Ryan W. Collier
- Ryan’s practice emphasizes advising clients on estate planning, disability planning, contested case probate and trust administration, and real estate and business issues. His clients seek to minimize potential estate taxes and pass on the maximum value of their estates to their children and grandchildren.
Areas of Practice
- Willamette University College of Law, Salem, Oregon, JD, 1997
- University of Puget Sound, BA, Dual Major: Communcation and Government, 1993
- Oregon State Bar, 1997
- Washington State Bar 1998
- U.S. District Court, Oregon 2000
- U.S. District Court, Western Washington, 1999
Education and Admissions
- Outstanding Young Professional, Chamber of Commerce, 2009
- Carson Award for Extraordinary Service to the Bar, 2008
- President, Marion County Bar Association, 2008
- “Lawyer of the Year” Marion-Polk Volunteer Lawyer Project, 2005
- Authored “Documents Facilitate Lifetime Planning” Oregon State Bar Elder Law Newsletter, Vol. 6, Number 2, Spring 2003.
Distinctions and Affiliations
- President, Salem Leadership Foundation 2004-2008
- Salem Area Chamber of Commerce, Executive Leadership Council, 2008
- Mentor, Willamette University College of Law Mentor Program, 1997 to present
- Board Member, Marion County Bar Association, 2003-2009
- Co-Chair, Campaign for Equal Justice (Marion-Polk Counties) 2003-2005
- Chair Distribution Committee, Salem Foundation (charitable organization) 2004-present
- Boy Scouts of America, Board Member, Cascade Pacific Council 2006-present
- Boy Scouts of America, Pack 122, Cub Master 2003-2005, Den Leader 2001-2005.
- Board Member, Willamette Valley Estate Planning Counsel, 2003-2006.
- Salem Area Chamber of Commerce, Leadership Salem, Class of 2004-2006
- General Counsel, A.C. Gilbert’s Discovery Village, 2001-2008
