Jim D. Noteboom
Professional Experience
Jim Noteboom grew up on a farm outside Salem. After completing his B.S. and M.B.A. degrees at Oregon State University, he entered the Marine Corps in 1968 and served as an artillery officer in Viet Nam. He returned to law school at the University of Oregon in 1974 and joined the firm in 1977.
Jim is one of several attorneys in the firm that devote their practice primarily to representing the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Tribe of Oregon. His representation of the Tribe includes particular emphasis on energy, water, environmental, land acquisition, and natural resource law.
He was the primary attorney involved in the negotiation of the Tribe's landmark water settlement agreement with the State of Oregon and the United States. He also represented the Tribe while negotiating the settlement agreement with Portland General Electric Company and the U.S. Department of the Interior under which the Tribe acquired a major ownership interest in the Pelton Hydroelectric Project.
Professional & Community Activities
Jim is a founder and member of the board of directors of the Museum at Warm Springs. He has also, since inception, served as a founder and Secretary of the Deschutes River Conservancy, a unique environmental group originally conceived of by the Warm Springs Tribe and the Environmental Defense Fund. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of the World Affairs Council of Oregon and on the Advisory Board of the Oregon Youth Challenge Program working with at-risk youth.
Military service has been an important part of Jim Noteboom's life. He served a total of 39 years in the Navy, Marine Corps and Army, both on active duty and in the reserves. In 2002 he received a Master of Strategic Studies degree from the U.S. Army War College. Since 1996, he has served as an adjunct instructor for the Defense Institute of International Legal Studies leading teaching teams to such countries as Kyrgyzstan, Georgia, Ethiopia, Congo, Argentina, Zambia, Ukraine, Eritrea, Croatia, Senegal, Ukraine, Zambia and Zimbabwe to provide instruction to host nation military and civilian leadership on a variety of topics.
Education
University of Oregon School of Law, J.D. (1974)
U.S. Army War College, M.S.A (2002)
Oregon State University, M.B.A. (1968)
Oregon State University, B.S. (1967)
Admitted to Practice
Oregon