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Lee

Lee C. Nusich
Counsel to the Firm
Portland
D 503.778.2119
nusichl@lanepowell.com

As a former in-house counsel in the banking industry, Lee Nusich understands the business as well as the legal challenges facing clients in the financial services industry. He represents national and regional banks in a range of financing, compliance and litigation matters.  

Lee has extensive experience counseling clients on:

  • Loan workouts and debt restructuring;
  • Sale of distressed corporate loans;
  • Commercial real property foreclosures;
  • Financial institutions litigation; and
  • Commercial and business litigation.

Outside of the office, Lee devotes a significant amount of time to pro bono service. For the past number of years, Lee has served as the Chairman of the Board of the Naa Amerley Palm Education Foundation (NAPE Foundation) which promotes higher education in Ghana, West Africa. In conjunction with that Foundation, he has personally funded scholarships for several students attending college in Ghana and has traveled to Ghana to meet the scholarship recipients. He was instrumental in raising the necessary funds to construct the first classroom and administrative building of the Palm Institute of Strategic Leadership in Accra, Ghana, and as a result, Palm Institute named the building after him.

Experience

  • Port of Portland v. Union Pacific Railroad
    Represented Union Pacific Railroad in a United States District Court case (District of Oregon) in a trial involving allocating responsibility for remediating contaminated sediments located in the Willamette River. Achieved a verdict in favor of Union Pacific Railroad allocating 90% of liability to the Port of Portland.
  • Connell v. Drake
    Successfully represented defendants in a multi-million dollar will contest case involving claims of lack of testamentary capacity and undue influence.  Achieved a judgment in favor of clients after a 6 week trial to the court.
  • Portland Trailblazers v. Dunleavy
    Represented client in an AAA Arbitration arising out of the termination of client’s contract as coach of the Portland Trailblazers which resulted in a favorable outcome for the client.

Professional Experience

First Interstate Bank of Oregon

  • Vice President and Senior Counsel, Litigation Services Group (1993-1996)
  • Vice President and Associate General Counsel, Lead Counsel-Diversified Assets Group (1989-1992)
  • Associate General Counsel (1982-1989)

Whipple Johansen & McClain, Associate (1977-1982)

Community Involvement

NAA Amerley Palm Education Foundation (NAPE), Chairman of Board of Trustees; as a volunteer traveled to Ghana to implement the foundation’s scholarship program

Oregon State Bar, Member of Alternative Dispute Resolution, Corporate Counsel, Debtor-Creditor and Litigation Sections

Multnomah Bar Association, Member

 

Thought Leadership

  • August 18, 2022News

    The Best Lawyers in America© 2023 Recognizes 90 Lane Powell Attorneys

    Awards & Honors
  • August 19, 2021News
    The Best Lawyers in America© 2022 Recognizes 90 Lane Powell Attorneys
    Awards & Honors
  • August 20, 2020News
    The Best Lawyers in America© 2021 Recognizes 92 Lane Powell Attorneys
    Awards & Honors
  • August 15, 2019News
    The Best Lawyers in America© 2020 Recognizes 63 Lane Powell Attorneys
    Awards & Honors
  • August 15, 2018News
    The Best Lawyers in America© 2019 Recognizes 62 Lane Powell Attorneys
    Awards & Honors
  • March 3, 2016News
    NAPE Foundation to Graduate First Class of Students in 2016
    Firm Announcement
  • April 7, 2015News
    NAPE Foundation Names 19 Additional Lane Powell/Lee Nusich Scholarship Recipients
  • Awards_2023 Best Lawyers America

Lee's Bios

  • Primary
  • Financial Institutions Litigation
  • Nonprofits
  • Pro Bono

Practices & Industries

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Creditors' Rights & Bankruptcy

Education

  • University of Oregon School of Law, J.D., 1977
  • University of North Dakota , B.S., Geological Engineering, 1972

Admissions

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

Honors

AV Preeminent® in Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Ratings™

The Best Lawyers in America©, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization (2019-2023)

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