Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Mark P. O'Donnell has been practicing law in Oregon since 1968. Mark spent the first 14 years of his career as a trial lawyer. This experience as a trial lawyer gives Mark a unique perspective as a business lawyer in that he can see the whole picture when working with the client. He has acquired a vast reservoir of practical insights in assisting clients with the selection of business entities, the acquisition and sale of businesses, general economic development, and all aspects of real estate development and finance. He formulates recommendations to his clients in these areas with respect to capitalization/financing, taxation, risk management and asset protection planning, succession planning for the family-owned and nonfamily-owned business and real estate acquisition, development and financing. His knowledge of liability and property insurance and experience with adverse insurers allows him to advise clients in this very important area when formulating recommendations as a business lawyer.

Mark's background as a land use lawyer and litigator of land use cases, coupled with his experience as a real estate lawyer in projects ranging from $25,000 to $35 million, allow him to help his clients effectuate their business goals timely and efficiently. Mark has substantial experience in the closing of sale and purchases of real estate, preparing opinions as seller's counsel and title insurance matters. Mark has the highest Martindale-Hubbell rating for attorneys. This rating gives him substantial credibility with counsel for lenders when he is rendering opinions as borrower's counsel.

One focus of Mark's practice has been the advising charitable entities and tax-exempt trade associations in the areas of tax-exempt status, unrelated business income tax, joint ventures, formation of subsidiaries, political contributions and campaign finance, and risk management, including association professional liability insurance (director's and officers' liability insurance.) Mark is the author of numerous articles on the duty of directors of nonprofit corporations, director's and officers' liability insurance and tax-exempt status compliance. He is also the author of "A Wake-Up Call for Executive Directors, Nonprofit Directors and Nonprofits After the Sarbanes-Oxley Act."

Mark is a member of the Oregon State Bar and the Multnomah Bar Association. As a member of the American Bar Association, he has been appointed to the ABA Committees on Dispute Resolution, Nonprofit Corporations and Small Business, Corporate Governance and Codes, Trade Associations, and Closely Held Business Entities. He is also a charter member of the Legal Section of the American Society of Association Executives and the Manufactured Housing Attorney Network. He is the first Oregon lawyer to be invited to join the Academy of Hospitality Industry Attorneys.

Areas of Practice

• Banking & Finance Law
• Business & Commercial Law
• Contracts
• Business Organizations
• Estate Planning
• Probate & Estate Administration
• Real Estate Law
• Taxation Law

West Practice Categories

Banking & Finance Law, Business & Commercial Law, Contracts, Business Organizations, Estate Planning, Probate & Estate Administration, Real Estate Law, Taxation Law

Bar Admissions

• Oregon, 1968
• U.S. District Court District of Oregon, 1968
• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1968

Past Employment Positions

• Ramis Crew Corrigan & Bachrach, Senior Partner

Education

• Willamette University College of Law, Salem, Oregon, 1968
  J.D.
• Gonzaga University, Spokane, Washington, 1965
  B.A.

Offers Free Initial Consultation

Accepts Credit Cards

Published Works

• Your Association and Political Activity, Oregon Society of Association Management, January/February, 2000
• Disclosure Regulations for Tax Exempt Organizations, Oregon Society of Association Management, March/April, 2000
• Required Recordkeeping, Oregon Society of Association Management, May/June, 2000
• Director's Risk of Legal Liability and How to Protect Against it, Oregon Society of Association Management, November/December, 2000
• Sarbanes-Oxley and its Direct Application to Your Company
• Your "Street Access" and the Diminution of Your Property Rights

Address

Fremont Place II
Suite 302
1650 NW Naito Parkway
Portland, OR 97209-2534

Phones

(503) 306-0224

Faxes

(503) 306-0257

Emails

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Websites

http://www.oandc.com
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