REPRESENTATIVE
MATTERS

Representation of business owner in buyout dispute through bench trial in state court in Oregon, prevailing on all claims at trial

Representation of option holder in action to enforce contract rights in state court in Oregon, prevailing on summary judgment

Representation of business owner in buyout dispute in state court in Oregon

Representation of former business owner in earnout contract dispute against asset purchaser in state court in Oregon

Representation of optionee in action to enforce right to purchase property in state court in Oregon, prevailing on summary judgment

Representation of public company in breach of contract matter in federal court in Oregon

Representation of developer in multijurisdictional governance disputes

Representation of agrichemical company in conversion action against former employee who embezzled company funds in state court

Representation of accounting business and individual professionals in litigation involving business-tort, professional-negligence, and property-damage claims in federal court in Oregon

Representation of directors in securities fraud case in federal court in Oregon, securing dismissal at the pleading stage

Representation of former executive enforcing stock-option rights in arbitration

Representation of international public company in securities fraud case in the Delaware Court of Chancery

Representation of investor against financial advisor who recommended speculative private investments in arbitration

Representation of class plaintiffs in securities fraud action in state court in Oregon

Representation of former stockholders in securities fraud and breach of contract claims against purchaser in state court in Washington

Representation of dissenting shareholders of national hotel chain in appraisal-rights litigation in Washington following corporate merger

Representation of alleged seller of securities before Washington Supreme Court, prevailing on argument to compel arbitration

Representation of public software company in trade secret, contract, and fraud claims through jury trial and post-trial briefing in federal court in Oregon

Representation of private equity–backed equipment company asserting trade secret and contract claims in arbitration

Representation of private media company in distribution dispute in private arbitration in California, prevailing on summary adjudication

Representation of private media company in federal copyright trial, prevailing on all claims

Representation of employer in defense of trade-secret and non-compete claims in state court in Oregon

Representation of international sales and marketing company in claims for misappropriation of customer information in federal court in California

Representation of Oregon mortgage company in trade-secret action against departing broker over the claimed improper taking and use of confidential customer lists

Representation of board of directors addressing alleged executive malfeasance and governance matters

Representation of design-build mechanical contractor in catastrophic-injury litigation in Oregon state court, prevailing on summary judgment

Representation of genetic-testing company in Washington state court defending against wrongful-birth and wrongful-life claims seeking more than $150 million, prevailing on summary adjudication

Representation of private company in putative class action under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act in federal courtin California, securing dismissal at the pleading stage

Representation of personal representative in contested estate matter in state court in Oregon, prevailing on motion for directed verdict

Representation of defendant-appellee at the Ninth Circuit in religious-accommodation lawsuit, securing affirmance of dismissal on appeal

Representation of receiver in contentious receivership in state court in Oregon

Representation of food manufacturer in whistleblower and wrongful-discharge litigation in federal court in Oregon, obtaining partial summary-judgment ruling