Personal Interests

• Triathlons
• Canoeing
• Cycling
• Cooking

Wendie L. Kellington

Attorney at Law

Wendie Kellington is known in Oregon and nationally for her expertise with regulated industries. For two years she served as general counsel for the USA subsidiary of a wind turbine manufacturing company. She provides hearings officer services for clients and is a former referee and Chief Referee for Oregon's Land Use Board of Appeals, writing hundreds of opinions on development related issues. She has represented landowners with projects ranging from a few acres to several thousand. Her experience in land development and construction projects includes managing cases in complex and politically focused governmental processes, as well as before administrative tribunals and appellate courts.

Education:

• Juris Doctor degree (cum laude), Seattle University, 1983
• Bachelor of Science, Political Science, Southern Oregon State College, 1979

Professional Activities:

• Member American Wind Energy Association 2009 to present
• Faculty, ALI/ABA Land Use Institute
• Author, Chapter 5, "RLUIPA - The Federal Perspective," The RLUIPA Reader: Religious Land Uses, Zoning, and The Courts (Pub. 2009)
• Author, "Handling the Land Use Case," RLUIPA Chapter 2008 Supplement.
• Contributor, Mandelker “Land Use Law” 2006 Casebook Supplement.
• State of Oregon Building Structures Board (1999-2004).
• President Home Builders Association of Metro Portland (HBAMP) (2002).
• National Association of Homebuilders (NAHB) Legal Action Committee and NAHB Litigation Strategy Committee (1998-2003).
• Contributing Writer for American Planning Association Legal Digest.
• Ms. Kellington is a frequent writer and speaker at national, state, regional and local conferences on energy, land use, endangered species and municipal law issues.
• She has written chapters in the Oregon State Bar Land Use Deskbook regarding LUBA practice and unconstitutional takings.
• Contributing Author/Author on various national publications which include author in West’s Zoning and Planning Law Report and Environmental Issues, "Nichols on Eminent Domain" (1997 update) Matthew Bender and Co. and Partial Takings, "Nichols on Eminent Domain" (1997 update) Matthew Bender and Co.
• Lewis and Clark Law School Board of Visitors (2003-2006).
• Lewis and Clark Law School Gantenbein Society (2004-2006).

Admitted to Practice:

• Oregon State Courts
• Washington State Courts
• United States Federal District Court
• United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.