Portland, OR
Construction and development Lawyer at Portland, OR
Practice Areas: Construction & Development, Litigation, Unknown
OUTCOME: Jim recovered over $23,000,000 for his client.
Jim was the lead attorney representing this Orlando, Florida condominium association in complex construction defect and insurance recovery litigation.
OUTCOME: Jim recovered nearly $5,100,000 for his client.
Jim was the lead trial attorney for a Vancouver, Washington condominium association in complex construction defect litigation, culminating in a three-week jury trial. The case arose from water intrusi ... on and resulting damage to a 23-building, 254-unit community. Jim won a $3,100,000 jury verdict, and managed to do so while representing both the plaintiff condominium association and the framing and siding subcontractors against the project's developer and builder.
OUTCOME: Jim recovered over $12,000,000 for his client.
Jim worked with his partner Phillip Joseph representing the owner of a Portland, Oregon shopping center in complex construction defect litigation. The case involved over 40 parties, and arose from wate ... r intrusion and resulting damage to 14 commercial buildings. It is one of Oregon's largest construction defect settlements.
OUTCOME: Jim recovered $1,500,000 for his client.
Jim represented a Portland, Oregon condominium association in construction defect litigation against the project developer and builder. The client, now suffering extensive water intrusion and resultin ... g damage, had signed a release with the developer in exchange for $4,000 in repairs. Jim developed evidence that the release was invalid, and the case settled.
OUTCOME: Jim successfully defended his client from a multi-million dollar claim.
Jim defended the owner and builder of a large mixed use development in Tacoma, Washington from a subcontractor asserting a multi-million dollar claim arising from alleged delay and constructive changes ... . Jim won summary judgment against all but the subcontractor’s unjust enrichment claims based on waivers contained in the subcontractor’s progress payment applications, and failure to comply with the subcontract change order and notice provisions. The case settled for less than 5% of the stated claim.
OUTCOME: Jim recovered $600,000 for his client.
Working with partner Bruce Cahn, Jim obtained a $500,000 jury verdict in one of the only single family residence design and construction defect cases ever tried to a jury in Multnomah County. Included ... in the verdict was a $100,000 award for personal injuries resulting from mold infestation.
OUTCOME: Jim recovered more than $5,800,000 million for his client.
From 2000 through 2002, Jim worked with partners David Criswell and Tony Summers to prosecute more than 400 avoidance and recovery claims on behalf of the liquidating agent in a Chapter 11 bankruptcy c ... ase titled In re Great Western Chemical Company. Jim supervised the bankruptcy estate’s recovery, which resulted in a dividend to unsecured creditors that far exceeded the liquidating agent’s early projections.
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