Family Law

• Divorce
• Guardianship
  Because of the widespread use of powers of attorney, we do not see many guardianships for adult persons. However, the need for a guardianship could arise and our clients sometimes prefer to choose whom the court will appoint as guardian.

Criminal Law

• Sex Crimes
  Are you confused by this acronym? So are the rest of us. BOLI (another acronym - Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries) wants you to know that DVHSAS stands for Domestic Violence, Harassment, Sexual Assault or Stalking. BOLI also requires all Oregon employers to post this notice.
• Assault
• Internet Crimes

Business and Corporate Law

• Corporate Law
  Flat fees can be quoted for any matter. Standard flat fees apply to employee handbooks, employment forms, incorporations, LLC organizations, partnership agreements, buy-sell agreements, estate planning, construction agreements, etc...
• Business Disputes
  Mark W. Perrin – Mark retired on October 31, 2006 after practicing business law in Eugene since 1978. Before that, he worked for the U.S. Justice Department as an Assistant Attorney General in Washington D.C. and St. Louis, Missouri. Originally hailing from Texas, Mark is now 100% Oregonian.
• Business Transactions
  The problems of dying without a will are aggravated if a married couple owns a family business. If one spouse dies without a will, the ownership interest of the deceased spouse will pass one-half to the surviving spouse and one-half to the deceased spouse's children. A legal conservatorship will be required to manage the portion of the business interest that passes to any minor children. The surviving spouse will have the conservatorship for the minor children as a “partner” in the family business. Under the requirements of a conservatorship, the surviving spouse may have to post a bond and make a detailed periodic accounting to a court for all business transactions.

Employment Law

• Workers Compensation
  Not available for download. Issued by the Oregon Workers' Compensation Division after it receives the "Guaranty Contract" from your workers' compensation insurer. If you did not receive the notice or require a duplicate notice, you can contact the Oregon Workers' Compensation Division, Department of Consumer Business Services, 350 Winter Street N.E., Room 21, Salem, OR 97310. The telephone number is 503-947-7815.
• Wrongful Termination
  Inc. magazine, employment discrimination suits rose 2,200% in just 20 years. According to another study, the discharged employees won two-thirds of the wrongful-discharge cases, with an average verdict of $732,000.
• Employment Discrimination
• Employment Contract
  There are legal protections you can implement only with an at-will employment agreement signed by every employee. Requiring each employee to sign a new agreement, however, can be disruptive and even breed resentment. We have found a simple, effective way to do this without upsetting your workforce. We have no idea why no one hasn’t thought of this before.

Property Law

• Construction Litigation
  We appreciate the trust and confidence other attorneys display in us every time they refer their good clients to us. As part of that trust, we will not do any other work for that client without the referring attorney’s consent. Now, when a fellow Oregon lawyer refers an employee handbook, employment forms, incorporation, LLC organization, partnership agreement, buy-sell agreement, estate planning or construction agreement project to us, we will pay a referral fee to the referring attorney, as appropriate. Please note it may not be appropriate to pay a fee on conflict referrals.
• Real Estate Transactions

Trusts and Estates

• Estate Planning
  This estate planning information is designed to help answer basic questions you may have about estates and estate planning. Questions frequently asked by our clients are set out below along with our answers. Hopefully, you will find the answers to questions asked by others to be an effective introduction to estate planning.
• Wills
• Trusts
  There is an economical and time-saving alternative for settling estates with assets of less than $140,000. Instead of filing a probate proceeding, an affidavit can be filed with the probate clerk. This affidavit procedure can be used for small estates and in instances where a living trust was created but there was property outside of the trust at the time of death.
• Power of Attorney
  A power of attorney is an instrument in writing by which one person, as principal, appoints another as their agent and gives the authority to perform certain specified acts or kinds of acts on behalf of the principal. The person holding a power of attorney is known as an “attorney in fact” or “agent.” We have found that many clients want to appoint someone to act for them, particularly in the event of disability.
• Probate