Thomas Ernest Lindley

Background

Lindley, Thomas Ernest was born on July 15, 1948 in Danville, Illinois, United States. Son of Oscar Ernest and Helen (Milewski) Lindley.

Education

University of Illinois (Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, 1970). Vanderbilt University (Juris Doctor, 1977). Extern Clerk to William J. Harbison, Chief Justice, Tennessee Supreme Court, 1976-1977.

Career

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, 1977, Illinois.

1981, United States.

Supreme Court. 1985, Oregon. 1987, Washington. Assistant Director, Tennessee Division of Emergency Medical Services, 1972-1974.

Extern Clerk to William J. Harbison, Chief Justice, Tennessee Supreme Court, 1976-1977. Adjunct Professor of Law, Environmental Law, Northwestern School of Law of Lewis and Clark College, 1991—.

Member, Board of Directors, Oregon Environmental Technology Association, 1992-1996.

Chair: Associated Oregon Industries Environmental Crimes Task Force, 1992-1994. Water Quality/Quantity Subcommittee, 1995—. Company-Chair, Associated Oregon Industries" Committee on Superfund Revision, 1993-1995.

Chair, Working Group on Model Domestic Statute Addressing Crimes Against the Environment, International Conference of Experts, International Centre for Criminal Reform and Justice (1994).

Member, United States Delegation, Ninth Conference of Parties of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species) (1994). Company-Author: "Environmental Audit Privilege: Oregon"s Experiment," Toxics Law Reporter and Environment Reporter (1994).

"Oregon"s Environmental Audit Privilege: Traveling the Path to Consensus," Preventive Law Reporter (1994). "Environmental Crimes" and "Contracting," Oregon Law Institute"s Environmental Law Deskbook (1994).

Author: "Reducing Lender Liability!?" Oregon State Bar (1992).

Member: Oregon State Bar. Washington State and American Bar Associations. 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.

Achievements

• Thomas LINDLEY has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell.

Membership

Board of directors Oregon Environmental Technology Association, 1993-1996, secretary, 1994-1996. Board directors United Way Columbia-Willamette, Oregon, 1990-1991. Board directors United Cerebral Palsy, Oregon and S.W. Washington, since 1987, secretary, since 1997.

Board directors Mental Health Superior vena cava syndrome West, Oregon, 1985, Illinois Public Action Council, 1980-1983;chairman advisory board CANPAC, 1981. Coordinator counsel Kennedy for President, Illinois,1979-1980. Volunteer Cook County Special Bail Project, Illinois, 1978-1979.

Candidate United States Congress, Illinois, 1983-1984. Member American Bar Association (natural resource section, litigation section), Washington State Bar Association (land use and environmental law section), Oregon State Bar (environmental law section).

Interests

• Avocations: backpacking, cross country skiing, theater, politics.

Connections

Father:

Oscar Ernest Lindley

Mother:

Helen (Milewski) Lindley