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Ball Janik LLP Pro

4.8
102 reviews

101 SW Main Street, Suite 1100, Portland, OR 97204, U.S.A.

Construction and Design, Construction Defect, Employment and 10 more

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About Ball Janik LLP

Our mission is twofold: to perform high quality professional work that advances the interest of our clients, and to cultivate a firm culture that ensures our professionals and staff will deliver on that promise.

Founded in Portland, Oregon in 1982, Ball Janik LLP has earned a reputation for industry leadership in real estate and land use law, financial services, bankruptcy and creditor rights, construction and design, construction litigation, commercial litigation, and insurance recovery. Our attorneys in Portland have helped clients reshape the landscape of the city and the region.

Our Orlando, Florida office offers clients services in the areas of creditor rights and fiduciary disputes, construction litigation, real estate litigation, insurance recovery and risk management, and contracting.

Our clients include large and small businesses, state, municipal and local governments, associations and coalitions, schools and universities, and individuals. Ball Janik takes a team approach to client representation. We leverage our combined professional skills to solve problems and achieve results for clients.

Ball Janik LLP’s success and integrity have repeatedly made it one of Oregon’s “Most Admired Professional Firms,” according to the Portland Business Journal’s survey results of CEOs throughout the region.

 

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Ball Janik LLP got this award in 2021

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January 16, 2021
Hired Attorney Adele Ridenour

In regards to a case involving illegal towing by Retriever Towing in 2018, Ridenour was the judge for my case that was planned over a month in advance after arbitration talks were called off. She omitted the colossal conflict of interest that she was friends/coworkers with the HOA that was being sued until I was in front of her at the hearing and next to the HOA. She also allowed her friends to do a comical misrepresentation of my claims and sided with the HOA based on HOA rules even though they violated the recently passed anti-predatory towing bill SB 117 that was made effective at the start of 2018. My case was based on the fact that the HOA was violating state law. Senator Riley, the person who footed the bill in the first place was actually trying to provide assistance at the start of the case until the HOA called off the arbitration talks upon realizing who he was. I am concerned that Ridenour arranged this with the HOA ahead of time and it was all done to protect their racket.

 
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    • Construction and Design
    • Construction Defect
  • Environmental Law 1
    • Environmental
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    • Finance and Corporate
  • Insurance 1
    • Insurance Recovery
  • Zoning, Planning and Land Use 1
    • Land Use
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    • Securities Litigation
  • Real Estate
  • Business Law 1
    • Community Associations
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    • Employment
    • Financial Services Bankruptcy | Creditor Rights
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