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Oregon State Bar Annual Awards Dinner

The Oregon State Bar Annual Awards Dinner is Thursday, December 4th at The Benson Hotel in Portland.

The Oregon State Bar presents the Award of Merit, President’s Awards, and the Wallace P. Carson, Jr., Award for Judicial Excellence. The Oregon Bench and Bar Commission on Professionalism will present the Edwin J. Peterson Award. Oregon New Lawyers Division awards will also be presented.

This year’s award recipients are:

OSB Award of Merit
Oregon Attorney General Hardy Myers

OSB President's Affirmative Action Award
Hon. Darleen Ortega
Hon. Janice Wilson
Trung D. Tu

OSB President's Membership Service Award
Evohl Malagon
Elizabeht Schwartz

OSB President's Public Service Award
Greg Macpherson
Steve Todd

OSB President’s Public Leadership Award
Marilyn Cover
Dr. Marilyn Lee

OSB President’s Special Award of Appreciation
Brian Dretke
William A. Gaylord
Donald L. Jacobs
Jane Paulson
David Sugerman

Edwin J. Peterson Professionalism Award
Jeff Sapiro

ONLD Member Services Award
Ben Eder
David Eder

ONLD Public Service Award
Ashlee Munson

ONLD Volunteer of the Year Award
Jason Hirshon

If you would like to RSVP or need additional information about this event, contact Karla Houtary at (800) 452-8260, ext. 367, or (503) 620-0222, ext. 367 or by e-mail at khoutary@osbar.org. Please RSVP by November 21st.

Please download our form and make your reservations now.


50-Year Member Recognition Luncheon

Members of the Oregon State Bar’s Class of 1958 marked their 50th year of membership with
a celebration at the Tualatin Valley Country Club on April 4, 2008.
Twenty-two class members along with family, friends
and the Board of Governors attended the luncheon in their honor.


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Front Row, l-r: Gerry Gaydos (OSB president-elect), Hollis C. Ransom, Robert E. Thompson, Richard L. Biggs, Richard A. Van Hoomissen, James T. Duncan, Brian W. O’Brien, Gregory T. Hornecker, Donald K. Robertson, Harold J. Blank, Duane A. Bartsch, Richard S. Yugler (OSB president)

Back Row, l-r: Robert W. Oliver, Arnold B. Silver, Roland F. (Jerry) Banks, John R. Sidman, John R. Faust, Joel B. Reeder, R. Thomas Gooding, Carl R. Neil, Norman L. Lindstedt, Douglas H. Stearns, Gino G. Pieretti, Douglas J. White