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Enjoying the festivities, left
to right: Photo at left:
Judge Judith Matarazzo,
Judge Marilyn Litzenberger,
Judge Susan Graber,
Justice Martha Walters;
Below: Kim Stafford,
Gabby Richards,
Christie Martin,
Kristina Holm,
Susan Krant,
Jennifer Nicholls
The Honorable Janice R. Wilson
A special thank-you
to the sponsors of
our Roberts & Deiz
Awards Dinner
Title Sponsor
Paulson Coletti Trial Attorneys
Platinum Sponsors
Ball Janik
Barran Liebman Photos: Dreams in Bloom Photography
Davis Wright Tremaine
Janet Hoffman & Associates
Keating Jones Hughes
Markowitz Herbold
Miller Nash Graham & Dunn Left to right: Carolyn Pearson, Magistrate Judge Stacie Beckerman, Hala Gores,
Orrick Anne Milligan, Rima Ghandour, Nadia Dahab. See page 16 for more photos.
OWLS Foundation who has made an outstanding contribu- for her 60th birthday party.
Perkins Coie tion to promoting women in the legal Attorney Joanna Robinson also praised
Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt profession and the community. Judge Judge Frantz, noting that her focus is
Stoel Rives Frantz was praised as a trailblazer, having on service.
served as the first female president of the In her acceptance speech, Judge Frantz
Gold Sponsors Oregon State Bar and the first female recalled that there were only five women
Brix Law presiding judge for Multnomah County. in her law school class in 1972, the same
year the Equal Rights Amendment was
In the video, Attorney General Ellen
Garvey Schubert Barer Rosenblum praised Judge Frantz as a submitted to the states for ratification.
Larkins Vacura Kayser fiercely loyal friend and colleague. She Noting that justice is portrayed as a
Tomasi Salyer Martin also said that Judge Frantz, like Justice woman, Judge Frantz called on women
Tonkon Torp Betty Roberts, personifies grit and grace. to serve as mentors and role models. She
Yates Family Law Judge Waller agreed, and she spoke cited Justice Sotomayor and noted that
about Judge Frantz’s commitment to without proximate living examples, goals
community. She credited Judge Frantz for what individuals may achieve remain
Silver Sponsors with starting the successful Take Your abstract. Judge Frantz reminded the
Kranovich & Lucero Child to Work Day at the Multnomah audience that mentoring is inter-genera-
Leonard Law Group County Courthouse, an annual program tional, and she exhorted everyone to “get
Multnomah Bar Association that Judge Frantz continues to imple- outside the four corners of your office
Pacific Continental Bank ment. Judge Waller also noted that Judge and inspire and affect for the better.”
Frantz had recruited a group of women Brie Bridegum is in the litigation group
to build a Habitat for Humanity home at Stoel Rives in Portland.
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