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Cozette

Cozette Tran-Caffee

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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

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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
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

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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