Mark Johnson Roberts Of Counsel Gevurtz Menashe Larson & Howe P.C., Portland Mark Johnson Roberts, Of Counsel, Gevurtz Menashe Larson & Howe P.C., Portland; B.A., Reed College (1982); J.D., Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California at Berkeley (1987); LL.M., Transnational Law, Willamette University College of Law (2011); member of the Oregon State Bar since 1987 and the Washington State Bar since 2003; practice emphasizes appellate litigation, adoptions and surrogacy arrangements, and family law; former clerk, U.S. District Court and Oregon Court of Appeals; fellow, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers; ABA State Delegate, Oregon; past president, Oregon State Bar and the National LGBT Bar Association; former chair, State Professional Responsibility Board; member, Oregon Law Institute Board of Directors (2008–present); frequent author and lecturer on family and appellate law topics.