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A
proactive & strategic
approach to legal issues.

A
proactive
and strategic approach to legal issues.

I help people proactively and strategically address issues in their business and personal lives, and work through challenges in real-time. I am an experienced business attorney, licensed and based in Oregon, serving clients as outside general counsel or personal counsel. Below are the areas and issues I most often deal with, but I am happy to help you frame any kind of business or personal legal issue and identify next steps and resources.

General Business Issues

  • Business start-up, strategy, and formation
  • Business pivots, new market entry, market exit and wind-down
  • Affiliated company structuring and re-structuring
  • Frame and resolve complex issues
  • Contract drafting, negotiation, and review
  • Legal audit to assess risk and options, prioritize mitigation
  • Business life cycle and succession planning
  • Protect and monetize intellectual property
  • Business structure and planning with tax advisors
  • Corporate governance review and update
  • Position for and resolve disputes and business divorces

Business HR/Employment Law

  • HR compliance and strategy
  • HR policy drafting and review (employee handbooks/manuals)
  • HR compliance audit
  • Employee vs. independent contractor analysis
  • Employment agreements, including confidentiality, non-solicitation, and non-competition issues
  • Employee conflict and triage
  • Termination of employment

Real Estate

  • Purchase, sale, financing of commercial and residential property transactions
  • Commercial leasing
  • Project development and financing