Background
Walters, Stephen Scott was born on March 20, 1945 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Harold Stephen Walters and Thelma Rae Carlyle.
Walters, Stephen Scott was born on March 20, 1945 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Harold Stephen Walters and Thelma Rae Carlyle.
Stanford University (Bachelor of Science, 1967. Juris Doctor, 1972). Board Member, 19681969 and Articles Editor, 1971-1972. Stanford Law Review. Law Clerk to
Honorary Ben C. Duniway, United States.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 19721973. Honorary Warren East. Burger, Chief Justice of the United States, 19741975.
Lecturer, University of Pennsylvania School of Law, 1978-1979. Instructor, Northwestern College of Law, 1981.
Special Assistant to the President, 1976-1977, Deputy General Counsel, 1977-1979 and Acting General Counsel, 1979, Legal Services Corporation.
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, 1972, California.
1978, District of Columbia.
1980, Oregon.
Law Clerk to: Honorary Warren East. Burger, Chief Justice of the United States, 1974-1975. Special Assistant to the President, 1976-1977, Deputy General Counsel, 1977-1979 and Acting General Counsel, 1979, Legal Services Corporation.
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.
Cooperating attorney American Civil Liberties Union, Portland, since 1980. Board directors Oregon Law Foundation, since 1990, Oregon Racing Commission, since 1991. Member American Bar Association, Oregon Bar Association, California Bar Association, Multomah County Bar Association.
Married Mabel Barnett, August 29, 1967. Children: Sarah Elizabeth, Rebecca Strong.