Background
Bakkensen, John Reser was born on October 4, 1943 in Pendleton, Oregon, United States. Son of Manley John and Helen (Reser) Bakkensen.
Bakkensen, John Reser was born on October 4, 1943 in Pendleton, Oregon, United States. Son of Manley John and Helen (Reser) Bakkensen.
Harvard University (Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude. 1965); Stanford University (Juris Doctor, 1968). Lawyer Delegate, Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference.
1980-1982.
Worked at Miller, Nash, Wiener, Hager & Carlsen Limited Liability Partnership (Portland, Oregon) specializing in General Civil Practice and Litigation in all State and Federal Courts and before Federal and State Administrative Tribunals. Admiralty, Antitrust, Aviation, Banking, Bankruptcy, Communications, Construction, Corporation and Corporate Finance, Employee Benefits, Environmental, High Technology, Hospital, Immigration, Insurance, International Law, Labor Relations and Employment Law, Municipal Bond, Real Estate, School, Securities, Taxation, Timber, Transportation, Trusts and Estates, and Workers" Compensation Law. Admitted to the bar, 1969, California and Oregon.
Lawyer Delegate, Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference, 1980-1982.
Member: Oregon State Bar. State Bar of California.
Founded in 1873, Miller, Nash, Wiener, Hager & Carlsen is one of the oldest and largest law firms based in the Pacific Northwest. A nationwide survey of corporate counsel conducted by International Corporate Law magazine in March 1992 ranked the firm as the best commercial law firm in Oregon.
Past board directors Association for Retarded Citizens, Portland. Advisor Portland Youth Shelter House. Member and counsel to board directors Friends of Pine Mountain Observatory, Portland.
Member American Bar Association (forum on construction industry and section public contract law and science and technical), Federal Comm. Bar Association, Oregon State Bar, Oregon Association General Contractors (legal committee 1991, counsel to board directors 1992), Multnomah Athletic Club.
Married Ann Marie Dahlen, September 30, 1978. Children: Michael, Dana, Laura.