Representative Experience
Practice focused on general corporate law including corporate finance, mergers & acquisitions, securities, corporate governance and compliance, real estate transactions, small business matters and sports and entertainment issues, including, but not limited to:
- Forming, reorganizing, and dissolving business entities such as corporations, limited liability companies, and joint venture arrangements
- Drafting business transactional agreements such as asset and stock purchase agreements, license and distribution contracts, consulting and employment-related agreements
- Mergers and acquisitions of public and private companies
- Ongoing compliance with federal and state securities laws
- Drafting and negotiating commercial office and retail leases and condominium conversions
- Drafting and negotiating sports and entertainment-related contracts
Prior Experience
Law Clerk, Office of the General Counsel, adidas America Inc., Portland, OR
Law Clerk, Office of the General Counsel, Bonneville Power Administration, Portland, OR
Law Clerk, Office of the Governor, Education, Workforce, Revenue, Salem, OR
Summer Associate, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Portland, OR
Account Manager/On-Air Personality, Infinity Broadcasting, Portland, OR
Regional Recruiting Manager, State Farm Insurance, Portland, OR
Executive Director, Give Us This Day, Inc., Portland, OR
Broadcast Producer, U.S. Air Force, Fussa City, Japan
Publications and Presentations
"Five Steps to a Healthy Divorce," Whittier Journal of Child and Family Advocacy, Volume 6 (Fall 2006)
Memberships and Activities
Oregon State Bar Association
American Bar Association
National Bar Association
Multnomah Bar Association
Board of Trustees, Oregon Ballet Theatre
Member, Roosevelt Robinson Scholarship Committee
Member, Northwest Business for the Culture and the Arts
Class of 2007, Portland Business Alliance’s "Leadership Portland" Program
Named, "40 Under 40" listing, Portland Business Journal
Part-time Business Law Instructor, Portland Community College
Education
J.D., Lewis & Clark Law School, Portland, OR, 2006
M.S. in Business Management, Troy State University, Troy, AL, 1996
B.A. in English, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Princess Anne, MD, 1991
