Nancy M. Cooper

John Thomas is a partner in the firm's Business practice. He counsels clients in the areas of public offerings, mergers and acquisitions, private placements, restructurings and spinoffs, securities compliance and corporate governance.

Gülgün Uğur is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Public Finance Law. Gülgün, who practices law in Portland, Oregon, has been recognized since 2025. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Gülgün is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

David J. Elkanich is the Managing Shareholder of Buchalter’s Portland office. He is also a member of the Firm’s Litigation Practice Group, and Chair of the Firm’s Professional Responsibility Group. Mr. Elkanich focuses his practice primarily on legal ethics, risk management, and discipline defense. He advises lawyers, law firms, in-house legal departments, as well as students and other professionals, on a variety of ethics issues, including conflicts of interest, confidentia...

Calvin Keith manages the Employment Law practice in the Portland office. Cal has over 25 years of experience in employment law including numerous trials and arbitrations of employment-related matters. Cal's experience includes complex litigation including multi-party and class action employment and wage-and-hour litigation as well as litigation of unlawful competition, trade secret and confidential information issues. He received his J.D. in 1978 from the University of Michigan. Cal also prov...

Clifford A. DeGroot is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Corporate Law. Clifford A., who practices law in Portland, Oregon, has been recognized since 2020. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Clifford A. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Leslie A. Kocher-Moar is Of Counsel in the Portland office of Williams Kastner, where her civil litigation practice concentrates on defending bodily injury and property damage claims, insurance coverage disputes, and appellate advocacy. She represents both individuals and corporations in matters that range widely in scale and complexity, and regularly advises insurers on a broad spectrum of coverage issues. With over three decades of legal experience, Leslie has litigated extensively in Orego...

Nick is a trial lawyer with a practice focused primarily on defending product liability and legal malpractice claims. Despite practicing in the age of the “vanishing civil jury trial,” Nick has tried more than a dozen cases in state and federal court. Nick serves as the Chair of Cosgrave’s Product Liability & Medical Device Practice Group. As a product liability attorney, he primarily defends product manufacturers and resellers of a wide range of industrial and consumer ...

Dean T. Sandow is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Corporate Law and Trusts and Estates. Dean T., who practices law in Portland, Oregon, has been recognized since 2018. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Dean T. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

John H. Chambers is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Construction Law and Litigation - Real Estate. John H., who practices law in Portland, Oregon, has been recognized since 2024. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which John H. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Jane Paulson has won several multi-million dollar settlements and results for clients. She represents individuals and families whose lives have been changed forever by the wrongs of others. She has been listed in Best Lawyers for 20 years, since 2006. Jane had the honor of serving on the Oregon Trial Lawyer's Association ("OTLA") Board 1995-2006, was one of Oregon's two American Trial Lawyer Association Delegates 2000-2004, and was President of OTLA 2004-2005. She is an Associate in the Ameri...