E. Walter Van Valkenburg
Experience
Wally Van Valkenburg is the Managing Partner of the firm's Portland office and is a
past member of the firm's Executive Committee. He has extensive experience in
health care law with particular emphasis on antitrust, managed care, insurance
regulation and related areas. Wally's practice has included virtually all areas of
antitrust law in the health care field as well as structuring and organizing networks,
IPAs and PHOs. He has also represented several health care clients in litigation
matters and government investigations. He speaks frequently on the topic of antitrust
and health care.
Prior to joining Stoel Rives, Wally was a law clerk to Justice Edward H. Howell at
the Oregon Supreme Court from 1978 to 1979.
Professional Honors and Activities
Partner
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Selected by Best Lawyers® as Antitrust Law Lawyer of the Year, Portland, 2016
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Listed in Best Lawyers in America© (currently: Antitrust Law, Copyright Law,
(503) 294-9514 direct
Litigation-Intellectual Property, Patent Law, Technology Law, Trademark Law),
(503) 220-2480 fax
2006-2016
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Portland, OR
wally.vanvalkenburg@stoel.com
Selected as one of "America's Leading Lawyers for Business" (Oregon) by
Chambers USA (currently: Intellectual Property), 2009-2015
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Listed in Who's Who in America and Who's Who in the World
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Past Chair, Antitrust Trade Regulation and Unfair Business Section, Oregon State
Bar
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Chair, Multnomah County Legal Aid
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Past President, ACLU of Oregon
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Member, American Health Lawyers Association
Education
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Columbia University School of Law,
LL.M., 1984
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Willamette University College of Law,
J.D., 1978, summa cum laude
Editor in Chief, Willamette Law
Journal
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University of Washington, B.A., cum
laude, 1975
Publications
Admissions
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"Avoiding Antitrust Traps in Merger Negotiations (co-author)," The Daily Briefing,
The Advisory Board Company, September 10, 2012
Oregon