Background
Mellem, Roger D. was born on February 23, 1950 in Eugene, Oregon, United States.
Mellem, Roger D. was born on February 23, 1950 in Eugene, Oregon, United States.
University of Oregon (Bachelor of Arts, 1973: Juris Doctor, 1982). Yale Law School (Master of Studies in Law, 1980). Order of the Coif. Law Clerk to the Honorary Owen M. Panner, United States District.
Worked at Foster Pepper & Shefelman Professional Limited Liability Company (Seattle, Washington) specializing in General Civil, Trial and Appellate Practice. Business, Employment and Labor, Financial Institutions, Land Use and Environmental, Real Estate, Litigation, Alternate Dispute Resolution, Investments and Pensions, Bankruptcy, Business Reorganization, Creditors" Rights, Intellectual Property, Trademark and Copyright, Corporate Finance, International, Municipal and Local Government. Education Law, Public Finance, Antitrust and Product Distribution, Media Law, Construction and Surety, Insurance, Health Care, Taxation, Family Law, Trusts and Probate, Estate Planning, Constitutional Law, and Energy.
Admitted to the bar, 1983, Oregon.
1985, Washington.
Order of the Coif. Law Clerk to the Honorary Owen M. Panner, United States District Court, District of Oregon, 1982-1984.
Author: "Darkness to Dawn? Generating and Conserving Electricity in the Pacific Northwest: A Primer on the Northwest Power Acting," 58 Washington Law Review 245 (1983). Book review, "A Common Law for the Age of Statutes," 62 Oregon Law Review 297 (1983).
Foster Pepper & Shefelman Professional Limited Liability Company is one of the larger law firms in the Pacific Northwest maintaining a strong regional presence in Washington, Oregon and Alaska.
Our tradition of service dates from early in the century. Since 1904 our lawyers have been shaping the development of the region by providing creative, practical advice.