The attorneys and staff of Guyer Meisner, Attorneys proudly provide the highest level of professional service, and work with our clients and friends within a family–style business environment. Like George H. Guyer’s great-grandfather, the proprietor of Guyer’s Grocery in Baker City, Oregon, we enjoy knowing our clientele personally, often make house calls, and will not stop working until the problem is solved.
George H. Guyer, the Practice Manager, is a fifth generation Oregonian, whose family came to Oregon on the Oregon Trail and settled in Eastern Oregon. Mr. Guyer was raised in Baker City, Oregon where he was active in the community, including the Boy Scouts of America, earning the rank of Eagle Scout.
Mr. Guyer is an attorney and founding member of the firm. His practice areas include business acquisitions, business formation, business transactions, organization and operation of closely held business entities, tax planning, real estate, estate planning, business succession planning, litigation and conflict resolution. In his practice, Mr. Guyer works with small business owners, counseling in business operations, identifying retirement strategies and successfully transferring family businesses to the next generation. This includes advising a wide variety of multi-generational businesses including farmers and ranchers who have worked their land for over a century.
Mr. Guyer received his undergraduate degree from Willamette University College of Liberal Arts in 1994, and his Juris Doctorate from Willamette University College of Law in 1997. He is a member of the Oregon State Bar. He has presented materials in cooperation with the Austin Family Foundation, Oregon State University, the Oregon Cattlemen’s Association, and other organizations and professionals.
Mr. Guyer and his spouse and business partner, Anastasia Yu Meisner (also an attorney), enjoy working together in their law firm as a family business with their daughters, Nory and Milly, who “like to go to Daddy and Mommy’s office for a lollipop.”
Anastasia Yu Meisner, the Firm Manager, is a 1997 graduate of Willamette University’s College of Liberal Arts and the College of Law. She is a member of the Oregon State Bar. Her practice focuses include estate planning, probate and trust administration, conservatorships and guardianships, business transactions and formation, nonprofit organizations, and mediation. Ms. Meisner also volunteers in a variety of organizations including the Oregon Minority Lawyers Association and the Friends of the Lake Oswego Library. She is a contributing author to the 2009 American Bar Association book, “Dear Sisters, Dear Daughters: Strategies for Success for Multicultural Women Attorneys,” and the Oregon State Bar 2003 publication, “The Ethical Oregon Lawyer.”
Mr. Dasso joined the firm in 2002. He is a 1997 graduate of Oregon State University and 2002 graduate of the University of Washington School of Law. His practice areas focus on real estate, employment, business transactions and formation, debtor/creditor, landlord/tenant, and litigation.
While away from the office, Mr. Dasso enjoys spending time with his wife and three year old son. He and his family are eagerly expecting another son due in August 2011. Mr. Dasso also enjoys following Oregon State University sports and working on his 1920’s NE Portland Bungalow that has been in his family for nearly 80 years.
Stella Kinue Manabe graduated from Northwestern School of Law at Lewis & Clark College in 1992, and is a member of the law school’s Cornelius Honor Society. She directed Lewis & Clark’s Law School’s Academic Enhancement/Affirmative Action Programs for five years, where she developed a program which was the prototype of the Oregon State Bar’s OLIO (Opportunities for Law in Oregon), an ethnic minority law student recruitment/retention program.
In 1998, Ms. Manabe began administering Oregon State Bar’s Affirmative Action Program. She received the American Bar Association’s Spirit of Excellence Award, the Oregon Women Lawyer’s Mercedes Deiz Award, and Lewis & Clark Law School’s Distinguished Alumni Award. Ms. Manabe was an adjunct law professor at Lewis & Clark, and continues to speak at law schools and bar associations across the nation on legal professionalism, legal community diversity issues, and racism.
Ms. Manabe is a 2010 Fellow of the Asian Pacific American Women’s Leadership Institute and a member of the Oregon State Bar.
In 2009, Ms. Manabe joined Guyer Meisner, Attorneys to further develop the firm’s Elder Law Practice.
Corinne J. Lai joined Guyer Meisner, Attorneys as an Attorney of Counsel in 2010. She has been a member of the Oregon State Bar as a courtroom lawyer serving the Portland metropolitan area since 1984. Her practice includes estate planning and probate, medication and biomedical ethics, conflict resolution, small business planning, and criminal defense.
Ms. Lai is a City of Portland Independent Police Review Mediator and a certified biomedical ethicist. Ms. Lai is a founding board member of Oregon Women Lawyers, a non-profit organization dedicated to the advancement of women and minorities in the legal profession. She is a past president of the Oregon Women Lawyers Foundation, and a past member of the Oregon Supreme Court’s Racial and Ethnic Bias in the Judicial System task force.
When away from the office, Ms. Lai is a world class dragon boat paddler and coach and a four time member of Team USA, which competed in China in 2004, Germany in 2005, Taiwan in 2006, and Australia in 2007. Ms Lai is a two–time member of World Club Crew Championships held in Malaysia in 2008 and Macau in 2010. Ms. Lai enjoys golf and handles her caseload with the same tenacity as her athletic competitions.
Linda A. Louie has been with Guyer Meisner, Attorneys since 2003. She works primarily with attorney Anastasia Yu Meisner and also manages bookkeeping and monthly bill payments for our clients. Ms. Louie is fluent in Cantonese. She received her formal training as a legal assistant at Mt Hood Community College.
Kristen Koepping, RP, is the newest member of our firm. She works primarily for attorney Brian G. Dasso and attorney Anastasia Yu Meisner. Ms. Koepping received her formal training as a paralegal at Portland Community College and has over ten years experience. She passed the National Federation of Paralegal Association’s (NFPA) “Paralegal Advanced Competency Exam” in 2006, qualifying her as a registered paralegal.
Davina C. Sims joined our firm in September, 2011. She works as the receptionist for both our law firm and for the Waterstone Building. She is an accomplished photographer and has a tax preparers' license.
Kathleese C. Young joined Guyer Meisner, Attorneys in 2010. She works primarily with attorney George H. Guyer, and serves as our office administrator. Ms. Young is a graduate of the University of Oregon, where she studied International Relations. Ms. Young speaks French and Japanese.