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Paying it ForwardApril 9, 2021
We are proud to support many civic organizations seeking to improve peoples’ lives in areas such as access to justice, equality, equity and inclusion, education,…
Civil RightsMarch 24, 2021
In conjunction with the District of Oregon and its Pro Bono Program, and the ACLU, we have represented several indigent clients and prisoners bringing civil…
Asylum AssistanceMarch 24, 2021
In 2019, three of our attorneys spent a week in El Paso, Texas, representing asylum seekers who were fleeing their home countries because they were…
A Friend in Need is a Friend IndeedMarch 24, 2021
We regularly file amicus curiae briefs in Oregon courts on behalf of public interest and community groups in a wide variety of cases. These have…
Services You Can Take to the BankFebruary 24, 2021
As local counsel we defended a national bank, acting in its capacity as mortgage loan securitization trustee, against allegations that our client and other defendants…
RelentlessOctober 29, 2018
In a classic “bet the company” case we represented a 50% shareholder in litigation against the other 50% shareholder and President of an Ohio company…
Clean Up HittersOctober 29, 2018
We represented the owners of a commercial building in which tenants’ inventories were ruined due to a sewage back-up that occurred after a heavy rainfall.…
Fighting for CoverOctober 29, 2018
We represent a client being sued by the State of Oregon for fraud and unjust enrichment in his capacity as an officer of his company.…
That Sinking FeelingOctober 29, 2018
After three homeowners’ brand new houses began to crack and sink, we filed a lawsuit on their behalf against the contractor, engineers, and others, including…
Uphill ClimbOctober 29, 2018
When a general contractor excavated the toe of an unstable slope he set off a landslide that severely damaged uphill homes. We represented the homeowners…
Taking Care of BusinessOctober 17, 2018
A Fortune 500 company sued our clients, a highly successful officer of the company and his team, and the national company they moved to, for…
Shutting Down the CompetitionOctober 17, 2018
Within a just a few days of learning our client’s former employee was using proprietary and confidential information to steal away customers, we filed a…
TrailblazingOctober 17, 2018
Our client, a national bank, was sued for violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act for allegedly wrongful reporting of a personal debt owed by…
Efficient DefenseOctober 16, 2018
When a franchised waste hauler sued our client for its doorstep trash and recycling services at apartment complexes, our defense resulted in dismissal of all…
You Can Bank on UsOctober 15, 2018
In a classic exemplar of bookkeeper embezzlement, we tried a case for a national bank against whom the plaintiff car dealership made allegations of failing…
Getting it "Write"October 15, 2018
We tried a case for a national bank that was trying to enforce a personal guaranty of a substantial corporate debt. In response to the…
FearlessOctober 12, 2018
We represent 125 investors who collectively lost over $50 million in a local Ponzi scheme. To get their money back, we sued one of the…
Creative SolutionsOctober 1, 2018
Our client, a metal recycler, was sued for $5 million under state and federal environmental statutes related to the contamination and clean-up of PCB containing…