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Client Collaborations

All Representative Cases

Education

Prepared responses to Borrower Defense to Repayment Applications for multiple higher education clients, skillfully navigating the associated regulations.

Insurance Recovery

Represented former owner of wood products manufacturing facility in insurance coverage actions in state, federal, and bankruptcy courts to obtain coverage for historical environmental contamination.

Mergers & Acquisitions; Strategic Alliances

Assisted the owners of a competitor to an engineering and construction business acquire part of the equity of that business from its second generation owners—who had outstanding obligations to the first generation—navigating complex debt, management, and succession issues.

Timber & Agricultural Financing

Represented the collateral agent and lead lender on $214 million credit facilities to a Northwest timber company.

Franchise & Distribution

Serve as outside franchise and transactional counsel to foreign skincare company in licensing rights to franchise in the U.S.

Appellate—State Court Appeals

State v. Heckel, 143 Wn.2d 824, 24 P.3d 404 (2001). Represented amicus curaie Washington Association of Internet Providers.

Contract Negotiations & Dispute Resolution

Obtained a favorable settlement and insurance recovery near policy limits representing owner in multimillion-dollar construction defect action for a ski resort duplex project.

Class Action Litigation

Representing a large retailer in a putative class action lawsuit arising from the assessment of Portland’s Clean Energy Surcharge.

Insurance Recovery

Represented former rail car manufacturer in obtaining insurance coverage for environmental contamination arising from Portland Harbor Superfund site. Case resolved favorably after filing of insurance coverage complaint. Continue to represent client with respect to ongoing coverage issues related to defense and indemnity costs.

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