Memberships & Awards

OSB Wallace P. Carson Jr. Award for Judicial Excellence, 2010

  • An award given each year by the Oregon State Bar to a Federal or State court judge in recognition of “the best and brightest among Oregon’s judiciary . . . a model of professionalism, integrity and judicial independence.”

OSB President’s Public Service Award, 1995

OSB Pro Bono Challenge Award, 2019 (for volunteer work in Russia and eastern Europe)

OSB President’s Special Award of Appreciation, 2022

Council on Court Procedures, 1997–2009

Oregon Bench and Bar Commission on Professionalism, 1999-2017 (Chair, 2004)

Oregon State Bar

  • Licensed Paraprofessional Implementation Committee (2020 to present)
  • ADR Section, Executive Committee (2014-2017, 2019-2022)
  • Leadership College Advisory Board (2008-11)
  • House of Delegates (1996-98)
  • Civil Procedure and Practice Committee (1992-95; Chair, 1995)
  • Local Professional Responsibility Committee (1984-87)

Co-Founder and President, Deatherage American Inns of Court, 2011–2013

Admitted to Practice:

  • Oregon State Bar
  • US District Court
  • Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals