Background
Houser, Douglas Guy was born on July 11, 1935 in Oregon City, Oregon, United States. Son of Roy B. and Shirley (Knight) Houser.
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DOUGLAS HOUSER, American Lawyer, Partner of BULLIVANT, HOUSER, BAILEY, PENDERGRASS & HOFFMAN, specializing in the field of General Business and Business Planning, Taxation, Corporate, Banking, Real Estate, Estate Planning, Probate, Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation. Securities, Communications, Sports and Entertainment, Transportation, High Technology Law, Trade Regulation International Business Transaction, Immigration and Naturalization, Intellectual Property, Labor Law, Bankruptcy, Land Use. General Trial Practice and Insurance Law, Trial and Appellate Practice in all State and Federal Courts, Arbitration and Mediation, Fire, Casualty, Inland Marine, Ocean Marine, Professional Liability, Municipal Liability, Environmental Litigation, Securities Litigation, Life, Health and Accident, Fidelity and Surety Bonds, Subrogation, Admiralty, Antitrust, Insurance Commissioner Regulations, Rate Filings and Complaints.
Education
Willamette University (Bachelor of Arts, 1957). Stanford University (Juris Doctor, 1960). Faculty, National Forum Pollution and Contamination, Loss Executives Association, 1987.
Member, Stanford Law School Board of Visitors, 1977-1979.
President, Stanford Law Society of Oregon, 1980. Chairman, Governor's Commission on Judicial Fitness, 1984.
Delegate to 9th Juicial Conference, 1985.
Career
Worked at Bullivant, Houser, Bailey, Pendergrass & Hoffman, A Professional, Corporation (Portland, Oregon) specializing in Complex Litigation in State and Federal Courts. Admitted to the bar, 1960, Oregon. 1974, United States. Supreme Court.
1980, United States.
Court of International Trade. Member, Stanford Law School Board of Visitors, 1977-1979, 1990-1992 and 1997-1998. President, Stanford Law Society of Oregon, 1980.
Chairman, Governor"s Commission on Judicial Fitness, 1983-1984.
Delegate to 9th Judicial Conference, 1985. Member: Multnomah County (Member, Judicial Selection Committee, 1972-1977), American (Chair, Tort and Insurance Section, 1988.
Chairman, Property Insurance Committee, 1979-1980. Council Member, 1981-1985), National and International Bar Associations.
Oregon State Bar (Treasurer, 1979-1980.
Member: Board of Governors, 1977-1980. Board of Bar Examiners, 1970-1972. Editor, 2 Volume Text on Insurance, 1983.
Chair, Continuing Legal Education Committee, 1969.
Secretary, Section on Antitrust and Trade Regulation, 1977). Oregon Association of Defense Counsel (President, 1977.
Member, Board of Directors, 1972-1977). Federation of Insurance and Corporate Counsel (President, 1990-1991.
Chair, Fire and Inland Marine Insurance Committee, 1982-1983).
Defense Research Institute (Secretary-Treasurer, 1993. Board of Directors, 1990-1997. Chair, International Law Committee.
Chair, Insurance Law Committee, 1977-1983.
Vice Chair, Law Seminar Committee, 1982-1993). International Association of Defense Counsel (Chair, Property Insurance Committee, 1985).
Loss Executive Association (Faculty Member, National Property Forum, 1985-1988 and 1992-1994. Product Liability Advisory Council, 1991-1996.
Property Loss Research Bureau Faculty Workshop Leader, 1980-1996).
American Council of Life Insurance Task Force on Class Actions. Asia-Pacific Lawyers Association. United States of America Chapter of Association Internationale de Droit des Assurances (Member, President"s Council, 1992-1993).
Union International Des Avocats.
American Judicature Society (Director, 1985-1989). Advisory Committee National Judicial College.
American Law Institute. National Sports Law Institute (Member, Board of Advisors).
Life Fellow: American Bar Foundation.
American Arbitration Association (Large Commercial Loss Panel). Oregon Law Foundation. Fellow, International Academy of Trial Lawyers.
Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers.
Achievements
Membership
Member, Stanford Law School Board of Visitors, 1977-1979, 1990-1992 and 1997-1998. President, Stanford Law Society of Oregon, 1980. Chairman, Governor"s Commission on Judicial Fitness, 1983-1984.
Delegate to 9th Judicial Conference, 1985.
Member: Multnomah County (Member, Judicial Selection Committee, 1972-1977), American (Chair, Tort and Insurance Section, 1988. Chairman, Property Insurance Committee, 1979-1980.
Council Member, 1981-1985), National and International Bar Associations. Oregon State Bar (Treasurer, 1979-1980.
Member: Board of Governors, 1977-1980.
Board of Bar Examiners, 1970-1972. Editor, 2 Volume Text on Insurance, 1983. Chair, Continuing Legal Education Committee, 1969.
Secretary, Section on Antitrust and Trade Regulation, 1977).
Oregon Association of Defense Counsel (President, 1977. Member, Board of Directors, 1972-1977).
Federation of Insurance and Corporate Counsel (President, 1990-1991. Chair, Fire and Inland Marine Insurance Committee, 1982-1983).
Defense Research Institute (Secretary-Treasurer, 1993.
Board of Directors, 1990-1997. Chair, International Law Committee. Chair, Insurance Law Committee, 1977-1983.
Vice Chair, Law Seminar Committee, 1982-1993).
International Association of Defense Counsel (Chair, Property Insurance Committee, 1985). Loss Executive Association (Faculty Member, National Property Forum, 1985-1988 and 1992-1994.
Product Liability Advisory Council, 1991-1996. Property Loss Research Bureau Faculty Workshop Leader, 1980-1996).
American Council of Life Insurance Task Force on Class Actions.
Asia-Pacific Lawyers Association. United States of America Chapter of Association Internationale de Droit des Assurances (Member, President"s Council, 1992-1993). Union International Des Avocats.
American Judicature Society (Director, 1985-1989).
Advisory Committee National Judicial College. American Law Institute.
National Sports Law Institute (Member, Board of Advisors). Fellow, International Academy of Trial Lawyers.
Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers.
Connections
Married Lucy Anne Latham, September 1, 1961. Children: Brooks Bonham, Bradley Knight, Anne Elizabeth.
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Nationality
American
Awards
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Named one of Best Lawyers in American, 2007, Four Outstanding Oregon Commission Litigators, Chambers United States of America. Recipient Best Lawyers in American, 2008.Named one of Best Lawyers in American, 2007, Four Outstanding Oregon Commission Litigators, Chambers United States of America. Recipient Best Lawyers in American, 2008.