Criminal Law

• Embezzlement
  Obtained substantial fraud and misrepresentation verdict against a former employee of a construction company based on embezzlement and misappropriation of funds.
• Restraining Order
  Successfully represented a materials testing and engineering contractor challenging FHWA’s improper sole source award of a laboratory support services task order to another contractor. After we filed a GAO protest and obtained a CICA stay of performance of the protested contract, the government announced it was going to override the CICA stay. We went to the U.S. Court of Federal Claims and successfully obtained a temporary restraining order prohibiting the government from overriding the CICA stay during pendency of a GAO protest. As a result, the government took corrective action, canceled the task order award we had protested, and awarded the client a task order for the work.

Business and Corporate Law

• Corporate Law
  Partnership and shareholder disputes: Whether it is a breach of shareholder fiduciary duty, conflict of interest, dissolution dispute, violation of a shareholder agreement, financial mismanagement or trade secret infringement, partnership and shareholder disputes can be costly and detrimental to the future of an organization. Our team is equipped to represent your interests in partnership and shareholder disputes in court while keeping your business and financial concerns top of mind.
• Business Formation
  He is well versed in advising clients as general counsel on business transitions, business formation, ownership disputes and transfers, to reviewing and drafting operating agreements, bylaws, and partnership agreements. Eric has also advised clients through the purchase and sale of their business and properties and reviewed and drafted lease agreements for both tenants and landlords.
• Business Disputes
  Today’s business environment for companies in the construction industry is increasingly complex presenting an array of legal issues that if not properly addressed can lead to numerous issues that decrease the potential value of an organization and/or endanger its future operations. Our business law practice regularly advises clients in the construction industry on business law issues such as...
• Business Transactions
  Clients look to us for pragmatic solutions, assistance in mitigating litigation costs and a proven track record of success. We strive to meet these expectations while also keeping up with evolving technologies that govern the assembly, organization, and discovery of electronic documents that have become standard on complex commercial transactions. Our most senior attorneys have decades of experience navigating through complex commercial litigation matters and place a high value on collaboration with our client’s in-house attorneys in order to optimize our legal efforts and maximize overall cost efficiency.
• Construction Contracts
  Through litigation, mediation, arbitration, and settlement, Brad has successfully resolved construction claims in state and federal courts, as well as before arbitration panels in the western United States, Texas, Florida, and Washington, D.C. He has negotiated numerous construction contracts, joint venture agreements, as well as architecture and engineering contracts and subcontracts.
• Trade Secrets
• Intellectual Property
• Unfair Competition
  Business torts: Our team handles all the issues that typically arise from commercial disputes, including tortious interference, unfair competition and commercial defamation. We are known for our attention to detail, courtroom prowess and track-record of success obtaining favorable verdicts in business tort litigation on behalf of our clients.

Employment Law

• Wrongful Termination
  An experienced civil litigator with over 25 years of experience in construction law and contract disputes, Deb Wilson has been involved in a number of California’s most noteworthy construction projects. This includes large-scale public works, private developments, freeways, bridges, schools, water reservoirs, commercial and individual residential developments. Deb works with civil engineers and general contractors, owners, sureties, and subcontractors to pursue claims for compensation and additional costs, project delay, loss of productivity, delay and impact claims, differing site conditions, nondisclosure, and bid protests. She is also experienced in wrongful termination claims and has successfully pursued matters at the appellate level.  Clients value the personable and tenacious effort she brings to each matter, as well as her track record of success in seeking global solutions that serve the client’s short and long-term interests.

Property Law

• Real Estate Litigation
  Our team of seasoned attorneys practice in the areas of construction, government contracts, commercial litigation, business and real estate law. We play an integral role in building and maintaining the nation’s infrastructure projects, mass transit systems and real estate developments as we have been doing throughout our more than 100-year history in the Pacific Northwest. Drawing on our team’s diverse experience in all facets of construction and government contracts, we help domestic and international companies large and small resolve legal problems that arise out of their public and private projects while protecting their business interests. Learn more by clicking on our specific practice areas.
• Construction Litigation
  The Oles Morrison Construction Law group is a results-oriented team that uses creative problem solving to pursue successful outcomes for clients while also trying to maintain valued business connections with third parties that are essential to long term success.
• Real Estate Transactions
  Advise clients on a wide variety of commercial real estate transactions, including acquisitions and sales of real property such as downtown and suburban office buildings, retail centers, industrial properties, residential multi-family developments, mixed-use developments, hotels and energy projects.
• Property Damage
  General contractors, developers and subcontractors in California turn to Kevin McCarthy for his knowledgeable legal counsel on corporate/construction risk management, asset protection, contract negotiation and construction defect litigation matters. Kevin skillfully helps those in the construction industry that are responsible for building the region’s office towers, residential developments and retail centers proactively mitigate liability and risk. When conflicts do arise, he advises clients on applicable insurance coverage in relation to disputes, which have a significant focus on construction failure, resultant property damage, diminution in value, and related claims.

Health Law

• Personal Injury
  In light of this significant legal change regarding CGL policies in Washington, contractors should ensure their policies provide robust coverage for personal injuries.  Additionally, contractors must review their CGL policies to ensure the policies do not prevent coverage for personal injury damages that have occurred but were not reported within the same policy year.

Trusts and Estates

• Estate Planning
  Established in 1893, Oles Morrison Rinker & Baker LLP is one of the most trusted construction and federal government contracts law firms on the West Coast. With attorneys practicing in offices located in California and Washington, we have been providing legal counsel to public and private companies in all phases of construction law and government contracting law since the 1930s. Our attorneys play integral roles on a wide range of leading infrastructure projects, transportation systems and real estate developments both within the United States and Internationally. In addition to our primary practice areas of construction and government contracts, our clients look to us and our seasoned legal counsel for advice pertaining to commercial litigation, business  litigation, and real estate litigation.
• Trusts
  Sam’s commitment and achievements in the legal and construction industries were recognized in 2006 when Sam was inducted as the first attorney in the University of Washington Construction Hall of Fame. He is also the first attorney to hold the distinction of serving as a Director of The Beavers and currently serves his third six year term as Trustee of its Charitable Trust. In 2012, the organization awarded Sam the coveted Golden Beaver Award for Service and Supply. In 2014, Sam was selected for membership in the National Academy of Construction and currently serves as its General Counsel.