Lake Oswego is a city in the U.S. state of Oregon,primarily in Clackamas County,with small portions extending into neighboring Multnomah and Washington counties. Population in 2020 was 40,731,an 11.2% increase since 2010,making it the 11th most populous city in Oregon. Located about 7 miles (11 km) south of Portland and surrounding the 405-acre (164 ha) Oswego Lake,the town was founded in 1847 and incorporated as Oswego in 1910. The city was the hub of Oregon's brief iron industry in the late 19th century,and is today a suburb of Portland.
John A.Bogdanski is an American lawyer and academic. He is a professor of law and the Douglas K. Newell Faculty Scholar at Lewis &Clark Law School in Portland,Oregon,United States.
Rives Kistler is an American attorney and judge in the state of Oregon. After college and law school on the East Coast,he moved to Oregon where he worked in private practice before joining the Oregon Department of Justice. Kistler then joined the Oregon Court of Appeals before appointment to the Oregon Supreme Court in 2003.
Hardy Myers was an American lawyer and Democratic politician who served three terms as the 15th attorney general of the state of Oregon,United States. Prior to taking office in 1997,he served from 1975 to 1985 in the Oregon House of Representatives,the last four of those years as its speaker,and was also a Metro councilor and chaired the Oregon Criminal Justice Council.
John Richard Kroger is an American lawyer who served as the president of Reed College. He served as Attorney General for the U.S. state of Oregon from 2009 to 2012. Prior to being elected in 2008,he had earlier served in the Marine Corps,was an Assistant United States Attorney in New York,and a law professor at Lewis &Clark Law School in Portland. He resigned as Attorney General effective June 29,2012. On February 9,2018,he announced that he would be resigning as President of Reed College come the conclusion of the academic year. After leaving Reed in June 2018,Kroger went to teach at Harvard University for the 2018–2019 academic year. On October 1,2019,he became the first Chief Learning Officer of the United States Navy.
Rey Ramsey is an American social justice entrepreneur,author,and the former CEO of the One Economy Corporation,a nonprofit he co-founded in 2000.
Bob Tiernan is an American politician and attorney. A member of the Republican Party,he served in the Oregon House of Representatives from January 1993 to January 1997,representing Oregon's 24th House district,in the early 1990s. The district,at the time included most of Lake Oswego and portions of southwestern Portland. He was chair of the Oregon Republican Party from 2009 to 2011.
On November 4,2008,the U.S. state of Oregon held statewide general elections for three statewide offices,both houses of the Oregon Legislative Assembly,and twelve state ballot measures. The primary elections were held on May 20,2008. Both elections also included national races for President of the US,US Senator,and US House Representatives. Numerous local jurisdictions —cities,counties,and regional government entities —held elections for various local offices and ballot measures on these days as well.
Stoel Rives LLP is a U.S. business law firm with 10 office locations in seven U.S. states and Washington,D.C. Headquartered in Portland,Oregon,in the Park Avenue West Tower,it is the largest law firm in the state of Oregon,having 326 attorneys and a total staff of 639 as of 2023. Stoel Rives handles corporate,energy,environmental,intellectual property,labor and employment,land use and construction,litigation,natural resources and renewable energy law.
Christopher L. Garrett is a justice of the Oregon Supreme Court since January 1,2019. Previously,he served on the Oregon Court of Appeals from 2013 to 2019,and was a member of the Oregon House of Representatives from 2008 to 2012.
Jefferson Smith is an American former radio personality and politician who served in the Oregon House of Representatives,representing District 47 in east Portland,from 2009 to 2012. He was one of two candidates for Mayor of Portland in 2012 to advance beyond the primary election,but lost to Charlie Hales in the November general election. He also founded Bus Project.
Oregon Ballot Measure 57 (2008) or Senate Bill (SB) 1087 was a legislatively referred state statute that increased term of imprisonment for persons convicted of specified drug and property crimes under certain circumstances. The measure enacted law which prohibits courts from imposing less than a presumptive sentence for persons convicted of specified drug and property crimes under certain circumstances,and requires the Department of Corrections to provide treatment to certain offenders and to administer grant program to provide supplemental funding to local governments for certain purposes.
Hector "Huck" Macpherson Jr. was an American dairy farmer and politician in the state of Oregon. Macpherson was a member of the Oregon State Senate from 1971 to 1974 and is best remembered as a primary author of the seminal 1973 Land Conservation and Development Act which established the Oregon Land Conservation and Development Commission and statewide land use planning regulation.
Hector Macpherson Sr. was a Canadian–American academic and politician of Scottish descent. An academic,politician,and dairy farmer in the state of Oregon,he was the father of Hector Macpherson Jr.
Tonkon Torp LLP is an American law firm based in Portland in the U.S. state of Oregon. Established in 1974,the limited liability partnership has 78 attorneys. As of 2010,it was the third largest law firm in Portland when it had 86 attorneys.
Bruce West was an American artist. West taught art at Lewis &Clark College for 34 years.
Robert Arnold Wagner is an American Democratic politician currently serving as President of the Oregon State Senate. He represents the 19th district,which includes the cities of Durham,Lake Oswego,Rivergrove,Tualatin,West Linn,parts of southwest Portland and Tigard,as well as unincorporated parts of southwestern Clackamas County,eastern Washington County,and southern Multnomah County.
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Oregon on November 3,2020. Primary elections were held on May 19,2020.
The 82nd Oregon Legislative Assembly is the current session of the Oregon Legislature. It began January 9,2023.
