Douglas P. Cushing

OVERVIEW

Doug Cushing brings 50 years of practical legal knowledge and experience to Jordan Ramis PC’s commercial law and estate planning and probate practice. His background produces a willingness and demonstrated ability to shape options and solutions to complex problems for his clients.

In the estate arena, Doug began practicing the same year the Oregon Probate Code was redrawn, so his experience has mirrored the implementation of those statutes. He has handled estates of significant size with large estate tax risks, as well as modest estates with contentious heir disputes, that have entailed litigation, mediation, and tax audits. Doug always addresses the “people” issues as well as the financial consequences to his clients. His goal is to achieve his clients’ goals, minimizing tax impacts while preserving client privacy. Licensed in both Oregon and Washington, Doug has extensive experience throughout the Pacific Northwest.

On the commercial law side, Doug has not only served on behalf of banks and other lending institutions, but he has handled debtor problems, including complex Chapter 11 cases through to successful plan implementation. That perspective makes him uniquely able to protect creditors’ rights when analyzing financial disputes from the lender’s side. In structuring loan documentation for a lender, he is able to foresee risks to be avoided before his clients have made commitments they might later regret. In his five decades of practice, Doug has advised both public entities and “mom and pop” operators in financing, business sales, and property disputes.

Finding solutions for his clients has always been Doug’s primary goal, but outside the law practice, Doug has been a regular participant and board member in local and larger school and civic entities. He enjoys golf, gardening, grandchildren, and everything Stanford.

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