Background
Babson, Stephen E. was born on December 31, 1950 in Portland, Oregon, United States.
Babson, Stephen E. was born on December 31, 1950 in Portland, Oregon, United States.
Stanford University (Bachelor of Arts, 1973. Juris Doctor, 1978); Stanford Graduate School of Business (Master of Business Administration, 1978).
Worked at Stoel Rives LLP (Portland, OR) 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, 1978, 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.
Member American Bar Association (committee technical and intellectual property), Oregon State Bar (Executive Committee business law section 1983-1987, editor business law digest 1983-1986, secretary business section 1985), American Electronics Association (lawyers' advising committee, small business 1984), Software Association Oregon (secretary since 1990), Stanford Business School Alumni Association (board directors Oregon chapter).
