Gregory R. Mowe

Experience

Greg Mowe is a partner of the firm concentrating his practice in real estate and business litigation. He is past chair of the firm's litigation department. In recent years he has represented a number of Oregon businesses and governmental bodies, including TriMet, Port of Portland, Portland Development Commission, PacifiCorp and NW Natural in eminent domain and other litigation.

Greg was a U.S. Army officer in Vietnam (1969-1971), for which he was awarded a Bronze Star Service Medal.

Representative Matters

• Tri-Met: Trial counsel for acquisition of right-of-way for Westside Light Rail Project, North Interstate MAX Project, Westside Commuter Rail Project and South Corridor Project. Multiple court and jury trials on possession rights and valuation.
• Port of Portland: Primary condemnation counsel for acquisition of West Hayden Island.
• PacifiCorp: Trial counsel in defense of PUD and municipal condemnations of electrical generation and distribution facilities in Hermiston, Halsey and Roseburg, Oregon and Alturas, California.
• Riverdale School District: Trial counsel in cases challenging siting of high school and expenditure of bond proceeds.
• NW Natural: Primary condemnation counsel for 62-mile South Mist Pipeline Extension project.
• Juniper Utility Company: Trial counsel in defense of utility condemnation by City of Bend.

Professional Honors & Activities

• Selected by Best Lawyers® as Portland Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law Lawyer of the Year, 2011 
• Listed in Best Lawyers in America® (currently: Commercial Litigation, Eminent Domain & Condemnation Law, Litigation-Real Estate), 2003-2013
• Selected as one of "America's Leading Lawyers for Business" (Oregon) by Chambers USA (currently: Litigation: General Commercial), 2005-2012
• Listed in Oregon Super Lawyers® (Real Estate), 2009
• Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers
• Recipient, Oregon State Bar President's Public Service Award, 1995
• Member, Editorial Board, Litigation Journal, Oregon State Bar
• Former Member, Oregon Law Commission
• Past Chair, Litigation Section, Oregon State Bar
• Past Chair, Oregon State Bar Procedure and Practice Committee
• ABA Litigation Section Committee on Condemnation, Zoning and Land Use
• Chair, Oregon Law Commission Eminent Domain statutory revision work group, 2002-2004

Presentations

• "Riparian and Other Water Rights," Eminent Domain: Current Developments in Condemnation, Valuation & Challenges, May 2011

Publications

• Author, current chapters in Oregon State Bar publications on evidence and real estate disputes
• Co-Chair, Oregon Eminent Domain CLE programs in 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005-2006, 2008-2010

Education

• Harvard Law School, J.D., 1974, magna cum laude
• University of Oregon, M.A. with honors, 1969
• University of Oregon, B.A., 1968
  Phi Beta Kappa

Admissions

• Oregon
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

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