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Overview
Sam is an associate in Tonkon Torp’s Business Department. He is a 2017 graduate of the University of Michigan Law School, where he was Associate Editor of the Michigan Business & Entrepreneurial Law Review, and President of the J. Reuben Clark Law Society. While a law student, Sam worked as a Tonkon Torp summer associate in 2016 and as a student attorney at the Community and Economic Development Clinic in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the summer of 2015. Prior to law school, Sam worked as an intern with the Office of the Speaker of the House, in Washington, D.C.
A native of Cleveland, Ohio, Sam met his wife Charlotte at Brigham Young University. He spends his free time with Charlotte and their baby boy. Sam enjoys watching or playing almost any sport and participating in fantasy football, basketball, and baseball. Despite his University of Michigan Law School education, Sam is a die-hard Ohio State and Cleveland sports fan.
A native of Cleveland, Ohio, Sam met his wife Charlotte at Brigham Young University. He spends his free time with Charlotte and their baby boy. Sam enjoys watching or playing almost any sport and participating in fantasy football, basketball, and baseball. Despite his University of Michigan Law School education, Sam is a die-hard Ohio State and Cleveland sports fan.
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Featured Representative Matters
Newberg Christian Church Combinations
In early 2018, Tonkon Torp assisted Newberg Christian Church in its combinations with two other churches in the greater Portland area. Newberg Christian Church is a thriving congregation that is able to offer other churches the opportunity to consolidate office functions, focus on their religious missions, and scale accordingly. Tonkon Torp has assisted Newberg Christian Church in employing flexible methods of combining with other churches, taking into account the unique needs of the religious nonprofits and their congregations, as well as the goals of their leadership, while providing meaningful structural stability.
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Featured Work
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Professional Memberships
Multnomah Bar Association
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Awards & Recognition
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Recent News
10.23.2017
Three Associates Join Tonkon Torp Business Department
Tonkon Torp LLP has added three associates to its Business Department – Samuel DeBaltzo, Jarell Hunt, and Elizabeth (Betsy) Schultz. "Our three new associates are promising young attorneys who we have been delighted to get to know," said Darcy…