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Understanding Oregon DEQ

When working with the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) it is important to remember two things about DEQ staff. First, staff believes it is overworked and underappreciated. Second, staff believes that it is doing…


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Solving Neighbor Property Disputes

I have handled many disputes between neighbors over property. These disputes seem to always center on two things. First neighbors often get in fights over easements. And second neighbors often argue over property line incursions…


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What To Do When DEQ Knocks At Your Door?

If you operate and industrial or commercial site, you are always at risk of offending the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ). If you are discharging a pollutant to waters of the state (a defined…



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Trial Court Procedure

When I started law school I was required to buy a lot of books. Two of them were books titled Civil Procedure and something like West’s Court Rules. The Civil Procedure book was a case book,…



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Starting The Story: The Answer

This is the third part in a 3 part series looking at the importance of telling stories in the field of litigation. The first part looked at how the process begins and the second article…