About Q-Law

This is not a resume’ or curriculum vitae.  My professional bio can be found here. What follows is a short personal bio.
Despite the rumor that I was present for the signing of the original Magna Carta, it is true I’ve practiced law for a long time; longer than I would have dreamed.  And even now, after so many years, I still cannot imagine doing anything else.  Retirement? No. Nada. Nein. Sharks have to keep swimming to stay alive.  Besides, how can one retire when he has the pleasure of living in Oregon?
Most of my legal practice has involved real estate; either transactional – where I help put deals together – or litigation, where I have become involved when clients try to take them apart. As a result, thanks to the vagaries of  our economy, regulatory flip-flops, and human foibles, I rarely suffer for a lack of interesting work.
I have two home offices in Portland and in Bend, Oregon. Since February 2010 I’ve had a solo real estate practice, Querin Law, LLC. Before that, I spent 25 great years at Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, a large international law firm with excellent attorneys and staff.
So, today, even though I’ve downsized a thousand-fold, thanks to technology and the Internet, I’ve become a sustainable, virtual, free-range, gluten-free, paperless, low-decibel attorney without borders, conducting business across the state.  This means that at any particular time, I may be found practicing law in Portland or the high desert community of Bend.  Either way, it’s a pretty good gig.
Today, my personal life trumps the demands of my professional life.  There are many reasons for this, but the pictures below tell the best story: I am blessed with two wonderful daughters and sons-in-law, eight grandkids (six girls, two grandsons), my lovely wife, and Lilly-Pup.

By wisdom a house is built,

and through understanding it is established; 

through knowledge its rooms are filled 

with rare and beautiful treasures.

~Proverbs 24, 3-4

Personal Bio

Experience