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Sam DeBaltzo

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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 two young sons. 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

Real Estate Counsel for Eastern Oregon Wind Projects

Represented client as real estate counsel for funding and construction of 16 wind turbines in eastern Oregon. The project included three rounds of funding from lenders and investors which involved negotiation on the real estate provisions of the various financing agreements. Negotiated the acquisition of appropriate easements from various property owners and advised on real estate and interconnection issues with the buyer of electricity produced by the facilities. Final funding involved coordination of multiple levels of affiliated and unaffiliated companies for running various aspects of the facilities. Funding and construction concluded in December, 2020.

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

8.6.2018

Tonkon Torp Sponsors Columbia Springs Fundraiser

Tonkon Torp was a "Rainbow Trout" sponsor at the August 4, Hooked on Nature Fundraiser for Columbia Springs. Jeanette Schuster organized Tonkon's participation with the event and attended along with Adam Adkin, and Sam DeBaltzo.
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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…
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Recent Alerts

10.14.2020

Cleaning Up Your Contracts – Property Owners Could Be Liable for Janitors’ Unpaid Wages

Due to recent changes in Oregon law, if a janitorial service provider fails to pay its employees, the owner or manager of the property being cleaned could be liable for the unpaid wages (and additional penalties) unless the property owner or manager…
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Publications & Presentations


"Residential Eviction Extension Proposal Includes Landlord Relief," Ear to the Ground Blog, November 2020

"Cleaning Up Your Contracts – Property Owners Could Be Liable for Janitors’ Unpaid Wages," Tonkon Torp Legal Update, October 2020

"Oregon Foreclosure Moratorium Extended Until December 31, 2020," Ear to the Ground Blog, September 2020

"Force Majeure Clause Hitz the Spot for Restaurant Tenant," Ear to the Ground Blog, June 2020

"COVID-19 Relief for 1031 Exchanges:Deadlines Moved to July 15,2020," Ear to the Ground Blog, April 2020

"Evictions in the Age of COVID-19," Ear to the Ground Blog, March 2020
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Services

Business Law Mergers & Acquisitions Real Estate & Land Use Law
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Education

J.D., University of Michigan Law School, 2017

B.A., Brigham Young University, 2014
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Bar & Court Admissions

Oregon State Bar
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