Background
Blitz, William Jules was born on July 29, 1942 in Napoleon, Ohio, United States. Son of Jules W. and Margaret E. Blitz.
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William Jules Blitz
Edit ProfileEducation
Bachelor of Science in Education, Ohio U., 1965; Juris Doctor, Cleveland State University, 1972.
Career
Teacher, Loudenville (Ohio) H.S., 1965-1967;
teacher, coach, Ridgeville H.S., Ridgeville Corners, Ohio., 1966-1968;
claims administrator, Allstate Insurance Company, Hudson, Ohio., 1968-1973;
associate, Sindell, Sindell, Bourne, Stern & Markus, Cleveland, 1973-1974;
private practice, Berea, Ohio., 1974-1977;
litigation supervisor, Allstate Insurance Company, Portland, Oregon, 1977-1979;
trial attorney, Malagon & Yates, Eugene, 1979-1981;
legal manager, lead attorney, SAIF Corporation, Eugene, 1978-1989;
member, of counsel, Employers Defense Counsel, Eugene, 1989-1994;
private practice,, Eugene, since 1994. Trial advocacy workshop instructor College Law, U. Oregon. Member Eugene Airport Advisory Committee, 1997-1998.
Member board bar examiners Oregon State Bar, since 1996.
Achievements
Membership
Board of directors Westside Mental Health Association, Rocky River, Ohio, Cleveland Psychiatric Institute. Chairman Lane County Mental Health Association. Member Citizens Committee for Rights of the Handicapped, Eugene.
Member Pearl St. Garage Design Review Committee, Eugene. Dean of men advisory staff Ohio U., Athens. Member American Bar Association (midwest regional liaison mental health committee), Ohio Bar Association (mental health committee), Oregon State Bar Association (labor and employment committee, workers' compensation section, Executive Board, loss prevention subcommittee, sole practitioners committee, rights of the handicapped committee), Oregon Trial Lawyers Association, Cleveland Bar Association (Executive Committee young lawyers section), Cuyahoga County Bar Association (mental health committee), Lane County Bar Association (technical committee, insurance committee, medical/legal committee), Industrial Rels.
Research Association (Eugene subcommittee, Oregon state membership committee), Eugene Chamber of Commerce (workers' compensation committee).
