PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Mark Reinecke is a civil litigation attorney representing clients involved in business and real property disputes, collection matters, contested wills, trusts, guardianships and conservatorships and a variety of water issues including permitting, adjudications, legislation and general counsel for irrigation districts. Mark has represented clients in more than half of Oregon’s 36 counties as well as the Oregon Court of Appeals, the Federal District Court for Oregon, the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs Tribal Court and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco.
Mark joined Bryant Lovlien & Jarvis in 1996 after practicing law in Bend since 1991. He became a shareholder of the firm in 2000.
PROFESSIONAL & COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
Oregon State Bar Sections
Litigation, Business Litigation, Debtor-Creditor, & Environmental and Natural Resources Sections
Oregon State Bar Committees
Client Security Fund
Local Professional Responsibility
Upper Deschutes Basin Study Work Group
Oregon Water Resources Congress
Deschutes County Bar Association
J.R. Campbell American Inns of the Court
Leadership Bend
Class of 2000
Tour des Chutes (Cancer Survivorship Organization)
Boardmember (2014 – present)
Bend – Mt Bachelor Rotary
President (2007)
Member (2000 – present)
Cascade Festival of Music
President (2002)
ADMITTED TO PRACTICE
Oregon State Courts
Oregon Federal Courts
Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs Tribal Court
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals (San Francisco)
BLOG PUBLICATIONS
“Are Efforts to Reduce Scope & Costs of Discovery Working” (2017)
“BLJ Client Wins Tax Appeal in Oregon Supreme Court” (2017)
“US Supreme Court: 2nd Mortgages on Underwater Homes Not Voided in Bankruptcy” (2016)
“Are Employee Pre and Post Shift Activities Compensable?” (2015)
“Health Savings Accounts No longer Subject to Garnishment” (2014)
“Pursuing Contract Claims for $10,000 or Less” (2014)
“Short Sale Debt Relief Extended Through 2013” (2013)
“State Loan Refinancing Pilot Program for Deschutes County Homewoners” (2012)
“Residential Eviction Notices Must Include Specific Date & Time of Termination of Tenancy” (2011)
PRESENTATIONS
Oregon Mountain Bike Community Summit
Recreational Immunity (2017)
National Business Institute
“Probate Litigation” (2015 & 2017)
Cascade Women Lawyers CLE
“Vulnerable Person Abuse” (2015)
HONORS / AWARDS
Martindale-Hubbell BV Rated
EDUCATION
Washington and Lee University School of Law, J.D., 1991
John Carroll University, B.S. Business Administration, 1985
PERSONAL
In his spare time, Mark enjoys traveling, cycling, skiing, and golf. Mark and his wife Melissa have two children, a son, Griffin, and a daughter, Lila.
