July 18, 2001

Arthur H. Bryant, TLPJ, 510-622-8150 x 202

OREGON ATTORNEY SUSAN VOGEL SALADOFF ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE TLPJ FOUNDATION

Activist trial lawyer Susan Vogel Saladoff of Davis, Gilstrap, Hearn, Saladoff & Smith P.C. in Ashland, Oregon, was elected President of The TLPJ Foundation on July 15 at the organization’s annual membership meeting in Montreal. The Foundation is the nonprofit parent of Trial Lawyers for Public Justice (TLPJ), the national public interest law firm specializing in precedent-setting tort and damage litigation.

"Susan is one of our nation’s most dedicated advocates of public justice," said outgoing TLPJ Foundation President Peter Perlman of Lexington, Kentucky. "We are thrilled to have such a distinguished leader to help launch the 20^th anniversary year of TLPJ."

A successful and established trial lawyer, Ms. Saladoff is an active member of the Oregon Trial Lawyers Association and of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America. She serves on the Judicial Selection Committee of the Women’s Bar Association, and has served as a Member of the Board of Governors of the Trial Lawyers Association of Metropolitan D.C. Ms. Saladoff received her J.D., with honors, in 1983 from George Washington University Law School. Her association with TLPJ is long-standing: she served as a TLPJ law clerk during law school and then as TLPJ’s sole Staff Attorney until 1984.

One other Oregon attorney serves on The TLPJ Foundation’s board:

Past TLPJ Foundation President Jeffrey P. Foote of Jeffrey Foote & Associates in Portland.

Four other attorneys were elected as new officers of The TLPJ Foundation:

• President-Elect Paul L. Stritmatter of Stritmatter Kessler Whelan Withey Coluccio in Hoquiam, Washington;
• Vice President Larry Trattler of The Trattler Law Firm in Denver;
• Treasurer J. Gary Gwilliam of Gwilliam, Ivary, Chiosso, Cavalli & Brewer in Oakland, California; and
• Secretary Jeffrey M. Goldberg of Jeffrey M. Goldberg & Associates in Chicago.

Two attorneys were newly elected to the Executive Committee of the TLPJ Foundation Board:

Alan R. Brayton of Brayton Purcell & Geagan in Novato, California, and Sandra H. Robinson of Jack Olender & Associates in Washington, D.C.

Five other attorneys were also elected as new TLPJ Foundation Board members:

• Mike Eidson of Colson, Hicks, Eidson, et al. in Coral Gables, Florida;
• Roger L. Mandel of Stanley, Mandel & Iola in Dallas;
• S.C. "Buster" Middlebrooks of Gardner, Middlebrooks, Fleming & Gibbons in Mobile, Alabama;
• Stephen Mark Smith of Joseph Smith Ltd. Communications & Outreach Committee Hampton, Virginia; and
• C. Tab Turner of Turner and Associates in North Little Rock, Arkansas.

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Trial Lawyers for Public Justice is the only national public interest law firm dedicated to using trial lawyers’ skills and resources to advance the public good. Founded in 1982, TLPJ utilizes a nationwide network of more than 2,500 outstanding trial lawyers to pursue precedent-setting and socially significant litigation. It has a wide-ranging litigation docket in the areas of civil rights and liberties, consumer rights, worker safety, toxic torts, environmental protection, and access to the courts. TLPJ is the principal project of The TLPJ Foundation, a not-for-profit membership organization. It has offices in Washington, DC, and Oakland, CA. For more information on the Trial Lawyer of the Year Award and this year’s finalists, visit the TLPJ web site, www.publicjustice.net.