Areas of Practice
· Natural Resources and Forest Products
· General Business Practice
Professional Experience
· Assistant Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment, U.S. Department of Agriculture (1981-1985)
· General Counsel, Louisiana-Pacific Corporation (1973-1981)
· Attorney, Georgia-Pacific Corporation (1959-1973)
· Law Clerk to The Honorable Gerald McLaughlin, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit (1957-1959)
Practice Group and Specialty Team Membership
· Business
· Real Estate
Awards and Honors
· Peer Review Rated "AV" in Martindale-Hubbell
Professional and Community Activities
· Multnomah Bar Association
· American Bar Association
· Society of American Foresters
· Soil Conservation Society of America
· Active as director, committees chairman, committees member in various national and regional associations of the forest products industry (1963-1980)