Background
Adams, Charles F. was born on July 17, 1947 in Prineville, Oregon, United States.
Adams, Charles F. was born on July 17, 1947 in Prineville, Oregon, United States.
Oregon State University (Bachelor of Science, 1969). Boalt Hall South chool of Law, University of California (Juris Doctor, 1975). Blue Key; Order of the Coif.
Associate Editor, California Law Review, 1973-1974.
Worked at Stoel Rives Limited Liability Partnership (Portland, Oregon) specializing in General Practice and Litigation in State and Federal Courts. Partnerships, Joint Ventures and Corporate and Securities, Real Estate and Land Use, Federal Taxation, Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law, Commercial, Bankruptcy, Reorganizations and Workouts, Antitrust and Trade Regulation, Hospital and Health Law, Forest Products, Franchise Law, Immigration, Insurance, International Trade and Transactions, Government Law, Media and Advertising Law, Municipal Law and Tax-Exempt Financing, Labor and Employment, Employee Benefits, Construction, Banking, Public Utilities, Trusts and Estates, Mining, Natural Resources, Environmental, State and Local Taxation, International Tax, White Collar Criminal Law. Admitted to the bar, 1975, Oregon.
1976, United States.
District Court, District of Oregon and United States. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit. 1984, United States. Claims Court.
1988, United States.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and Tenth Circuit and United States. Supreme Court; 1989, United States. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
1991, United States.
Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. 1993, United States. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. Order of the Coif. Member, Oregon Supreme Court Committee on Rules of Appellate Procedures, 1990.
In 1987, the 140-attorney Portland law firm of Stoel Rives Boley Fraser & Wyse merged with the 45-lawyer Seattle firm of Jones Grey & Bayley to create Stoel Rives Boley Jones & Grey.
Both firms boast of more than 80 years of service to clients. The firm has since opened offices in Boise, Idaho (1991) and Salt Lake City, Utah (1992).
Stoel Rives provides comprehensive representation to public, private, domestic and international businesses of all sizes. The firm changed its name to Stoel Rives in 1995.
Member American Bar Association (vice chair, commission on forest products, national resources section 1980-1983), Oregon Supreme Court (commission on rules of appellate procedures since 1990), Order of the Coif.