Speaker bios

Thursday, September 26, 2013 ▪ 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

David F. Doughman became a partner with the Beery Elsner & Hammond in 2009.  He specializes in land use and public contracting issues and has a solid base of knowledge on a wide array of municipal topics, including development review and actions before the Land Use Board of Appeals (“LUBA”). He devotes a significant portion of his practice to assisting clients with development agreements, infrastructure financing and construction and the provision of public utilities to existing and growing populations. He is the firm’s procurement expert.

Mr. Wood is the lead editor of Anderson Kill’s insurance policy enforcement journal Enforce, and also edits the firm’s Financial Insurance Law blog.  He also authored the Corporate Policyholders’ 50-State Guide: The Right to Independent Counsel, and has published articles for many trade and legal publications including Risk Management Magazine, John Liner Review, CFO Magazine, CFO.com, National Underwriter, New York Times Dealbook, and Risk & Insurance Magazine, to name a few.

Mr. Wood is a frequent speaker on insurance policy enforcement matters and is often quoted in national media on significant insurance cases and issues.  He has been interviewed on CNBC Television, Bloomberg Radio, USA Today, Forbes, and Forbes.com and most recently on Fox Business News: America's Nightly Scoreboard.

Mr. Wood received his J.D. from the University of California, Hastings College of Law in 1985 after graduating cum laude with an A.B. from Williams College in 1979.  He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Atlantic Legal Foundation, and Director and Past Board President of Casa Pacifica Center for Children and Families.

Tammy regularly presents educational training sessions throughout the state. The training Tammy provides is not limited to but includes, groups of new employees that need to be aware of ethics issues, and staff wanting a refresher session, or to those who have unique groups with questions regarding specific ethics problems. In addition to training, Tammy is also available for informal questions and discussions about statutes, administrative rules and the commission’s processes.

Tammy began her career with the State of Oregon as a Revenue Agent in 1998 for the Department of Revenue. In November of 2000, she took a position with the Employment Department as a Revenue Agent. She was subsequently promoted to positions of Business Employment Specialist and then Adjudicator within the agency. In October of 2007, she took a position with the Oregon Government Ethics Commission as a Compliance Specialist. January 2008, promoted to her current position as a Trainer/Program Analyst.
Chad Jacobs, Senior Associate, with Beery Elsner & Hammond has over a decade of experience representing local governments in all aspects of municipal law. He began his career with the San Francisco City Attorney’s Office where he rose to the position of Senior Deputy City Attorney and was head of the office’s Ethics and Elections Team. Upon arriving in Oregon, Chad continued his service to local governments as the General Counsel for the League of Oregon Cities, where he represented the interests of all of Oregon’s 242 incorporated cities.

Throughout his career, Chad has drafted numerous charter provisions, ballot measures, ordinances and regulations, and has provided legal advice to public officials at all levels of local government. Further, he has represented clients in both the court room and in administrative law hearings.  As an instructor for the Oregon Local Leadership Institute, he provided training seminars to cities and counties as well as to various government organizations.

Diana has been involved in countless disciplinary proceedings, consisting of assessment of the facts, providing representation at investigative interviews, representation at Loudermill (pre-disciplinary) hearings, presentation of legal analysis prior to decision on arbitration, negotiating voluntary employment severance alternatives and presentation of the cases to arbitration. In addition, she has handled hundreds of contract interpretation issues. Ms. Moffat has presented cases to the Employment Relations Board in the form of Unfair Labor Practices and Unit Clarification matters. She is versed in Oregon Labor law, ERB rules and regulations, FMLA, FLSA, OFLA, PECBA and Oregon Statutory and case law. She has been exposed to a wide array of employment situations involving issues of overtime pay, light duty provisions, medical determinations, seniority, annual evaluations, vacation scheduling, medical insurance coverage and sexual harassment, just to name a few.

Before joining LGPI, Ashley clerked for a private labor and employment law firm and at the Oregon Department of Justice, Trial Division in the Torts and Employment Section. In these roles, Ashley gained valuable experience researching, writing, and advising on an array of labor and employment law issues, including NLRA, PECBA, OFLA, FMLA, ADA, and Title VII.