Kell, Alterman & Runstein, LLP

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Law Firm in Portland, Oregon
 
Address
520 S.W. Yamhill, Suite 600
Portland, Oregon 97204-1329
(Clackamas, Multnomah & Washington Cos.)
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Phone: 503-222-3531  
Fax: 503-227-2980
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http://www.kelrun.com
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Kell, Alterman & Runstein, LLP practices in the following areas of law:
General Business and Trial Practice, including Corporate, Tax and Real Estate Law, Litigation in all State and Federal Courts of Business, Personal Injury, Employment, Environmental, Divorce and Maritime cases, Estate Planning and Probate Law, Health Care Law, Construction Law, Bankruptcy, Debtor-Creditor Law, Government Relations, Secured Transactions, Business Acquisitions and Mergers and Franchise Law.
Year Established: 1929
Firm Profile:
Kell, Alterman & Runstein has been serving the legal needs of businesses and individual clients in Oregon for over 70 years. We emphasize the high quality personal service to solve problems and create opportunities in the most practical, efficient and effective manner possible.
Firm Size: 16
Representative Clients:
Albina Fuel; The Ash Organization; The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Ltd.; Baxter Auto Parts, Inc.; Carlton Chain Co.; Chase Manhattan Bank; Columbia Wire & Iron Works, Inc.; Consulate General of Japan in Oregon; Fibrex & Shipping; Hallmark Inns & Resorts, Inc.; Independent Dispatch, Inc.; NEC America, Inc.; Nordisk Skibi; Oregon Metal Slitters, Inc.; Portland Adventist Medical Center; Rose City Label Co.; Shokookai of Portland; Soderstrom Architects, P.C.; TMT Development Co., Inc.; Waste Control Systems, Inc.; Yamasa Corporation USA; Tudatin Valley Builders' Supply.
References:
Union Bank of California, N.A. (Portland Branch); Bank of the West.
Office Hours:
Monday: 08:00 AM - 06:00 PM
Tuesday: 08:00 AM - 06:00 PM
Wednesday: 08:00 AM - 06:00 PM
Thursday: 08:00 AM - 06:00 PM
Friday: 08:00 AM - 06:00 PM
Rate Information:
Fixed Hourly Rates
Fixed Fees Available
Accepts Major Credit Cards
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MEMBERS OF FIRM
Raymond M. Kell (1911-1991).
Clifford B. Alterman (1925-1995).
Ted E. Runstein (Member) born Portland, Oregon, December 1, 1939; admitted to bar, 1966, Oregon. Education: University of Washington (B.A., 1963); Willamette University (J.D., 1966). Trial Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division. Honorary Consul for The Netherlands. Member: Multnomah County Bar Association; Oregon State Bar; Oregon Trial Lawyers Association; American Association for Justice. Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers. Practice Areas: Personal Injury Litigation; Business Litigation; General Litigation; Family Law. Email: Ted E. Runstein
Lee Davis Kell (Member) born Washington, D.C., March 17, 1939; admitted to bar, 1967, California and Oregon. Education: University of Oregon (B.A., 1962); New York University (LL.B., 1965). Certified Public Accountant: California, 1967; Oregon, 1968. Member: Multnomah County and American Bar Associations; The State Bar of California; Oregon State Bar. Practice Areas: Business Law; Closely Held Businesses; Estate Planning and Administration; Solid Waste Management. Email: Lee Davis Kell
Wayne D. Palmer (Member) born Portland, Oregon, August 17, 1955; admitted to bar, 1981, Oregon. Education: Portland State University (B.S., with honors, 1977); Lewis and Clark College (J.D., 1981). Member: Oregon State Bar; Multnomah County Bar Association; Oregon Trial Lawyers Association; American Association for Justice; Maritime Law Association of the United States. Practice Areas: Maritime/Foreclosure; Employment; Family Law; Business Litigation; Debtor Creditor. Email: Wayne D. Palmer
William D. Dickas (Member) born Columbus, Ohio, November 26, 1941; admitted to bar, 1974, Ohio; 1975, Oregon. Education: St. Charles College (A.B., 1963); University of Innsbruck (M.A., 1967); Ohio State University (J.D., cum laude, 1974). Member: Oregon State Bar. Practice Areas: Business Law; Commercial Litigation; Real Estate; Government Regulation. Email: William D. Dickas
Gary P. Compa (Member) born Teaneck, New Jersey, May 13, 1945; admitted to bar, 1973, New Jersey; 1981, Oregon. Education: Georgetown University (A.B., 1967); Washington College of Law (J.D., 1972); New York University (LL.M. in Taxation, 1976). Co-Author: "Repeal of Unitary Tax and Revision of Corporate Income Tax in Oregon," Journal of Japanese Institute of International Business Law, 1985. Estate and Gift Taxation Attorney, Internal Revenue Service, 1976-1981. Member: New Jersey State Bar Association; Oregon State Bar. Practice Areas: Taxation; Business Law. Email: Gary P. Compa
Charles R. Williamson (Member) born Boston, Massachusetts, January 2, 1944; admitted to bar, 1968, Massachusetts; 1970, Oregon; 1977, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Colgate University (B.A., 1965); Suffolk University (LL.B., 1968). Member, Editorial Staff, Suffolk University Law Review, 1967-1968. Member: Multnomah County Bar Association; Oregon State Bar (President, 2003); Oregon Trial Lawyers Association; American Association for Justice; American Bankruptcy Institute. Practice Areas: Legislative Advocacy; Arbitration; Mediation; Bankruptcy; Debtor Creditor Law; Business Litigation. Email: Charles R. Williamson
Eric Sogge (Member) born Ellensburg, Washington, January 23, 1943; admitted to bar, 1972, Oregon; 1973, U.S. District Court, District of Oregon and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: Harvard University (A.B., 1964); University of Oregon (J.D., 1972). Executive Editor, Oregon Law Review, 1971-1972. Member: Oregon State Bar (Member, Sections on: Antitrust, Trade Regulation and Unfair Business Practices; Debtor-Creditor Law; Corporate Law); American Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Antitrust Law; Business Law; Committee on Negotiated Acquisitions). Practice Areas: Secured Financial Transactions; Business Acquisitions and Mergers; Real Estate Law. Email: Eric Sogge
Thomas R. Rask, III (Member) born Portland, Oregon, October 27, 1968; admitted to bar, 1993, Oregon and U.S. District Court, District of Oregon. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.B.A., 1990); Willamette University (J.D., 1993). Phi Delta Phi. Trustee, Oregon Association of Children With Learning Disabilities, 1993—. President, University of Notre Dame Alumni Club of Portland, 1996-1998. Director, American Red Cross, Oregon Trial Chapter. Member: Multnomah County and American Bar Associations; Oregon State Bar. Practice Areas: General Civil Litigation; General Business Law; Education Law. Email: Thomas R. Rask, III
Robert E. Kabacy (Member) born Oakland, California, May 30, 1968; admitted to bar, 1993, Oregon, Wisconsin and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin; 1994, Washington and U.S. District Court, District of Oregon. Education: University of Puget Sound (B.A., honors, 1990); Marquette University Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1993). Member: Oregon State Bar; Washington State Bar Association; State Bar of Wisconsin. Practice Areas: General Business; Estate Planning; Estate Administration. Email: Robert E. Kabacy
Dennis Steinman (Member) born New York, N.Y., May 20, 1955; admitted to bar, 1995, Oregon; 1996, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit and U.S. District Court, District of Oregon. Education: Temple University (B.A., cum laude, 1976); Northwestern School of Law (J.D., 1995). Phi Delta Phi. Recipient: Best Oralist and Honors Brief, First Year Moot Court Competition; Best Trial Memorandum and Notebook, Mock Trial Competition; ASCAP Nathan Burke Award, National Copyright Competition. Author: "Disability Law in the Twenty-First Century," Lawyers and the ADA, 2001 Oregon State Bar Convention; "Reasonable Accommodation Under the ADA," Fair Housing Act and Oregon Law, Lorman Education Services, 2001; "Reasonable Accommodation Under the ADA," Fair Housing Act and State Law, Oregon Law Institute Continuing Legal Education, 2000; "The Undiscovered ADA," Oregon Law Institute Continuing Legal Education, 1999; "ADA Update: Reasonable Accommodation Beyond Physical Access," Associational Discrimination, Conflict of Laws, and Damages, 1999 Oregon State Bar Convention; "Sharpening Your Skills: The ADA's Application to Oregon's Regulatory and Licensing Programs," Oregon Law Institute Continuing Legal Education, 1999. Adjunct Professor, Northwestern School of Law, 2001—. Formerly with Steinman Cooper Wiscarson LLC. Member: Multnomah County and Federal Bar Associations; Oregon State Bar (Member: Civil Rights Section Executive Committee, 2001—; Disability Law Section Executive Committee, 2001—). Reported Cases: State Farm Fire & Cas. Co. v. Finch, 2001 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 14438, September 6, 2001; Glass v. Hillsboro Sch. Dist. 1J, 142 F. Supp. 2d 1286 (D. Or. 2001); Alford v. City of Cannon Beach, 2000 WL 33200554 (D. Or. 2001); Sherwood v. Finch, 2000 WL 1862562 (D. Or. 2000); Glass v. Hillsboro School Dist. 1J, 2000 WL 1877647 (D.Or. 2000); Cornilles v. Regal Cinemas, Inc., 2000 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 15465, September 15, 2000, Decided, September 18, 2000; Cornilles v. Regal Cinemas, Inc., 2000 U.S.Dist. LEXIS 15464, August 2, 2000, Decided, August 2, 2000, Filed, Adopting Order of September 15, 2000; LaFore v. Housing Authority of Portland, 1999 WL 1058992 (D.Or. 1999); Drew v. Merrill, CV 99-810 KI, Consent Decree (D. Or. 1999); Green v. Housing Authority of Clackamas County, 994 F.Supp. 1253 (D. Or. 1998). Languages: American Sign Language, Italian, French. Practice Areas: Civil Rights; Americans with Disabilities Act; Business Law; Corporate Law; Commercial Law; Litigation; Franchise Law. Email: Dennis Steinman
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Jennifer Kampsula (Associate) born Vancouver, Washington, November 21, 1972; admitted to bar, 1999, Washington; 2000, Oregon. Education: Seattle University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1995); University of Washington (J.D., 1999). Alpha Sigma Nu; Phi Alpha Delta. Member: Oregon State Bar; Oregon Trial Lawyers Association; Oregon Women Lawyers; Washington State Bar Association; Washington State Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Employment Law; General Civil Litigation. Email: Jennifer Kampsula
Denise Nicole Gorrell (Associate) born Seattle, Washington; admitted to bar, 2004, Oregon. Education: University of Washington (B.A., Dean's List, 1996) ; Lewis and Clark College (J.D., 2004). Member: Oregon State Bar; American Bar Association; Oregon Trial Lawyers Association; Multnomah County Bar Association. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Real Property; Winery Law; Restaurant Law. Email: Denise Nicole Gorrell
Leah Mallon (Associate) born Coquille, Oregon; admitted to bar, 2004, Oregon. Education: Oregon State University (B.S., Political Science, 2001); Lewis and Clark College (J.D., 2004). Member: Oregon State Bar; Multnomah County and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Corporate Law; Real Estate; Taxes; Estate Administration; Education Law. Email: Leah Mallon
Robin M. Runstein (Associate) born Portland, Oregon; admitted to bar, 1996, Oregon; 1999, New York. Education: University of Massachusetts at Amherst (B.B.A., 1991); New York Law School (J.D., 1995). Member: Oregon State Bar; Multnomah County Bar Association; Oregon Criminal Defense Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Criminal Defense; Family Law; Personal Injury. Email: Robin M. Runstein
Martha Sharp (Associate) born Denver, Colorado, December 7, 1963; admitted to bar, 1997, California; 2006, Oregon. Education: Metropolitan State College (B.S., Finance, 1987); Southwestern University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1997). Editor, Law Review. Author: "NAFTA's Environmental Side Agreement: Is The Mandatory Arbitration Provision Fact or Fiction?" 3 SW. J.L. & Trade In The Americans 487, 1996. Member: Oregon State Bar; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Land Use; Real Property; Energy; Real Estate. Email: Martha Sharp
Matthew C. Ellis (Associate) born Tacoma, Washington, April 20, 1975; admitted to bar, 2007, Oregon. Education: Emerson College (B.F.A., 1998); Lewis and Clark College (J.D., 2007). Member: Oregon State Bar; Multnomah County Bar Association; Oregon Criminal Defense Lawyers; American Association for Justice. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Litigation; Criminal Defense.
Paul A. Raney (Associate) born Schenectady, New York, September 24, 1959; admitted to bar, 1985, Georgia; 1996, Oregon. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., with honors, 1981; J.D., 1984). Member: Oregon State Bar; State Bar of Georgia; Multnomah County Bar Association. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Estate Administration; Business Law.
Trina L. Montalban (Associate) born Los Angeles, California, November 18, 1970; admitted to bar, 2007, Oregon. Education: Columbia University (B.A., 1993); George Washington University (J.D., 2007). Member: Oregon State Bar; Multnomah County Bar Association. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Estate Administration; Business Law; Land Use.


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