Stephen T. "Steve" Janik
Recognized since 1983
Portland, Oregon
Land Use and Zoning Law
Litigation - Land Use and Zoning
Litigation - Real Estate
Real Estate Law
Steve Janik is a founding partner of Ball Janik LLP. His principal areas of practice are real estate, real estate finance, and land use law, with an emphasis on large, high-profile projects. He has guided private and public clients through some of the region’s most important real estate projects, including mixed-use, multi-block developments, major office towers, hotels, and major league sports arenas and stadiums. Mr. Janik has argued several of Oregon’s landmark land use cases.
Mr. Janik has been recognized by his clients and peers in The Best Lawyers in America since it was first published in 1983 and has been selected as a Portland, Oregon “Lawyer of the Year” in 2010–2013 in several areas related to real estate and land use. He is perennially ranked by Chambers USA as an industry leader in real estate and land use, and has led Ball Janik’s Real Estate practice group to Chambers USA’s top-tier ranking every year since Chambers started reviewing Oregon firms. Chambers has ranked Mr. Janik as a “Star Individual” lawyer in real estate since 2007, a ranking given to lawyers with exceptional recommendations in their field. Chambers commentators widely agree that Mr. Janik is "the best real estate lawyer in town," with one going so far as to call him "a meteoric superstar" of the real estate market. Mr. Janik has been recognized as one of Oregon’s “Top 10” attorneys by Oregon Super Lawyers Magazine. He has also earned the AV® Preeminent™ Rating from Martindale-Hubbell®, American Registry.
Mr. Janik has mentored many of the firm’s attorneys and has helped create a culture characterized by superior professional work, client loyalty, camaraderie and community service. In 2007, 2010, and 2013 Ball Janik was recognized as one of the region’s “Most Admired” professional services firms in a survey of CEOs conducted by the Portland Business Journal.
- Lawyer Page: https://www.dunncarney.com/people/stephen-t-janik
- 851 Southwest Sixth Avenue, Suite 1500
Portland, OR 97204
- Harvard University, JD, cum laude, graduated 1974
- Harvard University, MBA, with distinction, graduated 1974
- Harvard University, AB, magna cum laude, graduated 1969
- Oregon, Oregon State Bar
- American College of Real Estate Lawyers since 1990 - Member
- Knight Cancer Council - Board Member 2013-present
- Multnomah Bar Association - Member
- Oregon Health & Science University Foundation - Vice Chairman
- Oregon Health & Science University Foundation - Trustee 2011-present
- Pioneer Courthouse Square - Board Member, President 2000-2006
- Portland Art Museum - Trustee 2009-2015
- Portland School District Real Estate Trust - Trustee
- Oregon
23 The Best Lawyers in America® awards
2 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America awards
- Litigation - Land Use and Zoning, Portland-OR (2013)
- Land Use and Zoning Law, Portland-OR (2012)
- Litigation - Real Estate, Portland-OR (2012)
- Real Estate Law, Portland-OR (2010)
- Land Use and Zoning Law
- Litigation - Land Use and Zoning
- Litigation - Real Estate
- Real Estate Law
- Commercial
- Condemnation
- Condominiums
- Development
- Eminent Domain
- Finance
- Golf and Resort Law
- Government Real Estate
- Historic Tax Credits
- Investment
- Land Use
- Master Planned Communities
- Municipal
- Real Estate
- Real Property Law
- Redevelopment
- Tax Certiorari
- Zoning
- AV® Preeminent™ Rating, Martindale-Hubbell®, American Registry
- Chambers USA Industry Leader, Real Estate/Land Use, 2007-2015
- Chambers USA "Star Individual," 2007-2015
- Governor's Film Advocate Award, 2005
- Oregon State Bar President's Membership Service Award, 2007
- Oregon Super Lawyers list, 2006-2016
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