Greg Freeze

Greg Freeze is an attorney in Port Townsend, Washington (www.RhodyLaw.com), who leverages his public company officer experience with being a lawyer on the Olympic Peninsula. With the great number of retirees in Port Townsend, his law practice includes a focus on wills, trusts, and estate plannning. But, as a general practitioner in Jefferson County, Washington, his motto is, "small town law -- all issues welcome."

Whittier Law School

J.D. | Intellectual Property

2004 - 2007

California State University - Fullerton

MBA | International Business

1998 - 2000

California State University - Fullerton

B.A. (1984) | Business Administration

1984

Concentration in Marketing, Finance and Management Information Systems.

Attorney

Greg Freeze, Attorney at Law

2008 - Current

Oregon Coast Attorney specializing in the practice of law in Florence, Oregon. As an attorney in Florence, Oregon, a wide variety client issues can be found including: wills and trusts, estate planning, real estate law, divorce, family law, business law, employment law, elder law, taxation, product liability, personal injury, DUII, Social Security and disability law, and criminal law. I operate with the motto: "small town law, all issues welcome."

Consultant

Greg Freeze, Consultant

2006 - Current

As a consultant, I help companies bring their software product visions to market, leveraging several decades of software development experience into concrete go-to-market strategies.

Vice President of Operations

Blue Lava Group

2005 - 2006

Assisted CEO in finding $2M in venture capital funding while running the operational aspects of this extreme-niche, internet retailer.

Chief Operating Officer

CAM Commerce Solutions

1998 - 2004

Managed day-to-day operations of this NASDAQ company by providing software and hardware point-of-sale systems to over 15,000 small retailers.

Project Manager

Epicor Software Corp.

1995 - 1998

Led enterprise resource planning (ERP) software development projects.

Vice President

Legal Management Systems, Inc.

1988 - 1995

Automated mid-sized law firms with back-office software technology after authoring LegalWare, a package that handled timekeeping and billing, accounts payable, accounts receivable, general ledger, conflict of interest, file room management, and trust accounting.

Various

Ultimate Southern California, Inc.

1984 - 1987

Responsibilities at this $200M NYSE company expanded based on the progression through the following positions with the company: Programmer/Analyst, Senior Programmer Analyst, Classroom Training Manager, Telemarketing Manager, Account Executive, and Marketing Manager.

Certificate in Intellectual Property

CPIM (Certified in Production and Inventory Management)

American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS)

MCSE, MCDBA

Microsoft

Oregon Coast Military Heritage Museum

Board Member

2010 - 2015

Fountain Valley Chamber of Commerce

Chairman of the Board, President

2004 - 2005

Fountain Valley Chamber of Commerce

President

2004 - 2005

Activities: Provided leadership for the office staff and board of directors; ran monthly luncheons; presided over board meetings; led evening events; set direction for the chamber; participated in community events.

California

Since 2008

Oregon

Since 2008

Washington

Since 2016

• General Civil
• Wills & Trusts

Q. does revocable trust need to be witness in California

March 11, 2019

A: A trust does not need to be witnessed to be official. The witness requirement applies to wills and healthcare powers.

A quitclaim deed is fine. There is nothing easier. More problematic is the Preliminary Change in Ownership Report (PCOR). This document is required to file the deed in the county where the property resides. The PCOR, when filled out correctly, alerts the property tax folks that there is not a taxable event.

Disclaimer: The response given is not intended to create, nor does it create an ongoing duty to respond to questions. The response does not form an attorney-client relationship, nor is it intended to be anything other than the educated opinion of the author. It should not be relied upon as legal advice. The response given is based upon the limited facts provided by the person asking the question. To the extent additional or different facts exist, the response might possibly change. ... Read More

Q. Dad passed living out of state. Assets in OH, I'm the only child & live out of state, what do I do? Will not found.

March 11, 2019

A: The probate is best started in the county in Ohio where your father resided. The Ohio courts will have "jurisdiction" over the house.

If the original will cannot be found, courts presume that the will was destroyed intentionally by the testator. You can proceed with an probate using intestate succession. If your father was not married at the time of his passing, most states have rules that state that the next to receive are the children.

But, get an Ohio attorney to get everything moving for you. Your question got posted in Washington. The dual licensed attorney for Washington and Ohio is quite rare. So mostly, you are going to get an answer that says, "contact an Ohio attorney."

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Q. I am living in our RV which is registered in wife's name. do I have legal right to keep as my residence?

March 11, 2019

A: Oregon is an equitable division state, which means that a judge can order whatever is fair under the circumstances of the marital relationship. Generally speaking, it's best to think of everything starting at a 50/50 point of view, before the marital assets are split.

People often only get a judge involved after the asset division is solve together, either through mediation, mutual agreement, or attorney negotiations. When the issues of a dissolution are solved in advance, the court generally accepts the paperwork, in the form of a Stipulated Judgment of Dissolution of Marriage.

But as a simple example of an equitable division, if the RV is worth $10,000, then your wife is going to get $10,000 in the form of some other asset attributable to the marriage. That's the general starting point of fair.

Of course, you'll find attorneys that want to fight. But do realize that judges are reasonable people. It's hard to pull over a non-50/50 argument with a judge, unless you really have some facts that support a disproportionate division.

Disclaimer: The response given is not intended to create, nor does it create an ongoing duty to respond to questions. The response does not form an attorney-client relationship, nor is it intended to be anything other than the educated opinion of the author. It should not be relied upon as legal advice. The response given is based upon the limited facts provided by the person asking the question. To the extent additional or different facts exist, the response might possibly change. ... Read More