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Practice Groups

OADC has practice groups organized around key substantive areas of the law to provide practicing lawyers with current information relevant to the substantive area of law in which they practice. These practice groups include: Commercial, Construction, Coverage, Employment, General Liability, Government Liability, Product Liability, Professional Liability, and Trial Practice.

Practice groups offer continuing legal education at our annual convention and other events, host practice group meetings and networking opportunities, publish pertinent articles in our newsletter and more.  OADC and its practice groups also offer many leadership avenues for those who want to make a difference in the defense practice. There are opportunities to become involved as a practice group leader chair, vice chair, or publications representative.

Affinity Groups

OADC Affinity Groups include: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, New Lawyers, Practice Management and Women In Law.

If you are interested in being on a practice group please send an email to info@oadc.com and list the practice group you would like to join.

Practice Group Leadership

Commercial

David Bernstein

Chair
Buchalter
805 SW Broadway, Ste 1500
Portland OR 97205 | 503.226.8431

Josh Masser

Vice Chair
Willes Law
PO Box 8835
Portland OR 97207 | 310.623.2833

Destiny Shelton

Publications Representative
Markowtiz Herbold
1455 SW Broadway, Ste 1900
Portland OR 97201 | 503.295.3085

Matthew Wiese

Board Liasion
Davis Rothwell Earle & Xochihua
200 SW Market, Ste 1800
Portland OR 97201 | 503.222.4422

Construction

Claire Whittal

Chair
Gillaspy Rhode Faddis, Benn LLC
1220 SW Morrison St, Ste 805
Portland, OR 97205 | 503.688.5020

Paul Hathaway

Vice Chair
The GLB Attorneys
7455 SW Bridgeport Rd E-235
Tigard, OR 97224 | 971.312.0660

Grant Elder

Publications Representative
Dunn Carney
851 SW 6th Ave, Ste 1500
Portland, OR 97204 | 503.224.6440

Ian Baldwin

Board Liasion
Wood Smith Henning & Berman, LLP
12755 SW 69th Ave., Ste. 100
Portland, OR 97223 | 971.256.4017

Coverage

Robert W Kirsher

Chair
Gordon & Polscer LLC
9020 SW Washington Sq Rd, Ste 560
Tigard, OR 97223 | 503.242.2922

Bryce Adams

Vice Chair
Wilson Elser
805 SW Broadway - Fox Tower, Ste 2460
Portland, OR 97205 | 971.352.3030

Michael J. Walker

Publications Representative

Parks Bauer
570 Liberty St, Suite 200
Salem, OR 97301 | 503.371.3502

Kirsten Curtis

Board Liasion
Wilson Elser
805 SW Broadway - Fox Tower, Ste 2460
Portland, OR 97205 | 971.352.3030

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

A C Estacio-Heilich

Vice Chair
Ballard Spahr
601 SW Second Ave, Ste 2100
Portland, OR 97204 | 503.778.2106

Nelly Greenberg

Vice Chair
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani
1300 SW 5th Ave, Ste 2000
Portland, OR 97201 | 503.222.1075

Gabrielle Martinez deCastro

Vice Chair
Smith Freed Eberhard
111 SW Columbia, Ste 800
Portland, OR 97201

Sharlei Hsu

Board Liaison
Betts Patterson & Mines
111 SW 5th Ave, Suite 3650
Portland, OR 97204 | 503.961.6338

Employment

Jaci Houser

Chair
Littler Mendelson PC
1300 SW 5th Avenue, Suite 2050
Portland, OR 97201 | 503.889.8856

Matt Tellam

Vice Chair
Stoel Rives
760 SW 9th Ave, #3000
Portland, OR 97205 | 503.294.9263

Hilary Browning-Craig

Publications Representative
Lewis Brisbois
888 SW Fifth Ave, Ste 900
Portland, OR 97204 | 971.361.3001

Christine Sargent

Board Liasion
Littler Mendleson
1300 SW 5th Ave, Ste 2050
Portland, OR 97201 | 503.221.0309

New lawyers

Anna Claypool

Chair 
Keating Jones Hughes
200 SW Market St, Ste 900
Portland, OR 97201 | 503.222.9955

Brandon Thornburg

Vice Chair
Law Office of Nicholas E Wheeler
525 3rd St, Ste 326
Lake Oswego, OR 97034 | 971.717.8869

Gioia Fisk

Publications
Hart Wagner
1000 SW Broadway, 20th Floor
Portland, OR 97205 | 503.222.4499

Jason Evans

Board Liaison
Schwabe
1211 SW Fifth Ave, Ste 1900
Portland, OR 97204 | 503.796.2908

Practice Management

Sharlei Hsu

Sharlei Hsu

Chair
Betts Patterson & Mines
111 SW 5th AVe, Ste 3650
Portland, OR 97204 | 503.961.6331

Taylor Lewis

Taylor Lewis

Vice Chair
Hart Wagner
1000 SW Broadway, Ste 2000
Portland, OR 97205 | 503.222.4499

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Jennifer Crow

Vice Chair
Sheer Law
2101 Fourth Ave
Seattle, WA 98121 | 503.446.1767

Sarah Tuthill-Kveton

Board Liaison
Chock Barhoum
121 SW Morrison, Ste 500
Portland, OR 97204 | 971.302.6426

Product Liability

Tom Purcell

Chair
MB Law Group
117 SW Taylor St, Ste 200
Portland, OR 97204 | 503.382.4211

Dmitriy Golosinskiy

Vice Chair
Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edleman & Dicker
805 SW Broadway, St 2460
Portland, OR 97205 | 971.352.3033

Makenzie Kaiser

Publications
Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edleman & Dicker
805 SW Broadway, St 2460
Portland, OR 97205 | 971.352.3033

David Cramer

Board Liaison
MB Law Group
117 SW Taylor St, Ste 200
Portland, OR 97204 | 503.382.4211

Professional Liability

Melissa Bushnick

Chair
Brisbee & Stockton LLC
139 NE Lincoln St
Hillsboro, OR 97123 | 503.648.6677

Ashley Brown

Vice Chair
Lindsay Hart
1300 SW 5th Ave, Ste 3400
Portland, OR 97201 | 503.226.7677

Melissa Bushnick

Publications
Lindsay Hart
1300 SW 5th Ave, Ste 3400
Portland, OR 97201 | 503.226.7677

Helaina Chinn

Board Liaision
Chinn Smith Winters
4428 Galewood Court
Lake Oswego, OR 97034 | 503.675.4306

Trial Practice

Chris Piekarski

Chair
The GLB Attorneys
7455 SW Bridgeport Rd, Suite 235
Tigard, OR 97224

Ramon Henderson

Vice Chair
Hodgkinson Street Mepham
1620 SW Taylor St, Ste 350
Portland, OR 97205 | 503.222.1143

Travis Merritt

Publications
Garrett Hemann Robertson
1011 Commercial St NE
Salem, OR 97301 | 503.581.1501

Breanna Thompson

Board Liaison
Garrett Hemann Robertson
1011 Commercial St NE
Salem, OR 97301 | 503.581.1501

Women In Law

Bonnie Calhoun

Chair

Wilson Elser
805 SW Broadway, Ste 2460
Portland, OR 97205 | 971.352.3020

Ashley Shearer

Vice Chair
MacMillan Scholz & Marks
900 SW 5th Ave, Ste 1800
Portland, OR 97204 | 503.224.2165

Olivia Courogen

Publications
Buchalter
805 SW Broadway, Ste 1500
Portland, OR 97205 | 503.899.8699

Molly Honore

Board Liaision
Markowitz Herbold
1455 SW Broadway, Ste 1900
Portland, OR 97201 | 503.295.3085

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