General Background:    Allen L. Johnson

Member of the bars of the State of Oregon, the United States Supreme Court, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United States District Court for the District of Oregon. Practice concentrated in land use, resource, and administrative law. Law clerk to Justice Thomas H. Tongue, Oregon Supreme Court, 1973-74.

Experience:

Counsel on numerous residential, municipal, commercial, and industrial land use matters at all stages. Substantial appellate work, including cases concerning municipal incorporation and land use. Special counsel as needed to various local governments. Current or former hearings officer for various state agenies and local government bodies, including Lane Regional Air Pollution Authority, Land Conservation and Development Commission, Oregon State Health Planning and Development Agency.

Publications:

Frequent contributor to CLE publications, including "Oregon State Bar's Land Use Handbook", "Pleading and Practice Handbook," and "Real Estate and Land Use Digest." Author of 1981 study sponsored by the Oregon Land Use Study Group, "The Legal Environment of Land Use Planning in Oregon." Co-editor of Oregon State Bar's 1985 "Administrative Law Handbook." Over 40 appellate opinions of the Land Conservation and Development Commission, collected in Oregon LCDC Decisions, Vols 1-3 (Butterworth, 1981-82). LCDC opinions include, Seaman v. Durham, 1 LCDC 283 (1978)(exclusionary zoning), collected in Ellickson & Tarlock, Land Use Controls: Cases and Materials, 947-50 (1981); Stout v. Multnomah County, LCDC No. 79-037 (1980)(mobile home standards, not adopted), discussed at 5 Williams, American Land Planning Law, Sec. 160.23; 1000 Friends v. Jacksonville, 1 LCDC 302 (1978) (historic preservation), cited at Williams Sec.26; 1000 Friends v. City of Corvallis, 3 LCDC 38 (1979) (open space), discussed at 5 Williams Sec. 160.26; and various opinions concerning urban facilities and urban growth boundaries for Portland and other metropolitan areas.

Education:

B.A., Carleton College (1965)(honors); J.D., University of Oregon School of Law (1973)(Order of the Coif)

General Background:   Corinne C. Sherton

Member of the bar of the State of Oregon. Practice concentrated in land use, water, resource and administrative law. Current Treasurer and Board Member, Mary Leonard Law Society (Oregon Women Lawyers, Salem Chapter); Legislative Committee, Oregon State Bar, Real Estate & Land Use Section. Past Board Member Oregon State Bar, Environment & Natural Resources Section (1989-1992) and Oregon Environmental Council (1982-1987).

Experience:

Counsel on numerous municipal, industrial, commercial, residential and resource land use cases before local governments, state agencies, the Land Use Board of Appeals and Oregon Appellate Courts. Special Counsel, as needed, to various local governments. Land Use Board of Appeals Referee 1987-1995. Internships with Department of Land Conservation and Development, Oregon Department of Energy and 1000 Friends of Oregon. Postdoctoral fellowship in Biochemistry at Oregon Health Sciences University.

Publications:

Author of numerous appellate opinions of the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals, collected in LUBA Reports, Volumes 16-29 (1987-1995); "The Land Use Board of Appeals," with Wendie L. Kellington and Michael A. Holstun, "Land Use CLE", Oregon State Bar (1994); "Rulemaking," with Robert E. Stacey, Jr., "State Administrative Law CLE", Oregon State Bar (1985); "Willamette River Greenway Goal - Goal 15," with Daryl S. Garretson and John H. Hammond, Jr., "Land Use CLE", Oregon State Bar (1982); "Preserving Instream Flows in Oregon's Rivers and Streams," 11 Environmental Law 379 (1981); "Recent Developments in Oregon Land Use Planning Law," Department of Land Conservation and Development (1979); frequent speaker on land use planning topics.

Education:

B.S. in Biochemistry, University of Chicago (1968) (honors); Ph.D. in Biochemistry, University of Chicago (1973); J.D., Willamette University School of Law (1980).