Owen Blank

Practice Areas

Owen has an extensive range of legal experience in business, commercial, real estate, and corporate matters. Among the clients he represents are small family-held businesses, national and international corporations, nonprofit organizations, and charitable foundations. His industry experience includes manufacturing, retail, sports, media, entertainment, and technology. He has also represented foundations and governmental entities in making alternative investments.

Representative transactional matters Owen regularly handles include:

Real estate sales, acquisitions, financing, and investment transactions

Business mergers, acquisitions, and dispositions

Professional sports and media matters

Business contracts

Nonprofit organization formation, mergers, and dissolutions

Alternative investment transactions on behalf of public and private investors

Owen’s experience also includes counseling nonprofits on their governance, operational, and investment issues. He has served as a member, officer and/or director of many civic, professional, and nonprofit organization committees, task forces, and boards of directors. For over 30 years, Owen and his colleagues at Tonkon Torp have provided pro bono legal services to Albina Head Start, which serves approximately 1,000 children and their families.

Career

Owen is admitted to practice in Oregon and the following courts:

U.S. Supreme Court

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

U.S. District Court, District of Oregon

Professional Memberships

American Bar Association

Multnomah Bar Association

Education

Awards