Tim Bernasek is the Chair of  Dunn Carney’s Agriculture and Natural Resources team and the Governmental Affairs team.  He is also a member of the Employment and Real Estate/Land Use teams.  His practice focuses on a variety of legal matters including real estate, agriculture and natural resources, employment, water law, and business law.  Tim enjoys working with his clients to solve their problems whether it involves employment issues, dealing with state or federal agencies, land use, trespassing or contracts. He also works with non-profits and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to assist them with a variety of legal issues.

Prior to joining Dunn Carney, Tim was the General Counsel for the Oregon Farm Bureau Federation. His job duties included managing corporate and contractual legal affairs for the Farm Bureau. He also developed legislative strategy with the Governmental Affairs Department and served as the Administrator for the Oregon Agricultural Legal Foundation. He recently taught an Agricultural Law undergraduate class at Oregon State University.

Tim serves as Chair of the Western Resources Legal Center Board, is a past President of the Dorchester Board and is a member of several Oregon State Bar committees.  He is past Chair of the Oregon State Bar Agricultural Law Section.  Tim was a partner in the law firm of Hobson & Bernasek, LLP before joining the Farm Bureau.