Mike Williams
Contents
Company
Williams Love O’Leary Craine & Powers PC
Position
Leadership Trial Lawyer
Contact Info
- Phone: 503-295-2924
- Fax: 503-295-3720
Education & Qualifications
- J.D. magna cum laude, Harvard Law School, 1978
- Masters in Philosophy,University of California at Berkeley, 1974
- Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, Wabash College, 1969
Work Experience
- Areas:
- Products Liability
- Personal Injury
- Toxic Tort
- Professional Negligence
- Pharmaceutical Litigation
- Admitted:
- 1978, Oregon and U.S. District Court, District of Oregon
- 1979, U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit
- 1983, U.S. Supreme Court
- Worked for Art Johnson’s firm in Eugene, Oregon
- President, Founder, Partner at Williams Love O’Leary & Powers
- Author
- Co-authored the chapter on Parties in the Tort Litigation treatise published by ATLA
- The Oregon Class Action chapter of the ABA’s survey of state class action laws
- The “Products Liability,” “Ultra-hazardous Activities,” and “Spontaneous Declarations” chapters for Oregon State Bar Continuing Legal Education
- Editorial Experience
- Co-Editor-in-Chief, Harvard Environmental Law Review, 1977-1978
- Editor-in-Chief, Oregon Litigation Journal, 1980-1989
- Associate Editor, Litigation News, Published by ABA Litigation Section, 1984-1986
- Served as chair, Oregon State Bar Federal Practice and Procedure Committee (1999-2002)
- Served as member, Executive Committee, ATLA Litigation Group on PPA
- Also a court appointed member of the MDL Plaintiffs Management Committee
- Served as member and chair of the Eugene School Board
- Secretary, Federal Practice and Procedures Committee, 1999-2002
Memberships
- Oregon State Bar
- Chairperson, Procedure and Practice Committee, 1983-1984
- Member, Uniform Civil Jury Instruction Committee, 1986-1989
- Chair, Toxic Tort Section, 1992-1993
- Multnomah Bar Association
- Member, Court Liaison Committee, 1999-2002
- Secretary, 2001
- The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA)
- Co-Chair, Vaccine Litigation Group
- Oregon Trial Lawyers Association
- President, 1993-1994
