Client Collaborations
All Representative Cases
Columbia State Bank v. Bruce Johnson Contractor, 2014 WL 6657401 (Creditor/debtor, lien claims)
Drafted amicus brief for the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of the Securities Industry & Financial Markets Association in Chadbourne & Parke LLP v. Troice.
Draft and negotiate lease agreements for office space, retail space, industrial space, bare land, and warehouse space, and consult with property owners and brokers on discrete lease issues such as indemnity provisions, representations and warranties, work agreements, and guaranties.
- Represented landlord in drafting and negotiating an office lease and amendments to lease for 50,000+ square feet of office space in downtown Portland, Oregon.
- Represented publicly-traded sublandlord in drafting and negotiating six subleases of a total of over 90,000 square feet of office space in Bellevue, Washington.
- Represented landlord in resolution of office lease dispute.
- Represented tenant in lease negotiations for 35,000 square feet of office space.
Favorable decisions from Bureau of Labor and Industries/Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for various public entities (including school districts) and private employers.
Regularly represent life insurance company affiliate as landlord on all leases in two downtown high-rise office towers.
Prepares and updates SPDs, and all types of required notices to plan participants.
Assisted client in updating nonqualified deferred compensation plan to comply with the limitations of nonqualified deferred compensation under Sections 457 and 409A of the Internal Revenue Code.
Governors Point Development v. Bellingham, 2013 WL 2428748 (Municipal water rights)
Represented health insurance provider in multimillion-dollar lawsuit alleging claims for breach of contract, defamation, and intentional interference with economic relations, ultimately obtaining the dismissal of all claims.