The OPA Board of Directors would like to find one or two people who are interested in being the Chair or Co-Chair of the Association’s following Committees/Specialty Groups:



If you are an OPA Member or plan to become an OPA Member and are interested in chairing one of these Committees, please notify Kary Bahr at bahrk@lanepowell.com or 503-778-2053. Any names submitted to Kary will be discussed at the next Board meeting (first Wednesday of the Month).

The Intellectual Property Specialty Group is planning to hold its next meeting on Wednesday, May 14, 2008, at noon at the law room (2nd floor) of Everest College, 425 SW Washington, Portland, Oregon. Seating is limited, so please RSVP to Linda Loffer, IP Specialty Group Chair at lvwloffer@aol.com as soon as possible.

This will be the last meeting of the OPA 2007-2008 membership year. The event will be an opportunity for OPA IP Specialty Group members, non-member participants, and Everest College law students interested in the intellectual property field, OPA Board members, and past IP Specialty Group speakers to meet and get to know each other. A representative from Thomson CompuMark is planning to attend and take a few moments to provide information about Thomson CompuMark intellectual property services. Members of the Everest College law faculty also plan to be in attendance.

Catered food and non-alcoholic beverages will be provided, thanks to a generous sponsorship by Thomson CompuMark. Our thanks also to Everest College for providing the meeting space for this event.

Please let me know by Wednesday, April 30, 2008, if you will be attending this event in order for us to provide food and beverage requirements to our caterer.

If you are an OPA member, there are new job bank notices posted on our Job Bank page. Notices went up on 3/4/08 and 3/24/08.