Representative Experience
Represent domestic and international clients in a variety of transactions, including: initial and secondary public offerings, private offerings of securities on behalf of investors and issuers, mergers and acquisitions of both public and private companies, tender offers and going-private transactions, formation of joint ventures, other transactions and business arrangements, ongoing compliance with federal and state securities laws, and corporate governance and business advice to Boards of Directors and executive officers

Prior Experience
Outside and in-house counsel for publicly- and privately-held companies

Representative Clients
Acacia Venture Partners
adidas America, Inc.
Anesthesiologists Associated, Inc.
Apogee Informatics Corporation
Auctionpay, Inc.
Austin Ventures
AVI BioPharma, Inc.
Bend Research Inc.
Communication Intelligence Corporation
Kaiser Permanente Ventures
Legacy Health System
Salix Ventures
Sierra Wireless, Inc.
Versant Ventures, Inc.
Willamette Valley Vineyards, Inc.
Yamhill Valley Vineyards, Inc.

Publications and Presentations
Author and speaker on federal securities laws, Oregon corporation, partnership laws and securities law

Author, "Government funding boosts bioscience research," Portland Business Journal, Dec. 28, 2007

Author, "Sarbanes-Oxley: End of the IPO for Oregon businesses?," The Daily Journal of Commerce, Dec. 22, 2005

"Strategic Issues For Cross Border Transactions," Legal Strategies for Business Acquisitions 2008 CLE, British Columbia Branch of the Canadian Bar Association, Feb. 2008

"Update on U.S. Securities Laws," Securities Section, British Columbia Branch of the Canadian Bar Association, Feb. 2008

"SEC Rule 144 and 145 Amendments," Rule 144 & 145 Amendments Teleconference, Feb. 2008

Memberships and Activities
Oregon and Washington State Bar Associations

Securities Law Committee, International Bar Association

International Transactions Committee; Middle Market & Small Business Committee; Negotiated Transactions Committee; Securities Regulation Committee – American Bar Association

Past President, Friends of the Portland Center of the Performing Arts

Counsel; Director, Executive Committee, 2003-Present; Chairman of the Board, 2008 – Software Association of Oregon

Selected to "Oregon Super Lawyers," Law & Politics, 2006, 2007

Education
J.D., Northwestern School of Law of Lewis and Clark College, 1982

B.A. in Economics and Political Science, University of Michigan, 1978