Attorneys advised many property owners to file huge Measure 37 subdivision claims
In an article in this week's Oregonian, "Stop 49" campaign manager and 'Oregonians in Action' president, Dave Hunnicutt tells us: "attorneys advised many property owners to file huge (Measure 37) subdivision claims only as "placeholders" to preserve future development rights."...
Top 5 Measure 37 Lawyers Handling $300 Million in Claims
From The Willamette Week:
Look which lawyers have made the biggest bank on Measure 37
"...some of the biggest winners since Oregon voters passed
the controversial land-use initiative have been lawyers hired to file
hundreds of Measure 37 claims on those landowners’ behalf."
With Measure 49 on the November ballot to roll back Measure 37, WW combed through records of 7,614 Measure 37 cases statewide to see which lawyers were filing the most claims.
One of the busiest Measure 37 law firms may come as a surprise—Schwabe, Williamson&Wyatt, which has the fourth-most claims among Oregon law firms. The firm filed 42 in all—an average of more than one a month since Measure 37 took effect.
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