Professional

Honors & Activities

• “AV Preeminent” Peer Review Rating from LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell, the leading lawyer evaluation service in the nation.  An AV certification recognizes a lawyer who achieves the highest level of legal ability, experience, integrity and overall professional excellence.
• Member, Board of Governors, Oregon Trial Lawyers Association (2011-present)
• Elected Delegate, House of Delegates, Oregon State Bar (2009-present)
• Co-Chair, Motor Vehicles Section, Oregon Trial Lawyers Association (2009-present)
• Graduate, Gerry Spence’s Trial Lawyers College (2009)
• MBA Judicial Screening Committee, Multnomah Bar Association Award of Merit (2009)
• Participant, William A. Barton Litigation Boot Camp III (2008-2009)
• Member, Judicial Screening Committee, Multnomah Bar Association (2008-present)
• Member, Court Liaison Committee, Multnomah Bar Association (2006-2008)
• Co-Chair, Education Committee, Oregon Trial Lawyers Association (2006-2009)
• President’s Circle, Oregon Trial Lawyers Association (2006-present)
• Barrister, Gus J. Solomon Inns of Court (2005-present)
• Member, Education Committee, Oregon Trial Lawyers Association (2004-2005)
• Participant, National Institute for Trial Advocacy, Northwest Regional Program (2004)
• Member, Young Lawyers Division, Federal Bar Association (2001-2003)

Publications

• Kline, R.C., Minor Injury Claims & Attorney Fees, Trial Lawyer, Oregon Trial Lawyers Association (Fall 2007)
• Kline, R.C., Responsive Pleadings: Answers, Affirmative Defenses and Replies, Oregon Civil Pleading and Practice, OSB Legal Publications, 2006 and 2001 Supplements (2006, 2001)
• Kline, R.C., Co-author with Stephen F. English, Jury Bias In The Wake Of Enron & Other Corporate Scandals, Litigation Journal, Oregon State Bar Litigation Section, (August 2003)

Speaking

• Doing Well By Doing Right: Getting Justice For Injured Clients Under The Residential Landlord Tenant Act And Getting Paid For Your Work, New Lawyers Section, Oregon Trial Lawyers Association (October 2010)
• Motor Vehicles Practice, Basic Law for the New Practitioner: What You Should Have Learned in Law School, Oregon Trial Lawyers Association (October 2009)
• Panelist, Starting A Law Practice, Oregon State Bar Annual Meeting (October 2004)

Education

• University of Oregon School of Law, J.D.
• Articles Editor, Oregon Law Review
• University of Colorado at Boulder, B.A., Political Science

Bar Admission

• Oregon
• Washington
• U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit