Peter R. Mersereau

E-mail pmersereau@mershanlaw.com

Practice Emphasis

• Employment Law: general advice and defense litigation in state and federal courts
• General Municipal Law
• Public Sector Tort / Civil Rights Defense
• Legal Malpractice Defense
• Insurance Defense Litigation
• School Law

Education

Cornell Law School, J.D. (1973)

Yale University, B.A. (1970)

Professional, Civic and Personal Involvements

• Oregon State Bar Association (1973)
  Litigation Section
  Federal Practice and Procedure Committee
• Multnomah County Bar Association
  Media Relations Committee
• Guam Bar Association (1979)
• Northern Mariana Islands Bar Association (1979)
• United States District Court
  For the districts of Oregon, Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands
• United States Court of Appeals
  Ninth Circuit
• Beaverton School District Budget Committee
  Elected member (1983-1991)
• Beaverton School Board (1987-1991)
  Chairman, 1989-1990

Seminar Presentations

• School Law in Oregon - National Business Institute (1995, 1996)
• Section 1983 Civil Rights in Oregon - Oregon State Bar (1997)
• Civil Rights Laws - Oregon State Bar (1997)
• Hot Topics In School Law in Oregon - Lorman Education Services (1997, 1998, 2000)
• Sexual Harassment in the Workplace - Special Districts Association of Oregon (1998)
• Current Issues in Oregon Public Sector Law, National Business Institute (1999)

Professional Background

• 1983 - present: Mersereau Shannon LLP
  Partner
  See “Practices Emphasis” section above
• 1979 - 1982: Portland City Attorney’s Office
  Senior Deputy City Attorney (1981)
  Deputy City Attorney (1979)
  Civil rights defense, police torts, general municipal liability cases
• 1976 - 1979: Territory of Guam and Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
  Assistant U.S. Attorney
  Federal tort claim defense, medical malpractice defense
  Territory of Guam - Assistant Public Defender
  Felony criminal defense, indigent civil defense
• 1973 - 1976 Bullivant, Wright, et al. - Associate Attorney
  Municipal tort defense, insurance law, coverage issues

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