Marcus Andrew Wood

Background

Wood, Marcus Andrew was born on January 18, 1947 in Mobile, Alabama, United States. Son of George Franklin and Helen Eugenia (Fletcher) Wood.

Education

Vanderbilt University (Bachelor of Arts, cum laude. Yale University (Juris Doctor, 1974). Phi Beta Kappa.

Career

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, 1974, Oregon.

Phi Beta Kappa.

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.

Achievements

• MARCUS Wood has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell.

Membership

President, board directors Indochinese Refugee Center, Portland, 1980, Pacific Ballet Theatre, Portland, 1986-1987. Board directors Outside In, Portland, since 1989. Lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1969-1971.

Member American Bar Association, Phi Beta Kappa.

Connections

Married Sandra Lee Pellonari, July 25, 1971. Children: Edward Alan, Melinda Janel.

Father:

George Franklin Wood

Mother:

Helen Eugenia (Fletcher) Wood

Spouse:

Sandra Lee Pellonari

child:

Melinda Janel Wood

child:

Edward Alan Wood