Statesman Journal mini-questionnaire for 2012 General Election Thank you for responding to this questionnaire, which is for

use by Statesman Journal Editorial Board members in evaluating candidates for potential endorsements in the Nov. 6 General Election. Your answers also will be shared with reporters and may be published in the print newspaper and on StatesmanJournal.com. If you completed our questionnaire for the primary season, youll notice that some requested information is similar. We ask you to provide it again in case any of your previous data or answers have changed. (If you cant find a copy of your previous answers, let us know and well gladly send one.) Please answer each question and return this questionnaire to the Editorial Board via email as an attached Word document. The boards email address: Salemed@StatesmanJournal.com Deadline for submitting your questionnaire: 9 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 12, or earlier. Questions? Contact Editorial Page Editor Dick Hughes, 503-399-6727, dhughes@StatesmanJournal.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Your name: Age: 56

Timothy R. Volpert

(If your age will change before the Nov. 6 election, please indicate your birthday. We want to make sure we use accurate ages in editorials and news coverage. )

Political party (if this is a partisan office):

Position you are seeking (name of position, district number): Appellate Judge, Oregon Court of Appeals, Position 6.

I plan to attend the editorial board meeting scheduled for: October 1, 2012

Number of years living in the area you seek to represent: 34

Do you affirm that you are a full-time resident of that area? Yes

City/town of residence: Portland

Family (name of spouse/partner, number and ages of children if at home, number of grown children): Wife: Joan Volpert Son: Joe Volpert (21) Daughter: Emily Volpert (17)

Education: B.A., Political Science, Earlham College, 1978; J.D., Willamette University College of Law, 1981

Current occupation and employer: Attorney and Partner at Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Military service: None

Employment history: 9/81-8/82 - Judicial Clerk to the Honorable W. Michael Gillette, Oregon Court of Appeals 9/82-10/83 - Associate Attorney, Cosgrave, Kester, Crowe, et al. 10/83-present - Davis Wright Tremaine LLP 1985- Multnomah County Office of the District Attorney (volunteer basis)

Community involvement/volunteer history: Founder and volunteer attorney coach, We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution Program, Grant High School, Portland, Oregon, 2000-present (seven national top ten finalist teams); Volunteer attorney, Senior Law Project; Board of Directors, Classroom Law Project, 1994-present, Board chair 1996-1999, Executive Committee 1996-2008; Oregon Rules of Appellate Procedure Committee, Supreme Court of Oregon, 1999-2006; Participating Attorney, American Civil Liberties Union of Oregon, Inc. (current); Guest lecturer, Lewis & Clark Law School, United States Supreme Court Practice (taught by Ninth Circuit Judge Diarmuid OScannlain), Sports Law, and legal research and writing courses, Portland, Oregon, 2000-present; Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon, Board of Directors, 1991-2000, Board officer, 1993-1999; EMO Foundation, Inc., Board of Directors, 1995-2000; Shared Housing, Board of Directors, 1983-1989.

Please list all public offices to which youve been elected, and when: None

Please list any unsuccessful candidacies for public office, and when: None

Other prior political and government experience: Law clerk, Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Oregon, 1979-80 Judicial clerk to Judge W. Michael Gillette, Oregon Court of Appeals, 1981-82 Volunteer attorney, Office of the District Attorney, Multnomah County, 1985

How much your general election campaign will cost: $50,000 to $70,000

Key endorsements you have received: Governor Barbara Roberts Former Oregon Supreme Court Justice W. Michael Gillette District Attorney Michael D. Schrunk State Representative Lew Frederick Congressman Earl Blumenauer Former Attorney General Hardy Myers Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici Former State Senator Neil Bryant Rev. John Dennis George J. Puentes Jim Zupancic Oregon Education Association Teamsters Joint Council 37

Newspaper endorsements in the primary included:

The Oregonian Willamette Week Salem Statesman Journal Eugene Register-Guard The Bend Bulletin The Daily Astorian Medford Mail Tribune How the public can reach your campaign (remember that this information may be published): th Mail address: 2236 SE 10 Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97214 E-mail address: tim@timvolpert.com Web site URL: www.timvolpert.com Phone: (503) 703-9054 Fax: (503) 778-5299

Please limit your response to each of the following questions to about 75 words but be specific.

1. Have you ever been convicted of a crime, been disciplined by a professional licensing board/organization or had an ethics violation filed against you? If so, please give the details. No.

2. Have you ever filed for bankruptcy, been delinquent on your taxes or other major accounts, or been sued personally or professionally? If so, please give the details. No.

3. Why should people vote for you? What separates you from your opponent(s)? I am the only candidate who has: worked for the Court of Appeals, as a judicial clerk for Judge Gillette; regularly appeared in state and federal appellate courts; specialized, for 20 years, in handling appeals, including over 60 appeals before the Court of Appeals and over 100 appeals in all; handled cases involving virtually every area of the law that the Court of Appeals encounters, including constitutional, tort, land use, securities, employment, landlord and tenant, telecommunications, trusts and estates, workers compensation, real property, complex commercial, tax, patent, administrative, class action, and even criminal law; and argued and won a landmark case before the United States Supreme Court.

4. What are the three most important issues you would address if elected? How? (75 words for each issue) A. I am concerned about the ability of the Oregon Court of Appeals the busiest intermediate appellate court in the nation to make timely and complete adjudications of appeals. Because of its enormous workload, approximately 70% of appeals filed in the Court of Appeals are now decided without written opinions. Explanations for appellate decisions are of critical importance to the litigants and to the publics perception of the quality and integrity of the judicial system as a whole. If elected, I would commit personally to work as diligently and as expeditiously as possible on the opinions and matters entrusted to me and to work closely with my colleagues on the court to maintain cooperation and judicial efficiency. B. The size of the Court of Appeals has not kept pace with its workload. I would also do all that I can to encourage the 2013 legislature to appropriate funds for the three new Court of Appeals judge positions created by the 2012 legislature. C. Maintaining respect for the rule of law is critical to our system of government. I would also continue and expand my

commitment to civic education. I will continue to teach and coach the Grant High School Constitution Team that I founded 12 years ago. I would also like to use my judicial platform to encourage lawyers and teachers around the state to create similar programs. I would commit to meeting regularly with public school students at all levels to teach them about the Constitution and good citizenship.

5. What do you see as other important issues? Access to justice should be expanded in Oregon. The Campaign for Equal Justice does remarkable work raising funds for legal aid programs, but many people who are not eligible for legal aid also experience difficulty understanding the legal system and paying for representation. Programs like CourtCare in Multnomah County provide child care for people attending hearings and trials. Some counties have kiosks where pro se participants in the legal system can get information. Such programs, and translation services, should be made available statewide. I recognize that all of these things cost money, but we must find a way to avoid shutting citizens out of the judicial system.

6. How would you describe your political style or for judicial candidates, your judicial temperament? I have an inquisitive mind and enjoy probing deeply into legal issues. But I have also learned, in my 31 years of legal practice, how to make decisions when the issues presented by all sides have been fully explored. I will treat people with respect and impartiality, and hope that as a "people person" I will add to the collegiality of the court.

7. If you are an incumbent, what have you achieved during your current term? If you are not an incumbent, how have you prepared yourself for this position? Please see my response to Question 3 above.

8. What is the largest budget you have handled, and in what capacity?

9. What is the largest number of employees youve supervised, and in what capacity?

10. Who is your role model for this office the person/people you would most like to emulate? My role model as a Court of Appeals judge is Justice W. Michael (Mick) Gillette. I clerked for him at the Oregon Court of Appeals in my first job out of law school. He later became one of the most respected justices of the Oregon Supreme Court. Justice Gillette has a brilliant and analytical mind, showed impartiality in all matters before the court, was well liked in the legal community and was actively involved in the community. 11. Any skeletons in your closet or other potentially embarrassing information that you want to disclose before it comes up in the campaign? No. 12. As a public official, your views on public issues are relevant to voters and potential constituents. Please indicate whether you support or oppose each of these statewide measures on the Nov. 6 ballot. (This question does not apply to judicial candidates.) Measure 77, catastrophic disaster Measure 78, separation of powers Measure 79, real estate transfer taxes Measure 80, marijuana legalization Measure 81, gillnetting ban Measure 82, allows private casinos Measure 83, authorizes Wood Village casino Yes/No Yes/No Yes/No Yes/No Yes/No Yes/No Yes/No

Measure 84, eliminates inheritance tax Measure 85 shifts corporate kicker to K-12 schools

Yes/No Yes/No

Thank you. Again, please submit your questionnaire as an attached Word document to Salemed@StatesmanJournal.com no later than 9 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012.