Dunn Carney is the only Oregon member of Meritas, a legal service model that offers high quality worldwide legal services through a closely integrated group of full-service law firms. Meritas is based on a business alliance called Commercial Law Affiliates that was founded in 1990. Each Meritas firm retains its independence, while offering clients seamless and integrated service based on rigorous quality standards. Meritas' extensive member due diligence process and stringent membership requirements ensure that clients can easily tap into pre-screened, reliable legal expertise worldwide.

Meritas offers clients accountable, coordinated service through:

• Comprehensive evaluation records, with up to 10 years of client satisfaction and quality service data;
• An online database of Meritas attorneys, searchable by legal skill and industry expertise, providing the depth and breadth required to meet specific legal needs;
• Common technology platforms, enabling clients to benefit from streamlined multijurisdictional client management teams, and cross border practice groups; and
• Coordinated billing administration - when invoice management is desired.

For more information about Meritas, and how our firm's membership in that organization can benefit you or your business, please contact Gilbert E. Parker or Robert L. Allen (please put "Meritas information" in the subject line of any e-mail).