Background
Shank, Jerome B. was born on October 17, 1920 in Portland, Oregon, United States.
Shank, Jerome B. was born on October 17, 1920 in Portland, Oregon, United States.
University of Oregon (Bachelor of Arts, 1942). Northwestern College of Law of Lewis and Clark College (Bachelor of Laws, 1954). Phi Beta Kappa.
Worked at Sussman Shank Wapnick Caplan & Stiles, Limited Liability Partnership (Portland, Oregon) specializing in General Civil and Trial Practice in all Courts. Bankruptcy, Creditors" Rights and Corporate Reorganization, Corporate Law, General Business, Banking and Finance, Commercial and Business Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution, Real Estate, Construction, Professional Liability Defense, Taxation, Probate, Pensions, Estate Planning, Planned Giving, Employee Benefits. Admitted to the bar, 1954, Oregon.
1955, United States.
District Court, District of Oregon. Phi Beta Kappa. Author: "Real Property, Bankruptcy," Oregon State Bar Continuing Legal Education, 1964. "Bankruptcy," Oregon State Bar Continuing Legal Education, 1978.
Company-Editor: "Creditors Rights and Remedies and Consumer Credit," Oregon State Bar Continuing Legal Education, 1978.
1982 and 1990 Revisions of "Creditors" Rights and Remedies," Oregon State Bar Continuing Legal Education. Company-Editor and Moderator: "Bankruptcy for the General Practitioner," Oregon Law Institute, 1991.
Member: Multnomah County and American Bar Associations. Oregon State Bar (Member, Committee on Debtor-Creditor Rights, 1974-1976).
Sussman Shank Wapnick Caplan & Stiles was founded in the early sixties by Gilbert Sussman, Jerome B. Shank and Norman Wapnick.
The Firm members have enjoyed a collegial relationship over thirty years of steady growth to a firm of twenty lawyers and a staff of thirty. With an initial focus on creditors" rights, bankruptcy, banking and finance, the firm has expanded to include a broad general business, tax, estate planning, charitable and non-profit corporations, real estate and extensive litigation practice. Sussman Shank"s attorneys come from diverse cultural and professional backgrounds and hold leadership positions in business and professional associations.
Member: Multnomah County and American Bar Associations. Oregon State Bar (Member, Committee on Debtor-Creditor Rights, 1974-1976).