Ken Katzaroff represents clients in a broad variety of real ‎estate development projects, including regulatory approval, ‎subsequent appellate proceedings, land use entitlement, ‎state water rights, and surface mining permitting.‎

Prior to joining Schwabe, Ken worked as in-house General ‎Counsel for a family of privately held development companies ‎with projects throughout the Pacific Northwest. He is ‎experienced in managing complex real estate development ‎projects with a multitude of legal and practical issues at play. His ‎success comes from his care and personal attention to his ‎clients.‎

Experience

• Managed all aspects of the development, regulatory ‎approval, and subsequent appellate proceedings for a ‎‎170+ acre luxury housing development in Bend, OR, ‎including land use entitlement, state water rights, and ‎surface mining permitting. ‎
• Legal representation to real estate investors, including ‎handling complex operating agreements, security ‎agreements, and private placement memoranda.‎
• Represented tenant-in-common (“TIC”) owners with ‎negotiation of complex purchase and sale agreements ‎for large commercial and multi-family properties. ‎
• Represented tenant-in-common (“TIC”) owners with ‎negotiation of complex property management ‎agreements for large commercial and multi-family ‎properties.‎

Memberships

• Central Oregon Impact Summit, Advisory Board Member ‎‎(2015-present)‎
• Phi Kappa Psi (2003-present) ‎

Awards

• Best Lawyers in America Award: Ones to Watch, Natural Resources Law (2021)‎
• Ninth Circuit Review, Lewis and Clark
• Dean’s Scholarship for Excellence, Lewis and Clark (2011-‎‎2014)‎
• Cascade Business News, Accomplished Under 40 (2015)‎

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Publications

Community Activities

• Bend Chamber of Commerce, Advocacy Council, Chair (2019-‎present); Vice Chair (2015-2019) ‎
• Bend Chamber of Commerce Legislative Committee, Chair ‎‎(2019-present) ‎
• Bend Chamber of Commerce, Member (2016-2019)‎
• Political Action Committee (PAC) Board, Member (2018-‎present) ‎
• Leadership Bend Advisory Board (2015-present) ‎
• Leadership Bend Class of 2015 ‎
• Lewis and Clark Environmental Law Review, Associate ‎Editor (2012-2014)‎

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