- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Business TransactionsOur clients include individuals and businesses in various industries, including manufacturing, construction, insurance, timber, real estate, technology, finance, and leasing. We regularly represent clients in matters involving breach of contract, collections, foreclosures, trade secrets, and unfair business practices. Because our lawyers have experience in both business transactions and litigation, we are able to provide customized and comprehensive representation to our business clients.
- Trade Secrets
- Employment ContractThis practice group also maintains a special focus on closely-held family businesses and succession planning, assisting these clients in planning and implementing changes in ownership and management from one generation to the next. Our work includes the development and preparation of buy-sell agreements, tax and liquidity plans, employment agreements, and alternative plans for family members who are not involved directly in the management of the business. < back to Practice Areas
- Employment LitigationIn our general civil litigation practice, we represent clients in all phases of litigation, including arbitration, administrative hearings, and civil trials in the state and federal courts. We have extensive experience initiating and defending appeals before the Oregon Court of Appeals, the Oregon Supreme Court, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Our firm also regularly practices alternative dispute resolution, including settlement negotiations and conferences, arbitrations, and mediations.
- Construction LitigationOur litigation practice also includes representing owners, developers, contractors, and subcontractors in connection with construction disputes, bonding claims, and construction liens.
- Real Estate Transactions
- Easement
- Medical MalpracticeFinally, we represent medical professionals in defending medical malpractice claims, insurance companies in suits involving medical malpractice, and others in dealing with personal injuries, products liability, property damages, and homeowner coverage disputes. < back to Practice Areas
- ForeclosureWe regularly help our clients with residential and commercial acquisitions, tax-deferred exchanges, financing and refinancing, foreclosures, condemnation matters, title insurance litigation, subdivision development, and condominium formations and conversions. Our attorneys also routinely deal with office, retail, industrial, ground, and build-to-suit leasing transactions.