- Criminal Defense
- Corporate LawRandy Bateman practices in the areas of real estate, corporate law and commercial finance. He was admitted to the United States District Court for the District of Oregon, 1981, to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1984, and is a member of the Oregon State Bar Association, Washington State Bar Association, American Bar Association, and Multnomah County Bar Association.
- Business DisputesTravis Hall is a shareholder with Bateman Seidel whose practice focuses on commercial, real estate, and construction defect civil litigation. Travis also practices military law by representing active duty, reserve, and National Guard service members in adverse administrative proceedings and courts-martial. Because of his international legal experience, Travis has represented both domestic and foreign businesses in trans-border commercial contract disputes and enforcement of foreign arbitration awards. Travis is also a member of Bateman Seidel’s environmental and natural resources litigation group.
- Business TransactionsRandall B. Bateman combines an active commercial real estate practice with his business practice, which gives him the unique ability to assist clients with real estate aspects of business transactions and business aspects of property transactions. In addition to being a Fellow in the American College of Mortgage Attorneys and having served as an arbitrator for the Multnomah County Circuit Court, Randy spent six years on the Board of the Portland Habilitation Center, one of the largest and most successful nonprofit employers of the disabled in the state of Oregon. His clients include Oil Can Henry’s, Unisource Manufacturing, Inc., the Coffman Companies, industrial park owners, a large timber company, sawmill owners, and a host of middle market companies involved in manufacturing, distribution, franchising, the retail trades, and financial services. Randy took the lead in the $183,500,000 acquisition of a silicon wafer fabrication facility in Gresham, Oregon. Randy’s business practice included representing one of North Dakota’s largest publicly traded companies in a series of business acquisitions in the state of Oregon, including two aggregate companies, a large electrical contractor, a pipeline contractor, a power line contractor, a paving company, and related assets. Until the time of sale, he served as counsel to one of the West Coast’s largest suppliers of cleanroom equipment and now serves as general outside counsel to a major industrial hose manufacturer and distributor, a regional excavation contractor, a regional restaurant equipment distributor, a national automotive quick lubrication company and franchisor, and a host of other local, regional, and national companies in matters in Oregon and Washington. Randy is nationally recognized by Chambers USA, Best Lawyers in America and Super Lawyers as one of the best lawyers in America.
- Limited Liability CompaniesDoug is a shareholder in the firm. His practice focuses on advising partnerships, limited liability companies, business corporations and non-profit corporations in a variety of matters. He has advised investors, developers and government agencies on housing finance, New Markets Credits, the LIHTC, Fair Housing Act compliance, and a variety of other legal matters affecting the acquisition, rehabilitation, development and ownership of affordable and market-rate housing. He also represents for-profit and non-profit housing developers and housing authorities throughout the area.
- Construction ContractsOur attorneys combine their years of experience in the fields of tax, real estate, partnerships, finance, bonds, construction contracts, workouts and compliance to bring a rare level of service to virtually every type of participant in the affordable housing industry including owners, investors, syndicators, developers, lenders and credit enhancers.
- Real Estate LitigationMore than a hundred years of combined experience in commercial real estate law allows Bateman Seidel to assist its clients in the most complex transactions in the marketplace. A senior member of the real estate department is nationally recognized as among the best real estate lawyers in America and locally as a top lawyer in Oregon. In addition to being licensed in Oregon and Washington, one member of the real estate department is a Fellow in the American College of Mortgage Attorneys. This national affiliation permits the Bateman Seidel real estate lawyers to stay on top of cutting edge changes in the law and allows national collaboration with other top real estate lawyers.
- Construction LitigationBateman Seidel drafts and negotiates design services and construction documents. We also have an active construction litigation and alternative dispute resolution practice with significant experience in breach of contract and delay claims as well as design defect, construction defect, lien foreclosure and payment and performance bonds. We know that time sensitive resolution of disputes is critical to preserving the value of a housing development.
- Real Estate TransactionsChresten (Chris) J. Gram’s practice involves all aspects of real estate development and ownership. He helps local, regional, and national clients acquire, develop, finance, own, manage, lease, buy, sell, and exchange real property. Chris is primary counsel to Pacific N.W. Properties Limited Partnership and Oregon Pacific Investment and Development Company, two of the most active commercial real estate owners and developers in the Portland metropolitan area. Chris has significant experience in office leases, having represented the owner of Lincoln Center (a five-building suburban office complex) and Microsoft Corporation (as tenant counsel) in office leases throughout the United States. He regularly advises clients on IRS 1031 exchanges, including reverse exchanges and tenancy in common arrangements. Chris has significant experience in real estate finance, representing lenders and borrowers in numerous transactions, including leasehold and conduit financings. His experience includes unique real estate transactions, including those specifically relating to natural gas transmission (as counsel to NW Natural Gas Company) and the leasing of wireless communication’s facilities (as counsel to T-Mobile). Chris is a former board of directors member of Portland Youthbuilders, a nonprofit entity that provides educational and construction job training to disadvantaged youth, and he continues to provide pro bono legal services to Portland Youthbuilders from time to time in connection with the development of affordable housing and related matters.
- Land Use and ZoningChris is a member of the Oregon State Bar, including the Real Estate and Land Use Section and the Multnomah County Bar Association. He has been a speaker at a variety of continuing legal education seminars.
- Landlord-Tenant Disputes
- Property DamageMr. Mapes dedicates a significant portion of his practice to the representation of policyholders in insurance coverage disputes. His policyholder clients range from individuals and small businesses to large publicly traded companies and municipalities. Mr. Mapes represents clients on a wide range of insurance coverage issues, including environmental matters, property damage claims, construction-related claims, directors and officers coverage disputes, business interruption claims, cyber coverage claims, and general commercial liability disputes. He has successfully pursued claims based on insurer bad faith and other extra-contractual claims, and has recovered millions of dollars for his policyholder clients. Mr. Mapes also advises clients on the scope of their insurance coverage and potential issues that could arise in the future. Mr. Mapes regularly speaks and writes on insurance coverage issues.
- Condominium LawKathleen S. Sieler works in the business and real estate departments and in the firm’s nationally recognized affordable housing department. Kathleen has developed special expertise in the areas of planned communities, condominium law, federal and state interstate land sales acts and the licensing of contractors and developers. She regularly works with Randy and Mike providing prompt and price-competitive legal service.
- Personal InjuryOur Litigation Practice involves both prosecuting and defending damages claims in business, real estate, commercial, construction, contract, trust and probate, personal injury, property damage, landlord-tenant, and employment matters, whether complex disputes with multiple parties or streamlined smaller claims.
- Estate Planning
- Probate
- Bankruptcy
- ForeclosureBateman Seidel’s strength in affordable housing gives us the ability to resolve the multitude of competing interests when working with troubled assets. We have experience in foreclosure, receivership and bankruptcy proceedings. We represent lenders, investors, and debtors. Our attorneys have assisted clients in the removal and replacement of defaulting general partners, termination of development contracts, the restructuring and workout of loans and partnerships, and the disposition of older properties.
- Tax LawOther members of the firm enhance the breadth and scope of practice. Michael R. Chellis, the firm’s tax partner, handles complex partnership, limited liability company and corporate tax issues for the real estate department and other departments of the firm. Gregory J. Miner, the head of the firm’s commercial litigation practice, brings more than 34 years of commercial litigation experience to bear on behalf of the firm’s clients and has worked for many of the firm’s real estate and business clients in resolving disputes and litigating those that cannot be resolved.