Prior Experience
Before beginning her legal career, Ms. Rathbone worked for 10 years in real estate development, management and financing for F.C.R. Enterprises, Inc., Ontario, Oregon; prepared financing packages for commercial real estate developments; managed a 140-unit townhouse complex; managed sports center
Publications and Presentations
Author, "Possible New Direction of the NAR Exemption - Bifurcation," CCIM Newsletter, August 2008
Author, "SEC keeps quiet about proposed TIC exemption," The Daily Journal of Commerce, February 28, 2008
Author, "SEC Continues to Mull Tenant-in-Common Exemption," Portland Business Journal, February 8, 2008
Author, "Obtaining development financing by way of securities," Portland Business Journal, August 31, 2007
Co-author, "Oregon Legislature Amends Oregon Condominium and Planned Community Acts," The Daily Journal of Commerce, June 2007
Co-author, "Legislature looks to tweak condo conversion rules," The Daily Journal of Commerce, May 25, 2007
Co-author, "Oregon House looks to help fill empty HOA boards," The Daily Journal of Commerce, May 24, 2007
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Author, "Legal structure sets tone for real estate projects," Puget Sound Business Journal, February 2007
Author, "Twelve obstacles to closing your transaction," The Daily Journal of Commerce,
May 25, 2006
Memberships and Activities
American Bar Association, Member
Oregon State Bar, Member
Homestead Capital, Board Member, Secretary
The Dougy Center, Board Member
Member, Counselors of Real Estate, an esteemed international association of professional real estate advisors
Education
J.D., Willamette University School of Law, 1988
B.A. in Business, cum laude, University of Idaho, 1978