Robert Emond is an Oregon licensed attorney dedicated to helping families plan their financial future. As a husband and father he understands the peace of mind that comes from knowing that your family is taken care of with a proper estate plan. Estate planning is about providing a smooth transition of your assets to your family and ensuring that your children are properly provided for. In an already trying time you want only the transition of your assets to your surviving family. That is the purpose of estate planning.

Key Concepts in Estate Planning:

• Minimizing tax liability by gift giving
• Easing the transfer of property after death to the desired heirs
• Charitable gifts during life and after death
• Minimizing survivors' tax liability on inherited assets
• See Estate Planning FAQ for more information

Robert also provides legal services revolving around technology and related issues. He was a software engineer and manager for over 16 years before switching careers. As a former computer professional he understands the difficult issues that confront businesses and employees in the technology industries.

Key Concepts in Computer Law:

• Copyright / Trademark - registering, violations, fair use
• Employee Contracts
  • Non-compete Clauses
  • Ownership of Inventions
  • Etc.
• Business Issues
  • Software Contracts with Vendors
  • Software Contracts with Customers
  • Employee Contracts
• See Computer Law FAQ for more information

Areas of Practice

• Business & Commercial Law
• Business Organizations
• Contracts
• Estate Planning
• Intellectual Property Law
• Litigation & Appeals
• Trademarks
• Trusts
• Wills
• Copyright
• Software Law
• Computer Law

Education

• Thomas Jefferson School of Law, San Diego, California
  Juris Doctor
  Honors: Honor Roll (Fall 2002, Spring 03, Spring 04)
  Honors: Distinguished Honor Roll (Fall 03)
  Honors: Honors Legal Writing II
  Honors: Trustee Scholarship for Academic Excellence - Law & Technology
  Honors: Fall 2004 Guest Scholar University of Oregon Law School
  Honors: Received 4.0 in Legal Writing I
  Law Review: Thomas Jefferson School of Law Review, Staff Writer, 2003
  Law Review: Thomas Jefferson School of Law Review, Literary Editor, 2004
  
  

Published Works

• Does The Equal Protection Analysis In Lawrence Make Bans On Same-Sex Marriage Unconstitutional?, Vol. 26 issue 2

Past Employment Positions

• Spider Technologies, Principal Software Engineer
• COMPS.COM, Project Leader
• UC San Diego, Project Leader
• Advanced Design Group, Programmer/Analyst
• Bombardier Capital, IT Report & Support Manager