Overview

Dana Krawczuk focuses her practice on representing residential, commercial, and industrial clients in all phases of land use entitlement processes, including annexation, zoning, comprehensive plan amendments, master plans, tentative and final plat approvals for land divisions, systems development charge credit applications, design review, floor area ratio conveyances, site plan review, nonconforming use expansions, enforcement proceedings, and appeals to the Land Use Board of Appeals, Oregon Court of Appeals, and Oregon Supreme Court. She has deep experience in infrastructure planning and financing, and development agreements with local governments.

Dana has represented clients in a number of high-profile land use and annexation cases that have helped shape the law of the region. In addition to her comprehensive land use law experience, she provides her clients with high-quality work and solution-oriented results. Dana is known for excellent client service and is well-liked by her clients, who include some of the most residential, office, retail, and industrial developers in the Portland Metro area.

Education

Lewis & Clark Law School, J.D., 1999; Natural Resources Law Certificate

The University of Georgia, B.A., Political Science/Classics, 1996, cum laude; Environmental Ethics Certificate

Admissions

Oregon

Washington

Insights

Insights & Presentations

  • Moderator, “Living and Working in Portland,” Bisnow’s Portland State of the Market, September 12, 2024
  • Moderator, "Local Government Project Siting and Permitting and the Role Electric Vehicles and Charging Infrastructure Can Play in Community Revitalization," Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Conference, June 21, 2024 
  • Presenter, “Reflecting on Oregon’s Statewide Planning Goals,” 26th Annual Oregon Land Use Law Seminar, Portland, OR, December 2, 2022
  • Moderator, “The Economic Impact of Portland’s Hot Housing Market,” Portland Business Alliance, Portland, OR, March 16, 2022
  • Moderator, “Portland’s Economic Recovery & Evolution,” NAIOP Commercial Real Estate Development Association, Oregon Chapter, webinar, April 27, 2021
  • Presenter, “How a Public Health Crisis Changes Building Design and Land Use Patterns,” 24th Annual Oregon Land Use Law Seminar, Portland, OR, December 4, 2020
  • Moderator, “A Conversation with Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler,” NAIOP Commercial Real Estate Development Association, Oregon Chapter, Portland, OR, March 5, 2020
  • Presenter, “Land Use and the Intersection of Social Equity,” 23rd Annual Oregon Land Use Law Seminar, Portland, OR, December 5, 2019
  • Presenter, “Buy, Sell, Hold: Land Use in an Evolving Regulatory Environment,” 22nd Annual Oregon Land Use Law Seminar, Portland, OR, December 13, 2018
  • Presenter, “What Recent Code Changes Mean for Your New Development or Existing Building,” The New Normal: Preparing for Portland’s New Development Trends, Stoel Rives LLP, Portland, OR, October 24, 2018
  • Panelist, “A Discussion on Historic Preservation,” 21st Annual Oregon Land Use Law Seminar, Portland, OR, December 7, 2017
  • Panelist, “Blunting Efforts to Alter Port Waterfront Activities,” Communications & Economic Development Seminar, Perkins Coie, Portland, OR, June 14, 2017
  • Moderator “NAIOP Breakfast Program on the Portland Comprehensive Plan,” NAIOP Commercial Real Estate Development Association, Oregon Chapter, Portland, OR, May 24, 2016
  • Moderator “A Conversation with Portland Mayor Charlie Hales,” NAIOP Commercial Real Estate Development Association, Oregon Chapter, Portland, OR, February 20, 2014
  • Annual Presenter, “Land Use Case Review,” the Annual Oregon Land Use Law Seminar, 2006–2014

Recognition

  • Named by Best Lawyers® as Land Use and Zoning Law “Lawyer of the Year,” Portland, 2023
  • Included in The Best Lawyers in America® (Land Use and Zoning Law), 2020–present
  • Selected as one of “America’s Leading Lawyers for Business” (Portland) by Chambers USA (Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use), 2016–present
  • Honored as a “Woman of Vision” by the Daily Journal of Commerce, 2016
  • Named Volunteer of the Year by the Portland Business Alliance’s Public Affairs Committee and Land Use Task Force, 2011
  • Selected by the Portland Business Journal as a Forty Under 40 honoree, 2014
  • Listed among Rising Stars (Land Use/Zoning), Oregon Super Lawyers®, 2010, 2012–2014

Affiliations

Professional

  • Portland Metro Chamber (fka Portland Business Alliance), Board of Directors, former member
  • Oregon Smart Growth, Board of Directors, former member
  • City of Portland Development Review Advisory Committee (DRAC), former Frequent Development Review Representative
  • International Council of Shopping Centers, Oregon Chapter Government Relations Committee, former Chair
  • Oregon Chapter of NAIOP, Commercial Real Estate Development, former Board Member; Public Affairs Committee, former Vice Chair; Public Affairs Committee, former Chair
  • Metro Technical Advisory Committee (MTAC), former Commercial/Industrial Representative
  • City of Portland Regulatory Improvement Stakeholder Advisory Team (RISAT), former Downtown Development Representative
  • Women in Environment (WIE), the Urban Land Institute (ULI) and Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW), Member
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