JULIE WEIS
Attorney

  E-mail: weis@hk-law.com
  Phone: (503) 225-0777

BACKGROUND Ms. Weis received a B.A. degree in biology from Baylor University in 1987, where she was a National Merit Scholar, followed by an M.S. degree in biology from the same institution in 1990. After spending a few years doing doctoral work in ecology at the University of Georgia and its affiliated Savannah River Ecology Lab, where she was the recipient of a University-wide Fellowship, Ms. Weis obtained her J.D. from Northwestern School of Law, Lewis and Clark College, in 1997.

While in law school, Ms. Weis obtained a Certificate in Environmental and Natural Resources Law; earned a spot on the law school’s National Environmental Law Moot Court Team two years in a row (1996 & 1997); served on the Moot Court Board; and held the position of Articles Editor for Environmental Law. She also authored an article, titled "Eliminating the National Forest Management Act’s Diversity Requirement as a Substantive Standard," which was published in the law review. See 27 Envtl. Law 641 (1997). Upon graduation, Ms. Weis was inducted into the Cornelius Honor Society, an honorary organization of Northwestern School of Law, Lewis and Clark College.

AREAS OF PRACTICE Ms. Weis has a general commercial and civil litigation practice, but she also focuses on natural resources and environmental law matters, including forest products-related matters. She is admitted to practice in the state courts of Oregon, the U.S. District Court of Oregon, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. She is a member of the Oregon State Bar Association (Environmental and Natural Resources Section, Indian Law Section), the Multnomah Bar Association, the American Bar Association (Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources Section), and Oregon Women Lawyers.

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT Ms. Weis is committed to serving the community in which she lives. She currently chairs the Board of the Quest Center for Integrative Health, a nonprofit holistic health center serving those who either are living with life-challenging illnesses or who simply seek to live well and fully. Ms. Weis also is a former long-time chair and secretary of the Administrative Council of St. Anthony Catholic Church in Southeast Portland, where she and her husband have been members since shortly after arriving in Portland in 1994, and enjoys serving as a regular volunteer judge for Lewis and Clark Law School moot court environmental law competitions.