Portland, Ore. --
November 5, 2008 -- Today, the Oregon Area Jewish Committee presented a Special Recognition Award to Lisa Kaner, a business litigator and shareholder with Markowitz, Herbold, Glade & Mehlhaf, for her considerable work in the community.
Lisa served as chair and legal counsel for the Oregon Holocaust Memorial Coalition, guiding the memorial through a heated six-year legal battle. She co-chaired the Portland exhibition of
Anne Frank: A History for Today, which was visited by more than sixty thousand people in 2002. She also has served for 12 years as a board member and officer for the Oregon Area Jewish Committee.
Lisa accepted the Special Recognition Award at the Judge Learned Hand Award Luncheon, held at The Benson Hotel in Portland, where Brian Booth of Tonkon Torp LLP received the Judge Learned Hand Lifetime Achievement Award.
Lisa Kaner’s practice areas include securities litigation, complex contract disputes, business fraud, insurance coverage, and employment. Over the past decade, she has obtained multi-million dollar judgments and settlements, and defeated like-size claims. Lisa is immediate past president of the Owen M. Panner Inn of Court, and has been a board member of the U.S. District Court Historical Society and a coach of the Jefferson High School Mock Trial Team. She is the mother of Jordan (14) and Zoe (12).
Event chairs included OAJC President Allan R. Abravanel of Perkins Coie LLP, Henry Hewittt of Stoel Rives LLP, and Peter H. Koehler of Nike, Inc.
The Oregon Area Jewish Committee is an independent affiliate of the American Jewish Committee. OAJC has been a presence in our community for over 28 years, building bridges and coalitions between the Jewish community in the Portland region and various religious and ethnic groups. OAJC works to protect the civil and religious rights of all; ensure Israel’s security; advance efforts to protect human rights and human dignity; combat anti-Semitism; reduce intergroup tensions; promote Jewish values in discussions of public policy; and, enrich the quality of Jewish life.
OAJC is involved in a number of initiatives and inter-group programs including the Coalition Against Hate Crimes (of which OAJC is the founding organization), and dialogues with the Catholics, Latter Day Saints, Latinos and other groups. OAJC is proud to have been the managing sponsor of the exhibit
Anne Frank: A History for Today, and the lead organization in the creation of the Oregon Holocaust Memorial.
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