Home > State > Judicial > Oregon State Bar
Oregon State Bar > Web site
The rugged coast south of Gold Beach. (Photo courtesy Peter L. Stevens)
Established in 1935 to license and discipline lawyers, the Oregon State Bar is a large public corporation with diverse programs benefitting the public, lawyers, government and the courts. The state bar oversees the admission and discipline of Oregon’s lawyers. It also operates a lawyer referral service and Tel-Law program, conducts continuing legal education programs, publishes legal and public service material, sponsors a legislative program to improve the laws and judicial system of Oregon, provides malpractice coverage for lawyers in private practice, and funds and supports law-related and public service programs through the Oregon Law Foundation.
The Oregon State Bar is a full-service professional organization having regulatory, public
Board of Governors
Michael E. Haglund,
President, Portland, 2013; Tom Kranovich, President-Elect, Lake Oswego, 2014; Jenifer S. Billman, Public Member, Salem, 2014; Patrick Joseph Ehlers, Jr., Portland, 2014; Hunter B. Emerick, Salem, 2014; R. Ray Heysell, Medford, 2016; Matthew H. Kehoe, Hillsboro, 2014; Ethan D. Knight, Portland, 2013; Theresa M. Kohlhoff, Portland, 2015; Audrey T. Matsumonji, Public Member, Gresham, 2015; Caitlin J. Mitchel-Markley, McMinnville, 2016; Maureen Claire O’Connor, Public Member, Portland, 2013; Travis S. Prestwich, Salem, 2015; Joshua L. Ross, Portland, 2016; Richard G. Spier, Portland, 2015; and David Wade, Eugene, 2013; Charles A. Wilhoite, Public Member, Portland, 2016; Timothy L. Williams, Bend, 2016.
Source
Sylvia Stevens, Executive Director
Address: 16037 SW Upper Boones Ferry Rd.,
PO Box 231935, Tigard 97281-1935
Phone: 503-620-0222; Toll-free: 1-800-452-8260
Fax: 503-684-1366