Richard J. Whittemore Shareholder Bullivant Houser Bailey, P.C., Portland Richard J. Whittemore, Shareholder, Bullivant Houser Bailey PC, Portland; B.A., cum laude, Colorado College (1978); J.D., Lewis & Clark Law School (1982); member of the Oregon State Bar and the U.S. District Court, District of Oregon since 1982 and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals since 1983; practice focuses on litigation, insurance, products liability, probate litigation, environmental, professional liability, commercial litigation, complex litigation, and drug and medical device litigation; chair, Bullivant Houser Bailey’s General Litigation Practice Group; member, ABA Tort and Insurance Practice Section and American Board of Trial Advocates; vice chair, Products Liability Committee, (1997–1998), Defense Research Institute, and the Oregon Association of Defense Counsel; recognized by Chambers USA as a leading litigator; frequent lecturer on specific subject matters involving trial practice, complex case management, product liability and related issues.