Criminal Law

• Fraud
• Restraining Order
  Obtained a temporary restraining order against former employees of a financial services firm who opened a branch of a competing firm in the same city on the day of their departure.

Business and Corporate Law

• Corporate Law
  We regularly advise Alaska Native Corporation Board of Directors regarding their duties and obligations, strategic planning, and other corporate governance matters. We work with Alaska Native Corporations on entity formation and corporate restructuring by identifying the optimal corporate structure for their current and future needs. We assist Alaska Native Corporations on shareholder issues, including annual meetings and proxy solicitations, transfers of shares through gifts or inheritance, and responding to shareholder complaints or requests for information.
• Mergers and Acquisitions
  We help healthcare providers navigate critical transactions, agreements, and mergers and acquisitions that strengthen the healthcare system and increase access to care.
• Business Formation
  We serve as outside general counsel to a number of tribes and advise many others on tribal enterprises involving real estate, economic development, business formation, transactions, and tax planning. We are recognized for our deep knowledge of the regulations and regulatory frameworks that impact reservation and Indian trust land. We draft tribal codes, provide advice on implementation and enforcement, and counsel tribes concerning governance and sovereignty. We also advise tribes on government programs and federal funding opportunities, such as the American Rescue Plan and tribal broadband grant program.
• Business Disputes
  We know business disputes are disruptive and costly. At every stage of a dispute, we advise on ways to avoid or minimize risk, manage costs effectively, and align strategies and tactics with your goals. Our communication is dependable, clear, and collaborative. Together, we aim to define and deliver success. Whether by securing early resolution through mediation, by winning dispositive motions, or by taking cases through trial and appeal, we champion your cause.
• Business Transactions
  We bring extensive experience representing brands and creators, licensees, and other businesses in the key commercial transactions and enforcement that drive brand strategy in the content-consumer industry.
• Limited Liability Companies
  Taxes are a given. We handle them with the skill and dedication to our clients’ interests that allows clients to focus on other important matters. Our tax lawyers provide goal-oriented tax, trust, and estate planning services to for-profit and nonprofit corporations, limited liability companies, professional corporations, partnerships, trusts, and estates, as well as individuals. Much of our work involves protecting family legacies through thoughtful succession planning.
• Intellectual Property
• Antitrust
  “Respected litigation practice that demonstrates proficiency in an array of commercial disputes. Noted expertise in shareholder disputes and construction litigation. Additionally recognized for its experience in product liability proceedings, and in patent and trademark infringement disputes, as well as comprehensive antitrust litigation expertise. Also offers considerable strength in appellate litigation. Relied on by clients from the shipping, manufacturing, technology and energy sectors, among others.”

Employment Law

• Employment Discrimination
  Defended one of the world’s largest privately owned food manufacturers in lawsuit by a former employee alleging employment discrimination and violations of the federal and state Medical Leave.
• Employment Contract
  We have a robust employment law group that assists Alaska Native Corporations on employment matters, including executive employment contracts and compensation, union labor issues and collective bargaining, wage and hour and Service Contract Act issues, and intellectual property and confidentiality agreements. Schwabe assists Alaska Native Corporations in protecting their valuable intellectual property and business information from misappropriation by former employees and provides advice on labor relations and human resource issues.
• Employment Litigation

Property Law

• Real Estate Litigation
  We serve sports teams, owners and governing bodies, investors, corporate sponsors, entertainers, entertainment venues, and developers. As our clients’ biggest fans, we support them during critical negotiations, transactions, disputes, compliance, intellectual property and licensing, sponsorship deals, and real estate matters.
• Construction Litigation
  We don’t like claims or litigation any more than you do. But when necessary, our veteran trial lawyers act decisively and effectively in the claims environment. We handle construction disputes, including...
• Real Estate Transactions
  Provide ongoing general counsel services for important ports, including drafting, reviewing, and negotiating contracts and leases, ‎licenses, and other real estate transaction documents. Consult and advise regarding the Washington ‎Public Records Act and Public Meetings Act. Manage litigation and other ‎non-general counsel legal work. Provide day-to-day general recommendations and discussions with staff on compliance, legal risks, legal ‎strategies, and legislative and constitutional authority.
• Easement
• Land Use and Zoning
  Schwabe is a leading land use law firm in the Northwest, committed to helping clients navigate the complex web of regulations and maximize the value and utility of their investments.

Health Law

• Personal Injury
  Served as lead trial counsel in federal and state court jury and bench trials involving personal injury, cargo claims, limitation of liability arising from embarrassment of navigation, insurance coverage and asset tracing, among others.
• Medical Malpractice
  We focus on what is necessary to strengthen and grow your operations, including regulatory and compliance, entity formation and consolidation, transactions, digital transformation, employment disputes and investigations, privacy breaches, peer review proceedings, professional licensing board inquiries, accreditation, and medical malpractice claims.
• Disability Discrimination
  Successfully represented and resolved a disability discrimination and retaliation lawsuit on behalf of a Fortune 500 shipping company arising from an alleged mental health disability that created unique evidentiary challenges.

Trusts and Estates

• Estate Planning
  “As a health insurance agent in Central Oregon, we needed a tax and estate planning team that we felt ‎possessed the same values that we did as ‘personal professionals’ that have the client’s best interest ‎as the main objective. We deal with almost 1,000 Medicare-eligible people and our clients are very ‎pleased with the Schwabe team. A grand slam as far as our clients are concerned.”
• Trusts
  Schwabe helps clients craft tax strategies that will help set them up for success, whether through corporate and partnership tax planning, property and excise tax provisions, tax controversy resolution, trust/estate and succession planning, or probate/trust administration.
• Probate

Finance Law

• Bankruptcy
  With decades of experience devising creative solutions and its breadth of industry resources, Schwabe is one of the Pacific Northwest’s leading corporate restructuring and Chapter 11 bankruptcy firms.
• Tax Law
  Schwabe has an established reputation for resolving difficult tax controversies, including litigation against governmental agencies. Clients turn to us for representation before federal and state taxing agencies as well as in civil and criminal tax cases in court. We represent publicly held corporations, local small businesses, individuals, and exempt organizations in a wide array of trial and appellate tax matters.