Practice Areas

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. Our clients’ enterprises range from small sole proprietorships to large privately held companies.
We provide:

• Counseling on business entity options (S corporation or C corporations, professional corporation, general or limited partnership, limited liability company or limited liability partnership). This counseling often occurs in conjunction with the start-up of a new business or the purchase of an existing business.


• Creation of not-for-profit organizations including IRS 501(c)(3) organizations.


• Owner agreements regarding the transfer of ownership, exit strategies, and buy out agreements.


• Family business succession planning/estate planning issues associated with the formation, operation, or sale of a business.


• Counseling regarding annual or special meetings, preparing resolutions or consents to action taken by the owners and buy-sell agreements.


• Advising officers, directors, and members on their statutory and fiduciary duties and liability risk associated with these positions.


• Advising clients dissolution of their business entity and related wind-up matters.


• Advising clients on mergers and acquisitions of new businesses including risk assessments and financing options.


• Real estate acquisitions, sales, and leases, including IRS 1031 tax-deferred exchanges.


• Personal property acquisitions, sales, and leases, including distributorship agreements, franchising, licensing and product warranties.


• Employee matters including termination planning, employment dispute resolution, non-compete agreements, wage claims, family leave, and BOLI investigations.


• Contract formation/drafting and dispute resolution.


• Litigation including mediation, arbitration, and court representation.

We draw on the tax, estate planning, construction law, land use, and environmental expertise of our firm’s other practice areas to ensure your business affairs are covered and to obtain results that are best for your bottom line. As long-time members of the Albany Chamber of Commercial, we take pride in our business clients and advising them on their concerns and strategic decisions.

Our attorneys share the business owner’s entrepreneurial spirit and endeavor to support their clients' success in the community. Whether your business is large or small, established or just formed, the attorneys here at Weatherford Thompson will provide you with the resources and representation you need to address your specific needs or legal matters.