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Cozette

Cozette Tran-Caffee
Shareholder
Portland
D 503.778.2108
trancaffeec@lanepowell.com

Cozette Tran-Caffee advises owners, developers, investors and lenders on all aspects of  land use entitlements. Cozette works to obtain practical, creative and cost-effective solutions for her clients as they navigate the regulatory process.  

Cozette also counsels clients on real estate transactions, commercial leasing and real estate finance.

On the land use side of things, Cozette provides a full range of services, including:
 

  • Annexation and other boundary changes;
  • Comprehensive Plan Map and Zoning Map amendments;
  • Discretionary design reviews, including Historic Resource Review;
  • Land divisions, including subdivisions, partitions and property line adjustments;
  • Land use due diligence and other pre-purchase or pre-development issues;
  • Master planning and amendments; and
  • Measure 49.


Cozette represents clients at neighborhood meetings, local land use proceedings, before the Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) and in court.

Professional Experience

Lane Powell PC

  • Shareholder
  • Associate
  • Summer Associate


California Department of Justice, Law Clerk, Oakland, Calif.

Federal Public Defender’s Office, Law Clerk, Portland, Ore.

City of San Jose Housing Department, Policy Consultant

Community Involvement

Leadership Council on Legal Diversity, Pathfinder

Oregon Asian Pacific American Bar Association, Member

Oregon Minority Lawyers Association, Member

Oregon Women Lawyers Association, Member

Urban Land Institute, Women's Leadership Initiative (WLI) Committee Member

 

Thought Leadership

  • January 1, 2021News
    Lane Powell Elects New Shareholders and Counsel to the Firm
    Firm Announcement
  • December 18, 2020Publication
    Shelter From the Storm: Commercial Leasing Under the Cloud of COVID-19
    Oregon State Bar Bulletin
  • September 30, 2020News
    Tran-Caffee Appointed to Urban Land Institute Northwest’s Women's Leadership Initiative
    Awards & Honors
  • August 20, 2020News
    The Best Lawyers in America© 2021 Recognizes 92 Lane Powell Attorneys
    Awards & Honors
  • July 1, 2020Publication
    Oregon Legislature Continues Eviction Moratorium
    COVID-19 Resource
  • April 3, 2020Publication
    Oregon Governor’s Executive Order Bars Commercial Lease Evictions
    COVID-19 Resource
  • July 5, 2019News
    Twenty-one Lane Powell Attorneys Recognized by Super Lawyers in Alaska and Oregon
    Awards & Honors
  • October 1, 2018Publication
    Siting Your Distillery: Leasing and Locational Considerations
    Oregon Business Magazine
  • September 4, 2018Publication
    Judge Recommends Dismissal of Josephine County Marijuana Suit Against the State of Oregon
    Real Estate Legal Update
  • August 29, 2018Event / CLE
    Important Considerations When Negotiating a Distillery Lease
    American Craft Spirits Association | Webinar
  • August 27, 2018Publication
    Exaction or Extortion? Limits on the Power to Take Property During Land Use Proceedings
    Real Estate Legal Update
  • July 24, 2018News
    Twenty-three Lane Powell Attorneys Recognized by Super Lawyers in Alaska and Oregon
    Awards & Honors
  • April 11, 2018Publication
    Josephine County Sues State of Oregon Over Marijuana Laws
    Real Estate Legal Update
  • March 21, 2018Publication
    Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals Remands County Ordinance Restricting Marijuana Production
    Real Estate Legal Update
  • December 28, 2017Publication
    Proposed Marijuana Farm Raises Scope of Oregon’s Right-to-Farm Law
    Real Estate Legal Update
  • November 16, 2017News
    Tran-Caffee Appointed to ACLU of Oregon’s Lawyers Committee
    Awards & Honors
  • January 27, 2017News
    Leadership Council for Legal Diversity Appoints 2017 Fellows and Pathfinders
    Awards & Honors
  • April 8, 2016News
    Cooper and Tran-Caffee Selected as 2016 Leadership Council on Legal Diversity Pathfinders
    Awards & Honors
  • October 21, 2015News
    Lane Powell Recognized for Charitable Contribution at Dress for Success Oregon Empowerment Breakfast
  • October 29, 2014News
    Thirteen Lane Powell Attorneys Named to Oregon State Bar’s 2013 Pro Bono Honor Roll
    Awards & Honors
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Practices & Industries

  • Food, Beverage & Hospitality
  • Real Estate
  • COVID-19 Landlord/Tenant Response Team

Education

  • University of California at Berkeley School of Law, J.D., 2012
  • University of California at Berkeley, M.P.P., 2009
  • University of California at Berkeley, B.A., with high honors, 2005

Admissions

  • Oregon
  • U.S. District Court, District of Oregon
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

Honors

"Ones to Watch," Best Lawyers®, Real Estate (2021)

“Oregon Rising Star,” Thomson Reuters, Real Estate (2018-2019)

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