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Merrill Baumann is Of Counsel at Dunn Carney and a member of the Corporate Counsel team. He also leads Dunn Carney’s Intellectual Property and Technology practice group.  His twenty-five -year practice has focused on corporate and transactional matters for local, national, and international clients in dozens of different industries.. Merrill specializes in representing clients with substantial intellectual property assets, including software developers, production companies, advertising and branding agencies, performers, and artists.  His work for these clients includes licensing and brand management advice (including trademark and copyright prosecution and enforcement), along with general corporate, transactional, and M & A advice.  Merrill also has an active practice in the climate change field as general outside counsel to one of the nation’s largest purchasers and sellers of greenhouse gas offsets.  Merrill has a deep understanding of climate change-related laws, policies, and business trends.. Prior to joining the firm, Merrill was a partner with Davis Wright Tremaine LLP in Portland, Oregon.  He also served as general counsel to, and corporate attorney with, Graham & James LLP (now Squire Sanders & Dempsey LLP) in Los Angeles and Tokyo before he moved to Oregon.  As general counsel, he was responsible for all risk management, loss control and professional responsibility matters for the 400+ lawyer firm.

Megan McVicar is an associate at Hoevet Olson Howes, PC. Megan began her career as a legal assistant in 2002, working on various criminal matters in state and federal court. She joined our firm as a paralegal in 2005, where she continued to provide litigation support, working extensively on cases involving complex discovery issues and providing trial assistance in both state and federal criminal cases. Realizing her unrelenting devotion to criminal defense, Megan decided to pursue her law degree at Lewis & Clark Law School. While continuing to work as a full-time paralegal at the firm, Megan earned an award for outstanding appellate brief in her first year, was a member and Articles Editor for the Lewis & Clark Law Review, and graduated cum laude.. Megan has experience working on a broad range of criminal matters, including conspiracy, tax crimes, drug offenses, sex offenses, money laundering, bank larceny, and white collar crimes, and her legal research and writing skills have been put to use in numerous criminal cases, trials and appeals.

Matt Wilmot is an intellectual property attorney specializing in trademark, trade dress, unfair competition, trade secret, copyright, domain name issues, and litigation of complex intellectual property matters. His practice focuses on searching and clearing trademarks, prosecuting domestic and international trademark applications, development and maintenance of trademark portfolios, intellectual property licensing and agreements, copyright and trademark counseling, and enforcement of intellectual property rights.  He advises companies in a variety of industries, including manufacturing, construction and design, hospitality, entertainment, high-tech, and services industry.  Matt also focuses his practice on general business and commercial litigation.. Matt is a member of the Intellectual Property and Business Litigation sections of the Oregon State Bar.  Outside of the office, Matt enjoys traveling and has traveled to four different continents.  He is an avid runner and outdoorsman, and enjoys reading historical non-fiction.  While in college, he was a three-year letter winner as a member of the football team.

Matt joined the firm as an associate in 2015 and is a member of the firm's Business, Litigation, and Business & Restructuring practice groups. His legal work consists primarily of drafting pleadings and dispositive motions, including motions for summary judgment and motions to dismiss; researching legal issues across the firm's 13 practice areas; and handling litigation-related discovery issues, with a particular focus on e-discovery.  Prior to joining Sussman Shank, Matt clerked for the Hon. Elizabeth L. Perris in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Oregon, where he aided the court in a variety of matters implicating state and federal bankruptcy law. Matt graduated Order of the Coif from the University of Oregon, and he was awarded the American Bankruptcy Institute Medal of Excellence for Bankruptcy for his bankruptcy-related coursework.

Matt joined SKH in August of 2019 as a new Law school graduate. During his summers in law school, he clerked for criminal defense attorneys Steven Houze and Jacob Houze in Portland, Oregon.. Matt was born and raised in Portland. He moved to Seattle, Washington to attend the University of Washington School of Law on an academic scholarship. At the University of Washington, Matt volunteered for the Child and Youth Advocacy Clinic, where he worked with children in the dependency system throughout the State of Washington, as well as homeless youth in Seattle’s University District. Prior to law school, Matt graduated from the University of Oregon where he received a B.S. in Political Science. Before attending law school, Matt worked for Pacific Continental Bank and Capital Pacific Bank in Portland.

Mathew believes a pragmatic, collaborative approach yields the best—and most efficient—results for his clients.  Whether litigating claims in court or strongly advocating his clients’ positions over the negotiating table, Mathew continuously and creatively seeks the shortest path to his clients’ objectives.. Since 2008, Mathew has practiced primarily in the areas of creditors’ rights, business and loan litigation and commercial bankruptcy.  While his practice is specialized, Mathew’s successful representation of commercial lenders, bankruptcy trustees, businesses, investment funds and others has often required a “Swiss Army Knife” approach to legal representation.  This reflects the fact that resolving complex legal challenges often requires more than one tool from the lawyer’s proverbial toolbox.. Mathew has litigated claims involving breach of contract, enforcement of security interests and real property foreclosure, judicial dissolution of business entities, appointment of commercial receivers, fraudulent and preferential transfers of property, and denial of bankruptcy discharge.  On the other hand, Mathew has completed transactions in the context of loan workouts, forbearance and settlement agreements, deed-in-lieu conveyances, real property sales and lease agreements, UCC collateral sales and auctions, security interest documentation, collateral assignments, boundary disputes, easement enforcement, loan acquisition due diligence, among other matters.. Though born in Northern California, Mathew was raised in rural Vermont and earned his undergraduate degree at Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts and his law degree from the University of Washington.  Before joining Kell, Alterman & Runstein, L.L.P., Mathew was an associate for the Northwest law firm Ball Janik, L.L.P.  When not in the office, Mathew spends his time working on his 1929 house with his wife, playing with their two children, gardening, hiking and mountaineering, brewing beer, and running the occasional obstacle course race.

Marshal brings twenty-three years of experience in guiding clients through divorce and custody cases. He blends expertise, energetic advocacy, sensibility, creativity and vision into his practice.  Marshal’s past clients have described him as a true and honest advocate, equipped with common sense and the ability and experience to work with a diversity of cases, clients, attorneys and judges. Marshal was “born to run” as an avid Springsteen fan! His greatest source of joy and pride continues to be his three young adult children. They, his wife and young adult step daughters enjoy sporting events, theater, and the blessings of living in Oregon. Along with being a Blazer and a Duck fan, Marshal continues to cheer on his alma mater, The University of Maryland Terrapins!  Marshal is also frequently asked to guest lecture about his experience as a kidney donor.

Mark Trinchero focuses on telecommunications, representing clients before state and local regulatory agencies and legislative bodies in various states, and before the FCC. His clients include traditional wireless and wireline carriers, providers of wireless and fiber-based broadband service, and cable telephony companies. Mark conducts administrative litigation, including rulemakings, investigations, complaints, compliance filings and enforcement proceedings. He also lobbies on behalf of client interests before the Oregon state Legislature.

Mark is a founding member of Rioux, Donahue, Chmelecki & Peltier (RDCP), LLC. His practice focuses on the areas of Criminal Defense, Juvenile Defense, Protection from Abuse and Harassment, and Child Protective Law.. Mark has practiced in these areas in the State of Maine since 2010, and has also served as a volunteer attorney for the Innocence Project. Prior to entering the field of law, Mark worked as a Drug Court Case Manager for Maine Pre-Trial Services, and also served in the U.S. Air Force.. Mark earned his JD from the University of Maine School of Law in May of 2010. While in law school, he was a research editor on the Maine Law Review. In addition, Mark worked as a student attorney in the criminal division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Portland, Maine. Prior to attending law school, Mark earned his BA from the University of Southern Maine with a degree in Criminology. Mark enjoys spending time playing baseball, climbing and biking. He is admitted to practice law in the State of Maine and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Managing Partner of Warren and Sugarman Law Firm (formerly Walker,. Warren and Watkins), Portland, Oregon. Primary practice is personal injury,. real property, corporate, criminal practice in the State of Oregon and federal. work in the US District Court of Oregon and the US District Court of. Western Washington.. General Counsel for a non-profit low-income rental-housing corporation that. is currently doing a multi-million dollar rehabilitation of its real property. portfolio. My responsibilities include legal advisement of corporate. directors and officers, all litigations activities for breach of contract,. creditors issues in Bankruptcy, housing discrimination issues, affordable. housing issues, transactional work regarding purchases or acquisitions of. real property, loan workouts, modifications and extensions.. Prosecuted numnerous civil rights cases.

Long Distance Biker. World Traveller. Skiier. Backpacker/Outdoorsman. Computer Guru

Lisa Porter grew up in Southern Oregon. She was raised by a mother with diagnosed Multiple Sclerosis. After high school, Lisa became a lead paralegal for eight years for a handicapped attorney. From an early age, Lisa understood the day to day struggles of those with disabilities whether at home or in the work place. Because of this, Lisa developed a strong passion for helping those with disabilities. She went on to graduate from Lewis and Clark Law School in 1995. At the same time, she held a clerkship with former Plaintiff's Firm, Pozzi, Wilson, Atchison where she focused on workers compensation appeals, personal injury, and Social Security Disability. After working as a corporate attorney/account executive managing large class action lawsuits, Lisa began a solo practice. In her practice as Johnston Porter Law Office, Lisa continued to offer legal services in the areas of Workers Compensation, personal injury, and Social Security Disability. She also realized many of her clients struggled with financial difficulties and so a portion of her practice was devoted to consumer protection and bankruptcies. In 2011, Lisa began developing her practice more exclusively in the Social Security Disability arena. She joined David Lowry Law Offices' disability practice. In 2011, Lisa partnered with Melissa Kenney to form the law firm, KP Law, LLC, which merged with retiring attorney , David B. Lowry's, law practice. KP Law is a disability benefit rights firm that offers legal services in Social Security Disability, disability rights education, and public policy advocacy on behalf of disabled citizens primarily in the Pacific Northwest. The firm also teams up with other Disability attorneys and law firms in providing hearing level representation as well as appellate research and brief writing in Social Security Disability cases from Appeals Council to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. KP Law is now one of the premier law firms in Social Security Disability in the Northwest.

Lisa Maxfield, a partner at Pacific Northwest Law LLP, represents individuals and businesses facing investigation or already charged with serious crimes. She has done so for nearly three decades. Ms. Maxfield practices in federal and state courts throughout Oregon, and appears regularly before professional licensing boards and regulatory agencies.. For nearly three decades, she has helped hundreds of clients facing criminal charges in Clackamas County, Deschutes County, Washington County, Multnomah County, Jackson County, Columbia County, Clatsop County, Hood River County, Wasco County, Umatilla County, Marion County, Lane County, Linn County, Benton County, Lincoln County, Coos County, Sherman County, Polk County and Yamhill County.. White collar criminal defense, federal crimes, sex crimes, computer crimes, drug crimes, healthcare fraud, wire fraud, mail fraud, bank/mortgage fraud, tax fraud, environmental investigations and prosecutions, professional licensing matters, criminal appeals.

Licensed as an attorney in Washington State in 2001 and Oregon In 2007. Practice includes post-conviction and habeas relief, criminal defense, juvenile and family law, post-conviction relief, and representation of people with disabilities. Practice in state and federal courts in the Portland metro area.. Editor and author of two award-winning anthologies about criminal justice policy and practice.  Named a "Leading Edge Litigator" by Washington Law & Politics.

Lexie Zirschky is an associate attorney in Barker Martin’s Portland office. She focuses her practice on the firm’s Collections Services Program, helping condominium and homeowner’s associations to recover unpaid assessments and effectively enforce their governing documents. Prior to joining Barker Martin, Lexie clerked for the Honorable Katherine Weber in Clackamas County Circuit Court, and worked for a number of organizations representing both creditors and debtors in consumer law disputes. In her free time, Lexie enjoys baking, fencing, and volunteering with a number of youth outreach programs.

Laurie enjoys practicing law and takes great pride in being responsive and dependable to her clients.  Laurie's approach to representation is results-oriented with attention to detail.

Laurel joined Stahancyk, Kent & Hook in 1999 and was elected a shareholder in 2004. Stahancyk Kent & Hook transitioned to SKH Family Law and Estate Planning in 2024 where Laurel remains as a senior litigator. Laurel litigates family law cases throughout the states of Oregon and Washington, successfully representing clients in all matters relating to family law, which can include: divorce, legal separation, domestic partnership, modification of spousal support and child support, prenuptial agreements, and cohabitation agreements. Laurel is most recognized for her complex financial and business interest cases as well as high-conflict, custody parenting time matters and modifications. Laurel also works closely with the estate-planning department to provide comprehensive legal counsel before, during, and after the divorce process.

Kristen is a tireless and highly skilled advocate for victims of negligence. She joined Randy and Brendan as partner at Pickett Dummigan McCall in 2017, after working with them since 2009. She thrives in teamwork setting that produces excellent representation for clients. She is a passionate and experienced trial attorney specializing in wrongful death and personal injury claims for families and victims of neglect and abuse, dangerous premises, and negligent drivers. She is especially driven to bring claims for victims and families of elder abuse and neglect. Kristen is a seasoned trial lawyer – she’s presented 80 cases in trial and successfully resolved hundreds more.. Kristen has worked for years to promote and protect victims, and specifically the rights of elders. She was a leader in the re-formation of Elders in Action, a 50-year non-profit advocacy organization, which dissolved in 2019. She recognizes the changing landscape in the protection of elders and prosecution of the people and institutions who abuse and neglect them. In her work, every day, she faces the challenges in the law and business structure that harm our most vulnerable. She is tireless in finding the highest level of justice that victims disserve, especially those whose voices are often not heard loud enough in our culture and legal system.. When she’s not in the courtroom or her law office, she’s reading or adventuring outdoors, kayaking or hiking, doing yoga, walking her dog or traveling with her mother, her husband and her son to Spain, Mexico, Italy and South America. She speaks Spanish and enjoys working with Spanish-speakers to navigate the legal system with excellent legal representation. She’s also a fitness and wellness advocate, leading her friends and colleagues in activities that promote healthy living. She enjoys supporting her clients in achieving wellness in all aspects of their lives, which includes managing stress after trauma and through a legal claim. Her greatest joy is when her clients find peace and healing through the process of their legal claim with her support, advocacy and legal representation.

Kimball has practiced in the Portland, Oregon, area since 1978, emphasizing domestic and international business, finance, and real estate issues. He works closely with senior business executives and high-net-worth individuals in resolving their legal issues and concerns with creative and innovative approaches.. Kimball’s practice areas and experiences as outside general counsel include working both as a team leader and as a team member, providing advice and counsel on a wide and diverse variety of business transactional matters, including representing:

Kevin Sali represents individuals and business entities in criminal, civil, and regulatory matters. In a wide variety of cases—including high-stakes major felony trials, complex white collar cases, and large-scale environmental actions—Mr. Sali has secured a series of outstanding results for his clients. With a diverse professional and educational background, he is well-suited to carry out the broad spectrum of tasks needed by clients facing challenging legal circumstances.Mr. Sali received his bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Wheaton (Ill.) College. Following graduation, he taught high school chemistry for four years in Miami, Florida, and then earned a Master of Science degree in biochemistry from Duke University. Mr. Sali also earned his law degree from Duke University, where he was one of three students in his graduating class awarded the “highest honors” recognition. After graduating from law school, Mr. Sali began his practice as a civil litigator in Perkins Coie LLP’s Portland office. After several years at Perkins Coie, Mr. Sali left to pursue a practice focused primarily on criminal defense and related matters. Since then, Mr. Sali has handled a broad spectrum of cases in both state and federal courts.

Ken Davis brings an unusual combination of skills to his legal practice. Before becoming an attorney, Mr. Davis worked for more than eight years as an independent property and casualty insurance agent and principal with a family-owned insurance agency, assisting individuals and business with their insurance needs. He then spent four years in commercial real estate leasing with a prominent Oregon firm before turning to the practice of law. The breadth of Mr. Davis's background gives him real-world insight into the needs of clients seeking business, business succession and estate planning advice.

Ken Antell is a partner in the Real Estate Practice Group at Dunn Carney Allen Higgins & Tongue LLP, where his practice focuses on commercial real estate purchase, sale, financing and leasing transactions. Ken also has extensive experience in development, construction and entity structuring in real property transactions. During his more than 27 years of practice, Ken has represented buyers, sellers and other stakeholders in numerous transactions involving shopping centers, office buildings, industrial and multi-family properties. Ken’s practice is national in scope. Notably, he has served as lead counsel for Retail Opportunity Investments Corporation, a publicly traded Real Estate Investment Trust, in its acquisition of over 30 shopping center properties in Oregon, Washington and California during the past 3 years.. Ken has been selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America in Real Estate, from 2004 through 2015. Ken has also been recognized in the Chambers and Partners USA survey of America’s Leading Business Lawyers as a top Real Estate attorney in Oregon each year from 2003 through 2014. From 2006 through 2014, Ken has been selected for inclusion in Oregon Super Lawyers in Real Estate. Ken is also active with a number of commercial real estate organizations, including the Building Owners and Managers Association of Portland (BOMA) for which he has served as a member of the Board of Directors for over 10 years.

Keiter & Associates offers clients a tradition of highest quality, cost effective legal services, as well as personal attention and aggressive promotion of our clients’ interests. We bring the experience of over 25 years representing companies and enterprises of all sizes, to issues both large and small. We pride ourselves on taking a personal approach, and on building long term relationships with clients by focusing on their goals and needs, and the most practical ways of achieving them. We are dedicated to our clients and consider ourselves team members with clients in pursuing their goals, whether that may be closing a business deal, starting a new venture, avoiding a liability or just helping to make an important decision. We insist on the highest standards of legal practice, and pay attention to the details.. Tim Keiter graduated with honors from Harvard Law School, and began his private practice in 1992, after spending several years with a major Portland firm, and refusing an offer of partnership there. He offers the insights and perspective of the highest quality legal education, combined with many years of real life sophisticated commercial practice. He has dealt successfully with national, international, as well as regional and local companies, from large corporations to mom and pop businesses, both as clients and as opposing parties. His friendly and practical approach to finding solutions to clients’ varying challenges, and his toughness and vigorous representation of his clients’ interests, are hallmarks of his practice. He is pleased to know both when to say “yes,” and when to say “no,” whether in negotiations, in court, in mediation, or in other types of discussions.

Julie is presently a member of the Uniform Civil Jury Instruction Committee.  She is also a Continuing Legal Education speaker for both the Oregon State Bar and the Multnomah Bar Association.

Josh represents clients in a wide variety of civil matters, including trust and estate litigation, shareholder disputes, consumer and securities fraud actions, class actions, breach of professional and fiduciary duty, and property and contract disputes. In his trust and estate litigation practice, Josh handles claims of misconduct by trustees or personal representatives, mismanagement of assets by fiduciaries, matters concerning capacity to amend estate plans, and undue influence by interested parties.. Community service is a fundamental component of Josh’s work and life. He serves as an arbitrator for Multnomah County Circuit Court and with Arbitration Service of Portland. From 2013 to 2016, Josh served on the Oregon State Bar Board of Governors and is currently serving a four-year term on the State Professional Responsibility Board. Josh has volunteered with Legal Aid’s Domestic Violence Project since 2007.