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S. WARD GREENE
ward.greene@greenemarkley.com

EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

  • B.S. in Business, Florida State University, 1969;
  • J.D., Duke University, 1973.
  • Admitted to Practice in Oregon; U.S. District Court, District of Oregon; U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
  • Pro tem judge, Multnomah Court, 1982-1999.

Mr. Greene has been a speaker at the bi-annual Oregon-Washington Uniform Commercial Code Seminar, Northwest Bankruptcy Institute, and numerous Multnomah County Bar Association and Oregon State Bar Association seminars on Uniform Commercial Code, collection law, bankruptcy, real estate financing and lien law.

MEMBERSHIPS & HONORS

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  • Member: Multnomah Bar Association; Oregon State Bar Association; American Bankruptcy Institute
  • President: Multnomah Bar Association, 1998-99; Owen M. Panner American Inn of Court, 1995-96; Oregon Law Institute, 1994-95
  • Fellow: American College of Bankruptcy
PUBLICATIONS
  • Author: "Pre-Bankruptcy Planning: A Lawyer's Duty or Death Wish?", Debtor-Creditor Newsletter, 2000
  • Co-Author: "Bankruptcy and Family Law," OSB Family Law, 1997 Supplement
  • Author: "Understanding the Interplay between Domestic Relations and Bankruptcy Law," Debtor-Creditor Newsletter, 1991; "Landlord's Liens in Oregon," Debtor-Creditor Newsletter, 1984
  • Contributing Editor: Commercial Practice Manual (UCC Article 9 Secured Transactions, Oregon State Bar Debtor-Creditor Section 1988-90), 1994 Supplement
  • Editor: Debtor-Creditor Newsletter, 1987; Editorial Board 1987-present; Oregon State Bar Manual "Bankruptcy Law," 1992 Supplement

PRACTICE EMPHASIS

Mr. Greene has a varied transactional and litigation practice with its focus in commercial law, business reorganization, bankruptcy, collections, employment law and real estate matters. Mr. Greene has represented a number of creditors' committees and debtors in successful Chapter 11 cases, as well as representing corporate and banking clients in general business financing and corporate matters. He has been involved in the acquisition and restructuring of a number of businesses.