Background
JEFFERIES, KIM was born on January 15, 1956 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
JEFFERIES, KIM was born on January 15, 1956 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
University of Kansas (Bachelor of Arts, 1978). Saint Andrews University, Scotland. Northwestern School of Law of Lewis and Clark College (Juris Doctor, 1983).
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. Admitted to the bar, 1983, Oregon.
Law Clerk to Judge Thomas F. Young, Oregon Court of Appeals, 1983-1985.
Member: Maritime Law Association of the United States (Cruise Lincolnshire Committee). 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.
Member: Maritime Law Association of the United States (Cruise Lincolnshire Committee).