Bio

Sydney practices in several areas including business, estate planning and administration, and real estate, hereby enabling her to assist companies and individuals with a full-range of legal and business challenges.

Sydney is a member of the Associate’s Committee for the Campaign for Equal Justice, the Young Lawyers Section of the Oregon State Bar, and the Oregon State Bar Estate Planning Section’s Executive Committee New Lawyers Sub Committee. In these roles, she is able to contribute to the enrichment of the legal profession by donating her time and support to these and other worthy legal causes.
 
Sydney earned her J.D. from Gonzaga University School of Law and her bachelor’s degree at Linfield University. At Gonzaga, she served as a volunteer for the Juvenile Record Sealing Project, the Environmental Law Clinic, and the Civil and Human Rights Advocacy Clinic. She also received the CALI Excellence for the Future Award for transactional skills and was a Merit Scholarship recipient.
 
Prior to joining Farleigh Wada Witt, Sydney was a legal intern at a local Pacific Northwest law firm, the Environmental Land Use and Hearings Office in Washington, and the Growth Management Hearings Board in Eastern Washington.

In her free time, Sydney enjoys reading, yoga, and playing pickleball.


Grew up in Battle Ground, Washington | Enjoys playing video games

Representative Matters

Estate and Succession Planning
  • Estate & Tax Planning
  • Business Succession & Transition Planning
  • Estate & Trust Administration
Corporate and General Business
  • Entity formation and governance
  • Commercial transactions
  • Business transition and succession
  • Commercial finance
Real Estate
  • Purchase and sale transactions
  • Lease preparation and negotiation
  • Loan documentation
  • Due diligence

Education

Gonzaga University School of Law (J.D., cum laude 2022)
Linfield College (B.A., magna cum laude Political Science 2016)

Admissions

Oregon State Bar
Washington State Bar

Associations

Multnomah Bar Association
Clark County Bar Association

News & Events

FWW Alert: The CTA Roller Coaster Continues

1/6/2025

Late on December 26, 2024, the merits panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (Fifth Circuit) reinstated the nationwide preliminary injunction blocking the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) from enforcing the CTA. READ MORE

FWW Alert: CTA Landscape Changes – Again

12/26/2024

On December 23, 2024, the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issued an order that stayed the nationwide preliminary injunction on CTA enforcement. READ MORE

FWW Alert: Breaking News--Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) On Hold

12/5/2024

The holidays may have come early for millions of businesses throughout the United States. Back in December 2023, we reported on the requirements under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA). READ MORE

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