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Duyck Law, LLC
Portland, OR | Attorney at Law
Daniel Duyck
Dan Duyck is the sole member of Duyck Law, LLC. Since 1997, Mr. Duyck’s practice has represented a broad range of clients with respect to a wide variety of legal problems in Oregon and Washington.
Construction Law – Construction Defect: Represent parties with a wide variety of legal issues associated with defective construction work, including associated insurance issues.
Construction Law – Government Contracts: Represent parties with respect to government awards of construction, procurement, and personal services contracts, including bid protests.
Real Estate Disputes – Represent parties with respect to real estate issues, including adverse possession/prescriptive easements, title issues, buyer/seller disputes, and OREF residential disclosure cases.
Insurance Coverage Law: Represent parties with a wide variety of legal issues associated with insurance coverage, including coverage for defective construction work, coverage for jobsite personal injury, payment obligations pursuant to defense and indemnity provisions, and homeowner first-party payment disputes.
Money Collection – Represent parties with respect to the collection of money, including enforcement of contract rights, judgments, liens, and security interests.
Personal Injury – Represent parties with respect to injury resulting from automobile accidents, slip and falls, workplace accidents, and various injury.
General Business – Represent business owners with respect to garden variety business issues, including formation, annual meetings, contracts, employment issues, personal injury, and acting as “outside/inside” counsel.
Arbitration/Mediation – Service as arbitrator and mediator through court-annexed mandatory arbitration program, privately retained mediation, and UIM arbitration panels.
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PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Oregon State Bar: Construction Law Section (Former Executive Committee; Past Chair), Real Estate and Land Use Section; Litigation Section; Alternative Dispute Resolution Section; and Solo & Small Firm Section.
Washington State Bar Association: Construction Law Section.
​EDUCATION
Oregon State University, Bachelor of Science degree, Mathematics Education (1988)
Northwestern School of Law, Lewis & Clark College, Juris Doctor degree (1997); Associate Editor, Law Review
Insurance Institute of America, Associate of Loss Control Management (1993)
American Arbitration Association, Certificate (2024): Mediator Essentials: Skills for Facilitating Negotiated Agreements (32-hour curriculum)
​ADMITTED TO PRACTICE
Oregon State Courts
Oregon Federal Courts
Washington State Courts
Washington Federal Court, Western District
PRACTICE AREAS AND REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE
Construction Law – Varied Project and Client Backgrounds: Representative projects include commercial buildings, municipal buildings, public schools, fire stations, hospitals, roads/highways, single family homes, and multi-family residential buildings. Representative clients include general contractors, subcontractors, architects, engineers, material suppliers, and residential homeowners.
Construction Law – Contract Claims: Represent parties with a wide variety of legal issues associated with construction contracting, including contract negotiation, change order requests, payment/delay claims, and warranty/defective work claims.
Construction Law – Lien Claims/Bond Claims: Represent parties with respect to construction liens on private construction projects and bond claims on public projects
Construction Law – Professional Negligence: Represent parties with respect to claims of professional negligence of architects, engineers, geotechnical consultants and residential dwelling inspectors.
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