Brian G. Booth

Education:
J.D. Stanford Law School, 1962

Order of Coif, Editor, Stanford Law Review

B.A., Honors in Economics, University of Oregon, 1958, Phi Beta Kappa, (Recipient of Distinguished Service Award, 1999 and 2003-2004 Distinguished Alumni Fellow for the College of Arts and Sciences)

U.S. Infantry, 1958-59

U.S. Army Reserves, 1960-67

Biography:
A founding partner, Brian's practice emphasizes corporate and business matters for private and public companies, individuals and nonprofit corporations, including foundations and universities. His areas of concentration include corporate governance, representation of special committees of board of directors, mergers and acquisitions, private and public financings, and investment transactions.

Clients include NIKE, Inc., which he has represented for over 20 years, other public companies, and investors. In addition to business and nonprofit clients, Brian represents prominent members of Oregon's creative community.

Brian is recognized as one of Oregon's leading lawyers in corporate law and has been included in The Best Lawyers of America® for the last ten consecutive years. He is also listed as a leader in corporate and M&A in the Chambers USA America's Leading Lawyers for Business directory.

Brian is a native of Roseburg, Oregon. Brian and his wife, Gwyneth, were the recipients of the 1997 Tom McCall Leadership Award presented by Bank of America for contributions to Oregon's quality of life, and were named First Citizens of Portland for 1998. In 2002 he received the Aubrey R. Watzek Award from Lewis & Clark College; and in 2007 he was the first recipient of Arlington Club's C.E.S. Wood Award.

He is a frequent speaker on corporate and other topics, and is the editor of Wildmen, Wobblies & Whistlepunks: Stewart Holbrook's Lowbrow Northwest (OSU Press 1992).

Professional Organizations:
Oregon State Bar:
Public Service Award 1999;
Former Chair, Securities Section;
Business Law Section James B. Castles Leadership Award, 2000
Former Chair, Oregon Securities Law Association
Fellow, American Bar Foundation

Community Activities:
Former board chair of the following organizations:
Oregon State Parks and Recreation Commission
Oregon Institute of Literary Arts
Portland Art Museum
Oregon Health & Science University Foundation
Morrison Child and Family Center
University of Oregon Art Museum

Current board memberships include:
The Nature Conservancy
The Library Foundation of Multnomah County
Oregon Cultural Heritage Commission
Crater Lake National Parks Trust