DAVID D. SHAW, P.C.
Pacific Building
520 S.W. Yamhill, Suite 1015
Portland, OR 97204
503.221.4260 (tel)
503.221.4267 (fax)

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David Shaw

David has a national reputation for expertise in business development with native tribes and organizations. Pursuant to this reputation, Mr. Shaw has been invited to speak on economic development in Indian Country to the American Bar Association, Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians, Northwest Tribal Lending Institutions Association, National Indian Gaming Association, and at numerous state bar conferences and tribal-specific conferences. David serves as a Court of Appeals judge for the Grand Ronde Tribal Court System and serves on the Executive Committee for the Indian Law Section of the Oregon State Bar. In addition to this expertise, David practices in a myriad of other areas of Indian law representing tribes, individuals, and organizations located on or near Indian Country.

Outside of his Indian law practice, David has over 15 years of experience in business law and real estate law. This business law experience includes serving as corporate counsel for multiple large corporations, developing and advising small businesses, representing lenders, investors, officers and directors, and minority or majority owners of business entities, commercial property development, commercial lease disputes, personnel matters, and contracts of each and every shape or manner. David’s business law representations include the full spectrum of transaction and litigation services, in addition to general legal consulting and advice. David also enjoys his status providing part-time instruction in business law at the local community colleges.

David’s real estate experience includes representing multi-million dollar lending institutions, developers building new residential or commercial facilities and properties, and individuals, business entities, and governments in all manners of real estate transactions and litigation both large and small. If it involves “dirt”, David has most likely had prior successful experience with your issue.

David is a member of the Oregon and Washington State Bar Associations, the Oregon and Washington District Courts, the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, the American Bar Association and numerous tribal bar associations.  In addition, David is a member of the Oregon and Washington Indian Law Sections (including acting as an officer and executive committee member), Business Law Sections, Real Property Section, and Creditor/Debtor Section.  David’s practice experience includes representing clients in transactions and litigation with the United States (in both federal and administrative courts), numerous state governments and respective agencies, and numerous tribal governments and agencies.

Prior to founding his own law firm, David practiced Indian law with the law firm of Hobbs, Straus, Dean & Walker and had the privilege of acting as in-house counsel for the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Indian Reservation.

David is a graduate of the University of Oregon and the University of Washington School of Law.  Away from the office, David enjoys spending time hiking, skiing, biking, and playing basketball, softball, and golf and spending time with his wife Amy, and children Zoe and Cooper.

Alison Osterberg

Of Counsel

Alison joined the firm in 2010. She assists in all practice areas of the firm with a focus on immigration law. Alison is a member of the Oregon Bar and the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA).

Alison graduated in the top ten percent of her class at Lewis & Clark Law School. During law school, she served as a judicial intern to the Honorable Judge Michael Bennett, the then sole federal immigration judge in Oregon. She was also selected to work as a research assistant to Professor Juliet Stumpf. Prior to law school, Alison worked as a paralegal at two large firms. She earned her Bachelor’s degree magna cum laude from the University of San Diego.

Alison has a demonstrated passion for immigration law. As a paralegal, Alison worked on a variety of family-based and employment-based immigration matters. She is also the author of the recently published law review article Removing the Dead Hand on the Future: Recognizing Citizen Children’s Rights Against Parental Deportation which examines the potential constitutional rights of children whose parents face deportation. This article can be found at 13 Lewis & Clark L. Rev. 751 (2009).

Outside of the office, Alison enjoys spending time with her friends, family, and her partner, Adam.