Client Collaborations
All Representative Cases
Assisted private university in drafting and negotiating design and construction contracts for campus expansion.
First-of-Its-kind Planning Goal Exception. Helped obtain first-ever goal exception to Oregon Statewide Planning Goal 18, Implementation Requirement 5, to allow the construction of a beachfront protective structure necessary to prevent the catastrophic loss of prominent resort from bluff erosion.
Represented national grocery store in breach of lease and related claims stemming from environmental contamination at the leased property.
Arbitrated and mediated resolution of defective roof structure on new education facility, recovering almost 90 percent of district’s damages, costs, and attorney fees in a challenging political environment. Collection and analysis of significant physical evidence, electronically stored information, expert investigations, and reports.
Assisted K-12 and higher education institutions in advertising, drafting, and negotiating design and construction contracts for bond-funded public improvement projects.
Reversal of Major Code Amendments by the City of Portland. Persuaded LUBA and the Oregon Court of Appeals to reverse the City of Portland’s adoption of a major, newsworthy legislative code amendment concerning transportation infrastructure.
Represented local property developer in reverse condemnation issue arising from the state’s efforts to lower heavily trafficked multi-state bridge and negatively impacted the navigability of the Columbia River.
Represented state bank in connection with its purchase of $17 million in tax-exempt bonds and a $3 million taxable bond for the construction of a new affordable-housing complex in Washington.
Client, an independent purchaser of custom products used on public projects, avoided liability when it discovered that the product had not been manufactured as advertised and specified. Client successfully avoided liability using safe harbor provisions of the state’s False Claims Act in a delicate strategy involving the state and several other interested parties.