ELIA E. POPOVICH

Practice Groups

Real Estate
Environmental

Experience

Associate, 2002-

Practice concentrates in real estate, real estate finance and environmental law.

Dunn Carney Allen Higgins & Tongue
Portland, Oregon
      Associate, 2001-2002

Bittner and Hahs, P.C.
Portland, Oregon
      Associate, 1999-2001

Education

William Mitchell College of Law, St. Paul, Minnesota, J.D., cum laude, 1998

The Graduate Institute, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, New Mexico, M.A., 1997

Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont, B.A., 1991

Admitted to Practice

Oregon, 1998

Professional Activities

Oregon State Bar
Multnomah Bar Association

Honors and Awards

Law Review, Staff Member and Associate Editor, 1995-1997

Representative Matters:

Represented landlord in the lease of 100,000 square feet to Multnomah County

Currently represent several commercial real estate brokerage and management firms

Presentations

Speaker, "Real Estate Closings," Portland State University, January 2006, and February 2007.

Speaker, "Legal Issues in Real Estate Closings," Fundamentals of Real Estate Closings in Oregon, February 2004, February 2005 and June 2005.

Author, "Home Mortgages, 2004 Cumulative Supplement," Oregon State Bar Association, Consumer Law in Oregon Continuing Legal Education.

Speaker, "Requests for Proposals," Oregon Building Owners and Managers Association, June 2003.

Civic Activities

Meals on Wheels, 2005-2007

Agia Sophia Academy, Director and Vice President, 2003-present
    Director, 2003-Present
    Vice President, 2004-2006
    President, 2006-Present

Leadership Portland, Portland Business Alliance, 2005

St. Nicholas Orthodox Church
     Board Member, 2002-2005
     Chair of Building Committee, 2003-2005

Multnomah County Democratic Central Committee, elected precinct person, 1999-2004

City Club
     Member, 1998-2000; 2004-present
     FPD&R Research Committee, 2005-2006

Personal