Portland, OR
Real estate Lawyer at Portland, OR
Practice Areas: Real Estate, Litigation, Land Use & Zoning
OUTCOME: Obtained successful settlement
School district sought to condemn defendants' residential property, alleging a value of $1.4 million. Defendants obtained a final judgment of over $2.1 million, including increased compensation of $56 ... 8,000, and over $82,000 in costs and attorney fees.
OUTCOME: Successfully defended challenges to condemnation
Represented City in condemnation of substantial utility assets. Successfully defended challenges to City's authority to condemn private utility interests, after which the case and related contract liti ... gation was settled.
OUTCOME: Judgment of $98,000 against $10,500 alleged value.
Defended state action to condemn defendant's 4,240 square foot parcel of undeveloped land. Final recovery following trial of more than $98,000, including fees, against ODOT alleged value of $10,500.
OUTCOME: Successful multi-state settlement.
Co-counsle for defendant in Washington Water Power v. Union Pacific Railroad, Superior Court for Spokane County No. 97-2-06870-8 and Union Pacific Railroad Company v. Avista Corporation, Superior Court ... for Spokane County No. 03-2-03883-5. Successfully defended 5-year “test case” condemnation litigation and negotiated multi-state agreement for railroad and utility crossings.
OUTCOME: Successful class action for employers.
Co-counsel for plaintiffs in Alsea Veneer, Inc., et al. v. State of Oregon, et al., 318 Or 33, 862 P2d 95 (1993), a successful class action for employer beneficiaries of the State Accident Insurance Fu ... nd.
OUTCOME: Won remand from U.S. Supreme Court.
Counsel for defendant property owners in Altimus v. State of Oregon, 513 US 801 (1994), in successful petition for certiorari to the United States Supreme Court, ultimately resulting in a favorable set ... tlement for the clients. Altimus was the first case nationally to apply Dolan v. City of Tigard’s principle of rough proportionality to the evidentiary use of exactions in condemnation cases.
OUTCOME: Judgment of over $5,580,000
Co-counsel for defendant property owners in USA v. 0.8952 Acres of Land, U.S. District Court for District of Oregon, Civil No. 93 84 ST., involving the federal government’s condemnation of a downtown P ... ortland block for the construction of the current federal courthouse. The case resulted in a judgment of more than $5,580,000 following trial.
OUTCOME: $376,000 judgment.
Co-counsel for defendant property owner in Department of Trans. v. Southern Pacific Transp. Co., 89 Or App 344, 749 P2d 1233, rev denied 305 Or 671 (1988), the leading Oregon decision on valuation of t ... ransportation corridors. ODOT alleged a value of $300 for approximately one-fourth of a mile of abandoned railroad ROW. The jury returned a verdict of $245,000, and the court awarded $130,000 in costs and fees.
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