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Editorial Board
Eric Tavares,
Intellectual Property and Webpage Editor
Andrew Wilson, Intellectual Property
Allison Buehler, United States Supreme Court
Marshall Ivey, United States Supreme Court
Ross Armstrong, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Nathan Orf, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Peter Straumfjord, Oregon Courts
Chris Vandenberg,
Oregon Courts
Writers
UNITED
STATES SUPREME COURT Justin Barbot-Wheaton
Megan Browning (senior writer)
Allison Buehler
Ryan Connell
LaRee Felton
Kate Frey
Marshall Ivy
Jim LeBlanc
Kellen Marlow
Meng Ouyang
Emilee Peterson
Nicholas Rizzo (senior writer)
Matthew Shepard
Rachel Twenge
Lisa Wright
Aaron Wakamatsu
NINTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS Joe Angelo (senior writer)
Ross Armstrong
Megan Banks
Manuel Bravo
Mike Buchanan (senior writer)
Amelia Champion (senior writer)
Derek Dizney
Charlie Doty
Alycia Edgeworth-Kennedy
Patricia Goodell
Andrew McClure (senior writer)
Faith Morse
Nathan Orf
Chris Parker
Daniel Peterson
Todd Smith
Matt Sorensen (senior writer)
Peter Straumfjord (senior writer)
Ritz Emi Torres
Tim Tyson
Chris Vandenberg
Jill Weygandt
OREGON COURTS Tonyia Brady
Tracy Demers (senior writer)
Drew Diener (senior writer)
Virginia Grosso
Alana Guiney (senior writer)
Ashley Hartmeier
James Huddleston
Eli Kem
Jacey Liu
Denny Maison (senior writer)
Dana Mitchell
Jennifer Paul
Joshua Pops
Justin Rothboeck
Lauren Schmidt-Dipaola
Michael Sperry
Brandon Thueson
Professor
Vince Chiappetta, Faculty Advisor Professor
Chiappetta joined the Willamette University College of Law faculty in
1997. He teaches Intellectual Property, Antitrust, Business Lawyering
and Science, and Technology and Law. In 2002, he received the Jerry E.
Hudson Award for Excellence in Teaching. In 1999, he was named College
of Law Teacher of the Year. He was the founding director for the
Certificate Program in Law and Business. Professor Chiappetta was named
a CALI Trademark Fellow in 2003. Professor Chiappetta has extensive
practice experience, having served as vice president and general
counsel for Tektronix Inc. (1993-1997), associate general counsel
(Trademarks) for Levi Strauss & Co. (1992-1993) and associate
general counsel (Europe, Africa, Middle East) for Apple Computer Inc.
(1987-1991) in Paris, France. He also was a partner in the Meyer,
Hendricks, Victor, Osborn & Maledon firm in Phoenix, Ariz.,
from 1977 to 1987 and from 1991 to 1992. Professor Chiappetta has
worked on numerous high-technology and e-commerce legislative issues,
serving as the chair of the Oregon Internet Commission and as a member
of both the Oregon Higher Education Technology Transfer Board and the
Oregon Bar Computer and Electronic Information Workgroup. Professor
Chiappetta has been a visiting professor at Indiana University School
of Law and at Arizona State University College of Law and has taught as
an adjunct at Lewis & Clark Northwestern School of Law, as well
as in Shanghai on Willamette's China Program. He has taught courses in
Business Organizations, Business Planning, Sales, Negotiations, Banking
Law and European Union Law. He is admitted to the Arizona, California
and Oregon State Bars and to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Bar.
Dean Symeon
Symeonides, Contributing Author, Conflict of Laws Symeon
Symeonides is Dean and Professor of Law at Willamette University
College of Law. Dean Symeonides received his first two law degrees
summa cum laude from the University of Thessaloniki and his next two
(LLM and SJD) from the Harvard Law School. He has taught Conflicts Law
for 23 years, both in the United States and in Europe and has authored
or co-authored over 60 publications on that subject. His latest books
are Private International Law at the End of the 20th Century: Progress
or Regress? (Kluwer, 1999); Conflict of Laws: American, Comparative,
International (with Perdue & von Mehren) (West, 1998); and
Conflict of Laws (with Scoles, Hay & Borchers) (West, 3rd ed.
2000). Dean Symeonides has drafted two conflicts law codifications, one
for Louisiana and one for Puerto Rico. He serves as Chairman of the
Association of American Law Schools Section on Conflict of Laws and as
Secretary of the American Society of Comparative Law. He is an
associate member of the International Academy of Comparative Law, and a
member of the Order of the Coif, the American Law Institute, and the
Board of Editors of the American Journal of Comparative Law, and the
Electronic Journal of Comparative Law (Netherlands).
Professor
Chiappetta joined the Willamette University College of Law faculty in
1997. He teaches Intellectual Property, Antitrust, Business Lawyering
and Science, and Technology and Law. In 2002, he received the Jerry E.
Hudson Award for Excellence in Teaching. In 1999, he was named College
of Law Teacher of the Year. He was the founding director for the
Certificate Program in Law and Business. Professor Chiappetta was named
a CALI Trademark Fellow in 2003. Professor Chiappetta has extensive
practice experience, having served as vice president and general
counsel for Tektronix Inc. (1993-1997), associate general counsel
(Trademarks) for Levi Strauss & Co. (1992-1993) and associate
general counsel (Europe, Africa, Middle East) for Apple Computer Inc.
(1987-1991) in Paris, France. He also was a partner in the Meyer,
Hendricks, Victor, Osborn & Maledon firm in Phoenix, Ariz.,
from 1977 to 1987 and from 1991 to 1992. Professor Chiappetta has
worked on numerous high-technology and e-commerce legislative issues,
serving as the chair of the Oregon Internet Commission and as a member
of both the Oregon Higher Education Technology Transfer Board and the
Oregon Bar Computer and Electronic Information Workgroup. Professor
Chiappetta has been a visiting professor at Indiana University School
of Law and at Arizona State University College of Law and has taught as
an adjunct at Lewis & Clark Northwestern School of Law, as well
as in Shanghai on Willamette's China Program. He has taught courses in
Business Organizations, Business Planning, Sales, Negotiations, Banking
Law and European Union Law. He is admitted to the Arizona, California
and Oregon State Bars and to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Bar.
Symeon
Symeonides is Dean and Professor of Law at Willamette University
College of Law. Dean Symeonides received his first two law degrees
summa cum laude from the University of Thessaloniki and his next two
(LLM and SJD) from the Harvard Law School. He has taught Conflicts Law
for 23 years, both in the United States and in Europe and has authored
or co-authored over 60 publications on that subject. His latest books
are Private International Law at the End of the 20th Century: Progress
or Regress? (Kluwer, 1999); Conflict of Laws: American, Comparative,
International (with Perdue & von Mehren) (West, 1998); and
Conflict of Laws (with Scoles, Hay & Borchers) (West, 3rd ed.
2000). Dean Symeonides has drafted two conflicts law codifications, one
for Louisiana and one for Puerto Rico. He serves as Chairman of the
Association of American Law Schools Section on Conflict of Laws and as
Secretary of the American Society of Comparative Law. He is an
associate member of the International Academy of Comparative Law, and a
member of the Order of the Coif, the American Law Institute, and the
Board of Editors of the American Journal of Comparative Law, and the
Electronic Journal of Comparative Law (Netherlands).