David J Elkanich Partner Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, Portland David J. Elkanich, Partner, Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, Portland; B.A., magna cum laude, University of Arizona (1996); J.D., University of Oregon School of Law (1999); member of the Oregon State Bar since 1999, Washington State Bar since 2005, and Idaho State Bar since 2009; admitted to practice in the U.S. District Court, District of Oregon, Western District of Washington, District of Idaho, and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals; provides a wide range of litigation and risk management services to law firms and lawyers, including ethics advice and bar discipline defense; previously a staff attorney for more than three years with Metropolitan Public Defenders, Inc.; former member, Washington Rules of Professional Conduct committee; current chair, Oregon Legal Ethics Committee; contributor to The Ethical Quandary, a legal ethics and litigation blog written for attorneys.