Client Collaborations
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Assisted in drafting Employment Mixed Use Overlay ordinance in Ridgefield, Washington.
Drafted and negotiated multiple office leases to tenants in the tech sector.
Assisted nonprofit developer in developing a multiuse project including commercial space and more than 50 units of affordable senior housing. Advised on structuring the ownership entity and financing. Assisted in negotiation and documentation of equity investment by low-income housing tax-credit investor.
Dempcy v. Avenius, Case No. 79697-6-I (2020). Represented appellant in dispute among neighbors as to rights and responsibilities with respect to common property.
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 were over hundreds of thousands of dollars apart and the jury returned a verdict in our client’s favor.
Successful litigation and mediated resolution of a project owner’s $8 million claim against its builder’s risk insurance carriers following two explosions and fires during the construction of a 250,000 sq. ft. data center in Washington County, Oregon. The builder’s risk insurers’ untimely and unreasonable claims adjustment resulted in zero payment to the project owner prior to Miller Nash’s involvement. Litigation involved extensive discovery of electronically stored information and depositions, in addition to summary judgment briefing and other motions. With the assistance of a mediator, the vast majority of the owner’s losses were recovered.
Defended family-member trustees in dispute with sibling beneficiaries, regarding valuation and management of ongoing family business enterprise, including disputes regarding discounts of fractional interests in business for lack of marketability and control; prevailed on summary judgment.
Secured regulatory exemption from shoreline management rules for cannabis business as a non-agricultural use.