Richard Albert Franzke

Background

Franzke, Richard Albert was born on March 7, 1935 in Lewistown, Montana, United States.

Education

Portland State College, Willamette University (Bachelor of Science, 1959). Willamette University College of Law (Juris Doctor, with honors, 1960). Delta Theta Phi. Winner, United States.

National Moot Court Competition.

Outstanding Individual Oral Argument, New York, 1959. Editor-in-Chief, Willamette Law Journal, 1959-1960.

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, 1960, Oregon.

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

• Richard Albert Franzke has been listed as a reputable Lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • A study of the construct by contract issue

Membership

Member Governor's Task Force on Reform of Worker's Compensation, Salem, Oregon, 1980-1981. Attorney general's committee on Public Contracting. Member American Bar Association (section public contract law), Oregon Bar (law school liaison, committee on practice and procedure specialization), Multnomah County Bar Association.

Interests

• Avocations: antique autos, antique furniture, boating, water skiing.

Connections

Son of Arthur A. and Senta (Clark) F. Divorced; children: Mark, Jean, Robert.

Father:

Arthur A. Franzke

Mother:

Senta (Clark) Franzke

child:

Robert Franzke

child:

Mark Franzke

child:

Jean Franzke