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On February 15, Tonkon Torp’s Immigration Practice Group held a breakfast briefing to help employers prepare for the April 2017 H-1B Cap season and to discuss how the Trump Administration could impact the program going forward. Attorneys Turid Owren…

Tonkon Torp's Business Immigration practice group is the subject of a brand story published in the March issue of Oregon Business Magazine. The article features quotes from Turid Owren, Alan Perkins, Melany Savitt, and Melina LaMorticella and…

Tonkon Torp sponsored a table at the 33rd Annual Classic Wine Auction on March 4. Steven Wilker managed our table attendance at the event and coordinated the sponsorship in his capacity as chair of the Metropolitan Family Services (MFS) board of…

Tonkon Torp attorney Alex Tinker spoke at the Investors Forum of the third annual Cannabis Collaborative Conference on February 14. Alex spoke to an audience of cannabis business owners, investors, and ancillary service providers about how to avoid…

Tonkon Torp's immigration attorneys spoke at the Northwest American Immigration Lawyer Association (AILA) conference that ran March 2-3. Melina LaMorticella was a co-presenter for an introduction to the basics of employment-based immigration.

Tonkon Torp Nonprofit and Estate Planning attorney Shouka Rezvani was quoted in an article in the February issue of Oregon Jewish Life Magazine. The article, "Risk of Being Board Member Has Sweet Rewards," highlighted the January 25 nonprofit-themed…

On February 28, Drew Hagedorn co-hosted a panel with Aquiles Suarez, national lobbyist for NAIOP, the Commercial Real Estate Development Association. Their panel was entitled "Trump, Congress and The Oregon Legislature: How Will Commercial Real…

On March 1, the Hollywood Theater hosted the premier of the documentary short film REGISTERED about Oregon's sex offender registry and its societal impact. Gwen Griffith appears in the film, along with former Tonkon attorney Vicki Ballou, in their…

Tonkon Torp's Immigration practice group contributed to the Oregon State Bar International Law Section's sponsorship of the 40th Annual Portland International Film Festival (PIFF), put on by the NW Film Center. The festival ran from February 9-25…

Caroline Harris Crowne led a Multnomah Bar Association Young Litigators Forum CLE on Discovery. The forum was one in a series of nine weekly seminars on litigation issues geared toward new attorneys. Caroline's presentation focused on developing…

On February 21, Tonkon Torp was honored with the "Large Firm Award," and as a "Defender of Justice" at the annual Awards Luncheon held by the Campaign for Equal Justice (CEJ). The Large Firm Award is in recognition of Tonkon Torp's consistently high…

Tonkon Torp's February 15 "H-1B Cap Breakfast Briefing," put together by Tonkon's Business Immigration practice group, was attended and written up by Kim Moore from Oregon Business Magazine. Alan Perkins, Melany Savitt, and Turid Owren were each…

Tonkon Torp attorney Shouka Rezvani participated in a recent “Thought Leaders Forum” supplement published by the Portland Business Journal on "The State of Oregon Nonprofits." The discussion between five professionals in the nonprofit sector covered…

Tonkon Torp attorneys Eric Beach and David Forman recently participated in a panel discussion at the Portland State University Business Accelerator. They spoke to an audience of entrepreneurs representing various industries on legal issues facing…

At the February 1 Tonkon Talk, attorneys from the firm's Business Immigration practice group spoke about business immigration issues that impact entrepreneurs and startups. Turid Owren, Alan Perkins, Melany Savitt, and Melina LaMorticella covered…

As swiftly as the Portland business community offered its response to President Trump’s Executive Orders related to immigration, Tonkon Torp’s Business Immigration attorneys began to roll out guidance and programming to help Oregon companies with…

Tonkon Torp attorney Shouka Rezvani participated in a panel discussion about nonprofit board service at the Professional Advisor’s Forum of the Oregon Jewish Community Foundation. The discussion covered fiduciary duties, risks and statutory…

Tonkon Torp Labor & Employment attorney Haley Morrison is participating in the 2017 class of Leadership Portland, an annual program offered by the Portland Business Alliance (PBA) to cultivate and develop community leaders. The firm selects one…

Tonkon Torp is a sponsor of Oregon Humanities' 2017 Think & Drink series, the first of which was held on January 25. That event focused on Oregon's history of discrimination in land ownership and the effect of this history on identity and belonging.

Tonkon Torp was a sponsor for the Third Rail Repertory show The Flick, which ran from January 20 through February 11. Ava Schoen, president of the Third Rail board of directors, organized the sponsorship.