PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
• Partner: HENDRIX, BRINICH & BERTALAN, LLP (since 1988) business & real estate
litigation
• Associate: MARCEAU KARNOPP PETERSEN NOTEBOOM & HUBEL, Bend, Oregon
(1987-88)
• Legal Counsel & Deputy District Attorney: CROOK COUNTY, Prineville, Oregon
(1983-87)
• Admitted Oregon State Bar (1983)
• Admitted U.S. District Court for Oregon (1985)
JUDICIAL EXPERIENCE
• Circuit Court Judge pro-tem (since 1987 / 200+ court days – general trial court
duties) DESCHUTES, CROOK & JEFFERSON COUNTIES
• Juvenile Court Referee, DESCHUTES COUNTY (1988-92)
• Juvenile Court Referee pro-tem, CROOK COUNTY (1987-92)
• Arbitrator, DESCHUTES, CROOK & JEFFERSON COUNTIES, (since 1994 /
50+ arbitrations)
LEGAL EDUCATION, HONORS, AND ACTIVITIES
• J.D., WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW (1983).
• Executive Editor (1982-83), Staff (1981-82) WILLAMETTE LAW REVIEW
• Author: Comment, Public Sector Union Security in Oregon and Washington:
Political and Religious Exceptions to Fair Share Agreements, 19 WILLAMETTE L. REV.
75 (1983)
• Dean's Honor List (Spring 1983); High Paper (Contracts 1981)
• National Quarterfinalist, NATIONAL LABOR LAW MOOT COURT, New York City
(1983)
• Law Clerk for Attorney General Dave Frohnmayer and Deputy A.G. Stanton Long
(1982-83)
• Teaching Assistant for Legal Research and Writing (1981-82)
• Regular columnist for law school newsletter, The Lawyer.
UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION
• A.B., Political Science with Honors & Distinction (1979), SAN DIEGO STATE
UNIVERSITY
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
• Member, STATE PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY BOARD / OREGON STATE BAR
(2010-13)
• Board member, HOSPICE OF BEND-LAPINE (NKA PARTNERS IN CARE),
(1987-03; chair 94-95, 99-03)
• Founding-Chair, DESCHUTES COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION (1995-96)
• Delegate, OSB HOUSE OF DELEGATES (1996)
• Bar Counsel, OREGON STATE BAR (1996-09)
• LOCAL PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY COMMITTEE / OREGON STATE BAR
(1992-95, chair 1994-95)
• Committee member, CITY OF BEND BUDGET COMMITTEE (1987)