Background
DeChaine, Dean D. was born on December 12, 1936 in Lake Oswego, Oregon, United States.
DeChaine, Dean D. was born on December 12, 1936 in Lake Oswego, Oregon, United States.
Portland State University (Bachelor of Science, 1959). University of Virginia (Bachelor of Laws, 1964).
Worked at Miller, Nash, Wiener, Hager & Carlsen Limited Liability Partnership (Portland, Oregon) specializing in General Civil Practice and Litigation in all State and Federal Courts and before Federal and State Administrative Tribunals. Admiralty, Antitrust, Aviation, Banking, Bankruptcy, Communications, Construction, Corporation and Corporate Finance, Employee Benefits, Environmental, High Technology, Hospital, Immigration, Insurance, International Law, Labor Relations and Employment Law, Municipal Bond, Real Estate, School, Securities, Taxation, Timber, Transportation, Trusts and Estates, and Workers" Compensation Law. Admitted to the bar, 1964, Oregon and Virginia.
1986, Washington.
Order of the Coif.
Member, Editorial Board, Virginia Law Review, 1962-1964. Author: "Product Liability and the Disclaimer," 4 Willamette Law Journal 364, 1967.
"Federal Documentation or State Registration: Requirements and Procedures," 1979 Pacific Northwest Admiralty Law Institute. "Evidence Problems in Coverage Litigation," Aviation Law Seminar presented by The Aviation Section, Seattle-King County Bar Association, Aviation Section, Oregon State Bar and The Federal Aviation Administration of the Northwest Mountain Region, 1988.
Chairperson, Admiralty Section, Oregon State Bar, 1983-1984.
Chairperson, Aviation Section, Oregon State Bar, 1989-1990. Program Company-Chairperson, Oregon Continuing Legal Education on 1971 Legislation. Member: Oregon State Bar.
Virginia State Bar.
Washington State Bar Association. Maritime Law Association of the United States. Oregon Association of Defense Counsel.
Founded in 1873, Miller, Nash, Wiener, Hager & Carlsen is one of the oldest and largest law firms based in the Pacific Northwest.
A nationwide survey of corporate counsel conducted by International Corporate Law magazine in March 1992 ranked the firm as the best commercial law firm in Oregon.
Chair Portland State University Alumni Association, 1967-1968, Portland State University Alumni Board, 1986-1989. Scoutmaster Boy Scouts American, Lake Oswego, 1983-1986. Program chair continuing legal education Oregon State Bar, 1971, chair aviation section 1989-1990, chair admiralty section, 1983-1984, since 1997.
With United States Army, 1960-1961. Member Maritime Law Association United States (proctor).
Son of Bennet Dennis and Hazel Pearl (Vose) december. Married Joan Carolyn Mann, September 29, 1963. Children: Michael, Beth, Eve.