Practice Areas - Civil Rights
- Americans with Disabilities Act
- Business Law
- Corporate Law
- Commercial Law
- Litigation
- Franchise Law
- Business and Corporate Law
- Business Litigation
| - Civil Rights Law
- Construction Law
- Debtor/Creditor Law and Bankruptcy
- Employment Law
- General Litigation
- Health Law
- Hospitality Law
- Intellectual Property
- Real Estate Law
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| University | Temple University, B.A., cum laude, 1976 |
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| Law School | Northwestern School of Law, J.D., 1995 |
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| Admitted | 1995, Oregon; 1996, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit and U.S. District Court, District of Oregon |
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| Memberships | Multnomah County and Federal Bar Associations; Oregon State Bar (Member: Civil Rights Section Executive Committee, 2001—; Disability Law Section Executive Committee, 2001—). |
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| Languages | American Sign Language, Italian and French |
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| Born | New York, N.Y., May 20, 1955 |
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| Biography | Phi Delta Phi. Recipient: Best Oralist and Honors Brief, First Year Moot Court Competition; Best Trial Memorandum and Notebook, Mock Trial Competition; ASCAP Nathan Burke Award, National Copyright Competition. Author: "Disability Law in the Twenty-First Century," Lawyers and the ADA, 2001 Oregon State Bar Convention; "Reasonable Accommodation Under the ADA," Fair Housing Act and Oregon Law, Lorman Education Services, 2001; "Reasonable Accommodation Under the ADA," Fair Housing Act and State Law, Oregon Law Institute Continuing Legal Education, 2000; "The Undiscovered ADA," Oregon Law Institute Continuing Legal Education, 1999; "ADA Update: Reasonable Accommodation Beyond Physical Access," Associational Discrimination, Conflict of Laws, and Damages, 1999 Oregon State Bar Convention; "Sharpening Your Skills: The ADA's Application to Oregon's Regulatory and Licensing Programs," Oregon Law Institute Continuing Legal Education, 1999. Adjunct Professor, Northwestern School of Law, 2001. Formerly with Steinman Cooper Wiscarson LLC.
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| Reported Cases | State Farm Fire & Cas. Co. v. Finch, 2001 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 14438, September 6, 2001; Glass v. Hillsboro Sch. Dist. 1J, 142 F. Supp. 2d 1286 (D. Or. 2001); Alford v. City of Cannon Beach, 2000 WL 33200554 (D. Or. 2001); Sherwood v. Finch, 2000 WL 1862562 (D. Or. 2000); Glass v. Hillsboro School Dist. 1J, 2000 WL 1877647 (D.Or. 2000); Cornilles v. Regal Cinemas, Inc., 2000 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 15465, September 15, 2000, Decided, September 18, 2000; Cornilles v. Regal Cinemas, Inc., 2000 U.S.Dist. LEXIS 15464, August 2, 2000, Decided, August 2, 2000, Filed, Adopting Order of September 15, 2000; LaFore v. Housing Authority of Portland, 1999 WL 1058992 (D.Or. 1999); Drew v. Merrill, CV 99-810 KI, Consent Decree (D. Or. 1999); Green v. Housing Authority of Clackamas County, 994 F.Supp. 1253 (D. Or. 1998). |
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| ISLN | 910398228 |
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