Seen a Rogue on the loose? Get in touch with our Roguemeister: JOHN SCHRAG jschrag@wweek.com (503) 243-2122 FAX: (503) 243-1115 We suspect that Oregonians who voted for Measure 7 didn't intend for it to be a full-employment act for Portland's highest-priced lawyers. Yet the people who know the color of money are already lining up for their personalized M7 license plates. This week alone, for example, two big-name firms are sponsoring seminars seeking potential clients who feel wronged by land-use regulations and now have a tool to get some cash. On Dec. 6, the pinstriped gang from Miller Nash will be hosting a "non-partisan forum" for "all comers" at the Lloyd Center Doubletree Hotel for $50 a head. The firm insists it's just fleshing out the complexity of the new law from every angle and will issue a special report within a month. The next day, Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt holds a fete at the downtown Portland Marriott "for our clients and friends who own property in Oregon." Word also has it that the fine folk at Stoel Rives are going to take M7 to the bank as well. It's no surprise that lawyers are eager to get a jump on the new law's litigious possibilities. And we think lawyers will play a vital role in sorting out the implications of the law. But the zeal with which some of the big firms are hustling new business reaches into the realm of roguishness. The gathering at the Marriott is particularly interesting. The Wyatt in the Schwabe name is none other than former Congressman Wendell Wyatt, father of Gov. John Kitzhaber's chief of staff, Bill Wyatt. The governor, as readers may recall, spent some of his time in the waning days of the campaign making a last-ditch effort to derail M7. To be fair, lawyers on the other end of the land-use laws are hardly sitting on their hands, either. The folks at Ball Janik, for example, are gearing up to "assist" local governments in fending off M7 claims filed by people who say their property has been devalued by government regulations.