Legal and Professional 

"Mediating Structures: Litigation can improve institutions of trust"

Brainstorm NW,February 2008

"The Silent Survivors: Cases against the Catholic Church may end, but the struggles of the abuse victims go on," Register Guard Op-Ed, April 29, 2007.

"Scars Will Linger, But Truth is the Best Healing Agent,"
Guest Editorial on the End of the Portland Archdiocese Bankruptcy,
The Oregonian,
April 22, 2007

"Observations from a Peculiar Lampost -- Reflections of a Trial Lawyer on Fifteen Years of Suing the Church,"
Paper Given at "The American Experiment"--Religious Liberty Conference
University of Portland
April 14, 2007.

"Of Compelling Interest- Religious Liberty Issues in the Priest Abuse Cases,"
Co-authored with Kristian S. Roggendorf and Peter B. Janci,
Oregon Law Review, Vol 85, No 2 at 481-540.
Spring, 2007.

"On Empowering Those We Represent,"
The Warrior,
Journal of the Trial Lawyers College,
Winter, 2007.

"Government as Brothel: What’s Your Pleasure, Honey?"
Remarks on Public Gambling,
One Nation United National Conference on Federal Tribal Gaming Policy,
Washington, D.C.,
November 14, 2006.

"On Suing the Church: A Christian Trial Lawyer Reflects on a Decade of the Catholic Sex Abuse Cases,"
Remarks Given at Lewis and Clark Law School,
November 8, 2006.

"The DaVinci Code, Opus Dei and Self-Flagellation- Why We Have Too Much Free Speech in Oregon."
Debate at City Club of Portland,
June 16, 2006.

"What My Mother Said Not to Do: Religion and Politics at the Dinner Table- How Both the Left and the Right Oversimplify Church-State Questions,"
Remarks Given at Pomona College, California
April 14, 2006.

"Religious Liberty Issues in the Priest Abuse Cases,"
Presentation to O’Connell Conference on Church-State Issues,
University of Oregon Law School Symposium,
Portland, March 24, 2006.

"The Right to Die? Hard Questions about Oregon’s Death with Dignity Act,"
Oregon State Bar CLE Seminar,
Portland, September 15, 2005.

"Talk About Chutzpah: A Christian talks to Jews about the Ten Commandments-- (and More Developments up on the Mountain)," Given to Solomon’s Legacy Jewish Legal Federation, June 9, 2005.

Member, Editorial Advisory Board,
Proving Mental and Emotional Injuries, by John Winer,
James Publishing, 2005.

"Building a Culture of Dialogue,"
Participation in Bar-Press-Broadcasters Council (discussion of media coverage of high-profile cases),
Portland, May, 2005.

"Court’s Sound, Sane Ruling Can’t Undo County’s Damage,"
The Oregonian, Guest Commentary, April 15, 2005.

"Middle Earth, Middle Oregon, and Mordor: A Modern Fellowship of the Ring," Remarks on the Passage of Measure 37, Oregonians In Action Annual Conference, March 12, 2005.

"Emerging Issues in Oregon Constitutional Law," Oregon Law Institute Seminar, December 10, 2004.

"Recent Developments in Constitutional Law,"
Oregon State Bar Annual Convention,
Portland, October, 2004.

"Why the Pledge is Constitutional: A Nuanced View," US District Court Historical Society, September 23, 2004.

"The Same-Sex Marriage Debate,"
Oregon State Bar Seminar,
June, 2004.

"County Process was an Insult to the Public,"
Invited Guest Editorial,
The Oregonian, March 4, 2004.

"Why I Said Yes," Brainstorm NW Magazine, May 2004.

"Mock Closing Arguments in Priest Sex Abuse Cases,"
Guest lecture at Oregon Association of Defense Counsel
Annual Convention, June, 2003.

"On Using All of the Arrows in the Quiver," Oregon Administrative Law Newsletter, June 2002.

"Suffer the Little Children - Reflections on the Child Abuse Scandal in the Church," The Warrior, (Journal of The Trial Lawyers College), April 5, 2002.

"The Art of Advocacy," Speech on Public Speaking,
Oregon Campaign Institute, 1996 - 2006.

"A Short History of the Sudden and Untimely Death of the Oregon Initiative: Marbury v. Madison, Oregon Style," co-authored with Ross Day, Esq., Brainstorm Magazine, March 2002.

"The Oregon APA,"
Chapter in Administrative Law Treatise
Oregon State Bar, 2001.

"Government’s Reaction to Measure 7 is Symbolic of Larger Problem,"
co-authored with Eric Winters, Esquire,
The Oregonian, December 10, 2000.

"Charter Schools: Chartered and Unchartered Waters,"
Remarks and Article, Lorman Educational Seminar and Publication,
June 2000.

"Abuse and Harassment in Schools,"
Presentation to CLE Seminar,
Professional Development Network, May 2000.

"Immunities and Other Obstacles to Recovery Against Public Entities,"
Article in Constitutions and Torts,
Oregon State Bar and Oregon Law Institute, 1999.

"Political Responses to Constitutional Decisions,"
Article in Constitutional Law II: Law and Politics of Constitutional Cases,
Oregon Law Institute, 1996.

 

Non-Legal Presentations:

"The Law as Vocation," Lewis and Clark Law School Baccalaureate Address, May 25, 2007.

"How to Fail. Lessons from an Expert,"
--Salem Downtown Rotary, Dec. 14, 2006,
--Lake Oswego Leadership Forum, Fall 2005, 2006.

"Unmasking our Politics, or, Why God is not a Republican - or a Democrat." Three-part Seminar, Sunset Presbyterian Church,
Portland, October-November, 2004.

"What Unites Us," Homily given at Trinity Episcopal Church,
Ashland, Oregon, March, 2003.

"Faith Perspectives on Contemporary Issues,"
A three-part Lenten lecture/seminar given at Trinity Episcopal Church, Ashland, Oregon, March, 2003.

"War and Peace from Augustine to Bonhoeffer: Thoughts on September 11,"
Three-part Lecture
Trinity Episcopal Church, Ashland, Oregon, October, 2001.

"Faith Perspectives on Contemporary Issues," Six-part Lenten Lectures
Episcopal Parish of St. John the Baptist, Portland, Spring, 2000.