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Practice areas

Estate planning
and administration

Business and
corporate law

Tax law

Leah Mallon

Leah Mallon's enjoys a reputation as a skilled attorney, but judging from her body of work at Kell, Alterman & Runstein, she would have made an excellent counselor as well. Like many in the estate planning field, Leah has to help clients determine their goals and allay their anxieties while still guiding them with sound and skilled advice. "It's vital to be nonjudgmental and make a personal connection," she says. "You're working with a family from the beginning of the process to the end and talking about some very difficult issues, so you need to establish an open and honest relationship."

Leah is well suited to making such connections, with a personable approach that puts clients at ease and an unwavering commitment to meeting her clients' long-term goals. "I can't be their only support," explains Leah, "but I can certainly help alleviate some of their fears and concerns while we walk through the process."

In addition to assisting clients with their estate planning and administration needs-drafting documents on their behalf and walking them through the court system when appropriate-Leah is also active in the business law, real estate law, and tax law realms assisting clients in negotiating with the IRS as well as preparing corporate formation documents and advising businesses. In so doing, she's able to leverage her personal experience against Kell, Alterman & Runstein's longtime track record in each field (the firm's attorneys have a combined six decades of experience in their respective practice areas).

The combination of new and old perspectives leads to a number of creative solutions for clients, a prospect that Leah treasures. "I really enjoy the problem-solving aspect of the field," she says. "We're always opening new files and meeting different people, so things are in a constant state of renewal."

Though Leah joined Kell, Alterman & Runstein in 2004, she was already a familiar face in the hallways of the firm thanks to an earlier clerkship. The Lewis & Clark Law School graduate is also active in such groups as the Campaign for Equal Justice.

Professional and civic activities

Oregon State Bar
Multnomah Bar Association
American Bar Association
Oregon State Bar: Certified Public Accounts Joint Committee
Campaign for Equal Justice
Oregon Women Lawyers Society (OWLS)

Admitted to practice

Oregon

Education

B.S., Oregon State University, 2001
J.D., Lewis & Clark, 2004

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