Prior Experience

Stoel Rives LLP, Portland, Oregon

• Partner (2001-2008)
• Associate (1997-2001)

Tonkon Torp LLP, Portland, Oregon

• Litigation Associate (1994-1997)

Before attending law school, Courtney worked for two years in Washington, D.C. as a legislative aide to U.S. Senator Sam Nunn of Georgia and the Senate Armed Services Committee.

Education

• University of Michigan (J.D. cum laude, 1993); member, The Michigan Law Review
• University of Georgia (B.A. magna cum laude, 1989)

Professional Activities

Courtney is a frequent speaker on employment law issues and federal court practice and procedure. She has given presentations for the Oregon Association of Defense Counsel, the Federal Bar Association, the Oregon Law Institute, the Oregon Bureau of Labor & Industries, the Multnomah Bar Association, the Society for Human Resource Management, and numerous other organizations. Courtney is also the immediate past president of the Oregon Chapter of the Federal Bar Association and has been a board member since 2003. She is a member of the Owen M. Panner American Inn of Court.

Honors

Fellow, American Bar Foundation (elected 2009)

"Forty under 40" Award, The Portland Business Journal (March 2005)

Best Lawyers in America (elected 2009)

Other Activities

Board of Directors. Girls Inc. of Northwest Oregon

Jurisdictions

State Bars of Oregon, Washington and Alaska

U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Washington

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Federal Court of Claims