Greg Freeze

Greg Freeze

Attorney in Port Townsend, Washington
  • Estate Planning, Probate, Elder Law ...
  • California, Oregon, Washington
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Biography

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."

Practice Areas
    Estate Planning
    Guardianship & Conservatorship Estate Administration, Health Care Directives, Trusts, Wills
    Probate
    Probate Administration, Probate Litigation, Will Contests
    Elder Law
    Real Estate Law
    Commercial Real Estate, Condominiums, Easements, Eminent Domain, Homeowners Association, Land Use & Zoning, Mortgages, Neighbor Disputes, Residential Real Estate, Water Law
    DUI & DWI
    Personal Injury
    Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
    Business Law
    Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
    Family Law
    Adoption, Child Custody, Child Support, Father's Rights, Guardianship & Conservatorship, Paternity, Prenups & Marital Agreements, Restraining Orders, Same Sex Family Law
    Divorce
    Collaborative Law, Contested Divorce, Military Divorce, Property Division, Same Sex Divorce, Spousal Support & Alimony, Uncontested Divorce
    Landlord Tenant
    Evictions, Housing Discrimination, Landlord Rights, Rent Control, Tenants' Rights
    Foreclosure Defense
Additional Practice Areas
  • General Civil
  • Wills & Trusts
Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
California
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Oregon
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Washington
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Languages
  • English: Spoken, Written
Professional Experience
Attorney
Greg Freeze, Attorney at Law
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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Led enterprise resource planning (ERP) software development projects.
Vice President
Legal Management Systems, Inc.
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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.
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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.
Education
Whittier Law School
J.D. | Intellectual Property
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California State University - Fullerton
MBA | International Business
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California State University - Fullerton
B.A. (1984) | Business Administration
Concentration in Marketing, Finance and Management Information Systems.
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Professional Associations
Oregon Coast Military Heritage Museum
Board Member
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Fountain Valley Chamber of Commerce
Chairman of the Board, President
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Fountain Valley Chamber of Commerce
President
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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.
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Certifications
Certificate in Intellectual Property
CPIM (Certified in Production and Inventory Management)
American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS)
MCSE, MCDBA
Microsoft
Websites & Blogs
Website
Website
Legal Answers
28 Questions Answered
Q. does revocable trust need to be witness in California
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.

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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.
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?
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.

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Contact & Map
914 Washington St, Ste 3
PO Box 1950
Port Townsend, WA 98368
Telephone: (360) 344-8100