Attorneys
Mike Cowgill
Partner
(541) 926-2255 mcowgill@wtlegal.com
Family connections with the Weatherford family started Mike’s career at Weatherford Thompson. Weatherford Thompson has had a descendant of the Weatherford family on staff since it was founded in 1875. Mike is a fourth-generation descendant of the firm’s founder J.K. Weatherford.
Mike was raised in Lebanon, Oregon, but after graduation, settled with his family in Albany. He and his wife have raised three children. Scott G. Cowgill, Mike’s son, is a shareholder and a fifth-generation descendant of J.K. Weatherford.
Mike’s practice emphasizes real estate, business organization and planning, estate planning, estate and trust administration and agriculture law.
Mike has practiced law for over 40 years and is actively engaged in planning the law firm’s 150 anniversary celebration in July 2025.
- Oregon State Bar Association
- Past President of Linn County Bar Association
- Oregon State University; BS; 1975
- University of Oregon School of Law; JD; 1978
- Oregon Courts
We provide legal services
Who I am
My practice areas
Estate Planning
Our trusts and estates attorneys provide a full range of services to individual clients, including sophisticated tax and estate planning; administration of estates and trusts; drafting wills, trusts, business and marital agreements; and formation and administration of charitable entities.
Probate
Today, probate is used as a general term for the entire process of the administration of the estate of the deceased person, including those estates without wills, with court supervision.
Business Law
For over 130 years Weatherford Thompson has been representing small, medium, and large size businesses here in Linn and Benton County and throughout the entire state of Oregon.
Real Estate Law
Oregon real estate law encompasses an extremely wide range of legal issues. Because of the complexities inherent in this area of law, it’s a wise decision for any person with a real estate legal issue to contact a real estate lawyer.
Agriculture Law
Weatherford Thompson has years of experience representing agricultural businesses and farmers dealing with agricultural law issues.