Background
Georges, Maurice Ostrow was born on November 6, 1921 in Portland, Oregon, United States. Son of Thomas T. and Daisy P. (Ostrow) Georges.
Georges, Maurice Ostrow was born on November 6, 1921 in Portland, Oregon, United States. Son of Thomas T. and Daisy P. (Ostrow) Georges.
Reed College (Bachelor of Arts, 1947). University of Dijon, Dijon, France. Columbia University (Bachelor of Laws, 1950).
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, 1951, California and Oregon.
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.
Trustee Reed College, Portland, 1966-1982. Director Portland Opera Association, 1983-1989. Vice president, director Contemporary Crafts Association, 1969-1972, Community Music Center, Portland, 1974-1976, Oregon Humanities Council, 1994-1997.
Staff sergeant Army of the United States, 1942-1946, European Theatre of Operations. Member American Bar Association, Oregon Bar Association (chairman tax section 1960-1961), Tualatin Country Club (president 1964-1966), Astoria Golf and Country.
Married Evelyn Stella Scher, November 25, 1948. Children: Andra R., Emily A. Georges Gottfried, Daniel O.