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
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
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
ChairÂ
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
Practice Management
Sharlei Hsu
Chair
Betts Patterson & Mines
111 SW 5th AVe, Ste 3650
Portland, OR 97204 | 503.961.6331
Taylor Lewis
Vice Chair
Hart Wagner
1000 SW Broadway, Ste 2000
Portland, OR 97205 | 503.222.4499
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
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
Professional Liability
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
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
Ashley Shearer
Vice Chair
MacMillan Scholz & Marks
900 SW 5th Ave, Ste 1800
Portland, OR 97204 | 503.224.2165
Molly Honore
Board Liaision
Markowitz Herbold
1455 SW Broadway, Ste 1900
Portland, OR 97201 | 503.295.3085