Securities Litigation

We represented 27 investors who had lost over $5 million in a fraudulent real estate offering.  The perpetrator of the fraud was insolvent and our clients seemingly had little prospect for recovery.  Before filing an action, we researched the case and learned that a local law firm had aided the sales by preparing many of the offering materials.  Rather than suing the firm, we engaged in settlement discussion, exchanged the documents from our investigation, received documents related to the firm’s engagement, and then, following mediation, eventually reached a significant settlement for our clients.  Mediating first rather than filing a public complaint was a motivating factor for the firm to settle rather than having its errors publicly exposed.  Our clients also …

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 largest international law firms, the largest accounting firm in the U.S., one of the largest stock brokerage firms, a bank, and a national valuation firm that participated and materially aided the sales of the securities. The defendants deployed teams of attorneys from some of the largest and most reputable law firms in Portland and across the country. That did not deter us. We have defeated multiple motions to dismiss, rebuffed attempts to delay justice for our clients by, among other things, defeating mandamus petitions filed with the Oregon Supreme Court, taken and defended more than …