Professor Richardson teaches Torts, American Indian Law, Products Liability and Sports Law, and he speaks and writes frequently in those fields. He also serves as faculty advisor to Willamette’s Sports Law Society. Prior to joining the Willamette faculty, Richardson served as legal counsel to the Rochester, N.Y., Urban Renewal Agency from 1970–1972 and was a partner with Wood, Richardson and O'Bryne from 1973–1974. He joined Willamette University College of Law in 1974.

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After graduating with dual degrees from Duke University, where he served as articles editor of the Duke Law Journal, Professor Dobbins clerked on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. He then served as law clerk to Justice John Paul Stevens of the U.S. Supreme Court. Dobbins worked for four years in the Commercial Litigation Group of Perkins Coie LLP in Portland, Ore., and for six years in the Appellate Section of the Environment Division at the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. Throughout his career, he has briefed and argued more than 50 cases in federal and state appellate courts. Dobbins joined the Willamette law faculty in 2006. He teaches Federal Courts, Administrative Law and Appellate Procedure.

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