Ramsey joined NWCL in 2023 and brings 17 years of experience working with clients as a trusted partner, advisor and advocate.
Ramsey has been a lawyer since 2006 and joined the Oregon bar in 2020. Ramsey loves working with creative professionals and advises his clients on an array of legal matters to help them pursue their ambitions and achieve their goals.
Ramsey brings a rigorous educational background and diverse work experience / legal skillset when working with clients. He began his legal career after college working as a paralegal-investigator for the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. After law school, Ramsey clerked for the Hon. William Hoeveler of U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, then practiced corporate law at Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP in New York City.
While practicing law in New York, Ramsey developed a core appreciation for working with athletes, agents, and sports inspired businesses. He enjoys the dynamic legal landscape of sports and advises athletes and agents in contract negotiations, business projects, and endorsement deals, including representing several family members featured in The Long Game: Bigger Than Basketball, released on Apple TV+ in 2022.
Ramsey continues to leverage his professional experience and love of sports and athletics to support his clients, as well as the next generation of young professionals. As an Adjunct Instructor working remotely at New York University’s Tisch Institute for Global Sport, Ramsey teaches Sports Law to undergraduate students. He has also taught NYU courses in sports business development, antitrust law, and contracts and negotiations. When it comes to athletes and sports enthusiasts at all levels launching businesses in the Pacific Northwest, Ramsey is a trusted partner, advisor and advocate.
After two decades of annual trips to visit family in Portland, Ramsey finally moved here in 2020. His extensive legal background uniquely positions him to support PNW business owners, sports related and otherwise, on legal matters related to business formation, corporate governance, business contracts, intellectual property rights, sales and acquisitions, and real estate transactions.
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Ramsey loves the great outdoors, and Portland’s proximity to the mountains and Pacific coast provides endless possibilities for fun. When not working, you can find him hiking at Mt. Rainier, playing pickup hoops in the park, having fun at the beach, or snowshoeing up at Mt. Hood with his wife, kids, and hyperactive dog, Kaya. And if you listen carefully on a warm summer evening, you might even catch him serenading his NE Portland neighbors with ‘90s rock anthems on his electric guitar. His amp goes to 11.
Eli joined the firm in 2018. He and Andrew co-manage the firm's office in Portland, Oregon.
Eli has been an attorney since 2013. He found his passion for business and entrepreneurship in college while earning a Bachelor of Science degree in International Business. He began working for businesses in a legal role when he interned at Nike Europe in the Netherlands and clerked at the Lewis & Clark Small Business Legal Clinic in Portland, Oregon. From these experiences, Eli found supporting both large and small businesses to be extremely rewarding. This led him to focus his legal career on helping businesses succeed and centering his practice on business transactions.
Prior to joining the firm, Eli served as in-house counsel for a mid-sized patient financial engagement company, positioning him to view legal needs from a client’s perspective. He brings to the firm his experience negotiating and drafting contracts, counseling businesses on regulatory compliance, and advising on corporate governance.
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On drier Portland days Eli can be found on his bicycle, training for a one-day finish at the Seattle to Portland Bike Ride. On rainier Portland days he can be found indoors watching soccer (MLS and EPL), fencing (epée, of course), and playing board and card games. And on virtually any type of day, he can be found wine-tasting with his wife, an oenophile who has sparked a love for wine in Eli as well.
Andrew started the firm in 2013. Along with Eli, he co-manages the firm's office in Portland, Oregon.
Andrew has been an attorney since 2005, and has worked in the legal industry since 2000. Prior to starting this firm, he worked for two years for a trial judge in Chicago, Illinois, and later worked in private practice for another five years for a national law firm that focused on securities litigation and regulation. As part of that practice, he counseled broker and broker-dealer clients on SEC, FINRA and other securities laws, and also served as outside in-house counsel to a number of smaller broker-dealer firms based on the West Coast.
Andrew developed his own niche practice in offering transactional legal services to entrepreneurs and business owners, helping clients start up and expand their businesses, establish trademarks, draft contracts, and generally assisting those clients in many of the other legal issues that small businesses encounter on a daily basis. Knowing that numerous other businesses needed assistance with these types of legal services, he decided to focus his practice on this niche area and open up this firm in 2013.
Unlike many other business lawyers, Andrew has an in depth understanding of not only corporate law, but also complex securities laws. He also has started up and run an entirely separate company, and personally participated in the entire life cycle of that company — he formed, managed, and eventually sold part of it off.
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Andrew tries to spend as much time as possible being active outdoors and exploring his backyard in the Columbia River Gorge with his lovely wife, Ash, and son, Finley and daughter, Juniper.
Through the firm, he also sponsors the NW Corporate Law Scholarship to help law students offset some of the costs associated with law school.
Josh handles Marketing and Client Relations
Josh is a sports enthusiast who spends his winters snowboarding and plays year-round basketball for a league in Portland. He also takes pride in being the designated family “chef” and loves grilling up unique flavor combinations for his wife and two little boys. Rain or shine, you can find Josh outside on either his BBQ or smoker cooking dishes that range from brisket to grilled cheese sandwiches.
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The NWCL team has been an amazing resource for KDI. Their knowledge and expertise have been invaluable to us. Knowing we can trust NWCL with our Legal needs has allowed us to grow our business and focus on our core competencies. KDI would not be where it is today without the quality partnership that we have with NWCL.
Doug H.
Andrew Harris was very knowledgeable, helpful, and friendly in assisting me with a company decision that had unique intellectual property considerations involved. I'm glad I found him and his group. He took the time to understand all the details, and his advice really clarified the right direction to take. Highly recommend.
Todd S.
Eli is very good at what he does and saved me from a very shady business deal. I highly recommend using NW Corporate Law for any business related legal issues. I will gladly work with Eli again in the future if I need any legal advice and I applaud the effort he puts in to helping his clients!
Sung M.
A very pleasant experience. I have started more than one business on my own, but never again. Northwest Corporate Law was efficient and attentive. I will be using this firm for other business legal needs, without a doubt. They took time to learn about my business, and answered questions quickly. A real pleasure.
Mark S.
I worked with NW Corporate Law to form an LLC and am very pleased with my experience. I am not an experienced business owner and learned that there were several things I had overlooked, which Eli kindly and professionally helped me figure out. All of the work was very timely and Eli was available for related questions via email. I highly recommend this firm for new small business owners.
Darcie J.
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