Background
McDowell, Katherine A. was born on August 9, 1960 in Iowa City, Iowa, United States.
McDowell, Katherine A. was born on August 9, 1960 in Iowa City, Iowa, United States.
University of Iowa (Bachelor of Arts, 1981). Stetson University (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1985). Editor-in-Chief, Stetson Law Review, 1985.
Worked at Stoel Rives Limited Liability Partnership (Portland, Oregon) specializing in General Practice and Litigation in State and Federal Courts. Partnerships, Joint Ventures and Corporate and Securities, Real Estate and Land Use, Federal Taxation, Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law, Commercial, Bankruptcy, Reorganizations and Workouts, Antitrust and Trade Regulation, Hospital and Health Law, Forest Products, Franchise Law, Immigration, Insurance, International Trade and Transactions, Government Law, Media and Advertising Law, Municipal Law and Tax-Exempt Financing, Labor and Employment, Employee Benefits, Construction, Banking, Public Utilities, Trusts and Estates, Mining, Natural Resources, Environmental, State and Local Taxation, International Tax, White Collar Criminal Law. Admitted to the bar, 1985, Florida and United States.
District Court, Middle District of Florida.
1988, United States. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. 1989, Oregon, Washington, United States.
District Court, District of Oregon and United States. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
In 1987, the 140-attorney Portland law firm of Stoel Rives Boley Fraser & Wyse merged with the 45-lawyer Seattle firm of Jones Grey & Bayley to create Stoel Rives Boley Jones & Grey.
Both firms boast of more than 80 years of service to clients. The firm has since opened offices in Boise, Idaho (1991) and Salt Lake City, Utah (1992). Stoel Rives provides comprehensive representation to public, private, domestic and international businesses of all sizes.
The firm changed its name to Stoel Rives in 1995.