Background
Davenport, John P. was born on October 16, 1945 in Omaha, Nebraska, United States.
Davenport, John P. was born on October 16, 1945 in Omaha, Nebraska, United States.
Lewis and Clark College (Bachelor of Science, 1967). Oregon State University (Master of Business Administration, 1969). Northwestern School of Law of Lewis and Clark College (Juris Doctor, 1975).
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, 1975, Oregon.
Author: "Collection of Money Judgments," Multnomah Bar Association, Continuing Legal Education, 1980.
"Civil Process Manual," 1981 and 1994 Revision, Oregon State Sheriff"s Association with 1996 update. "Commercial Law," Oregon State Bar Legislation Manual, Chapter on Debtor-Creditor Laws, 1983.
Company-Author: "Provisional Process," Chapter in Oregon State Bar Continuing Legal Education Civil Pleading and Practice Manual, 1986. "Oregon Collection Law Manual," Professional Education Systems, Incorporated., 1983, 1984 and 1986.
Company-Author and Speaker: "Fraudulent Conveyances," Chapter in Oregon State Bar Continuing Legal Education Bridging the Gap Manual, 1987.
Speaker, Debtor-Creditor Practice Seminar on Provisional Process, 1983. Program Planner, "University of Cape Coast Article 9 Security Interests in Personal Property," Oregon Law Institute, 1984. Program Planner, "Secured Transactions-UCC Article 9 Update," Oregon Law Institute, 1991.
Speaker, "Effective Use of Judicial Remedies," Secured Transactions-UCC Article 9 Update Program, Oregon Law Institute, 1991.
Company Author and Speaker: "Commercial Claims," Oregon Law Institute Insurance Law and Practice Update Program, 1991. Company-Editor: "Oregon Commercial Practice Manual," Debtor-Creditor Section of the Oregon State Bar, 1988 with 1990-1991 update.
Company-Author and Speaker: "Debtor Creditor Practice," in Oregon State Bar Continuing Legal Education Practical Skills, Series. Company-Editor: "Creditors" Rights and Remedies," Oregon State Bar Continuing Legal Education, 1990.
Editor: 1997 Supplement of "Creditors" Rights and Remedies," Author: "Fraudulent Conveyances and Creditors" Bills," Creditor"s Rights and Remedies, Oregon State Bar Continuing Legal Education, 1990 and 1997 Supplement.
Speaker, Debtor-Creditor Rights, Oregon State Bar Practical Skills Course, October 1990. Company-Chairman, Oregon State Bar Continuing Legal Education Program on Enforcing Money Judgments, 1985. Author and Speaker: "Collecting Judgments," Chapter for Oregon State Bar Continuing Legal Education Seminar on "Irreconcilable Differences," 1991.
Company-Editor, Oregon Commercial Practice Manual Supplement, Oregon State Bar, 1991.
Speaker, "Writs of Garnishment," Oregon State Bar Continuing Legal Education Program on Commercial Practice in Oregon, 1991. Author, Chapter on "Provisional Process" of Oregon State Bar Oregon Civil Pleading and Practice Supplement, 1991.
Program Planner and Speaker: "Fundamentals of Collection Law," Oregon State Bar Continuing Legal Education, 1992. Speaker: "Important Collection Issues and Strategies for Debtors and Creditors," Oregon Law Institute, 1993.
Editor, "Creditors Rights and Remedies," 1994 Supplement.
"Provisional Process," Chapter 32 in Oregon State Bar Continuing Legal Education Civil Pleading and Practice Manual, 1994 Revision. Company-Editor, "1995 Oregon Commercial Practice Manual." Member: Multnomah County (Member, Continuing Legal Education Committee, 1979-1983) and American Bar Associations. Oregon State Bar (Chairman: Section on Debtor-Creditor Rights, 1984-1985.
Chairman, Legal Management Section, 1990-1991.
Member, Committee on Legal Assistants, 1984-1985. Member, Economics of Law Practice Committee, 1994).
Oregon Trial Lawyers Association. 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, Committee on Legal Assistants, 1984-1985. Member, Economics of Law Practice Committee, 1994). Oregon Trial Lawyers Association.