Supreme Court Adopts Permanent Amendments to Oregon Rules of Appellate Procedure

The Oregon Supreme Court and Court of Appeals have adopted permanent amendments to the Oregon Rules of Appellate Procedure (ORAP). The amendments will become effective on January 1, 2015. The rules that have been amended, added, or deleted are:

Rules amended: 1.15, 1.35, 2.05, 2.15, 3.05, 3.07, 3.15, 3.25, 3.33, 3.35, 3.40, 5.05, 5.10, 5.70, 5.80, 5.85, 5.95, 6.05, 6.10, 6.25, 7.05, 7.10, 7.55, 8.05, 8.15, 8.20, 8.50, 8.52, 9.05, 9.10, 9.17, 9.20, 9.25, 10.15, 10.25, 11.05, 11.10, 11.15, 11.20, 11.30, 11.32, 11.34, 11.35, 12.05, 12.07, 12.08; 12.09, 12.20, 12.25, 13.05, 13.10, 16.03, 16.05, 16.10, 16.15, 16.20, 16.25, 16.30, 16.40, 16.50; Appendix 2.05, 3.30, 3.33-1, 7.10-1.

New rules added: 1.32; Appendix 3.33-2, 3.35, 16.50.

Rules deleted: 16.35, 16.60.

The details of the amendments are available online in PDF format at http://tinyurl.com/ORAPPage. Click the link for "ORAP Amendments effective January 1, 2015."

If you have any questions, please contact Stephen Armitage, Supreme Court Staff Attorney:

Email: Stephen.P.ARMITAGE@ojd.state.or.us

Phone:503-986-7023 

Appellate Practice Section Annual Social and CLE!

The section invites you to its annual social event at the Sentinel Hotel in downtown Portland!  The section will offer a short one-hour CLE, followed by a reception.

What:   Appellate Practice Section's Annual Social and CLE!
When:  Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2014, 4-6:30 p.m.

Where: Sentinel Hotel (formerly The Governor Hotel)
             614 SW 11th Ave

             Portland, Oregon 97205

Please register below.  We hope to see you there!

Judicial Profile: Judge Lagesen

The Executive Committee is pleased to present our members with a profile the Honorable Erin Lagesen of the Oregon Court of Appeals. Julie A. Smith, attorney and partner at Cosgrave Vergeer Kester LLP, kindly volunteered her time to author the article.

Again, if you would like the opportunity to contribute to the 2014 Appellate Almanac, please let me know.

2014 Oregon Appellate Court Dinner

The Clackamas County Bar Association cordially invites its members, non-members, and guests to the 2014 Oregon Supreme Court and Court of Appeals Dinner!

What:   2014 Oregon Supreme Court and Court of Appeals Dinner

When:  Thursday, October 30, 2014

             5:30 p.m. Cocktails; 7:00 p.m. Dinner   

Where: Lake Oswego Country Club
             20 Iron Mountain Blvd.

             Lake Oswego, OR 97034

RSVP Deadline: October 22, 2014

Welcome Bar Prowl Participants!

As Chairperson of the Oregon State Bar's Appellate Practice Section, I welcome first-time and return visitors to the website.  Whether you heard of the section through the Bar Prowl event at Lewis & Clark Law School or from other sources, I encourage you to learn more about our section and the resources we provide.

Please consider joining the section and participating in the valuable networking and educational events sponsored by the section, culminating in the section's Annual Social, to be held November 12, 2014 at the Governor's Hotel.

If you have questions, you may contact me directly via email.

Mandatory eFiling Coming to a Court Near You!

Oregon Supreme Court Chief Justice Thomas A. Balmer has approved a plan for a mandatory eFiling requirement for attorneys filing cases in Oregon's circuit and appellate courts. The Oregon Judicial Department will circulate proposed court rules in the upcoming months for comment. The plan calls for a mandatory date of December 1, 2014 for the eleven circuit courts that currently have the eFiling component of the Oregon eCourt system, and includes a transition plan for those courts implementing the system later.

Mandatory eFiling for attorneys filing in the Court of Appeals and Supreme Court is expected to begin in the spring of 2015, following an amendment to the Oregon Rules of Appellate Procedure. Mandatory eFiling for the Oregon Tax Court will be assessed at a later date.

Click here for more information from the Oregon State Bar.

2014 Appellate Almanac: Submissions Requested

As chair of the Appellate Practice Section, I invite section members to contribute to the 2014 Appellate Almanac.  The section is looking for articles, stories, or interesting data on the Oregon appellate courts or Oregon-related cases in the federal appellate courts.  Academic articles, profiles, funny stories, or the real reason digital clocks mysteriously appeared on the podiums overnight are all welcome additions to this year’s almanac.

If you are interested in contributing this year, please contact me directly.  If you need some inspiration from authors past, prior almanacs are available on the section’s website and provide myriad examples of submissions suitable for publication.  I hope to hear from you! 

American Constitution Society Event!

The Oregon Lawyer Chapter of the American Constitution Society presents U.S. Supreme Court Review and Preview. Please join the society to hear a distinguished panel dissect the United States Supreme Court’s decisions from this past term, debate the direction of the Court in the upcoming term, and provide their views on what the that means to lawyers and lay people alike.

What:  U.S. Supreme Court Review and Preview

When: Wednesday, October 1, 2014, 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Where: Perkins Coie 

             1120 NW Couch Street, 10th Floor 

             Portland, Oregon

Please RSVP here.

Invitation to Attend the Matthew Paul Deady Event!

The Board of Directors of the Pioneer Courthouse Historical Society invite you to a late-afternoon reception and conversation about early Oregon jurist and first federal judge Matthew Paul Deady and his architectural legacy, the historic Pioneer Courthouse.

When: Thursday, October 23, 2014, 4:00 PM

Where: Pioneer Courthouse, S.W. Sixth Avenue between Yamhill and Morrison

RSVP by October 17, 2014 to info@pioneercourthouse.org to ensure a seat!  Seating is limited to the first 80 guests so please respond soon!

First Article Published for the 2014 Appellate Almanac!

The Executive Committee is pleased to present our members with the first article for the 2014 Appellate Almanac, a profile of the Honorable David Schuman, who recently retired from the Oregon Court of Appeals.  Danielle Lordi, a former clerk for Judge Schuman, kindly volunteered her time to author the article.

Again, if you would like the opportunity to contribute to the 2014 Appellate Almanac, please let the Executive Committee Chair know.

What Just Happened? A Review of Significant 2013 Appellate Decisions

The OSB Appellate Practice Section presents a brown bag CLE on Thursday, February 13, 2014, from noon-1:30 p.m., at Tonkon Torp LLP, 888 SW Fifth Avenue, 16th Floor, Portland Oregon 97204 .

This panel on important 2013 appellate decisions will feature Oregon Supreme Court Justice Rives Kistler, Court of Appeals Judge Rebecca Duncan, Oregon Solicitor General Anna Joyce, and Willamette Law Professor Jeff Dobbins. The speakers will identify and discuss key decisions covering a range of topics.

Supreme Court Building Turns 100!

February 14, 2014 marks the 100^th anniversary of the historic Oregon Supreme Court Building.  In honor of the occasion, the court will have a brief program in the third floor courtroom at 3:00 p.m., followed by a reception in the lobby and tours of the courthouse.  I hope members of the section will be able to participate. Feel free to invite your colleagues, friends... and valentines!

The Classroom Law Project Celebrates Jake Tanzer

The Classroom Law Project has chosen Jake Tanzer to receive the 2014 Jonathan U. Newman Legal Citizen of the Year Award.  In celebration of Mr. Tanzer, an award dinner will be held April 23, 2014 at The Governor Hotel.

For information on attending, please see the formal announcement.

To sign up, please visit www.classroomlaw.org/donate/legal-citizen-dinner.

Governor Appoints Chris Garrett to Court of Appeals

On December 24, 2013, Governor Kitzhaber announced the appointment of Christopher L. Garrett to fill the upcoming vacancy on the Court of Appeals created by the retirement of the Honorable David Schuman.

A Note from the Chair

Eight years ago, the Appellate Practice Section’s Executive Committee published the first Oregon Appellate Almanac.  Then-Chair, Keith Garza, crafted a 323-page tome filled with wisdom and insight collected from Oregon’s most renowned appellate practitioners and judges.  Well, times have changed…

But hopefully not too much!  This year, the Executive Committee seeks to transform the Oregon Appellate Almanac into an online publication.  Like its six predecessors, Volume 7 of the almanac will serve appellate lawyers and judges by retaining key elements, such as case law summaries, court calendars, statistics, profiles, and articles that improve the practice of appellate law in Oregon.  The new format will foster efficient access to that valuable information.  The section will notify section members when new articles are published, and members can access the articles on the section’s website as soon as they become available.

On behalf of the Executive Committee, I hope that Oregon’s valued appellate practitioners and judges find the new format useful.  I also hope that the format will encourage section members to submit articles for this and future almanacs.  Thank you for bearing with us as we make this important transition.  And have an “Appealing” New Year!

If you wish to have an article published on the Appellate Practice Section website, or as part of the 2014 or future Appellate Almanacs, please contact the section’s current Chair.  Also, please visit the section’s website, which contains submission and publication guidelines to facilitate article editing and submission.