Occupation: Attorney & Trial Court Administrator, 6th Judicial District

Occupational Background: United States Army Officer 1970 - 1992, Lieutenant Colonel (Retired) JAGC, former Prosecutor, Defender and Associate Professor & Practitioner of Administrative & Civil Law; Umatilla County Legal Counsel 1993 - 1998; Trial Court Administrator, 6th Judicial District (Umatilla & Morrow Counties) since 1998

Educational Background: B.S. (With Honors) & Distinguished Military Graduate, Oregon State University, 1970; J.D. University of Oregon 1978; L.L.M. U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s School, University of Virginia, 1982; Medical Law Consultant, Uniformed Services Health Sciences University, Bethesda Maryland, 1991

Prior Governmental Experience: Oregon Supreme Court Access to Justice for All Committee since 2002; Member & Chair, Oregon State Bar Local Professional Responsibility Committee, 1996 - 1999; Member, Oregon State Bar Military Assistance Panel since 2003; Member, Umatilla County Home Rule Charter Committee, 1994 & 2000; Member, Umatilla County Chemical Depot Reuse Committee, 1993 to 1998; Member, Local Public Safety Coordinating Committee, 1993 to 1998; Member, Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution Prison Advisory Committee since 2000; Member, Oregon Judicial Department Performance Measures Committee since 2003

Professional Memberships: Oregon State Bar Association since 1978; U.S. Court of Military Appeals since 1978; Supreme Court of the United States since 1982; U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon since 1995; 6th Judicial District Bar Association since 1993

Community Service: Co-chair, Oregon State Bar Regional Mock Trial Competition since 2000; Volunteer, Oregon Legal Aid Pro Bono Program since 2002; Pendleton School District S.M.A.R.T. Reading Program since 2003; Assistant Scout Master, Boy Scout Troop 777, 1993 - 2001; Volunteer coach for youth athletics, 1979 - 1998

BILL IS :

Accountable
Highest Integrity/Fair
Committed to the Citizens & Communities
of Umatilla & Morrow Counties

Bill wants to be and will be in these
communities to serve their for justice