Fall 2004
CLASS ACTION
P. Gregory Frey JD’86 of Honolulu, Hawaii, was recently elected to the board of directors, for the Island of Oahu, of the Hawaii State Bar Association. He also recently earned a M.A. in psychology from Honolulu University, which he puts to good use as litigation partner at the firm Coates & Frey, voted by local readers’ polls as Hawaii’s Best Divorce Lawyers. Donald L. Krahmer, Jr. BS’81, JD/MBA’87 of Portland, Ore., shareholder of the Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt firm, has been appointed to serve on the advisory board of the Oregon Nanoscience and Microtechnologies Institute (ONAMI). ONAMI is a collaborative effort between Oregon’s public universities and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory to advance research in and commercialization of nanoscience, nanostructures, materials characterization, microfluidics, process intensification and microfabrication. He co-chairs the firm’s technology and business practice group. Krahmer currently serves on the board of directors of the Portland Business Alliance, Pacific Continental Bank, Cascade Pacific Council of the Boy Scouts of America and is the 2004 president of the Arlington Club.
1990 S Nancy M. Erfle JD’90 of Portland, Ore., shareholder of the Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt firm was honored as one of Portland’s The Business Journal’s “Forty Under
40.” This award honors 40 of the most accomplished and influential young executives in Portland, selected from nearly 250 nominees. Erfle chairs Schwabe’s business and products liability litigation group and specializes in the defense of pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers, automotive manufacturers and agricultural chemical manufacturers. She is past president of the Multnomah Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Section and a past member of the Oregon Board of Bar Examiners. Michael D. Levelle JD/C’90 of Portland, Ore., is special counsel with the Sussman Shank firm. Levelle, who was with Sussman Shank from 1994 to 2000, rejoins the business department. He has extensive experience handling guardianships and conservatorship issues that involve financial and health care decision-making when a person’s ability to handle his or her affairs is in question. Ronald W. Messerly JD’90 of Phoenix, Ariz., was recently elected to partner in the Phoenix office of Snell & Wilmer. Messerly has been with the firm since 2000 concentrating his practice in construction, insurance, government contracting and complex real estate development transactions. He is former vice president and general counsel of Holt & Haugh Land Development and former vice president of Holt & Haugh Construction Co. Peter B. Tiller JD’91 of Centralia, Wash., a partner in the Tiller Law Firm, has had an article pub-
lished in the current issue of The Confederate Philatelist (Vol. 49, No. 1). A life-long stamp collector, he has written “People behind the Covers: The Dickinson-Kilpatrick Correspondence.” Brian E. Smith JD/MBA’92 of Eugene, Ore., has been promoted to senior technology development associate in the University of Oregon Technology Transfer office. This office commercializes university-owned intellectual property via license agreements with both existing and start-up companies. Brian previously worked as an attorney for the Federal Bureau of Investigation and in a Corvallis business law practice. Sharon O’Reilly Heth JD’93 has been named vice president, Charitable Services, for Allen Trust Company. Her responsibilities include assisting nonprofit organizations, their donors and advisors regarding the various charitable management services offered by the company. Heth also administers gift plans for individuals and charities. Prior to joining Allen Trust Company, she was associate director of Planned Giving for Oregon Health and Sciences University Foundation and Doernbecher Children’s Hospital Foundation. Sharon and her husband, Jacob A. Heth JD’94, reside in Portland, Ore. Robyn L. Helmlinger JD’96 of San Francisco, Calif., was recently named partner in the firm Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP. The firm is the third largest in the country.
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