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John F. Kilkenny

 

Oral History Transcript

Judge John Kilkenny’s Memorial Service, May 1, 1995, Pioneer Courthouse, Portland, Oregon

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  • 2003 Annual Picnic at the Leavy Hop Farm
  • 2004 Annual Dinner/LSA Recipient Randall Kester
  • 2004 Picnic Honoring Sen. Hatfield and Ninth Circuit Judge Otto Skopil
  • 2005 Annual Dinner / LSA Recipient Katherine O’Neil
  • 2005 Annual Picnic Honoring Oregon History Makers
  • 2006 Annual Dinner / Lifetime Service Award Recipients Tom Stoel and Carolyn Stoel
  • 2006 Annual Picnic Honoring Longevity in the Law
  • 2007 Annual Dinner / Lifetime Service Award Recipient Norm Wiener
  • 2008 Annual Dinner // Lifetime Service Award Recipient Owen Panner
  • 2008 Picnic Honoring Legislative and Administrative Lawyers
  • 2009 Annul Dinner/Lifetime Service Award Honoree Nancy Moriarty
  • 2009 Picnic Honoring Officials and Lawyers for the Confederated Tribes
  • 2010 Annual Dinner/Lifetime Service Award Honoree George Fraser
  • 2010 Picnic Honoring Trial Lawyers
  • 2011 Annual Dinner // Lifetime Service Award Recipient Senior United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Edward Leavy
  • 2011 Annual Picnic Honoring Oregon’s Law Schools
  • 2013 Annual Dinner/LSA Recipients Norm Sepenuk and Sidney Lezak.
  • 2013 Picnic Honoring Criminal Law Practitioners
  • 2014 Annual Dinner/LSA Recipient Steve Wax
  • 2014 Annual Picnic
  • 2015 Annual Dinner/LSA Recipient Judge Robert E. Jones
  • 2015 Annual Picnic
  • 2016 Annual Dinner/LSA Recipients Ron and Jewel Lansing
  • 2016 Annual Picnic
  • 2017 Annual Dinner/LSA Recipient Jeff Batchelor
  • 2017 Annual Picnic
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  • 2019 Annual Dinner/LSA Recipient Judge Anna Brown
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  • 2022 Annual Dinner Honoring Ed Harnden
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  • Dennis J. Hubel
  • Events
    • 2018 Annual Dinner/LSA Recipient Barnes Ellis
    • December 1, 2017 CLE & Reception
    • Historical Society’s Annual Meeting and Lifetime Service Award Presentation
    • Judicial Portrait Unveiling
    • June 28, 2018 CLE & Reception
    • Wild Wild History: The Rise and Fall of Rajneeshpuram
  • Famous Cases Lecture Series
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  • John F. Kilkenny
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    • Charles H. Turner
    • Donald Ashmanskas
    • Elizabeth Perris
    • Noreen Kelly Saltveit McGraw
    • Norman Sepenuk
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      • Betty Roberts
      • David Looney
      • Edward Leavy
      • Frank A. Bauman
      • Garr M. King
      • George E. Juba
      • Henry Hess
      • James A. Redden
      • John Cooney
      • John Jelderks
      • Malcolm Marsh
      • Michael Marcus
      • Owen Panner
      • Randall Kester
      • Robert Belloni
      • Robert E. Jones
      • Stephen Bloom
      • Susan P. Graber
    • Peter McCabe
    • Peter McCabe
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