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COVID-19 UPDATE

The health and safety of our clients, friends and colleagues is foremost in our minds as we continue to closely monitor the COVID-19 outbreak. With the increased number of COVID-19 cases in Oregon and declarations of emergency due to the coronavirus, we are providing an update on our operations.

Stewart Sokol & Larkin is currently open and conducting business. In coordination with our critical service providers, we have adopted a public health emergency plan in response to the COVID-19 outbreak designed to address business continuity in a smart and pragmatic way. The plan also includes enhancements of our already-robust remote work capabilities to enable our lawyers and staff to be responsive to your legal and business needs throughout any potential shutdowns or quarantines that may be implemented.

Our thoughts are with all of those affected by the coronavirus outbreak. We wish everyone safety and health as we navigate these challenging times.

WHO WE ARE

Stewart Sokol & Larkin LLC, a boutique law firm located in Portland, Oregon, has earned its reputation as one of the Pacific Northwest’s premier firms in the areas of construction and design law, surety and fidelity law, and business, commercial and real estate matters. The firm’s clients range from individuals and small businesses to large multi-national companies.

John Stewart, Jan Sokol and Tom Larkin established the firm with principle, purpose and passion. This trio built the firm as it exists today, bringing together a talented team of excellent attorneys. SSL’s mission is to provide the highest level of legal service in an aggressive, though pragmatic and cost-effective, manner to help clients achieve the best possible results. Our success has helped the firm develop long-standing trust and relationships with its clients.

Business & Commercial Litigation

Stewart Sokol & Larkin’s business and commercial litigation practice covers a wide spectrum of disputes that arise from business relationships and transactions. The firm’s collective experience brings to bear decades in the courtroom and at the negotiation table. Whether litigating a simple contract dispute or a complex business tort action, the firm combines determined advocacy with grounded advice.

Business & Corporate Law

Stewart Sokol & Larkin regularly represents clients in a wide-range of business and corporate matters, including formation, management, sales of businesses, asset dispositions, and debtor/creditor relations. The firm assists clients with various corporate matters, including those that deal with intra-corporate and inter-business dealings. The firm represents business of all sizes in various industries.

Construction & Design

Stewart Sokol & Larkin has developed one of the leading construction practices in the Pacific Northwest, with deep-rooted experience in all aspects of construction and design processes, the relationships that form in connection with those processes, and the disputes that arise from them. The firm regularly advises private and public owners, developers, general contractors, subcontractors, material suppliers, architects and engineers on contract formation issues, contract disputes, design and construction defect issues, professional liability issues, and bond and lien claims.

General Liability Defense

Stewart Sokol & Larkin’s general liability defense spans the distance from individual policy holders to large corporations, and we are committed to helping our clients through liability scenarios ranging from personal injury/wrongful death, premises liability, product liability, uninsured/underinsured motorist liability, insurance coverage litigation, civil rights claims, construction defect to patent/trademark infringement.

professional liability defense

Stewart Sokol & Larkin has an extensive range of malpractice experience from the defense of hospitals and medical professionals in medical malpractice claims, to the defense of individual and corporate clients in negligence cases. Working hard to understand the complexities of your personal situation, we assist our clients through all the stages of the defense process from defending individuals before state licensing boards to trial. The firm’s professional malpractice attorney cover the evaluation and monitoring of claims; the interpretation of insurance coverage, brokerage agreements, contracts or other documents pertaining to the professional services in question; and litigation disputes.

Real Estate

Stewart Sokol & Larkin helps individuals, partnerships, limited liability companies, and corporations with all aspects of real property matters. Whether assisting clients with the structuring and documentation of real estate transactions or advising and advocating for clients in connection with real property disputes, Stewart Sokol & Larkin can take clients from the earliest stages of their matters through resolution. Our real estate attorneys assist clients with acquisitions and sales, development, financing issues, appraisals, property management, leasing issues, environmental issues

Surety & Fidelity

Stewart Sokol & Larkin’s surety and fidelity practice brings to the table unparalleled depth and experience. With over three decades of experience representing surety companies throughout the United States and U.S. territories, the firm’s surety and fidelity lawyers are intimately versed in all aspects of the industry and capable of readily addressing all surety-related issues, whether routine or complex.