Client Collaborations
All Representative Cases
Represented institutional lender in real estate secured loan involving more than 20 properties in several states, requiring extensive title review and preparation of multiple security instruments.
Counseled a large family-owned winery related to a $275 million asset based revolving facility and $140 million of term loans from farm credit lender
Reviewed cannabis company website, product descriptions, and labels for compliance with Washington State law and potential U.S. Food & Drug Administration compliance issues.
Counseled a Michigan tribe on entering lease with a commercial cannabis tenant on the tribe’s lands, including handling negotiations with the state, revisions to tribal code, lease review, and other compliance issues.
Contributing to a large existing portfolio on inkjet controllers and waveforms.
Midstream transition of general contractors on a major data center construction project. Prepared a negotiated separation agreement to remove a national general contractor midstream during construction of a very large data center complex in Oregon, and to transition the remaining work to the follow-on contractor, along with the assignment of all existing subcontractors. The transition was fully successful, with no disputed termination or delay claims.
Represented a technology start-up in a lawsuit concerning the sale of cryptotokens and their status as securities.
The Estate of Glancy v. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. The family members and heirs of a deceased executive alleged mishandling of stock option transactions and sued our client to recover nearly $900,000. The three-member arbitration panel unanimously ruled in favor of Merrill Lynch and dismissed all the claims.
Advised private companies and nonprofit organizations (with and without unions) on wide variety of employment matters including preparing employee handbooks and other policies, handling wage and hour issues, analyzing sick and family leave, advising on the interactive process with respect to reasonable accommodations under the ADA, managing employee termination and separation agreements, preparing for reductions in force, preparing memoranda of understanding between employer and union, and many other topics.