Joshua D. Stadtler
Partner
Joshua Stadtler is an experienced and versatile business, corporate, and real estate litigator known for creatively resolving complex disputes. He represents companies and individuals in litigation involving business, commercial, corporate governance, and real estate issues.
He has particular expertise in corporate governance disputes, including conflicts between closely held LLC members and managers. He regularly helps business owners resolve high-stakes disputes that threaten the stability of their companies.
Josh draws on the breadth of his life and professional experience to connect with his clients and understand their concerns within the context of the dispute at hand and the framework of their business and industry realities. His clients benefit from his collaborative approach to identify and evaluate goals, recognize and assess risk, and develop and implement strategies to realize the desired result efficiently and cost-consciously.
Josh has represented and counseled individuals and businesses of all sizes in state and federal trial and appellate courts and administrative proceedings nationwide, at mediations and arbitrations, and in agency investigations. He has was selected by Super Lawyers as an Oregon Rising Star in business litigation from 2017 to 2020.
Within Dunn Carney, Josh serves as Hiring Partner, and on the Pro Bono Committee. He own pro bono work includes representing victims of domestic violence in restraining order hearings, a US citizen in obtaining legal status for her undocumented Mexican national husband, and a Portland non-profit organization in earning financing, performing due diligence, and closing on the purchase of a $3.5 million one-acre campus. For those efforts, he was honored by the Multnomah Bar Association in 2015 and featured in Super Lawyers in 2018.
Josh’s community involvement in Portland extends beyond his work as a business litigation attorney, most notably to his service on the Board of Directors for Path Home from 2014-2022.
Prior to joining Dunn Carney, Josh practiced in the San Francisco Bay Area office of Katten LLP, a global AmLaw 100 firm, and served as a judicial clerk for the San Francisco Superior Court.
Prior to becoming a lawyer, Josh served in the United States Peace Corps in South Africa, and spent several years traveling on his own across Latin America, Europe, and Asia. Today, he remains fluent in Spanish.
When Josh is not at our Portland office, he is likely hanging out with his young daughters Stella and Lucy and his wife Lily, cheering for the Timbers at Providence Park or at home for the Wisconsin Badgers, or swimming laps in the pool.
Admissions
Oregon
Washington
California
District of Columbia
Court Admissions
U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
U.S. District Court, District of Oregon
U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington
U.S. District Court, Northern District of California
U.S. District Court, Central District of California
U.S. District Court, Southern District of California
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California
Education
University of California, Hastings College of the Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 2010
University of California, Los Angeles, B.A., English, cum laude, 2002
Languages
Spanish
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