Gwendolyn Griffith Partner Tonkon Torp LLP, Portland Gwendolyn Griffith, Partner, Tonkon Torp LLP, Portland; B.A., Rollins College (1978); J.D., Stanford University (1981); member of the California State Bar since 1982 and the Oregon State Bar since 1991; tax and wealth planning practice focuses on business formations, reorganizations and dissolutions, and crafting complex wealth transition structures and governance systems for owners of closely held businesses, and her tax practice involves federal, state, ad local taxation of businesses and individuals with an emphasis on taxation of corporations, complex partnerships, and tax-exempt organizations; member, OSB Advisory Board, The Tax Adviser; Executive Director, Oregon Facilities Authority; member, Board of Advisors, Austin Family Business Program; Board of Directors member, Youth Rights & Justice; named, as one of the leading trust and estate lawyers in Oregon by Best Lawyers (2010) and one of the leading tax lawyers in Oregon (2011); frequent speaker on tax, business transition planning, and other business-related topics; author of several books on taxation, including “Family Wealth Transition Planning” published by Bloomberg Press, 2009.