Richard J. Parker

Richard J. Parker is a shareholder in Parker, Butte, & Lane, P.C. in Portland, Ore., where his practice focuses on student loans and bankruptcy. He also volunteers with United Farm Workers and received the American Jurisprudence Award in Labor Law. He also received the Award of Merit from the Debtor-Creditor section of the Oregon State Bar for service to the section. Mr. Parker has been a member of theWashington State Bar since 1978 and the Oregon State Bar since 1980. He is admitted to the Oregon and Washington federal courts and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Mr. Parker is a past chair of theConsumer Bankruptcy Subcommittee of the Oregan State Bar’s Debtor-Creditor Section (1998-99) and has been a member of the editorial board of the OSB Debtor-Creditor Section Newsletter since 2003. In addition, he is a member of the Legislation subcommittee of the OSB Debtor-Creditor section, has been chair of the Pro Bono Bankruptcy Clinic Subcommittee since 2012, is a member of the OSB Debtor-Creditor Section’s Executive Board (2013-17), is a past Debtor-Creditor Section Secretary, Treasurer and Chair (2014-16), and is a member of the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys(NACBA) and the National Association of Chapter 13 Trustees (NACTT). Mr. Parker has authored numerous articles on student loan issues and is a frequent speaker at state, regional and national seminars on student loans, including the Oregon State Bar and the Northwest Bankruptcy Institute, and at theNACBA and NACTT conventions. He received his B.A. in political science in 1975 from Reed College and his J.D. in 1978 from Golden Gate University School of Law, where he was a member of its law review.