Career
Worked at Wood Tatum Sanders & Murphy (Portland, Oregon) specializing in General Civil and Trial Practice in all State and Federal Courts. Admiralty/Maritime, Insurance Defense, Probate and Estate Planning. (1923-1996)
Wood Tatum Sanders & Murphy is recognized as the oldest law firm in the State of Oregon, having been established originally as Durham & Ball in 1870.
The firm has been a leading member of Oregon"s legal community since that time, concentrating in the areas of maritime law for over 75 years.
Representative clients include both domestic and overseas shipowners, cargo interests and marine underwriters. The firm"s partners have included three generations of Wood family lawyers, from C.E.S. Wood, who joined the firm in 1887, up through his grandson, Erskine B. Wood, who practiced with the firm until 1986.