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Garry Schnell has been a practicing business, transactional and tax attorney since 1994, is licensed to practice in Oregon, Washington and California and is a native of Portland, Oregon. 

His diverse background and practical approach to business and tax issues is very unique. After attending Gonzaga University School of Law and subsequently receiving his LLM in Taxation from the University of Washington, Garry worked at two of the big four accounting firms, Deloitte & Touché and Ernst and Young, where he gained a detailed understanding of not only the tax laws but of the day-to-day application of those laws in a real world accounting setting.

Garry has also worked at a top 10 international law firm, Sidley Austin, practicing in the areas of securities and transactions in Silicon Valley. There he performed work on matters for large clients like Intel and Google.

Since returning to Portland, Garry has worked for some of the largest law firms in the city and served as Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel for the Yoshida Group of companies. As the COO of a large private company, Garry gained significant experience not only overseeing the company’s legal matters, but in executing its business plans and goals.

Garry brings breadth of experience as a business owner, practicing lawyer, and executive to the Fund.