Background
Hinkle, Charles Frederick was born on July 6, 1942 in Oregon City, Oregon, United States. Son of William Ralph and Ruth Barbara (Holcomb) Hinkle.
Hinkle, Charles Frederick was born on July 6, 1942 in Oregon City, Oregon, United States. Son of William Ralph and Ruth Barbara (Holcomb) Hinkle.
Stanford University (Bachelor of Arts, with great distinction, 1964). Union Theological Seminary (Master of Divinity, cum laude, 1968). Yale Law School (Juris Doctor, Phi Beta Kappa.
Adjunct Professor, Constitutional Law, Lewis & Clark Law School, since 1986.
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, 1971, Oregon.
1975, United States.
Supreme Court. 1986, Washington.
Phi Beta Kappa. Adjunct Professor, Constitutional Law, Lewis & Clark Law School, 1986.
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.
Oregon president American Civil Liberties Union, Portland, 1976-1980, national board directors, 1979-1985. Board directors Kendall Community Center, 1987-1993, Youth Progress Association, 1994-1998, Portland Baroque Orchestra, 1999-2000. Member public affairs committee American Cancer Society, 1994-1999.
Member Oregon Governor's Task Force on Youth Suicide, 1996. Fellow American Bar Foundation. Member American Bar Association (house of deals 1998-2000), Federal Bar Association, Multnomah County Bar Association, American Constitution Society (Oregon board directors since 2005),City Club Portland (president 1987-1988).