Beery, Elsner and Hammond is a Portland-based law firm dedicated exclusively to the representation of local government in Oregon and Washington allowing us to offer tailored, cost-effective legal services completely free of conflicts of interest. The partners have dedicated their entire professional careers to the practice of local government law and have served both as in-house and outside counsel to a variety of municipal clients. Our specialty areas include land use and zoning, real estate and urban renewal, telecommunications and utility franchises, code enforcement; condemnation and litigation, employment law and risk management, public meetings and records law, construction law, water law, utility regulation, and infrastructure financing.

Bullard Smith Jernstedt Wilson, a law firm, exclusively represents management in labor and employment law matters. The firm is a leader in public sector labor relations and employment law in Oregon, and has represented state agencies, cities, counties and special districts throughout the Northwest since its inception in 1977. As public sector management's labor and employment law resource, the firm is proud of the depth of expertise, quality, responsiveness and value that it provides its clientele, made possible by its long history of representing public agencies in all aspects of collective bargaining and labor contract administration, employment related litigation, training and advice, personnel and disciplinary issues, wage/hour, harassment, discrimination, disability and leave management, and policy development

Harrang Long Gary Rudnick has assisted local governments for more than 30 years. We have served as general counsel to the City of Eugene since 1971, and as general counsel to a number of other Oregon cities, including Florence, Roseburg, Brownsville and Sutherlin. We also serve as general counsel to many other governmental agencies and special districts such as the Lane Regional Air Pollution Authority, the Lane Council of Governments, the Western Lane Ambulance District, the Housing Authority of Douglas County, and the Eugene Urban Renewal Agency. We also are often retained by different governmental entities that require special counsel, including the State of Oregon, numerous counties and cities throughout Oregon, League of Oregon Cities, Association of Oregon Counties, Association of Oregon Renewal Agencies, and the Oregon Health and Science University. Harrang Long has offices in Eugene, Salem and Portland. 

K&L Gates municipal and public finance attorneys have been serving local governments for over 90 years. We've been the number-one ranked bond counsel firm in Oregon for five years running, based on both number and volume of issues. But there's more to K&L Gates than bond counsel. We combine sophisticated finance and tax techniques with contract negotiation, construction, real estate, land use and environmental experience to create unparalleled capability in public-private partnerships for municipalities. Visit us at www.klgates.com to learn more.

For almost 100 years, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP has been known for its outstanding public finance practice - the best in the world. Orrick typically ranks first in the country in the volume of financings for which the firm serves as bond counsel or underwriters counsel. We also represent private borrowers, credit providers, investment providers, derivative product providers and others, both in primary and secondary market transactions.