Antitrust and Competition Law

  • Secured two large antitrust settlements for the firm’s clients in Westwood v. Weyerhaeuser and Coast Mountain v. Weyerhaeuser, $34.5 million and $14 million respectively.
  • Successfully advocated on behalf of nine family-owned plywood manufacturers against certifiers responsible for allowing falsely-advertised plywood to enter the United States marketplace from Brazil. Through settlement and a permanent injunction, both certifiers were barred from operating in Brazil.

Business Litigation

  • City of Happy Valley v. Clackamas County, won a $18,078,238 jury verdict for the City of Happy Valley concerning a breach of contract claim.
  • Carnage Fish Company v. Tullio Celano, won a $60,000 jury verdict against a naval architect concerning a malpractice claim.

Defamation

  • John Michael Cooke, Ron Swor, and the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel v. Tim Tubra, secured a jury verdict of $355,000 for former pastor on defamation claim and protected verdict on appeal in all Oregon appellate courts and the United States Supreme Court

Employment Law

  • Smeenk v. City of Ashland, won a jury verdict of $250,000 for former City Engineer concerning whistleblower retaliation claim.
  • Sims v. Oregon Department of Corrections, secured a settlement of $350,000 for former Diversity Manager concerning racial discrimination claim
  • Dodson v. City of Ashland, secured a settlement of $538,000 for a former Senior Center Manager concerning whistleblower retaliation claim
  • Middleton v. City of Sherwood, secured settlement of $250,000 for former Chief of Police concerning military-service discrimination claim

Environmental & Natural Resources Law

  • Represented the State of Washington against negligent parties involved in an oil spill off the Washington coast. The settlement remains the largest oil spill settlement on record in the State of Washington.
  • Negotiated a $25 million Forest Service land acquisition in the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area on behalf of landowners whose land was downzoned as a result of the National Scenic Area designation.

Indian Law

  • Metlakatla Indian Community v. Michael J. Dunleavy, Governor of the State of Alaska, secured a major appellate win protecting the Community’s off-reservation fishing rights.
  • Kootenai Tribe of Idaho, representation of natural resource interests of Tribal importance in a variety of contexts, including District of Oregon’s long-running Federal Columbia River Power System litigation, ESA litigation in the District of Montana and Idaho Roadless Rule litigation in Idaho District Court

Maritime Law

  • Androutsakos v. M/V PSARA, Chevron U.S.A. and PSARA Shipping Corp., obtained $11.6 million verdict for a client who sustained severe brain injury as a result of a maritime accident.
  • Achieved $3 million dollar settlement, which remains the State of Washington’s largest ever natural resources recovery.

Real Property & Land Use Law

  • Negotiation of a $25 million Forest Service land acquisition in the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area on behalf of landowners whose land was downzoned as a result of the National Scenic Area designation.
  • A $3 million verdict on behalf of SDS Lumber Company in the first inverse condemnation property takings case involving the northern spotted owl to go to trial.