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Bullivant Houser Bailey PC's Admiralty & Maritime Practice Group has represented clients in admiralty and maritime matters both nationally and internationally. With offices near every major port on the West Coast, we are uniquely positioned to represent clients with transportation-related questions.

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Our practice includes virtually all aspects of dispute resolution. We train arbitrators and mediators who help litigants, businesses, and their counsel resolve disputes. Our attorneys' training in alternative dispute resolution processes and techniques pursues our goal: by creativity and a thorough understanding of our client's situation and broader needs, we will identify the most appropriate way to resolve our client's problem.

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In this era of enhanced antitrust and consumer protection scrutiny, today's businesses face a broad spectrum of complex compliance and litigation risks and challenges. Bullivant Houser Bailey PC offers specialized expertise and in-depth experience to assist businesses of all sizes and in a wide variety of industries to effectively address these risks and challenges.

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Bullivant's appellate attorneys are skilled in their ability to analyze, research, and understand complex issues of law and then to present them clearly and persuasively to the court. By dedicating themselves to appellate advocacy, our appellate attorneys can take the time necessary to digest, summarize, and present the record on appeal, to marshal the best arguments for the court's consideration, and to write the most persuasive brief. And, because of their experience, our appellate attorneys are intimately familiar with the appellate court procedures—they know where, when, and how to get the job done most effectively. Their frequent appearances in the appellate courts, together with the quality of their written product and oral advocacy, gain our appellate attorneys the judges' fair regard.

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Bullivant Houser Bailey PC has represented a wide variety of clients in asbestos claims over the past 30 years. Our experience gives us a unique perspective on this evolving field of litigation and has helped to hone our approach to the defense of our clients, who include masonry supply companies; building supply retailers; safety supply companies; auto parts distributors and retailers; raw materials suppliers and manufacturers; fireproof and acoustic materials applicators and subcontractors; ship builders and owners; heavy equipment manufacturers; pump, valve and gasket manufacturers; dryer felt manufacturers; and vinyl and tile flooring manufacturers.

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Bullivant Houser Bailey PC provides a full range of legal services, involving creditors' rights, loan workouts, bankruptcy, Uniform Commercial Code, and sales disputes. Our attorneys routinely appear before state and federal courts, including bankruptcy courts.

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Our clients' long-term business goals are just as important as their immediate transaction needs. Bullivant Houser Bailey has responded by bringing together a highly experienced group of transaction attorneys who act as long-term, trusted business advisors to our clients. We focus on using our legal and business expertise to help you anticipate and respond to current and future needs. Many clients have demonstrated their trust in our representation through ongoing relationships that span many years and many individual attorneys.

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Bullivant Houser Bailey's Commercial Litigation Group is dedicated to excellence in advocacy, and led by some of the firm's most experienced trial lawyers—professionals who understand that our clients' future often depends on the outcome of a case. Our experience allows us to identify effective legal strategies that position the case for a positive outcome with maximum speed and minimal disruption. Where a negotiated dispute resolution is possible, our group has proven adept at negotiating favorable results for our clients. If negotiations fail and the case proceeds to trial, we draw upon the considerable skill of our trial-tested professionals to steer the case to verdict.

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Bullivant Houser Bailey's Construction, Real Estate & Environmental Practice supports clients in every phase of real estate development and construction, from land acquisition through the completion of construction and thereafter. Our goal is the same as our clients: to help deliver an on-time and successful development project. In the event that development or construction bring claims or issues that give rise to litigation, we are available to bring decades of accumulated experience and knowledge as informed litigators that prosecute and defend claims for our clients, from both the developer and contractor perspective.

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Bullivant has established a significant track record assisting companies in establishing and operating business entities, from family-owned operations to large public companies. Our compliance attorneys possess deep experience in corporate governance and securities regulation matters, routinely counseling clients on the responsibilities of corporations, management, boards of directors and special committees of boards of directors under federal and state laws. Our experience with corporate law enables us to recommend corporate structures and strategies and advise clients on day-to-day corporate law matters, as well as matters involving shareholder initiatives, governance issues under SEC rules and regulations and related Sarbanes-Oxley matters.

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Bullivant Houser Bailey PC's Distribution and Franchise group speaks to bottom line concerns of clients on functional level: pricing, selling, protecting trade secrets and intellectual capital, and receiving a return on intellectual capital.

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Bullivant Houser Bailey PC's Employment Law team assists clients with employment issues including litigation, training, and daily human resources management services. Our employment attorneys have the background and experience necessary to handle the unique issues present in many employment disputes.

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Bullivant Houser Bailey PC's Environmental Group focuses on permitting, regulatory compliance and litigation associated with site contamination, natural resources and industrial and commercial activities.

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Providing our clients with timely, cost-effective advice is the standard by which the Bullivant Houser Bailey employee benefits group measures itself. Due to the rising costs of health care, the increased complexity of benefit packages, and the changing and litigious world of retirement plans, our clients demand advice in real time and in a manner they can understand and act on. Our attorneys understand that employee benefits are not just retirement and health plans, but rather the mechanisms by which employees have come to rely on for a secure and comfortable retirement and the protection health benefits afford working employees and their families.


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With a practice that spans the entire Northwest and Alaska, Bullivant has steadily built a reputation over the years as the firm of choice in fidelity and surety cases that matter. Measured by any parameter, our firm sets the benchmark for both reputation and achievement. Our fidelity and surety lawyers have garnered virtually every national accolade and credential. Any foray into these specialized fields of practice will soon take you to a case we handled, a book we helped write or a seminar we gave.

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Bullivant Houser Bailey PC dedicates more than 30 lawyers full time to its Insurance Industry Services practice group. Our coverage lawyers are recognized nationally as experienced in a multitude of disciplines in the insurance and reinsurance fields. They are located in four western states, but many are licensed in other states, and are able to assist with coverage matters across the country.

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The IP Group believes in a value added approach to Intellectual Property Rights ("IPR"), both for litigated and non-litigated matters. The IP Group believes that a client's reasonable business objectives should define common sense IPR goals and solutions. This is particularly true in litigation, and also in IPR consultation and prosecution.

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Bullivant Houser Bailey is a member of Multilaw, a London-based multinational association of independent law firms. Multilaw strengthens our international capabilities by connecting our firm to other first-tier law firms in major commercial centers around the world. With offices in major metropolitan areas throughout the West Coast, we are ideally positioned to serve clients with international legal needs in other parts of the world.

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Our attorneys have handled transactions ranging in size from more than $500 million in value to less than $100,000. We represent all categories of participants in these transactions, including purchasers, sellers, shareholders, management, lenders, financial advisors, venture capitalists and individual investors.

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Given the increasing rise in mold exposure claims, our combination of experience and expertise in mold-related litigation is crucial because such claims frequently coincide with construction defect and personal injury tort claims. In addition to a broad-based perspective on developments in mold litigation, our attorneys are thoroughly experienced in construction defect litigation, ranging from actions involving single homes to complex developments.

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The trial lawyers of Bullivant Houser Bailey have more experience in evaluating, preparing, and trying personal and catastrophic injury, and wrongful death cases than almost any other West Coast law firm. We routinely handle large-scale cases for the world's largest insurance companies and other self-insured entities. Although we are based on the West Coast, we have a national practice and have tried cases throughout the U.S. Over the last 20 years, our firm has defended more than 1,500 jury trials to conclusion in which significant or highly public accidents were involved. During this same time period, the number of cases our firm has handled through settlement or mediation is conservatively estimated at tens-of thousands of cases.

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The tax and estate planning attorneys of Bullivant Houser Bailey are highly skilled at navigating the complexities of estate administration, either through probate or during trust administration. We have assisted families of all sizes in the administration of estates of all sizes, and routinely advise clients on the administration of estates in many different jurisdictions.

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The American Lawyer selected Bullivant Houser Bailey PC as a leading Pacific Northwest firm for product liability defense based upon the feedback of 400 corporate counsel on the firm's ability to provide quality, service and value.

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Bullivant Houser Bailey PC's professional liability group has extensive experience in a wide range of professional disciplines, which aids the firm in handling professional liability matters. Our firm has represented architects, engineers, insurance agents and brokers, attorneys, directors and officers, real estate agents and brokers, and other professionals.

 

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Bullivant Houser Bailey's real estate attorneys represent businesses and individuals in commercial and residential real estate matters.

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Across industries, many of our clients are experiencing the effects of the current economic crisis. The commercial real estate business, however, has suffered more than other sectors from a lack of credit, resulting in a decline in demand from buyers. In addition, tenant defaults and a rise in vacancies have made it increasingly difficult for owners to be able to service existing loans. Meanwhile, a significant number of tenants face the challenges of dramatically lower consumer spending.

We believe that every property owner, tenant, real estate buyer or investor should have a tailored strategic plan that considers all available options. Our attorneys are committed to working with you to develop and implement such a plan. We are prepared, as always, to provide the trusted counsel and guidance necessary to confront any challenge that you may face.

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The attorneys at Bullivant Houser Bailey PC provide full representation in ERISA matters. The Employment Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) governs the establishment and operation of retirement plans (multi-employer or single employer), welfare benefit plans (including COBRA and HIPAA compliance) and employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs).

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Bullivant Houser Bailey PC's School Law Group has defended Oregon and Washington private and public school districts, colleges and other municipal corporations in both state and federal courts and before a wide variety of administrative agencies.

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Our lawyers have broad experience in securities litigation, the principal area from which claims against directors and officers most frequently arise. The firm has considerable experience in defending insureds under executive protection lines of coverage in both the general corporate and financial institution areas. Our experience includes the defense of securities claims and alleged regulatory violations, as well as mismanagement and breach of fiduciary duty claims. We have defended numerous claims brought by borrowers under financial institution bonds including lender liability claims. We have defended insurers who have denied coverage under financial institution bonds, and have also provided coverage opinions.

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The Insurance SIU group is a specialized branch of the Bullivant Houser Bailey PC Insurance Practice Group. The group protects and defends insurers by providing complex coverage analysis, assisting in the identification and investigation of suspicious losses and claims, and litigating residential and commercial insurance fraud and organized fraud operations. The Insurance SIU group also protects and defends insurers by providing guidance on the avoidance of "bad faith," and aggressively defending insurers against allegations of "bad faith," and lawsuits seeking extra-contractual or punitive damages.

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We provide assistance in large loss investigations, preserving subrogation rights during claims adjustment, analysis of recovery potential against potentially responsible tortfeasors, and prosecution of subrogation claims to verdict. Attorneys in each of our West Coast offices are actively involved in all aspects of subrogation.

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The tax attorneys at Bullivant Houser Bailey PC provide full representation in federal, state, local, and international tax matters with offices in Oregon, Washington, California, and Nevada.

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Having merged with a 108-year-old maritime law firm in 2000, Bullivant Houser Bailey PC is one of the leading West Coast transportation law firms.

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Bullivant Houser Bailey PC's trial lawyers handle litigation involving a variety of industries and regulatory frameworks. We aggressively pursue a litigation strategy designed to obtain early, favorable, and cost-effective results. Our trial lawyers are experienced in all stages of litigation as well as in various forms of alternative dispute resolution, such as arbitration and mediation. We also have the experience and expertise to handle complex litigation and the specialized case management procedures required in such litigation. To provide our clients with the best service possible, we use state-of-the-art technology in the courtroom and in document handling, retrieval, and production.

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The Bullivant Houser Bailey PC estate planning and administrative practice differs from other firms because, in addition to our estate planning, wills, trusts and tax expertise, we have the litigation and business resources to integrate into and complement our planning and administration work. Our West Coast presence also allows us to better serve our clients with planning issues in multiple states. The group has been structured so attorneys have complementary focus areas.

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