Black Helterline LLP

Black Helterline LLP is based in Portland, Oregon and has been serving the Pacific Northwest community since 1898.With a legacy of excellence, the firm provides quality legal services to a diverse clientele, including emerging growth companies, established businesses, individuals, governmental entities, fiduciaries, and nonprofit institutions.

Black Helterline has more than 20 attorneys committed to delivering the highest standards of legal expertise in a variety of practice areas.The firm is led by managing partner Britta Warren.

Attorneys at Black Helterline are committed to delivering the highest standards of legal expertise.The firm’s goal is to provide innovative solutions to complex business challenges. The firm understands that timing and business objectives are critical factors and tailor their services to meet these requirements.As a mid-sized firm, Black Helterline offers clients the advantage of personalized attention without excess costs. Black Helterline attorneys build strong relationships with clients and their industries, ensuring a deep understanding of their legal needs.

Black Helterline combines a rich history of legal acumen with a forward-thinking approach. Black Helterline attorneys adhere to the highest ethical standards while providing innovative legal solutions to a diverse clientele. Whether you’re a business owner, an individual, a trustee, or a nonprofit organization, Black Helterline is committed to support your legal needs.

Bankruptcy/Restructuring

Black Helterline’s five debtor/creditor bankruptcy attorneys have experience in debtor-creditor and bankruptcy-related litigation involving preferences, fraudulent transfers, cash collateral orders, setoffs, recoupment, nondischargeable debts, adequate protection and collateral valuation, administrative priority petitions, automatic stay litigation, claim preparation and valuations, objections to disclosure statements and plans of reorganization, and cramdown litigation by secured creditors.

The firm assists clients with trust deed, mortgage and lien foreclosures against residential and commercial properties, and foreclosures of security interests and statutory liens in business collateral. The firm is also experienced in general commercial litigation in state and federal court, including implementation of provisional (prejudgment) remedies, dispositive motions, and prevailing at trial.

Key Contacts: Britta Warren and Oren Haker, (503) 224-5560

Business Immigration

Black Helterline’s three immigration lawyers specialize in working with businesses and foreign workers to secure the most appropriate nonimmigrant visa status for foreign employees. The firm has successfully filed countless petitions for temporary work authorization and visas, including those for H-1B specialty occupations, L-1A and L-1B intracompany transferees, E-1 and E-2 treaty investors and traders, O-1 individuals of extraordinary ability, and TN status for citizens of Canada or Mexico who work in a variety of occupations.

In addition to working with clients on nonimmigrant visa strategies, the firm also specializes in filing applications for permanent residence for foreign workers and their family members. The firm has special expertise in navigating the complicated foreign labor certification program (“PERM”) administered by the U.S. Department of Labor, which is a prerequisite to many types of employment-based permanent residence applications. The firm also has a history of myriad successful applications for permanent residence for non-PERM cases, including multinational managers and executives, outstanding researchers, and individuals of extraordinary ability.

The firm’s business immigration practice also involves counseling and assisting employers and foreign workers to avoid status violations, employer sanctions and discrimination claims. The firm is home to the immigration lawyers Portland businesses depend on.

Key Contact: Jennifer Morrissey, (503) 224-5560

Family Immigration

The firm regularly handles family- and marriage- based immigration cases, naturalization applications, asylum applications, and the defense of foreign nationals in removal (deportation) proceedings. The immigration attorneys at Black Helterline have extensive experience litigating against U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and the Department of Labor in federal, district, and appellate courts.

Black Helterline has one of the most experienced business and family immigration practices on the West Coast. The Portland immigration attorneys assist foreign and domestic clients in transferring key human resources to and from the United States. Through many years of experience in this area, the attorneys are sensitive to the special responsibility and trust involved in representing foreign clients. Along with legal expertise, the lawyers of Black Helterline possess cultural understanding and linguistic experience that makes the firm better counselors and advocates for their clients.

Key Contact: Jennifer Morrissey, (503) 224-5560

Business

Business Transactions

Corporate Finance

Employment/HR

Intellectual Property

Mergers & Acquisitions

Litigation

Bankruptcy/Restructuring

Commercial Litigation

Trust and Estate Litigation

Real Estate

Real Estate Transactions and Financing

Land Use, Environmental and Construction

Tax and Estate Planning

Taxation

Estate Planning

Immigration

Business and Family Immigration

USA, Portland, Oregon

805 SW Broadway, Suite 1900

Portland, OR 97205

Phone: (503) 224-5560

Fax: (503) 224-6148

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