Client Collaborations
All Representative Cases
Iván understands the unique issues that public entities face. He is comfortable in the legal framework where public entities operate, including public ethics, transparency, and working with governing boards. His work includes counseling and litigation involving Oregon and federal constitutional issues such as free speech, due process, equal protection, searches and seizures, and the right to bear arms, among other things.
Advising Northwest companies engaged in joint ventures with competitors on antitrust compliance in connection with those joint ventures.
Defense of municipality and employees from civil-rights claims in land use dispute. (Mauser v. City of Edmonds, 1997 Wash. App. LEXIS 1772)
Representing a public entity and certain individuals who are victims of online defamation and doxing.
Franchise dispute over territorial rights. (Sub Bros. N. v. Subway)
Representing pro bono an incarcerated person alleging prison officials violated his 8th Amendment rights.
Multimillion-dollar claim against accountant arising from hedge fund audit. (Adams Financial v. Patke & Associates)
Boundary Disputes. Represented numerous clients in and successfully resolved disputes over property lines, which included a variety of claims, such as trespass, nuisance, prescriptive easements, and adverse possession.
Representing a receiver charged with recovering assets for the benefit of victims of a decade-long Ponzi scheme in adjunct litigation against the perpetrators of the scheme.