David Zehntbauer is a partner at Dunn Carney Allen Higgins & Tongue LLP, where his practice focuses on real estate and corporate law. He leads the firm’s Real Estate and Land Use team and is also an active member of the Business, Hospitality, Intellectual Property, and Condominium and Planned Community teams. He has extensive experience in commercial property acquisitions and dispositions as well as commercial and residential leasing, lease enforcement and secured financing, both on behalf of lenders and borrowers. David also advises clients regarding loan workouts and mitigation of risk involving troubled assets.
In addition to his real estate expertise, David routinely advises clients regarding entity selection, formation and financing, which includes the representation of closely held businesses raising equity financing, mergers and acquisitions and asset and stock sale transactions.
David is also active in the community, where he serves as a Director of the Community Warehouse, the Vice Chair of the Oregon Business Association Good Government Committee, a member of the NAIOP Public Affairs Committee and participates in several other real estate and business organizations in Portland. In 2012, David’s partners elected him to serve a three-year term on the firm’s Executive Committee.
Bar Admissions
- Oregon, 1996
- U.S. District Court District of Oregon, 2000
- Washington, 2008
Education
- Willamette University College of Law, J.D., cum laude, 1996
- Willamette University, Atkinson Graduate School of Management, M.B.A., Beta Gamma Sigma, 1996
- University of California at Santa Barbara, B.A., 1991
Classes/Seminars Taught
- Advising Businesses on Day-to-Day Affairs, April 1999
- The Law of Easements, June 2004-2008
- Commercial Landlord-Tenant Law Update, March 2005
- Easements and CCRs, February 2007
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Alameda School Foundation
- American Bar Association
- Commercial Association of Realtors, Member
- Community Warehouse, Inc., Director
- Multnomah Athletic Club, Member
- Multnomah Bar Association
- National Association of Industrial and Office Properties, Member
- Oregon Business Association, Good Government Committee
- Oregon Lodging Association, Member
- Oregon Restaurant Association, Member
- Oregon State Bar, Member
- Portland Business Alliance
- Zehntbauer Foundation, Trustee and Chairman
