The Law Office of
James Bruce LLC

A focus on our community.

About James Bruce

James focuses his practice on advising small businesses and estate planning. He was born and raised in Portland, Oregon and makes his home in Lake Oswego. He is a 2006 graduate of the University Of Oregon School Of Law, where he also received his undergraduate degree in 2001.

Areas of Practice

General Business

Business Formation and Entity Selection

Properly forming and maintaining corporations and LLCs, including “S” Corporations, to reduce the risk of individual liability and minimize taxes.

Business Transactions: Assisting clients in contract negotiation, preparation, and evaluation, with an emphasis on employment contracts and real estate. Ensuring compliance with local, state and federal employment laws, including non-competition, wage and hour, and other workplace issues.

Business and partnership dissolution: Representing clients in the winding up and dissolution of a partnership, corporation, LLC or other business.

Estate Planning

Reviewing an existing estate plan free of charge to ensure that client goals are met and taxes and costs of estate administration are minimized.

Educating clients on all aspects of the estate planning options available, including trusts, wills, powers of attorney, advance directives for health care, and more.

Preparing comprehensive estate plans tailored to reflect individual situations, goals and values.

Integrating estate planning and business succession planning to assist families with closely held companies to ensure smooth transition between generations of owners.

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