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Neal S. Shechter

Litigation is a means to achieve a sound economic or business objective, and clients appreciate that I maintain a firm and relentless focus on the objective. I have also found that consistency and credibility are critical to resolving complex business disputes and I work closely with clients to carefully craft a winning narrative and strategy that can be maintained consistently, and persuasively, until resolution. Quotation mark
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About Neal

Neal Shechter is a commercial litigator who assists businesses with complex disputes and legal challenges. He represents clients in a range of litigation matters, drawing on experience handling sophisticated commercial disputes in both national and regional practice settings. He has deep experience representing clients in state and federal court as well as in arbitration proceedings before national and regional arbitration services including AAA, JAMS and ASP.

His clients have included shareholders, public issuers, privately-held corporations, and limited liability companies as well as corporate directors and officers. Neal has resolved matters related to contract disputes, securities issues under both state and federal law, fiduciary duty and corporate governance issues, environmental and mass tort claims, antitrust issues and partnership/shareholder disputes. He has also assisted business clients in responding to investigations by regulatory bodies and the U.S. Department of Justice in both antitrust and white-collar criminal defense matters.

Before joining Miller Nash, Neal practiced at a boutique litigation firm in Portland. Earlier in his career, he worked at Debevoise & Plimpton LLP in New York, where he gained experience at a global firm representing clients in high-stakes commercial litigation matters. Neal also previously served as a law clerk for a federal district court judge in the District of Connecticut.

Services

Education

  • J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, 2013
    • Winner, Greenhalgh Mock Trial Tournament 2010
  • B.A., New York University, political science and economics, 2009

Bar Admissions

  • Oregon, 2018
  • New York, 2014

Court Admissions

  • U.S. District Court, District of Oregon
  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York

Activities

Professional Plus
  • Gus Solomon Inn of Court, Member
  • Multnomah Bar Association, Member
Civic Plus
  • Project Lemonade, Past Board Vice-Chair

Outside the Office

When he’s not working, Neal is spending time with his family in Southeast Portland, eating great food, drinking great beer, watching English Premier League soccer or Portland Trailblazers basketball. His obscure hobby is lapidary mineral and gem polishing.

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