Background
Jim came to Portland as a Stanford graduate to work as a community volunteer at St. Andrew Church in Northeast Portland. After law school, Jim started a litigation law firm and ran it successfully for 18 years.
Jim won election to the Portland City Council in 1997 where he served for 8 years. His responsibilities included managing Portland Parks & Recreation, Portland Department of Transportation and Fire & Emergency Services.
Currently, Jim offers both consulting and legal services to individuals and businesses seeking to either start or expand their businesses in Oregon. He is also assisting educational institutions including Portland Community College as it seeks to expand their scholarships, facilities and services.
Jim has been retained by a coalition of owners, developers, contractors, unions, schools and community groups to develop a strategy to improve and expand the construction workforce, to diversify the construction trades, and to create uniform community benefit agreements for workers and owners.
Representative Work
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The East Side CSO (“Big Pipe”) Project – Represented joint venture Peter Kiewet and Billfinger Berger before Portland City Council, which was awarded a $500 million contract for the Portland tunnel project to reduce sewage and stormwater overflows into the Willamette River.
Oregon Health & Science University – Conducted an external review of OHSU by interviewing over 80 business, political, media and community leaders.
Diversifying construction trades – through creation of a Community Benefits Agreement negotiated between organized labor, minority contractors and community representatives.
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Related Articles and News
Jim Francesconi, The future of Oregon: State needs synergy of politics, industry, education, Oregonian,
Community Involvement
- Board of Trustees, Pacific NW Regional Council of Carpenters Scholarship Fund
- Portland Business Alliance
- Oregon Board of Higher Education (Vice-Chair)
- Oregon Higher Education Advocacy Coalition
- Thomas Edison High School Board
