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Board of Governors Election
Pursuant to ORS 9.025(2) the Board of Governors has reconfigured the bar regions to ensure balanced representation. As part of that reconfiguration, two new positions on the BOG have been created (one in Region 4 and in a new Region 7). Based on the new bar regions, there are five board positions up for election this year. Below is a list of the candidates up for election for each position.
Ann L. Fisher, Matthew H. Kehoe
Region 5: 1 vacancy — Kenneth S. Mitchell-Phillips
Region 6: 1 vacancy — Hunter B. Emerick
Region 7: 1 vacancy — Tom Kranovich, Robert LeChevallier
* Region 4 has two vacancies, one 4-year term and one 2-year term. Following the election, the candidate from region 4 with the highest number of votes will fill the 4-year position and the candidate with the second highest votes will fill the 2-year position.
ORS 9.042 provides members of the bar the opportunity to challenge the eligibility of any BOG candidate. The statutory procedure for challenging the eligibility of a BOG candidate requires that challenges be submitted to the Executive Director no later than June 10, 2010.
Ballots for this election will be distributed on October 4 and due at the bar office no later than 5:00 p.m. on October 18, 2010. All BOG terms begin on January 1, 2011 and are for 4-years except the second region 4 position, which is two years.
OSB Board of Governors
The Board of Governors governs the bar, determines the general policies of the bar and approves its budget each year. The Executive Director, appointed by and acting under the supervision of the Board, implements, administers and supervises the bar's operation and program activities.
The Oregon State Bar is governed by a Board of Governors consisting of fourteen lawyers elected from seven regions and four public members appointed by the board.
Pursuant to ORS 9.080(1), the board is charged with the executive functions of the state bar and "shall at all times direct its power to the advancement of the science of jurisprudence and the improvement of the administrative of justice." The board has authority to "adopt, alter, amend and repeal bylaws and to adopt new bylaws containing provisions for the regulation and management of the affairs of the state bar not inconsistent with law."