Business Lawyer, Portland (OR) Oregon

Franchise Lawyer, Portland (OR) Oregon

Bill Du Val

Areas of Practice:

Bill Du Val has been a practicing business lawyer in Portland, Oregon for nearly 20 years. He is a member of the Oregon and Washington State Bar Associations.

• Business and Corporate Law
• Corporate Finance
• Franchising
• Oregon Small Business Laws
• Buying or Selling a Business
• Emerging Business and Technology
• Starting a Business in Oregon
• Finance and Commercial Law
• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Intellectual Property Law
• Contract Law
• Employment Law
• Licensing

Bill has extensive experience as a business lawyer in Portland, Oregon and an expansive knowledge of Entity Formation, Start-Ups, Small Business Laws and Operations, Corporate Finance, Raising Capital, Franchising (both Franchisor and Franchisee), Buying and Selling a Business, Licensing a Business, Employment Law, and Dispute Resolution.

Education:

J.D., 1992 Willamette University College of Law
B.A. 1981 Whitworth College, Spokane Washington

Memberships and Activities:

Oregon State Bar:

• Anti-Trust, Trade Regulation, and Unfair Business Practices
• Business Law
• Computer and Internet Law
• Consumer Law
• Intellectual Property
• Labor and Employment Law

Washington State Bar
Multnomah Bar Association
Oregon Entrepreneurs Forum
Oregon Business Brokers’ Association

Experience:

Bill served as co-founder and as an in-house business lawyer for Portland, Oregon based WorldVoice, an innovator of VoIP and unified messaging technology applications. He oversaw all aspects of human resources, facilities management, contract negotiations, patent portfolio management, and mergers and acquisitions. As corporate counsel, Bill's leadership in contract negotiations with large corporate entities, including Microsoft, Compaq, Hewlett-Packard and Speechworks, led to successful negotiations of multi-million dollar lines of credit, closed sales transactions in the same range and managed the ongoing protection of valuable trade secrets.

He went on to found Du Val Business Law in Portland, Oregon, where the firm and its staff of experienced business lawyers serve their Portland, Oregon-and-Washington-based clients. A native Portlander, Bill Du Val enjoys a substantial contacts network. His ability to provide sound legal and business advice regarding small business and technology related issues is enhanced by his assertive manner to introduce and match ambitious entrepreneurs with the appropriate vendors, partners, customers and investors.

Personal Statement:

"In 2001 I founded Du Val Business Law in a beautiful mansion on King's Hill in SW Portland, Oregon. The Portland market needed a non-traditional law firm that would serve the needs of business owners in a high-quality, affordable, responsive, and accessible manner. I had been a business owner and operator myself for years and experienced first-hand what I needed, and what I didn't, in a business lawyer. I set out to create a firm of lawyers who had business ownership experience themselves, won't be subject to aggressive billable hour requirements, and who would be highly responsive to their clients. This vision has resonated in Portland, Oregon and Southwest Washington and has resulted in not merely an extremely high client retention rate, but also - to my pleasant surprise - the best referral base I could ask for."

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