Steve Norman

Steve Norman has over 25 years’ experience helping clients navigate and understand the complexities of real estate, construction, and business law.  Steve’s practice is split between transactions/risk mitigation and claims/litigation.  Steve assists construction contractors, commercial landlords and tenants, manufacturers and vendors, real estate professionals, lenders and creditors, restaurants and bars, insureds, small to medium sized businesses, and individuals with the following:

Real Estate:

• Commercial and residential.
• Documentation of sales and secured transactions.
• Commercial leasing.
• Title questions, easements and shared property rights, boundary line issues.
• Tenant in Common agreements.
• Licensing and compliance.
• Review of CC&Rs, condo and owner association documentations.
• Commercial foreclosure.

Construction:

• Owners, developers, general contractors, subcontractors and material suppliers.  Commercial and residential.
• Documentation
• Licensing and compliance.
• Bonds, liens, and payment issues.
• Delay and performance issues.

Business and Commercial:

• Outside corporate counsel.
• Entity formation and corporate governance.
• Contracts and documentation.
• Acquisitions and transfers.
• Payment disputes and collections.

Insurance Coverage:

• Helping insureds understand and pursue rights under personal and commercial insurance policies.

Dispute and claim resolution.

• Mediation, arbitration and litigation of claims related to the above practice areas.
• All state and federal courts in the State of Oregon.
• Complex commercial litigation.
• Interests of creditors in Oregon bankruptcy court.