Candidate, Oregon State House of Representatives, District 13, 2014

National Co-Chair, Bush for President Disability Coalition, 1988

No caucus information on file.

Attorney at Law, Private Practice of Law, 1992-present

Chief Counsel, Interstate Commerce Commission, Washington District of Columbia, 1990-1992

Associate Attorney, Petit & Martin, San Francisco, 1988-1990

Law Clerk/Staff Attorney, United States Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit, 1987-1988

Alternate Delegate to State Central Committee, Lane County Republican Central Committee, 2013-present

Secretary, Lane County Republican Central Committee, 2010-2012

Pro Bono Counsel, National Multiple Sclerosis Society (nationwide), 1992-2000

National Independent Living Consultant, National Multiple Sclerosis Society (nationwide), 1992-2000

Chairperson, National Advisory Board, National Center for Medical Rehabilitation & Research, National Institute of Child Health & Human Development, National Institutes of Health, United States Department of Health & Human Services, 1997-1999

Awards:

2009 Oregon State Bar Statewide Pro Bono Service Award for Sole Practitioner

2007 Paul G. Hearne Award for Disability Rights (national award presented by the American Bar Association Commission on Mental and Disability Health Law recognizing exemplary service in furthering the rights, dignity, and access to justice for people with disabilities)

2004 Oregon State Bar President?s Pro Bono Service Award (in recognition of distinguished legal service to the Oregon Community)

1994 National Distinguished Service Award, National Multiple Sclerosis Society

1993 Miriam Ottenberg award for outstanding service, National Capital Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society

Publications:

Contributing Author: Chapter on Legal Planning Issues in PRIMER ON MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, B. Giesser, editor (Oxford University Press, New York, New York; first edition 2011; second edition 2014).

Book Author, INSURANCE SOLUTIONS: PLAN WELL, LIVE BETTER. Published October 2002 by Demos Medical Publishing, New York, New York.

Contributing author to NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY HEALTH INSURANCE RESOURCE MANUAL, distributed nationally to National Multiple Sclerosis Society Chapters in 2001.

Regular Columnist 1994-2000 for Shrewd Moves, a column on insurance, legal and planning issues for National Multiple Sclerosis Society quarterly national magazine Inside M.S. (circulation in excess of 350,000).

Contributing Author: Chapter on Life Planning in THE MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS QUESTION & ANSWER BOOK, R. Kalb, editor (Demos Medical Publishing, New York, New York, first edition 1996; second edition 2000; third edition, 2008).

Co-authored with Jean Deitz, PhD, OTR, Lou Quatrano, PhD, P. Hunter Peckham, PhD, Paul Bach-Y-Rita, MD, and Jennie Joe, PhD], The Grant Portfolio of the National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research: The First Five Years, 80 ARCH PHYS MED REHABIL: 481 (May 1999).

Contributing Author: Chapter on Life Planning in MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS: A GUIDE FOR FAMILIES, R. Kalb, editor (Demos Medical Publishing, New York, New York, 1998; second edition, 2005).

Medical, Functional, and Legal Aspects of Vocational Rehabilitation for People with Multiple Sclerosis, 3:4 NEUROREHABILITATION 39 [coauthored with Catherine Britell, M.D. and Nancy Law, M.S.W.].

Reason for Seeking Public Office:

My central guiding principle is that every life is precious and has been placed on earth for a reason. Thus, I believe that every person has something valuable to contribute to our community. By contrast, it is my view that "dependency" programs arise from a set of lowered expectations: when society offers dependency it has essentially "given up" on expecting productivity or any form of meaningful contribution.

I have spent my entire adult life working to overcome the medical, financial, and social challenges of serious disability for both myself and others. I am well aware of what it truly means to be "vulnerable," but I am even more familiar with what is required to move from vulnerability to real, honest self-support. I have the skill and tenacity to peel back the layers of the onion to find solutions to complex problems, and I ask you for your vote for State Representative House District 13.