Class Notes

Chenoweth Law Group is pleased to welcome new attorney, Kamran Farkhondepay Aryah.



Kamran attained his J.D. from the University of Oregon in 2017 and represents small to mid-size business clients from initial formation and funding to windup. He guides clients through intellectual property protection, corporate conversions and mergers, asset sales and acquisitions, and contract drafting and negotiation. Kamran has extensive experience in corporate governance and regulatory compliance for companies in highly regulated industries in Oregon and Washington. In addition, Kamran continues to expand his proficiency in federal and state trademark registrations. Contact him at kamranfa@chenowethlaw.com or 503-446-6261.

As a 1979 graduate in Theatre, I have been involved with the theatre world for a very long time. I have written my first play and am ecstatic that it is making its premiere on October 5th at Performance Works NW in Portland, Oregon. The play, Coming Up for Air, follows one woman's search for answers to her behavioral health challenges. Three actresses portray this woman at ages 20, 40 and 60 years old. The play has been a labor of love as well as a cathartic journey.

After receiving my masters degree from Cornell University, I took the Sustainability Lead and Enologist role at Domaine Carneros by Taittinger in Napa Valley. I work on the winemaking team making high quality sparkling wines. As the sustainability lead, I run the company's sustainability initiatives including overseeing the installation of solar panels, running the company-wide composting program, running an in-house packaging reuse program, and starting single-use plastic recycling company-wide. Recently, I won the Napa RISE Leadership Award in Waste Prevention and Supply Chain where I gave a TED Talk style lecture on the power of reuse for mitigating supply chain disruptions. Through this program, we are able to divert 32,000 pounds of cardboard from the landfill and reduce our total packaging usage. We are able to reuse packing items up to five times before recycling the items. This program also led to a 63% savings in 2022, mostly due to covid related supply chain disruptions and increase costs of supplies.

Kelly IP, a law firm cofounded by Oregon Law alumna Linda McLeod (JD, 1988), celebrates its 10th anniversary this year. In its first 10 years, Kelly IP has become a national leader in trademark law, earning honors from Law360, World Trademark Review, Legal 500, Chambers, IP Stars and more.

John A. Heldt (B.S., 1985) published "The Fair," his seventeenth novel, in June 2020.

Yvonne Fasold, BA '67, MA '69, and PhD '93 is a past president of the national American Rosie the Riveter Association. She was the coordinator for the ARRA annual convention, held this year in Portland, Oregon. 15 World War II women workers, ages 94-101, attended the convention with their friends and family. The Portland Rose Festival Foundation named the Rosies as Grand Marshals of the Grand Floral Parade, Boeing sponsored the Rosie float, and the Rosies were honored for their service to our country. 6 million women entered the work force to help win World War II, and Yvonne reminds us to REMEMBER and BE INSPIRED. Contact Yvonne if you would like to have her, or a Rosebud in your state, come with a living Rosie to speak with your organization or class.

Judy Hendershott ('61) and her husband John Munch recently attended a 25th wedding celebration in the Tatra Mountains of Poland.

Finally fully retired in Joseph, OR, after living in Colorado Springs, Oregon (Newport, LaGrande, McMinnville and Joseph), and New Mexico ( Silver City, Corrales and Bernalillo). Got tired of moving.

My fiancee Paul Thompson (JD '11) and I welcomed our first son, Leo Gray Thompson, on December 1st. We reside in Portland where Paul runs his own law practice and I work in affordable housing finance for PNC Bank

At age 69, I finally found the right guy and married David M. Munro on December 20,2022 in Portland, OR. I have retired from my career as a advertising, public relations and fundraising professional. David and I live in Southwest Portland and enjoy reading traveling and discovering new restaurants. I am living proof that you ae never too old to find a wonderful mate.

I won a 2021-2022 Emmy for my work on the Tokyo Olympics with NBC Sports. The award was for Outstanding Interactive Experience - Event Coverage. I was an Associate Producer for the games. I worked on a show that aired on Peacock called 'Tokyo Gold.' I produced various segments and highlights for this show. It was one of the most fun moments of my professional career. The twenty day stretch was exhausting but extremely rewarding.

Jay Peters has been promoted from a News Writer to a News Editor at the technology publication The Verge.

Serena Jaspera BA '90 (international studies, Chinese) has a new job as the Associate Director Human Resources on the UO Provost Administrative Services Team.

James Wren, BA '08 (history), was recently promoted to area manager at Amazon, where he has been employed since 2017.

Neil Kagan, JD ’81, authored an entry published by the Oregon Encyclopedia of History and Culture: Oregon Natural Resources Council v. John R. Block, https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/oregon-natural-resources-council-v-block/. The entry tells how the lawsuit ended years of inertia in Congress, spurring the addition of more than nine million acres to the National Wilderness Preservation System in twenty-four states over five years — more land than the original wilderness act kept wild. Kagan told the story at length in Wilderness, Luck & Love: A Memoir and a Tribute, 7 Mich. J. Envtl. & Admin. Law 315 (2018), https://repository.law.umich.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1077&context=mjeal, and Blazing a Path to Wilderness: A Case Study of Impact Litigation through the Lens of Legislative History, 11 Mich. J. Envtl. & Admin. Law 87 (2021), https://repository.law.umich.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1128&context=mjeal.

Lindsey Thane, BA '13 (political science), became a shareholder at Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt in Portland, Oregon where she is a natural resource and environmental attorney.

Drawings: Architectural Gestures is a new book by Arn Strasser published in a limited, signed edition by Budding Branch Press. A collection of drawings by an artist who studied architecture, the work stems from Strasser’s interest in the relationship between art and architecture.

President Mancinelli Goeman Law Group, PC
Representing clients in state, federal and bankruptcy courts regarding creditors’ rights, business litigation, real estate, bankruptcy, employment, and personal injury matters. Representation of debt buyers, commercial collection agencies, and forwarders in consumer and commercial collection matters throughout the entire state. DBA Certified compliance officer. Specializing in breach of mortgage covenant actions, fraudulent transfers, and uncovering hidden assets.
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Jeff Day, BS ’81 (journalism, political science), is retiring after thirty-two years of federal service primarily through the State Department. He has lived and worked in Seoul, China, Bagdad, Frankfurt, Brasilia, Vienna, New Delhi, Tijuana, Dubai, Karachi, and Lagos. During his career, he learned Korean, Chinese, German, and Portuguese and traveled to fifty-eight countries. He also served in the US Army Reserves and, in 2003, was activated for Operation Iraqi Freedom, where he earned a purple heart for wounds suffered in battle.

Nancy Wilson, BS ’79 (theater arts), has written her first play, Coming Up for Air, which will premiere on October 5, 2023, at Performance Works Northwest in Portland. The play follows one woman’s search for answers to her behavioral health challenges at three different points in her life.