Robert K. Winger

Bob Winger acted as legal counsel to mid- and small-sized closely held businesses, providing a full range of commercial services with an emphasis on corporate, LLC and tax-planning services, including income, gift, estate and property tax and succession planning, until his retirement after 40+ years at Dunn Carney. His clients spanned industries ranging from professional services, healthcare and real estate development to printing and agribusiness.

In addition to his work as general counsel, Bob focused on tax, and employee benefits. He lead the firm’s Tax and Employee Benefits Team and was a member of the Business Team. He had significant experience with the design, implementation, and administration of retirement and health\welfare benefit plans and non-qualified deferred compensation plans, from prototype to individually designed plans and from basic 401(k) plans to complex ESOPs. He also developed a wide variety of stock incentive and deferred compensation plans and helped numerous clients correct operational errors in plans through various governmental correction programs.

Bob assisted clients with the choice, design and funding of entities, reorganizations, mergers, acquisitions, redemptions and liquidations and with the development of exit strategies for business owners and leveraged buy-outs.

Bob developed creative solutions for clients’ unique needs, first taking time to understand a client’s goals, then drawing from his experiences and expertise. He would not recommend a course with significant risk or uncertainty without fully apprising the client of those risks and the potential downstream costs and impacts that may be involved.

Bob was a frequent presenter and author on matters encountered in his practice, including choice of entity, drafting issues, tax legislation, Affordable Care Act, COBRA, retirement plans, executive compensation and succession planning. He had authored articles and/or presented on these topics for the Portland Business Journal, Oregon State Bar, Oregon Professional Liability Fund, Willamette University College of Law, regional CPA firms, brokerage firms and clients. He also developed software to assist in the automation of legal services.

Bob is married to his high school sweetheart and has two adult children. He is a woodworker, fisherman, and wildlife enthusiast.