(currently licensed to practice only in Oregon)

Representative Experience

Employee Benefits:

Design and draft executive compensation arrangements including non-qualified deferred compensation, stock options and change of control agreements

Counsel employers on design, drafting and administration of qualified retirement plans, including 401(k) plans and profit sharing

Advise clients on related tax and ERISA issues

Corporate Transactions:

Represent companies in corporate stock and asset acquisitions and mergers

Advise clients regarding employee benefit issues and IRC §280G, golden parachute issues in connection with business transactions

Counsel and draft entity formation documents for corporations and limited liability companies

Preparation of federal and state securities filings for issuance of stock options, warrants and restricted stock

Prior Experience
Foreign Associate, Nishimura & Asahi, Tokyo, Japan

Associate, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Portland, OR

Legal Intern, NIKE, Inc., Portland, OR

Legislative Correspondent, Office of Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), Washington, D.C.

Publications and Presentations
Author, “Letter Ruling Alert,” 49 The Exempt Organization Tax Review 241, August 2005

Author, “The Revolving Door: Should Oregon Restrict Former Legislators from Becoming Lobbyists?,” 82 Or. L. Rev. 979, 2003

Memberships and Activities
Oregon State Bar Association

Education
J.D., University of Oregon School of Law, 2004

• Oregon Law Review
  
• Director, Moot Court Board