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Andrew’s philosophy is to be your trusted advisor. He will provide you with the highest quality legal services to ensure that you and your organization possess the tools you need to be successful. Andrew Downs Law, LLC is a full service law firm, serving small businesses, nonprofits, political action committees (PACs), candidates, and individuals alike. Andrew can be reached by calling or email at. In law school, Andrew clerked for a city attorney’s office of a major Portland metro area city and then served as a Policy Advisor in a caucus office in the Oregon State Legislature, becoming an expert in state and local government. After law school, Andrew continued to hone his budding legal skills by serving as the Legal Director to a caucus office in the Oregon State Senate.. In 2017, Andrew founded Andrew Downs Law, LLC in Portland, Oregon. Since, he has served as outside General Counsel to one of the state’s largest long-standing Senate leadership Political Action Committees (PACs), as Fund Counsel to central Oregon’s premier private equity Opportunity Fund, and as outside General Counsel to nonprofit social welfare organizations. In addition, he has represented other various PACs, candidates for office, Opportunity Funds, and small businesses—building a broad base of legal experience in business law, state and federal securities law, and state and federal elections and campaign finance law.. Andrew is passionate about helping your organization grow and thrive. He possesses the skills, know-how, and experience to represent numerous clients in a wide range of legal matters, including establishing and advising Opportunity Funds, entity formation, securities regulation, employment issues, elections and campaign finance matters, estate planning, real estate and business transactions, landlord-tenant issues, civil litigation, and appeals. If you don’t see the specific area of law you need help with above, please, contact Andrew to inquire whether he can effectively assist you with your unique legal matter.

As a partner at Hellmuth & Johnson and a member of both the real estate and community association practice groups, Joel Hilgendorf helps a wide variety of clients make their mark. They include commercial and residential property owners, developers, banks, condominium and townhome associations, and businesses and individuals.. While he focuses his practice primarily in real estate law – commercial and residential; both as a litigator and transactional attorney – Joel also provides counsel and representation in community association law, foreclosure law and creditor’s remedies, and commercial and residential real estate transactions. Along with the skills he has honed in these areas, he marshals broad experience in:. One of Joel's particular areas of concentration is representing condominium and townhome associations. He is active in the Minnesota Chapter of the Community Associations Institute, for which he has served on the Board of Directors. Joel has extensive experience representing community associations in all of their legal needs, including:

Jim Stearman grew up in Fullerton, California, and has been involved in service, civic and philanthropic activities throughout his life.  He has been practicing real estate, business and general civil law for over 37 years.  Jim is also a licensed real estate broker, private investigator and travel agent.  He is a past member of the board of directors of the Fullerton Chamber of Commerce and past chair of the St. Jude Memorial currently serves as the Trustee of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Fullerton Endowment Fund.  He also sits on the Finance Committee for the St. Jude Memorial Foundation and is a current member of the board of directors of Coast-to-Coast Foundation which provides services and resources to the homeless community.  In his leisure time, Jim is an avid mountain bike rider and enjoys traveling and spending time with family and friends.