counsels cannabis businesses on a wide range of corporate and regulatory legal issues, including mergers and acquisitions, negotiating complex contracts, and corporate governance, as well as regulatory compliance in the emerging cannabis and hemp industries. The Cannabis Law Section seeks to educate and promote cannabis law among Oregon lawyers and judges, and serves as a resource for lawyers who monitor federal enforcement activities and defend against federal government interference in a state’s lawful cannabis activities. 1/22/2019
Daniel Timmons JD ’12 recently moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico, where he is a staff attorney with WildEarth Guardians, a nonprofit environmental group working to protect the wild places, wild rivers, and human communities of the West. Previously, Timmons worked for two years in his hometown of Charleston, South Carolina, as an associate attorney with the Southern Environmental Law Center. His litigation work will initially focus on halting fossil fuel development on public lands and protecting flows in the imperiled Rio Grande River. Timmons writes that it can be exhausting work, so he tries to keep himself sane and grounded by hiking, cross- country skiing, and exploring beautiful New Mexico. He has also recently begun developing a Zen meditation practice. 1/25/2019
George Dingeldein JD ’14 has joined Landye Bennett Blumstein as a partner in the firm’s real estate and business law practices. With extensive knowledge of the real estate and construction industries, Dingeldein helps clients during acquisitions, leasing, financing, contracts, and joint ventures, among other real estate matters. His approach to serving clients is based on mutual trust and guidance; his relationships in the real estate market help him position his clients for success. 4/12/2019
Peter Evalds JD ’14 has joined the Portland office of Garvey Schubert Barer as an associate. Evalds, who focuses on tax planning, tax controversy, and business transactions, has extensive experience in entity formation, 1031 exchanges, reorganizations, and mergers and acquisitions. Formerly a clerk for Judge Henry Breithaupt of the Oregon Tax Court, he earned an LLM in taxation from Georgetown University Law Center. 9/10/2018
Andrew Henning JD ’14 has started as an assistant U.S. attorney with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Texas. Henning is assigned to the criminal division. 12/6/2018
Brian Kernan JD ’14 joined the tort and product liability practice group of the Portland office of Gordon & Rees as an associate. Kernan has extensive experience representing general contractors, subcontractors, and architects in construction defect, breach of contract, and collections matters as well as representing manufacturers and distributors in product defect claims. 10/25/2018
Nicole Schaefer JD ’14, a Portland-based family law attorney and entrepreneur, has founded Crescendo Legal, a law firm that will specialize in music, creative business, and art law. Schaefer is founder and CEO of several law-related services that include Let’s Untie the Knot, a divorce website that enables couples to control their own uncontested divorce from start to finish, as well as Your Lawyers Online, a virtual law firm of online legal providers specializing in divorce, probate, business, and animal law, and its affiliate website OnlineRecordExpungement.com. “Technology has changed [the legal landscape], providing clients the opportunity to shop for services when they used to just head down the street to the nearest law firm,” says Schaefer. “I want to enable and empower clients, as well as future and current profession- als, to do law differently, from purchasing textbooks to finding the services that work best for them, when and how they want it.” Schaefer has certificates in animal law and criminal law and procedure and extensive experience in family court procedures, forming corporations, and estate planning. Crescendo Legal’s website at crescendolegal.com. 3/27/2019
Stephanie Grant JD ’15 has joined the board of directors of Girls Build, which offers summer camps in several Oregon communities for girls 8 to14 years old. The camps focus on building confidence through learning the basics of building, including carpentry, plumbing, electricity, and more. “I was raised to be handy person, helping my parents with repairs and maintenance,” says Grant. “I realized later as an adult how that experience was formative for my character. As soon as I heard about Girls Build, I knew I wanted to help spread their mission of inspiring confidence and curiosity in girls through teaching construction skills.” Grant is an associate in Tonkon Torp’s litigation department and represents businesses and individuals in a broad range of commercial and general business disputes. 6/19/2019
Roland Lau JD ’15 joined the Portland office of Gordon & Rees as an associate member of the tort and product liability practice group in September 2018. 11/14/2018
Jeremy Rogers JD ’17 was included by Portland Business Journal in its “Forty Under 40.” Rogers is the vice president of the Oregon Business Council. 6/19/2019
Corin La Pointe-Aitchison JD ’17 has joined Galanda Broadman as an associate in the firm’s Seattle office. La Pointe-Aitchison’s practice focuses on litigation involving tribal governments and enterprises, as well as Indian civil rights. 11/26/2018
Caroline F. Brinster JD ’18 has joined Portland-based firm Gevurtz Menashe as a family law associate. Brinster will handle divorce, custody/parenting time, child support, contempt, and modification for clients with legal matters in Oregon. 7/24/2019
Rebecca Ok JD ’18 has joined Tonkon Torp as an associate in the firm’s labor and employment practice group. 11/14/2018
Daniel Walker JD ’18 has joined the State Accident Insurance Fund (SAIF) as appellate counsel and was sworn in as a special assistant attorney general for the State of Oregon. 11/20/2018
