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Representative Bio
Cynthia has focused her more than 30-year career in the area of property tax, real estate and condemnation litigation. She represents corporate clients, governments and individuals in a broad range of litigation using dispute resolution where appropriate.
Cynthia’s tax practice focuses on property tax appeal litigation, specializing in industrial property valuation disputes and centrally-assessed properties before the Oregon Tax Court. She has also litigated property tax appeals in California and Tennessee. She is the Oregon representative for the American Property Tax Counsel, the national affiliation of property tax attorneys, and serves on the Oregon State Bar Tax Section Executive Board.
She began her eminent domain practice at the Department of Justice in the trial division. Since joining the firm in 2005, her eminent domain practice has included assisting local governments in all phases of the eminent domain process to ensure compliance with the Condemnation Procedures Act and appropriate federal regulations. She also represents individuals and companies in condemnation litigation, assuring they receive just compensation for their property. She is co-editor of the 2011 American Bar Association publication on Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law.
Cynthia has been recognized by her peers as one of the Best Lawyers® in alternative dispute resolution, 2008-2019, selected as a Super Lawyer since 2011 in eminent domain and has received an "AV 5" Preeminent Peer Review Rating by Martindale-Hubbell. She is past Chair of the Oregon State Bar Alternative Dispute Resolution Section and is a Multnomah County Circuit Court Arbitration Commissioner.
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Foster Garvey PC was established through the combination of two storied Pacific Northwest-based law firms, Foster Pepper PLLC and Garvey Schubert Barer, PC, in 2019. Foster Garvey is now one of the largest firms in the region with 180 attorneys in six offices in Seattle, Portland, Washington, D.C., New York, Spokane and Beijing, offering an extended national and international reach to serve several of the most influential and innovative companies, governments and individuals in the country across the full-spectrum of legal services. The firm's attorneys are consistently recognized for their deep industry knowledge and superior client service by prominent legal industry publications including Best Lawyers in America©, Chambers USA and U.S. News-Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms.” In addition to providing efficient and effective counsel, Foster Garvey will continue to provide a strong commitment to community service, pro bono work, diversity and inclusion efforts, and a collegial and equitable work environment. |