Douglas M. DuPriest

Law Practice

Doug has earned a strong reputation in the practice of land use law and he brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to bear on behalf of his client’s legal issues. His practice emphasizes matters related to real property, including land use and other governmental regulations and permits affecting the use of land. For example; property transactions, leases, easements, boundary disputes, homeowners association matters, contaminated property, land divisions, zoning, and foreclosures. He has a proven record representing clients at the local level, on appeal to the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) and in the appellate courts. He also advises clients in the areas of business agreements and disputes, contracts, estate planning and probate.

Representative Work

• Ongoing representation of homeowner and condominium associations on a wide range of legal issues, including turnover of projects from the developer to the association and enforcement issues. Represented developers selling and buying partially developed planned communities.
• Secure land use approvals for residential subdivisions, commercial development and utilities (electrical substations).
• Assist clients with projects involving multi-jurisdictional issues, such as cities, counties, special districts (e.g., ports, road or fire districts), ODOT, DEQ, DSL, EPA and Army Corps of Engineers.
• Handle rural resource development issues including aggregate and mining, farm and forest protection, wetlands, and river and coastal resources.
• Negotiate complex land purchases from willing sellers to conservation buyers (e.g., Trust for Public Land, METRO and McKenzie River Trust).
• Represent neighborhood organizations and homeowner associations in opposing unwise development. For example, secured a decision from the Oregon Court of Appeals protecting the Jackson-Frazier Wetlands (now a public park) from development and opposed a Wal-Mart project resulting in construction of a standard store, instead of a super-store.
• Boundary line adjustments, timber trespass and property disputes.
• Transportation issues, especially roads and access.
• Hillside development and unstable or otherwise geologically constrained lands.
• Parks and open space issues.
• Flooding, drainage and erosion issues.
• Rural home occupation issues (e.g., proposed towing, pet crematory, bakery and plumbing operations).
• Represent landowners responding to land use and building code enforcement issues.
• Due diligence review of hazardous waste issues prior to property purchases and represent owners on DEQ-required cleanup of hazardous waste.

Background and Interests

Doug plays baritone sax in a local big band, “Swing Shift”, that plays music by Ellington, Basie, Brookmeyer, and Olsen. Doug also enjoys running and reading mysteries (not at the same time, however).

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