Samantha Hazel
President

Samantha was born and raised in Oregon City. She graduated from U of Oregon School of Law in 2001 after obtaining her MBA from the University of Utah and a bachelor's degree from Whitman College. Samantha was a law clerk with the Clackamas County District Attorney's office while in law school, and started working full time at the DA's office upon passing the bar in September 2001.She worked with several attorneys in Clackamas County, including Don Bowerman and Jim Tait, before joining Peter Glazer as an associate in 2006. Her primary areas of practice are family law and litigation.

Prior to becoming the CCBA Vice President, she was Treasurer in 2005. Samantha most values the mentoring and networking the CCBA helps develop and foster and that there are so many opportunities to participate and get to know colleagues in professional and social situations. In her spare time, Samantha enjoys spending time with her friends and family, both two and four-legged! She takes many hikes with her dog Apollo and rides horses at a local barn.

William Knox, III
Vice President

William Clarence Knox, III (Bill) was born and raised in the Hampton Rhodes area of the great southern state of Virginia. After graduating from Hampden-Sydney College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science in 1985, Mr. Knox moved to Washington, DC where he took a position with a large engineering company in their Contracts Administration Department. After several years of toiling away just inside the DC’s nightmarish beltway, Mr. Knox finagled a transfer back home to the company's Virginia Beach, VA office.

After returning home to Virginia Beach, Mr. Knox continued serving his community by joining and becoming a sworn auxiliary police officer with the Virginia Beach Police Department. In 1993, Mr. Knox decided to move to Portland, Oregon in order to be closer to his family. In 1995 Mr. Knox was married to Lee Anne and later adopted her daughter April. In 1997 Mr. Knox decided to follow a lifelong dream, and he entered law school at Willamette University's College of Law. While in law school Mr. Knox earned awards for his trial skills and was a member of the school's law review. Mr. Knox was admitted to practice law in Oregon and Washington in 2000, and he now concentrates his practice in domestic relations and other general business litigation matters. Mr. Knox now serves as a Municipal Court Judge Pro Tem for the : City of Happy Valley; City of Damascus; and City of Newberg.

Sandy Faber
Secretary

Sandy is in her third year of practice at Stahancyk, Kent, & Hook P.C. Sandy first fell in love with family law while externing for the Honorable Susan Svetkey. She graduated from University of Oregon School of Law and Grinnell College in Grinnell, Iowa. She’s originally from Chicago.

Lisa Almasy Miller
Treasurer

Lisa Almasy Miller is a civil and family law mediator and arbitrator who works from her Happy Valley home. She has 26 years of litigation experience, handling personal injury (both plaintiff and defense) and family law cases. isa is currently a Clackamas County Pro Tem Judge handling matters on the Family Law short docket. She is the immediate past president of Clackamas Women Lawyers and just ended a second term on the Board of Directors for the PLF. This year Lisa was appointed by the BOG to be a member of the Client Security Fund Committee and was appointed a Director on the Board of the Oregon Lawyer Assistance Foundation (OLAF). She is a regular volunteer for the Pro Se Assistance Project and meets weekly with two elementary students as a SMART volunteer. In her spare time, Lisa enjoys reading, photography, hiking, traveling and spending time with her family and dog!

Diane Rader
Immediate Past President

Diane C. Rader was born in San Francisco while her father, Dale Rader, was attending law school. She was raised in Portland, Oregon and began working in law offices as a teenager. She graduated from Lewis and Clark Law School and began her legal career in 1990. Diane worked in a full spectrum of criminal defense law in a firm, which included her late father and brother Mark, for thirteen years. She is licensed in both Oregon and Idaho. She is currently a member of the Clackamas Indigent Defense Corporation as a defense attorney.She also practices in some areas of civil law.Diane has served on several committees including Oregon State Bar’s Public Services Information Committee, the OregonBar–Press–Broadcasters Council, Oregon Criminal Defense Lawyers Association Education Committee and Juvenile Law Committee and is a member of several professional organizations.