Client Collaborations
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Obtained a unanimous jury verdict matching our client’s valuation evidence exactly in a multi-week, 30-party, 100-percent virtual condemnation trial. The local transit authority client needed to acquire the right to amend restrictive covenants to allow it to construct and operate its light rail project and the total valuation dispute was more than $5.5 million in just compensation. (12-Person Jury Trial)
Drafted noncompete agreements for large technology employers, sport franchises, and other employers, and reviewed existing restrictive covenants to determine enforceability and legality in a quickly changing legal landscape.
Represent employers in responding to complaints filed with public state and federal agencies.
Defended manufacturers of commercial vehicles and industrial engines in multiple product liability and breach-of-warranty actions in state and federal courts in Oregon and Washington.
Represented distressed debt acquisition fund in connection with receivership of Washington-based casino (Cowlitz Ct. Sup. Ct., Case No. 17-2-00039-7).
Obtained six-figure recovery for public entity based on breach of contract claims against Fortune 500 company.
Represented broker-dealer in appeal from pretrial dismissal of negligence claims. Oregon Supreme Court concluded that the broker-dealer did not have a special relationship with investor that permitted assertion of tort claims.
Successfully tried one of the first social-distanced pandemic jury trials in Washington over the condemnation of several permanent and temporary rights abutting the building frontage of one of the region’s largest airlines to allow the local transit authority to construct and operate its light rail project. The parties’ valuations were hundreds of thousands of dollars apart and the jury returned a verdict in our client’s favor. (12-Person Jury Trial)
Represented private employer in multi-week trial in federal court regarding enforceability of restrictive covenants in employment agreement, and former employee’s breach of that employment agreement.