Alumni Law Breakfast: Law in a Changing Climate
Tuesday, March 1
8-9:15 a.m., Aspen Conference Room
RSVP required, no later than Friday, February 25, 3 p.m. 

A panel of Reed alumni representing a variety of backgrounds in the legal field join career services and you for breakfast. Here's an opportunity to hear from attorneys in current practice about the state of the profession today. 

Amber A. Hollister '99, political science. I currently serve as the Oregon State Bar's deputy general counsel.  I previously served as Governor Ted Kulongoski's deputy general counsel and worked as a litigation associate in Perkins Coie LLP's Portland office.  Prior to entering private practice, I clerked for U.S. District Court Judge Robert H. Whaley and externed for Ninth Circuit Judge Diarmuid O'Scannlain.  I earned my J.D. from the University of Washington School of Law.  When not practicing law, I enjoy spending time with my family and our geriatric dog, playing the viola, and paddling on the Willamette River. 

Sue Porter '68, general literature. I came to Reed from Southern California in 1964. I dropped out after my freshman year and spent a year in France, then returned and graduated with my class in 1968 with a BA in English. From 1969-72  I was at UC Berkeley where I received a MA in Art History. I married, had a son, returned to Portland and, after finding my other degrees worthless for obtaining gainful employment, I entered the evening program at Lewis & Clark Law school when my son was three years old and while working full-time days in law offices. I graduated in 1980 and spent 5 years in the litigation department of a Portland firm after which I started a mediation business, US Arbitration & Mediation of Oregon. It became and remains the largest provider of Alternative Dispute services in Oregon and SW Washington and is currently being managed by my son who became a lawyer. I spend most of my time now on our cattle ranch in Eastern Oregon and traveling.

Peter Preston '77, international studies. For the past ten years I have been a partner in the law firm –Preston, Bunnell & Flynn. Prior to that I was the managing partner in Pozzi Wilson, at the time the largest exclusively plaintiff’s personal injury firm on the west coast. I started with that firm in 1981 as a clerk and as an associate in 1982. My practice is limited to plaintiff’s personal injury with an emphasis on maritime and asbestos injury victims. I am a member of the Oregon Association of Trial Lawyers , American Association for Justice and recently elected to The American Board of Trial Advocates. After Reed I took some time before attending The University of Tennessee Law School and graduated in 1981.