Background
Waldron, James Thomas was born on October 25, 1945 in Fall River, Massachusetts, United States. Son of James Thomas Senior and Loretta Pauline (Barkowski) Waldron.
Waldron, James Thomas was born on October 25, 1945 in Fall River, Massachusetts, United States. Son of James Thomas Senior and Loretta Pauline (Barkowski) Waldron.
Student, Boston College, 1963-1964; AB, Providence College, 1967; Master of Arts, University of Virginia, 1968; Juris Doctor, University of Virginia, 1974.
Worked at Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, Professional Corporation (Portland, Oregon) specializing in Admiralty and Maritime Law, Antitrust, Appellate, Bankruptcy and Creditor"s Rights, Business Law, Condemnation, Commercial Litigation, Complex Litigation, Construction Law, Energy and Environmental Law, Financial Institutions, Forest Products, Health Care Industry, Intellectual Property, International Law, Labor Relations, Land Use, Malpractice and Insurance Defense, Products Liability, Real Estate, Securities, Taxation, Workers" Compensation. Admitted to the bar, 1974, Oregon. Member: Oregon Law Foundation Board, 1994.
Raven Society.
Recipient, Oregon State Bar President Public Service Award, 1991. Author: "Environmental Law: Trying a Case the First Time," Environmental Law Symposium, 1982. "Aluminum Company of America v.
Central Lincoln Peoples" Utility District: Supreme Court Deference to Appellate Advocacy," Northwestern School of Law of Lewis and Clark College (1985).
"Municipal CERCLA and Environmental Protection Agency Settlement Policy," American Bar Association National Institute on Pollution Liability (1988). "Duties of Disclosure to the Government Under CERCLA and EPCRTKA," American Bar Association Tort and Insurance Publication (1989).
"Environmental Law for Oregon Practitioners Chapter on Liability for Hazardous Substance Contamination," Oregon Law Institute (1991) and Oregon State Bar Continuing legal education Damages, Supplements since 1989, Chapter 21, "Invasions of Real Property Including Environmental Damage." Vice Chair, Toxic and Hazardous Substances and Environmental Law Committee of the Treasury Inflation Protected Securities, American Bar Association Section, 1990. Vice Chair, Mining Committee, American Bar Association SONREEL Committee.
Member, Oregon State Board of Bar Examiners, 1981-1984.
Oregon State Board of Bar Review, 1989-1991. Chair, North Clackamas School Board, 1989-1993. Member, Board, Institute of Portland Metropolitan Studies.
Member: Oregon State Bar.
Federal and American Bar Associations. On December 21, 1892, a Vermont lawyer named Ralph West. Wilbur was admitted to the Oregon Barometer
That date also marks the beginning of Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt, one of the largest Oregon-based law firms, which celebrated its centennial anniversary in 1992. Built on an insurance defense practice started by Mr.
Wilbur, the firm has retained the integrity and character of its New England founder through the century.
Today, Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt is a regional law firm with offices in Portland, Oregon, Seattle and Vancouver, Washington and Washington, District of Columbia The firm"s full-service practice includes a major emphasis on business and corporate law, as well as one of the largest, most prominent litigation departments in the west. Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt has enjoyed the influence of many distinguished alumni, including two United States. Congressmen and a chief justice of the Oregon Supreme Court.
Member Clackamas County (Oregon) Planning Commission, 1982-1985, North Clackamas County School Board, 1989-1993. Member American Bar Association, Oregon Bar Association, Multnomah Bar Association.
Married Karen Flencr, June 15, 1968. 1 child, Shane Thomas.