RIDGWAY K. FOLEY, JR.
ridgway.foley@greenemarkley.com

EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

• B.S. magna cum laude, Special Honors in Study, Lewis and Clark College, 1959.
• J.D., University of Oregon School of Law, Order of the Coif, 1963.
• Admitted to Practice in Oregon; Oregon Supreme Court; U.S. District court, District of Oregon; U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Tax Court.

Mr. Foley has been a speaker, writer and editor on numerous CLE and other seminars and publications concerning appellate litigation and practice, trial practice, insurance law, pleading, motion practice and legal writing.

MEMBERSHIPS & HONORS

• Member: Multnomah Bar Association, Board Member 1993-1997; Oregon State Bar Association; American Bar Association; ABA Subsection on Tort and Insurance Practice, Appellate Advocacy; ABA Subsection on Litigation, Appellate Practice; American Judicature Society, 1969-1998
• Officer: Multnomah Bar Association, 1995-96;
• Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge Honor Certificate, 1977;
• Leonard E. Read Memorial Lecturer, New York, 1984;
• Foundation for Economic Education Lecturer, Tarrytown, New York, 1987;
• Marquis' Who's Who in America, All editions commencing 1993-94.
• Martindale Hubbell rating: av
• Life Member of the National Registry of Who's Who in American Law

PUBLICATIONS

Mr. Foley has published more than 100 scholarly articles and essays since 1962 in such journals as The Oregon Law Review, The Willamette Law Journal, Insurance Counsel Journal, Private Practice, The Freeman, Reason, The Multnomah Lawyer, For the Defense, Freedom Daily, Forum, and Insuranceweek.

Author:

"Chapter 1: Subject Matter Jurisdiction," Appeal and Review, Oregon State Bar, 1977; Essays in anthologies and Festchrift: "Ideas on Liberty," 1987, "A Man of Principle," 1991; "Private Property and Political Control," 1992; "Taxation and Confiscation," 1993; "Faith of Our Fathers," 1997

Co-Author:

"Chapter 2: Jurisdiction of Appellate Courts," Appeal and Review, Oregon State Bar, 1993

PRACTICE EMPHASIS

Mr. Foley has concentrated his practice for many years on appellate litigation. He has represented all manner of clients on all manner of state and federal appeals-civil, administrative, and criminal-since 1964. Most of his more than 1500 appellate cases have been argued in the Oregon Supreme Court, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the Oregon Court of Appeals.

In addition, Mr. Foley has long carried on a business and estate planning practice, primarily representing individuals, families and small businesses and he also provides litigation consultation and preservation-of-record services to trial lawyers.