Miller Nash LLP

Managing Partner: Kieran Curley

Number of Partners: 88

Number of Lawyers: 155

Miller Nash is a trusted West Coast law firm with over 150 attorneys offering comprehensive, responsive, and innovative services to a diverse group of businesses, financial institutions, nonprofits, public entities, and individuals. We have offices in Portland, Oregon; Seattle and Vancouver, Washington; Long Beach, California; Boise, Idaho; and Anchorage, Alaska. Our lawyers are known for their dedication, innovation, and tenacity. Behind it all is a cohesive team of paralegals and administrative staff members who add value at every point of contact.

In addition to delivering excellent client service, Miller Nash has a long history of commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, both within our firm and in the communities we serve. We work to ensure that diversity—which is essential to understanding varying perspectives, finding creative and effective solutions to our clients’ needs, realizing the best we have to offer, and cultivating a fair society and justice system—is considered and implemented in every aspect of our firm.

Bankruptcy & Creditors Rights:

We represent regional and national lenders, creditors’ committees, trade creditors, court-appointed receivers, asset purchasers, and commercial landlords in a wide range of collection and insolvency situations.

Business & Corporate:

Our business attorneys bring a wealth of experience when advising the Pacific Northwest's leading businesses. Our clients range from small businesses with strong local reputations to large companies with substantial national and international operations headquartered or doing business in our region, and they operate in a wide range of industries.

Commercial Lending:

Miller Nash has extensive experience representing lenders and borrowers in sophisticated financial transactions. Our team members assist clients in transactions involving commercial lending, real estate lending, public finance, affordable housing, workouts, and syndicated credits. We represent regional and national banks and other commercial lenders, and public and private borrowers.

Condemnation/Eminent Domain:

Our eminent domain attorneys are the premiercondemnation team in the Pacific Northwest and have handled nearly a thousand eminent domain matters. We represent transit authorities, cities, counties, port districts, school districts, fire districts, energy and utility companies, lenders, and property owners relating to the acquisition of private property for public projects.

Employee Benefits:

The Miller Nash employee benefits team is one of the largest groups of benefits attorneys in the Pacific Northwest. We work with corporate, tax-exempt, and government employers on all types of deferred compensation and health and welfare plans.

Employment Law & Labor Relations:

The employment and labor attorneys at Miller Nash are dedicated to helping clients understand their legal obligations, implement tools and strategies to demonstrate compliance, and effectively manage risk. We represent local, regional, and national companies and public entities and institutions in all facets of labor and employment law in union and nonunion environments.

Environmental:

Clients turn to the Miller Nash environmental team to minimize risks and liabilities associated with environmental issues across the nation, ranging from brief compliance counseling sessions to major enforcement and litigation matters.

Franchise & Distribution:

Our franchise and distribution team has worked with U.S. and foreign franchise and distribution systems in a broad range of specialty industries, including quick service restaurant concepts, retail gasoline and convenience stores, hotels, gym and fitness studios, trash removal, residential real estate, home construction services, solar electrical installations, and home nursing and patient care.

Insurance Recovery:

Miller Nash's insurance recovery team helps business clients maximize the value of their insurance policies through litigation, negotiation, and behind-the-scenes advice. We are the preeminent insurance recovery team in the Pacific Northwest.

Intellectual Property:

We offer a full range of intellectual property services for businesses and individuals, including procurement, enforcement, licensing, strategic advising, dispute resolution, and technology transfer.

International:

Today’s business climate is increasingly international, and choosing a lawyer with the right experience is critical to a business’s global success. Miller Nash has expert international dispute lawyers and cross-border transaction attorneys that understand the complexities of international law.

Land Use:

The Miller Nash team has resolved land use challenges throughout Oregon and Washington and has successfully obtained approvals for annexations, conditional uses, development agreements, master plans, planned unit developments, Statewide Planning Goal exceptions, subdivisions, urban growth boundary amendments, zone changes, and numerous other development hurdles.

Litigation:

Practical solutions, innovative approaches, and persuasive advocacy are the touchstones of Miller Nash’s litigation practice. We pride ourselves on our reputation for zealous advocacy and credibility, which has been earned over decades of appearances in state and federal courts.

Mergers & Acquisitions:

Miller Nash attorneys bring a wealth of expertise in mergers, acquisitions, and strategic activities that drive growth and innovation, based in a deep knowledge of US transactions, cross-border negotiations, and international dealings. We represent buyers and sellers in public and private sectors, and our diverse clientele includes emerging local firms, innovative middle-market companies, and sophisticated international organizations.

Privacy & Data Security:

Our attorneys advise clients on data security best practices, legal requirements, and industry-specific rules. In the event of a data breach, we work with companies to contain the breach, comply with notice requirements, and develop a strategic plan to prevent further issues.

Real Estate:

Our real estate transaction team brings focused diligence to help you understand, maximize value, and avoid surprises when buying, selling, financing, developing, leasing, and constructing real estate assets. Our lawyers listen carefully, then guide you to your objectives with our experience to structure, negotiate, document, and manage your specific real estate asset transaction.

Securities:

We assist our clients with public and private offerings of equity and debt securities, mergers, acquisitions and sales of businesses, SEC reporting and insider trading compliance, corporate governance, shareholder meetings and proxy contests, and regulation of private investment and hedge funds, broker-dealers, and investment advisers.

Tax:

Attorneys in Miller Nash's tax practice represent clients ranging from national companies to individuals and closely held businesses. We add value by helping our clients plan their business and investment activities to attain their business objectives while minimizing their local, state, and federal taxes.

Portland, OR:

1140 SW Washington St

Ste 700

Portland, OR 97205

T: 503.224.5858

Seattle, WA:

605 5^th Ave S

Ste 900

Seattle, WA 98104

T: 206.624.8300

Vancouver, WA:

500 Broadway St

Ste 400

Vancouver, WA 98660

T: 360.699.4771

Long Beach, CA:

340 Golden Shore

Ste 450

Long Beach, CA 90802

T: 562.435.8002

Boise, ID:

950 W Bannock St

Ste 1100

Boise, ID 83702

T: 208.609.3798

Anchorage, AK:

1029 W Third Ave

Ste 510

Anchorage, AK 99501

T: 907.206.2290