Background
Troutwine, Gayle L. was born on February 26, 1952 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States.
Troutwine, Gayle L. was born on February 26, 1952 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States.
Northwest Missouri State University (Bachelor of Science, 1973). University of Missouri-Kansas City (Juris Doctor, with honors, 1978). Spoken languages: French and American Sign Language.
Worked at Williams & Troutwine, Professional Corporation (Portland, Oregon) specializing in Litigation in Product Liability, Lender Liability, Commercial and Franchise Law, Personal Injury, Toxic Tort Litigation, Professional Negligence and Court-Awarded Attorney Fees. Admitted to the bar, 1978, Missouri and United States. District Court, Western District of Missouri.
1983, Oregon and United States.
District Court, District of Oregon. 1984, Washington and United States.
District Court, Western District of Washington. 1987, United States. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit.
1989, United States. Supreme Court.
1995, Hawaii Supreme court. Editor, American Trial Lawyers of America L-Tryptophan Litigation Group Newsletter, 1990. Author: "A Primer on Court Awarded Attorney Fees," Court Awards of Attorney Fees: Practising Law Institute, 1987.
"Recent Developments in Collateral Estoppel," Litigation Section Newsletter, September, 1989.
"L-Tryptophan: Bioengineering Malpractice," Produced Liab. L. Rptr., April 1991.
"Genetic Engineering of L-Tryptophan: Futuristic Disaster," Trial, July 1991. "Breast Implants: A Beauty Fraud," Trial, August 1993.
Counsel on Plaintiff"s Steering Committee L-Tryptophan Multi-District Litigation and Breast Implant Multi-District Litigation.
Member: Multnomah County and Washington State Bar Associations. The Missouri Bar; Oregon State Bar (Member: Executive Board, Litigation Section, 1984-1987 and Chair, 1987-1988. Practice and Procedure Committee, 1985-1988.
Disciplinary Review Board, 1989-1990.
Board of Governors, 1990-1993). The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Board of Governors, 1990-1993.
Company-Chair, Publications Committee, 1993). Women Lawyers Association of Greater Kansas City (Secretary, 1981-1982).
Oregon Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Governors, 1987-1991.
Education Director, 1989-1990). Western Trial Lawyers (Board of Governors, 1992). The firm was founded by Mike Williams and Gayle Troutwine in 1986.
Now, with five associates, two registered nurses and ten other full time paralegals, the firm specializes in representing victims of mass torts, defective or toxic products, breast implants and professional negligence.
Mike Williams and Gayle Troutwine have been active at the national level in several pharmaceutical products cases, including the Dalkon Shield and Cu-7 IUD"s, Neo-Mull-Soy infant formula, L-Tryptophan, Breast Implant and Human Immunodeficiency Virus contaminated blood products. Members of the firm are encouraged to be active in their state bar association and in both the state and national plaintiffs" trial lawyer organizations.
Steering committee member Breast Implant Litigation, since 1992, Tobacco Litigation. Board member Portland Area Women's Political Caucus, 1992-1995, Oregon Women's Political Caucus, since 1996. Member Judicial Steering committee, 1994.
Member ATLA (Board of Governors), Hawaii State Bar, Missouri Bar, Oregon State Bar (Executive Board litigation section 1984-1988, chairman 1987-1988, procedure and practice committee 1985-1988, Board of Governors 1990-1993), Washington State Bar, Oregon Trial Lawyers Association (Board of Governors 1987-1991), California Trial Lawyers Association, Hawaii Trial Lawyers Association, Washington Trial Lawyers Association, Women Lawyers Association, Greater Kansas City (secretary 1981-1982), Western Trial Lawyers Association (Board of Governors since 1992).