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Background
Speaking Appearances
Winter Conference of the Pacific Northwest Association of Rail Shippers, January 23, 1997 Beaverton, OR, on rail matters.
Annual Conference of the Transportation Claims and Prevention Council, April 1996, Atlanta, GA, on transportation contracts and bills of lading.
Annual Meeting of the Western Traffic Conference, May, 1995, San Diego, CA, on intermodal matters.
Regional Meeting of the National Freight Claim and Security Council, American Truck Association, April, 1995, in Seattle, WA, on Alaska claims issues.
Annual Conference of the Transportation Claims and Prevention Council, April 1995, New Orleans, LA, on transportation contracts and bills of lading.
Moderator and Speaker at the Annual Meeting of the Western Traffic Conference, May, 1994, in Scottsdale, AZ, on various transportation law issues.
Court Admissions
United States District Courts: Oregon, Florida (Middle and Southern Districts)
Federal Circuit Courts of Appeal: 9th and 11th Circuits; U.S. Supreme Court
Bar and Other Associations
Member of the Oregon, Alaska, Florida and Massachusetts Bar Associations, the Transportation Lawyers Association (national), and Association for Transportation Law, Logistics and Policy (national)
Miscellaneous
Born and raised on a row crop and grass seed farm in the Willamette Valley, Oregon in the Great Northwest. High school graduation class of 26, local town population of 320. Undergraduate schools: Willamette University, Salem, Oregon, with one year at the Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain. Law Schools: University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, Washington, with one semester at the University of San Diego in Guadalajara, Mexico. Married, one child who is attending school, one wife who works for a shipper, one cat who watches the place while we're gone but is otherwise useless.