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Jonathan A. Ater
Chair
Jonathan Ater, Chair of Ater Wynne LLP, has more than 40 years of experience as a strategic advisor to business enterprises and public bodies. He works with senior managers, boards of directors, and professionals in connection with a broad array of business and policy issues, including corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, healthcare, personnel matters, energy and raw material supply, environmental and legislative matters, property acquisition and development, commercial contracting, and dispute resolution. He has had particular experience with emerging businesses and turn arounds.
His clients include healthcare professionals and institutions; basic industries such as steel, aluminum, polysilicon, ferrosilicon, forest products, and electric utilities; and high technology companies. Many of his client companies are engaged in trade throughout the world.
Jonathan serves as principal or general counsel for several corporate entities, and the Medical Society of Metropolitan Portland. He is also an experienced arbitrator and mediator, serving under the auspices of the Arbitration Service of Portland.
Jonathan was appointed by Governor Ted Kulongoski to serve on the Oregon Health Fund Board. He also serves as vice-chair of the Oregon Health Policy Commission and was co-chair of the Governor’s 2004 Mental Health Task Force. He has served on two working groups that advise senior management of the Oregon Department of Human Resources. Jonathan is a director of Axio Research Corporation. He is past chair of the Albertina Kerr Foundation and a steward of the First Unitarian Church Foundation.
From 1994 to 1998, Jonathan served as chair of the Oregon Commission on Children and Families. He also previously served as a member of the State Board of Higher Education and the Board of Bar Examiners.
Professional Experience
Ater Wynne LLP, Portland, Oregon, Partner, 1970 to present; Chair, 2007 to present
Education
Yale Law School, LL.B, 1965; Order of the Coif; Yale Law Journal; Thomas Swan Barrister’s Union
Yale University, B.A., 1962
Admitted to Practice
Oregon, 1966
Professional Activities
American Bar Association
Oregon State Bar, Health Law, Corporate Finance and Energy Sections; Affirmative Action Committee, 1992 to 1994
Board of Bar Examiners, Vice Chair, 1973 to 1974; Member, 1971 to 1974
Bar Examination Review Board, 1986 to 1988; Chair, 1987 to 1988
Multnomah Bar Association
Community Activities
Oregon State Commission on Children & Families, Chair, 1994 to 1998
Hazardous Waste Steering Committee, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (Region X), 1987 to 1988
Oregon Board of Higher Education, 1976 to 1980
Member of various civic and charitable organization boards of trustees; participant in political campaigns and activities; pro bono legal service to individuals and community service organizations
Representative Matters
Acquisition of transatlantic submarine cable
Sale of aluminum smelter in Iceland
Organization of large clinical practice entity at academic medical center
Restructuring of large Medicaid managed care organization | 