About Joseph Q. Kaufman

Joe Kaufman is an established corporate counsel, business attorney, and strategist with more than 27 years of legal experience, currently servicing clients in Oregon and California.
Mr. Kaufman served as corporate counsel for American Vanguard Corporation (NYSE: AVD) and UMAX Technologies (UMAX) from 1994 to 2001. Upon returning to Oregon he worked with a boutique business law practice in Portland, Oregon, and subsequently began a solo practice in 2002 working on emerging business issues involving his business clients in the areas of intellectual property, real estate, manufacturing, distribution, and e-commerce.
Joe has experience with foreign corporations as well as sales organizations based out of Silicon Valley and has continued to work with those businesses on their legal needs and best practices. As a business attorney and strategist, his current work focuses on business buy/sell agreements, real estate, commercial transactions and regulatory compliance.
He has now established three locations in Clackamas County, Oregon to continue his work with small and large client’s legal needs. Personal legal matters such as Estate Planning, Immigration, Bankruptcy and Credit Repair are also important to his practice in Oregon as Joseph Kaufman’s breadth and length of experience allows him to address both business and personal legal issues cost effectively.
His current work focuses on complex commercial transactions, business litigation, and regulatory law, serving as outsourced counsel for a variety of Hong Kong and Taiwanese based firms such as ACCELL Corporation, BizLink Technology, and Fujitsu America to name a few.
Working with Mr. Kaufman, you’ll find that he is approachable just as much as he is pragmatic. His unique business-forward approach helps you gain clarity about your objectives and how to reach them.
His law practice is based in Gladstone, Oregon where he enjoys fine food, wine, the outdoors, and everything the great Pacific Northwest has to offer.
Areas of Practice
- Business Law
- Intellectual Property Law
- Estate Planning Law
- Bankruptcy Law
- Immigration Law
Academics
- L.L.M., Agricultural Law 1991 – University of Arkansas
- J.D., 1987 – Northwestern School of Law at Lewis & Clark College
- B.A. Business Administration/Sociology, with honors 1983 – Oregon State University
Publications
Oregon Farmer’s Handbook, A Cooperative Publication of the Oregon Department of Agriculture and the Law Firm of Churchill, Leonard, Brown, Lincoln, Lodine & Hendrie (1994) compilation, editing, layout, and production by Brent Searl, Oregon Department of Agriculture, and Joseph Q. Kaufman, Churchill, Leonard, et.al.
An Analysis of Developing Instream Water Rights in Oregon, 28 Willamette Law Review 285 (1992)
Professional Affiliations and Community Activities
- Board Member – Estacada, Oregon Chamber of Commerce (2015 – Present)
- President – Gladstone Rotary Club (2014-15)
- Chairman of the Board – National Alliance for Mental Illness, Clackamas County (2012-14)
- ARAG – Legal Insurance Panel Member
- Workplace Benefits – Legal Insurance Panel Member
- Member – North Clackamas Chamber of Commerce (2010 – Present)
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