JoDee Keegan is a partner in our firm’s business section and the leader of the Corporate Counsel and Business teams. She has extensive experience representing clients in a broad area of transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, securities, commercial transactions, corporate governance, and corporate finance. JoDee represents clients in a variety of industries including wood products, manufacturing, real property development, ag/natural resources, automobile, and technology industries.
JoDee is a former member of the Board of Directors of Meritas, an integrated, non-profit alliance of more than 170 independent commercial law firms located in over 60 countries. In Feb. 2011, JoDee was recognized in the Portland Business Journal as one of the most influential young business executives in the Portland Metro area in their Forty under 40 list. Within the firm, she is a member of the firm’s Executive Committee and a member of the Opinion Letter Committee. She is also a member of the firm’s Closely Held Business team.
Bar Admissions
- Oregon, 1997
- Washington, 2003
Education
- Willamette University School of Law, J.D., 1997
- Boise State University, B.A., English, 1994
Professional Associations
- Meritas, Board of Directors, 2007-2010
- Oregon State Bar, Tax, Business, and Securities Sections, Member
- Multnomah Bar Association, Member
- American Bar Association, Member
- Dress for Success Oregon, Board of Directors
Classes/Seminars Taught
- Credit Enhancements – Consignments, Vender Managed Inventory arrangements and PMSI (Purchase Money Security Interest), 2010
- Article 9 Security Interests, Consignments & PMSI (Purchase Money Security Interest), 2010
- Credit Enhancements – Article 9 Security Interests, 2010
- Secured Transactions: Article 9 and Consignments, 2009
- Secured Transactions, 2008
- Business Succession Planning
- Overview of Sarbanes-Oxley, 2004
- Revised Article 9 of the UCC, 2002
- Drafting and Negotiating Purchase Agreements, 2002
- Choosing a Business Entity, 2001
