Representative Experience
Real estate development and transactions including the purchase, development and sale of commercial and residential property

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Securities transactions including private placements focused particularly in the area of real estate securities, state and federal registrations and liability prevention

Corporate transactions including the formation of corporations and limited liability companies, and stock and asset purchases and sales

Mergers and acquisition transactions focusing on telecommunications

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Serves as corporate counsel for several Oregon corporations

General business transactions

Prior Experience
Before beginning her legal career, Ms. Rathbone worked for 10 years in real estate development, management and financing for F.C.R. Enterprises, Inc., Ontario, Oregon; prepared financing packages for commercial real estate developments; managed a 140-unit townhouse complex; managed sports center

Publications and Presentations
Author, "Possible New Direction of the NAR Exemption - Bifurcation," CCIM Newsletter, August 2008

Author, "SEC keeps quiet about proposed TIC exemption," The Daily Journal of Commerce, February 28, 2008

Author, "SEC Continues to Mull Tenant-in-Common Exemption," Portland Business Journal, February 8, 2008

Author, "Obtaining development financing by way of securities," Portland Business Journal, August 31, 2007

Co-author, "Oregon Legislature Amends Oregon Condominium and Planned Community Acts," The Daily Journal of Commerce, June 2007

Co-author, "Legislature looks to tweak condo conversion rules," The Daily Journal of Commerce, May 25, 2007

Co-author, "Oregon House looks to help fill empty HOA boards," The Daily Journal of Commerce, May 24, 2007

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Author, "Legal structure sets tone for real estate projects," Puget Sound Business Journal, February 2007

Author, "Twelve obstacles to closing your transaction," The Daily Journal of Commerce,
May 25, 2006

Memberships and Activities
American Bar Association, Member

Oregon State Bar, Member

Homestead Capital, Board Member, Secretary

The Dougy Center, Board Member

Member, Counselors of Real Estate, an esteemed international association of professional real estate advisors

Education
J.D., Willamette University School of Law, 1988

B.A. in Business, cum laude, University of Idaho, 1978