Oltman Installation of Diane Lourdes Dick
Seattle University School of Law is proud to honor Diane Lourdes Dick as the William C. Oltman Professor of Teaching Excellence.
About Professor Diane Lourdes Dick
Professor Diane Lourdes Dick focuses her teaching and scholarship on business and tax law, with particular emphasis on commercial finance, business bankruptcy and out-of-court restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, and business entity taxation. A prolific author, she has published or forthcoming articles in law reviews, peer-reviewed journals, practitioner-oriented publications, and on prominent commercial law blogs. She is also active in practitioner circles in the Pacific Northwest and around the country, and regularly consults with attorneys, investors, private equity funds, and think tanks about commercial finance, bankruptcy and insolvency, and business taxation.
About Professor Emeritus William C. Oltman
The professorship was created to honor excellence in teaching and is named for Professor William C. Oltman, who retired in 2008 after 34 years of outstanding teaching in the areas of property and trusts and estates. Professor Oltman demonstrated an unwavering commitment to excellence, demanding the best of himself, his students and his colleagues. He is also co-author of the leading treatise on wills and trusts under Washington law.