Background
Jay Besen, Aaron was born on December 19, 1958 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, United States.
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Aaron Jay Besen
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Colgate University (Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude with honors in English, 1980). Columbia University (Master of Arts, 1981). Duke University (Juris Doctor, 1985).
Career
Worked at Sussman Shank Wapnick Caplan & Stiles, Limited Liability Partnership (Portland, Oregon) specializing in General Civil and Trial Practice in all Courts. Bankruptcy, Creditors" Rights and Corporate Reorganization, Corporate Law, General Business, Banking and Finance, Commercial and Business Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution, Real Estate, Construction, Professional Liability Defense, Taxation, Probate, Pensions, Estate Planning, Planned Giving, Employee Benefits. Admitted to the bar, 1985, Oregon.
1986, Washington.
1989, United States. Tax Court.
Phi Beta Kappa. Fellow, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Columbia University.
Recipient, Bidlake Award for Legal Writing. Senior Editor, Law and Contemporary Problems, 1984-1985.
Member, Estate Planning Council of Portland, 1992.
Member, Northwest Planned Giving Roundtable, 1992. Company-Author: "The Public Test: Would a Ban on the Possession of Firearms Require Just Compensation?" 49 L & C.P. 223. Member: Multnomah County, Washington State and American Bar Associations.
Oregon State Bar.
Sussman Shank Wapnick Caplan & Stiles was founded in the early sixties by Gilbert Sussman, Jerome B. Shank and Norman Wapnick.
The Firm members have enjoyed a collegial relationship over thirty years of steady growth to a firm of twenty lawyers and a staff of thirty. With an initial focus on creditors" rights, bankruptcy, banking and finance, the firm has expanded to include a broad general business, tax, estate planning, charitable and non-profit corporations, real estate and extensive litigation practice.
Sussman Shank"s attorneys come from diverse cultural and professional backgrounds and hold leadership positions in business and professional associations.
Achievements
Membership
Member, Estate Planning Council of Portland, 1992. Member, Northwest Planned Giving Roundtable, 1992. Fellow, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Columbia University.
Recipient, Bidlake Award for Legal Writing.
Senior Editor, Law and Contemporary Problems, 1984-1985. Member, Estate Planning Council of Portland, 1992.
Member, Northwest Planned Giving Roundtable, 1992.
