Alex Tinker

When majority owners tried to squeeze Tonkon's client out by forcing sale of the land where the company planned to obtain an OLCC cannabis producer's license, Alex brought counterclaims for minority oppression and obtained a settlement where Tonkon's client obtained all of the majority's interest in the company and the land.

Obtained favorable settlement for landowner who provided land and financing for OMMP cannabis production operation after the grower failed to share profits as agreed.

Obtained summary judgment including damages, attorney fees, and interest in favor of an investor and lender against a defendant who had misused funds in violation of the parties' agreement.

Alex and the Tonkon Torp team obtained dismissal with prejudice of civil Racketeering Influenced & Corrupt Organizations ("RICO") Act claims asserted in federal court based on our clients' state law-compliant medical marijuana activities.

When an East Coast commercial bank sued 45 Oregon farmers asserting a security interest in crops the farmers still hadn't been paid for growing, attempting to take possession of crops valued at over $7 million, Alex worked with other Tonkon trial lawyers to defeat most of the bank's case on summary judgment and then obtain a verdict at trial finding that the bank had no security interest at all.

Tonkon’s client contracted to manage a Tier II OLCC-licensed outdoor cannabis farm, including advancing all labor and materials costs, in exchange for a share of net sales revenue. After the first crop was in, the landowner locked our client out of Metrc and out of the farm, and refused to reimburse expenses or share in revenue as agreed. Eighteen months later and after a 6-day hearing, the arbitrator awarded Tonkon’s client its claimed share of revenue from the first crop and its out-of-pocket expenses, in addition to awarding attorney fees.

After a 50% owner of a startup company caught her co-owner embezzling, Alex brought claims for breach of fiduciary duty and conversion. He obtained a judgment that removed the defendant from the board and required him to relinquish his company shares.

After long-time friends and business partners had a falling out, the minority owner sued our client for breach of fiduciary duty. Alex and the Tonkon team prepared the case for trial and ultimately reached a favorable resolution for Tonkon's client. The settlement resulted in a buy-out that kept our client's family business intact.

When outside investors flexed their power to terminate the founder of a vertically integrated Oregon cannabis company and maneuvered to make her shares worthless, Alex brought claims for breach of fiduciary duty and shareholder oppression, ultimately obtaining a favorable buy-out for Tonkon's client.

Helped defeat an effort to force the sale of multiple timber properties and the liquidation of multiple family businesses, based on an alleged settlement agreement that was never finalized, on a motion to dismiss.

Successfully opposed a city's effort to push $7 million in local taxes onto publicly traded utility's shareholders.

Completed a successful arbitration to enforce payment owed to clients, family members who founded and grew a successful Northwest business and then sold the business to a large national corporation. Defeated all of the buyer's justifications for not paying, which included counterclaims involving indemnities and accounting issues. Clients received a multi-million dollar award.