I love to talk about wine and about the law – blend the two and I’m happy.

I have presented on wine law to each of the law schools in Oregon and Idaho and Vermont as well as the Chemeketa Wine Studies Program.

I also regularly publish articles for focused on land use issues; unfortunately, those articles are not published for the public but rather for fellow Oregon lawyers. If you would like to review these articles, email me.

• District Court Determines RLUIPA Protects Oregon Church

  Real Estate and Land Use Digest · Jul 1, 2024

  • • Discussion of case St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church v. City of Brookings, No. 1:22-cv-00156-CL (D. Or. Mar. 27, 2024).

• Middle Housing Hiccup

  Real Estate and Land Use Digest · Feb 1, 2024

  • • Discussion of case Coopman v. City of Eugene, 327 Or. App. 6 (2023).

• Dry Camping, Tuff Life

  Real Estate and Land Use Digest · Jul 1, 2022

  • • Discussion of case County of Klamath v. Ricard, 317 Or. App. 608 (2022).

• Zoning Challenges Result in No Attorney Fees Under ORCP 68, ORS 20.195

  Real Estate and Land Use Digest · May 1, 2022

  • • Discussion of case Albrecht v. Emmert, 317 Or. App. 42 (2022).

• Appellate Court Finds LUCS Form Lacks Formality

  Real Estate and Land Use Digest · Feb 1, 2022

  • • Discussion of case Scott Inc. v. City of Ontario, 316 Or. App. 633 (2021).

• Ancillary Application in Support of Denied Site Design Review Properly Denied

  Real Estate and Land Use Digest · Nov 1, 2021

  • • Discussion of case Riverbend Landfill Co. v. Yamhill County, 314 Or. App. 79 (2021).

• No Salad Days in Trespass-to-Produce Case

  Real Estate and Land Use Digest · Feb 1, 2021

  • • Discussion of case Simington Gardens, LLC, v. Rock Ridge Farms, LLC, 308 Or. App. 661 (2021).

• Abandoned Vineyard?

  Real Estate and Land Use Digest · Dec 1, 2020

  • • Discussion of case Jacobus v. Klamath County, LUBA No. 2020-054 (Dec. 10, 2020).

• Digital Tools for Dirt Lawyers (co-authored with Thomas Bahrman)

  Real Estate and Land Use Digest · Oct 1, 2019

  Narrow Grounds, Significant Practices

  Real Estate and Land Use Digest · Jul 1, 2019

  • • Discussion of the case Stop the Dump Coalition v. Yamhill County, LUBA No. 2016-026 (May 20, 2019).

• Oregon Supreme Court Interprets Farm Impacts Test

  Real Estate and Land Use Digest · May 1, 2019

  • • Discussion of the case Stop the Dump Coalition v. Yamhill County, 364 Or. 432 (2019).

• The Construction of Permission

  Real Estate and Land Use Digest · Oct 1, 2018

  • • Discussion of the case Ortega v. Martin, 293 Or. App. 180 (2018).

• …But Sometimes Gates Make Bad Neighbors

  Real Estate and Land Use Digest · Jun 1, 2018

  • • Discussion of case Kutz v. Lee, 291 Or. App. 470 (2018).

• Unless v. Until: A Case of Conjunction Construction

  Real Estate and Land Use Digest · May 1, 2018

  • • Discussion of case LandWatch Lane County v. Lane County, 291 Or. App. 41 (2018).

• High Court Refuses to Hear High House Dispute

  Real Estate and Land Use Digest · Feb 1, 2018

  • • Discussion of case involving refusal of cert from the US Supreme Court in a treehouse matter. From Florida.

• Appellate Court Crushes Grapegrowers’ Attempt to Avoid Landfill Expansion

  Real Estate and Land Use Digest · Apr 1, 2017R

  • • Discussing the case Stop the Dump Coalition v. Yamhill County, 248 Or. App.470 (2017).

• To the Dump Redux

  Real Estate and Land Use Digest · Aug 1, 2016

  • • Further discussion of Stop the Dump Coalition v. Yamhill County, LUBA 2016-016.

• Court of Appeals Limits Scope of Private Parks

  Real Estate and Land Use Digest · Feb 1, 2016

  • • Discussion of the case Central Oregon LandWatch v. Deschutes County, 282 Or. App. 282 (Feb. 3, 2016).

• 2015 Legislative Administrative Highlights

  Oregon State Bar · Oct 1, 2015

• 2015 Legislative Real Estate Highlights

  Oregon State Bar · Oct 1, 2015

  Disparate-Impact Claims Find New Grounds, New Requisites

  Real Estate and Land Use Digest · Aug 1, 2015

  • • Discussion of the case Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v. The Inclusive Communities Projects, Inc., 576 U.S. ___ (June 25, 2015).
• Federal and State Constitutional Limits on Oregon Land Use Laws
  Oregon State Bar · May 1, 2010

  I also love to speak to the public as well as Oregon lawyers.  Here are some of my future and former presentations:

• “Squeal Gucci Piggies!” Real Estate and Land Use Section Annual Conference, live CLE, August 23, 2025.
• “Make a Small Fortune in the Wine Industry…By Starting with a Large Fortune: How Laws Make it Nearly Impossible to Thrive As a Winery (But Still Worth It)” Solo and Small Law Firm Section, January 2025.
• Inns of Court, 2022-2023.
• “Facebook Rules! How to Get Clients and Keep Your License Amid the New Social Media,” Willamette University College of Law Class of 1981 Reunion, live CLE, April 21, 2012.
• “Ethical Considerations in Foreclosure,” Legal Issues in Real Estate, National Business Institute, live CLE, April 4, 2012.
• “Legal Ethics and Social Media: What Attorneys Need to Know,” National Business Institute, live teleconference CLE, December 2011.
• “Social Media for the Ethical Lawyer,” Oregon State Bar Civil Rights Section, live CLE, November 2011.
• “Money — The Root of All Ethics? Fee Agreements, Fee Shifting and Settlement Considerations,” Oregon State Bar Civil Rights Section, live CLE, October 2010.
• “Ethical Risk Reduction: 8 Ways to Reduce Your Chances of Being Sued or Disciplined,” Marion County Bar Association, live CLE, December 2010.