Morris J. Galen

A founding partner of Tonkon Torp, Morris is now Of Counsel with the firm. His legal practice has focused on counseling closely held businesses in their wide ranging legal and financial problems. Morris provides strategic insight about the economic and tax complexities of business and real property transactions. He has counseled clients in such industries as food and beverage, manufacturing, distribution, timber, transportation, professional services, and retail.

Tonkon Torp founding partner Morris Galen has been a legal adviser to closely held businesses and other clients for more than six decades. He attributes his continued enjoyment of his work to his long-term relationships with clients. Away from the office, Morrie mostly enjoys hiking with his son, Solana (pictured here with Morrie on a boat on Queen Charlotte Sound, New Zealand). Their hiking trips include areas as diverse as California's Sierra Mountains, Nepal, New Zealand, France and Austria. Father and son first hiked together in central Oregon's Mt. Jefferson Wilderness more than 40 years ago.

Reed College
1976–2009, Member, Board of Trustees
2009–Present, Trustee Emeritus

American Bar Association
Multnomah Bar Association