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MICHAEL R. SILVEY

Phone: 503-221-5293

Fax: 800-601-9236

E-mail: silvm@fosterpdx.com

Practice Groups

Real Estate
Construction
Sports Law and Sports Facilities

Experience

Partner, 1993-
Of Counsel, 1991-1992

Real Estate Development and Finance -- Practice emphasizes representing developers, investors and businesses in all aspects of commercial real estate, including purchase transactions, loans for acquisition, development and refinancing, construction agreements, leasing and land use approvals.

Crosby, Heafey, Roach & May
Oakland, California, 1971-1990

Education

Hastings College of the Law University of California, J.D., 1971, Order of the Coif

University of California, Santa Barbara, A.B., with Honors, 1967

Admitted to Practice

Oregon, 1990

California, 1972

Washington, 1996

Idaho, 2004

Professional Activities

American Bar Association

Oregon State Bar
      Member, Real Estate and Land Use Section

Washington State Bar

California State Bar
      Member, Real Property Section

Multnomah County Bar Association

Organizations

Commercial Association of Realtors
     Portland and Southwest Washington

Counselors of Real Estate, Oregon Chapter
      Chairman, 2002

International Council of Shopping Centers

National Association of Industrial and Office Properties, Oregon Chapter
      President, 1998
      Member, Board of Directors, 1993-2001

Oregon Mortgage Bankers Association
      Board Member, 1994-1995

Presentations and Publications

Adjunct Professor, Portland State University, “Foundations of Real Estate Analysis”

Speaker, “A Move From Main Street to Wall Street,” Oregon State Bar Association Real Estate and Land Use Section Annual Meeting, August 1998.

Author, “How to Execute a Slam Dunk in Public/Private Negotiations: The Oregon Arena Project Experience,” Development Magazine, Spring 1995.

Civic Activities

Clackamas Community Land Trust
      Board of Directors, 1998-present
      Executive Committee, 2000-present
      President, 2005-present

City of Lake Oswego Comprehensive Plan Review Committee
      Citizen Member, 1992-1994

YMCA of Columbia-Willamette
      Board of Trustees, 1991-1999
      Executive Committee, 1992-1999

Oregon State YMCA
      Chair, Public Policy Committee, 1993-1999

Personal

Born April 13, 1945
in San Mateo, California