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I am licensed to practice law in both Oregon and Washington. I am also admitted to practice in the United
States District Court for the District of
Oregon, the United
States District Court for the Western
District of Washington, and the United
States Court of Appeals for the Ninth
Circuit.. I am the parent of three boys, one of whom has special needs.  All three of them attended public schools.  I understand both the joy and heartache that comes with the gift of these special children.. As a lawyer, I have the unique opportunity to help your child in ways that make a real difference over the child's entire life. I view my work as an investment in your child's future. My work
immediately impacts your child's education. That impact helps shape and
direct the rest of your child's educational experience.. My philosophy is simple - "The child is the client." I remain focused
on the child's needs and legal entitlements. I uses my background
and experience in both education law and special needs parenting to
help parents solve their child's education issues.. While my specialty is the law for children with special needs, I also
represents children with education issues not related to special
education. I can provide help with almost any educational issue,
including discipline hearings for suspension or expulsion.

I am honored to represent clients facing some of the most difficult battles of their lives.  Often times, clients cases are rushed through court, something that works to their disadvantage.  I believe in a client-centric approach, making sure I understand my client's needs, background, and goals before suggesting approaches to their case.  A thoughrough investigation, as well as exhaustive legal research is necessary to make sure no stone goes unturned in the pursuit of protecting your rights.

I am an Oregon born lawyer who went to Franklin High School, grew up in Lents, went to night law school and was the first person in my family to go to college.  I  have always believed in helping people and making things right.

I am an insurance attorney (working out of Ball Janik's Portland, Oregon, office) and focus on complex insurance coverage disputes on behalf of policyholders across a wide array of industries. I have devoted a significant portion of my practice to representing clients in insurance coverage matters under errors and omissions, directors and officers, commercial, homeowners', automotive, and farm policies. I have advised and represented individuals and businesses in substantial insurance coverage disputes in numerous states, including Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Utah, New Mexico, Florida and California.

I am an experienced trial lawyer who enjoys helping individuals and businesses with a wide range of complex personal and business issues.  I represent individuals and business in preparing contracts or resolving related disputes.  I often represent small businesses, construction professionals, finanical institutions or lenders, individuals, and real property owners.  I assist construction professionals in preparing and enforcing contracts, including filing and foreclosing construction liens.  Additionally, I help commercial property owners and tenants in lease negotiations, disputes and evictions.. I enjoy providing educational seminars on a variety of subjects including business entity selection, social media regulation, construction contracts, licensing requirements and liens, and electronic discovery and document retention.. Prior to joining Cosgrave Vergeer Kester LLP, I clerked for a Lane County Circuit Court Judge and completed internships at the District Attorney's offices in Eugene (Lane County) and Roseburg (Douglas County).. As a long-time Oregonian, I enjoy spending time with my wife and two kids at Oregon's beaches and in its parks.  I'm an active board member for my sons' school PSO and an the Tigard Safety Town organization.  I enjoy coaching my sons' soccer teams and helps with their baseball teams.  Along with my wife, I am an avid fan of the Washington State University Cougars and my wife and I are supporters of the WSU Athletic Fund.

I am an experienced trademark and copyright attorney, having practiced in both private practice and as in-house counsel, where I managed a major technology/software company’s global trademark portfolio. I have assisted on all matters related to prosecution and enforcement of trademark portfolios including responding to office actions, filing oppositions to trademark applications, domestic and international filing strategies, sending cease and desist letters, filing federal trademark/copyright complaints, and filing UDRP actions. I have additionally worked on global software and technology licensing efforts, M&A deals with a focus on IP, clearing national television advertising campaigns, and counseling on various copyright, open source software, Section 230, and right of publicity issues. When I am not practicing law I am exploring the PNW with my fiance and two dogs, Cotton and Oreo, checking out new art and artists, listening to the newest hip-hop releases, or planning my next beach trip.

I am an experienced medical malpractice trial attorney, and have tried more than 125 jury trials in state and federal courts. My practice focuses on medical malpractice defense, health law, and employment defense, and I have tried numerous “wrongful” death and catastrophic injury cases, as well as large numbers of severe injury cases ranging from complex surgical complications to brain injuries to alleged delayed diagnosis of cancer. My clients include medical, dental, and nursing professionals and organizations in arbitrations, mediations, and numerous regulatory matters.. Since joining Hart Wagner in 2002, I have developed an active trial practice in which I represent Oregon Health & Science University in medical and dental malpractice lawsuits, as well as a host of other hospitals, clinics, physicians and dentists in Oregon, including, as examples, physicians insured by CNA and The Doctors’ Company, clinics such as The Oregon Clinic and The Portland Clinic, and hospitals such as Adventist Health, Tuality Hospital, and Kaiser Foundation. I also represent Rite Aid pharmacies in pharmacy litigation and have developed a practice defending food-borne illness cases. I have been retained by the State of Oregon Department of Justice to represent various medical professionals in complex civil rights cases involving medical issues.. In 1980, I became Trial Counsel for Oregon Health & Science University, where I was OHSU’s trial attorney through 2002, with exclusive responsibility for trial defense of all medical, nursing, and dental malpractice claims and lawsuits against the University and its faculty and students during those two decades.. In 1977, I became Assistant Attorney General in the Trial Division of the Oregon Department of Justice, where I gained early litigation experience defending the State of Oregon in a wide variety of trials involving personal injury, civil rights, and complex litigation. The range of trial issues included claims against the State involving alleged use of excess force or false arrest by State Troopers, alleged failure to prevent child abuse of children who were wards of the State, car crashes involving cars driven by public employees, car crashes because of missing stop signs or icy roads or highway construction/design, and injuries and deaths from accidents at State parks.. When not practicing law, I spend as much time as possible in and around water. I have rafted most of the rivers in the Pacific Northwest and led private groups down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon on three different multi-week trips. I have recently developed a passion for standup paddling on local lakes and rivers and also love to sail.  As much as time permits, I can be found on my Sabre 426 sailboat in the Puget Sound, leeward rail buried, sails trimmed and full, grinning from ear to ear.

I am an experienced litigator who practices in Oregon state and federal courts.. I fight for:. - people who have been wrongfully injured,. - people who have had their civil liberties violated by their local, state, or federal government, and. - vulnerable people who have been physically or financially abused.

I am an experienced litigation and appellate attorney. I regularly serve as lead appellate counsel in cases before state and federal appellate courts in the Pacific Northwest, and have a track record of success. I am often hired to develop, brief and argue complex legal and procedural issues before state and federal courts. I am also an accomplished litigator and skilled negotiator, with particular experience litigating matters involving complex business transactions, accounting, finance, statutes, and regulatory schemes; cases involving free speech and other federal and state constitutional rights; actions involving professional duties; class actions; securities actions; shareholder disputes; derivative actions; trust and partnership disputes; and many others.

I am an estate and probate attorney in Portland, Oregon. I strongly belive in the importance of planning for the unthinkable and encourage everyone to have an estate plan place in should the unthinkable should happen. I am here to support you along the way.  In addition, I also provide compassionate probate and trust administration services to help you through the most difficult of times.  Please feel free to reach out to me.  I am here to help you.. I am originally from Tuttlingen, Germany and immigrated to the United States more than 20 years ago.  I still remain close ties to Germany and am working with many clients on cross-border issues involving estate planning, probate matters, assist to obtain official German documents etc as I am fluent in both English in German. I also work closely with other attorney's on project based issues involving matters that need to be resolved in German speaking countries

I am an attorney in Portland, Maine with a dual-focus practice: a local, general practice and a global consumer product safety practice.. Locally, I counsel, advise and represent individuals and businesses in a variety of legal areas including family law (divorce/separation, custody, child support, PFA and PFH orders), landlord-tenant law (for both landlords and tenants), criminal defense, contract drafting and review, wills and other legal issues that arise.. On the product safety side, as a former Trial Attorney with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, I work with individuals and companies who are developing, manufacturing, distributing and/or selling consumer products. I provide advice and guidance for product development and testing, ensuring that products meet or exceed all applicable safety laws, rules and regulations and represent clients when there are investigations into their products or incidents.. Whether you're an individual in the Portland area, or a manufacturer halfway around the world, I am available and happy to help with your legal needs.

I am an attorney and partner with Portland, Oregon-based Bodyfelt Mount LLP, where I handle cases in the areas of employment, medical and legal malpractice, products liability and general insurance defense.  I have tried more than 75 cases to juries since beginning practice in 1991. Those jury trials have ranged from minor auto accidents to multi-million-dollar professional negligence claims.. Prior to joining Bodyfelt Mount, from 1991 to 1995, I gained extensive trial experience as a staff attorney with Multnomah Defenders, Inc., as a criminal defense lawyer.. I am a member of the Multnomah County Arbitration Commission, as well as a frequent contributor and speaker for the Oregon Law Institute, Oregon State Bar, and Oregon Association of Defense Counsel on topics primarily related to trial practice. I have served on the Oregon State Bar Products Liability Executive Committee, Oregon Association of Defense Counsel Young Lawyers Committee, Oregon Women Lawyers’ Queen’s Bench, MBA Legal Services to the Poor Committee, and the Executive Committee of Oregon Association of Defense Counsel.. I am on the arbitration panel for Multnomah, Washington, and Columbia Counties. Also, I serve as a pro bono attorney for children in custody disputes in Multnomah County. I have completed mediation training through U.S.D.C. and am currently handling arbitrations and mediations throughout Oregon.

I am an attorney and partner at Portland, Oregon-based Bodyfelt Mount LLP, where I practice general civil litigation, with an emphasis on insurance coverage, products liability, environmental law, toxic tort, and professional liability matters.  I joined the firm as an associate in 1986, and became a partner in 1991.  I worked as an associate at Velure & Bruce in Eugene, Oregon, for two years before moving to Portland.. I spent six weeks in trial on one of the five environmental coverage cases that went to trial in Oregon. In 2009, I tried one of the few construction defect cases to be tried in Oregon, which was also a six-week trial. In addition, I tried a three-week product liability "repetitive motion” trial in Seattle, Washington.. I have taken part and held positions in many organizations including:  Hollyrood School Foundation (2005-2007); Vice Chair of Oregon Association of Defense Counsel Coverage Practice Group (1996-2001); Oregon State Board of Bar Examiners (1995-1998 and Chair, 1997-1998); Member of Federal Practice & Procedure Committee (1991-1993 and 1995-1997); and Session Elder, First Presbyterian Church (2010-present).. I have lectured for the Oregon Association of Defense Counsel (1998, 1997, 1995, 1993); spoken twice for Bad Faith Litigation in Oregon (1997, 1995); and, presented at the Oregon Law Institute (1994). I co-authored Insurance (Ch. 4, Necessity of an Insurable Interest, 2003, 1996); co-edited Damages (2007, 2002, 1998); and, authored Pleading and Practice, (Ch. 41, Post-Trial Matters, 1998, 1994).. I have been listed as an Oregon Super Lawyer from 2007 to the present. I also serve regularly as an arbitrator on non-court mandated cases for the Multnomah County Circuit Court.

I am an attorney and litigator, licensed in Oregon and Washington, in Portland Oregon and a partner in a boutique firm. I practice chiefly in the area of insurance coverage litigation on the policyholder side, representing businesses and individuals in disputes with insurance companies.  My experience includes first-party property claims, bad faith claims, Directors & Officers coverage disputes and Employment Practices Liability claims.  I have tried cases in federal and state courts and handle appeals as well.  I also litigate business disputes of many types.  Prior to entering private practice I was law clerk to a federal trial judge in the Eastern District of Washington.

I am an associate attorney at Hart Wagner LLP.  My practice focuses on the areas of employment defense, medical malpractice defense, general liability, and products liability. I am admitted to practice in the state courts of Oregon and Washington, and in U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon.. Hart Wagner is a civil defense law firm with offices in Portland and Redmond, Oregon. The firm’s 33 attorneys represent doctors, medical institutions, governmental agencies, employers, and individuals.. Before joining Hart Wagner in 2014, I worked at two small civil litigation firms in Portland, where I defended personal injury, construction defect, product liability, and general liability cases. During that time, I also gained invaluable experience from a plaintiff’s perspective, managing a high-volume caseload of automobile, commercial, and workers’ compensation subrogation claims.. I earned my law degree from University of Oregon School of Law in 2010. While attending law school, I served as a research assistant to Professor Suzanne Rowe, contributing to the publication of three legal texts. In addition, I clerked for a full-service law firm in Eugene, Oregon, where I acquired experience with employment, personal injury, and construction defect matters. I obtained my bachelor’s degree in management and organizations from University of Iowa in 2006, graduating with honors.

I am an associate attorney at Fisher & Phillips, LLP, a leading national employment law firm.  I represent employers throughout the Northwest in all stages of state and federal employment litigation and provide advice and counseling to employers regarding compliance with state and federal employment laws, employment policies, and employment contracts.

I am an associate at Kauffman Kilberg LLC, practicing criminal defense with some of the greatest attorneys in Portland (of course, slightly biased).. I am an alumna of the University of San Diego School of Law. I was a member of the Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot Court Team (VICAM) and competed in Hong Kong and Vienna; and a member of USD Moot Court and competed at Emory University. I am also an Oregon State alumna, where I studied political science, French, and spent a term abroad in Tunis, Tunisia.. When I'm out of the office, I enjoy exploring the expansive PNW, sweating during yoga and pilates, and engineering DIY projects.

I am a trial lawyer.  I bring lawsuits and I also defend them, which gives me a broad perspective and the experience to anticipate the other side's potential arguments at trial.  I practice civil law, with a focus on personal injury and commercial litigation.  I don't just "litigate" cases--I actually try them.  This gives me the experience necessary to negotiate successful settlements, or to try a case when required.. My experience includes:. - Representation of injured individuals, including catastrophic injury, wrongful death, and sexual assault and abuse cases.. - Business and commercial litigation, including breach of contract and non-compete agreement disputes.

I am a trial lawyer in Portland, Oregon representing individuals and families who have been harmed by the fault of others.  I have worked with my dad, Chuck Paulson, since 1995 after working for an insurance defense firm and work with my law partner John Coletti.

I am a trial lawyer and litigator.  My practice focuses on general liability and products liability defense.  I joined Hart Wagner LLP in 2012, after working with another private law firm and in government.  At Willamette University College of Law, I received the High Paper Award: State and Local Government Law (Spring 2011).

I am a trial lawyer and litigator.  My practice focuses on medical malpractice defense with a subspecialty in birth injury claims, and representing medical professionals before their licensing boards.. Growing up in the Portland area and being raised by a certified nurse midwife, I appreciate the demands on and motivations behind medical professionals in their line of work. This gives me unique insight into birth injury cases as well as a wealth of knowledge and expertise which I bring to Hart Wagner's medical malpractice defense team.. Prior to joining Hart Wagner, I worked as a legal assistant, paralegal and contract attorney for a small plaintiff's law firm which helped me learn the practice of law from the bottom to the top. As a certified law student, I worked at the Multnomah County District Attorney's Office where I obtained early trial experience trying criminal misdemeanor cases to judge and jury. I then clerked for Judge Kantor where I learned the eccentricities of the Multnomah County court system.. When I'm not in the office, you'll find me cooking, reading, and camping with my husband and three beautiful children.

I am a trial lawyer and litigator. My practice focuses on appellate law, health law, medical malpractice defense, and professional liability defense.  I have been admitted to practice law in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon, the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Ninth and Tenth Circuits, and the U.S. Supreme Court.. I am a Fellow of the American Academy of Appellate Layers and was named 2014 Lawyer of the Year in Portland by The Best Lawyers in America for the practice area of Professional Malpractice Law - Defendants.

I am a trial lawyer and litigator. I have been practicing law as an associate attorney at Hart Wagner LLP since 2012.  My practice focuses on general liability and products liability defense, and municipal defense and consultation.

I am a seasoned securities attorney with over 20 years of experience in state “blue sky” securities regulation and enforcement, corporate law, and investment banking. From 2008 to 2024, I served in a senior leadership position in the securities section of the Division of Financial Regulation, which is a part of the State of Oregon’s Department of Consumer and Business Services (DCBS) and is Oregon’s largest securities regulator. In that capacity, I served as one of the agency’s leading subject matter experts in securities and played a number of formal and informal roles.. I formed The Law Office of Jason E Ambers upon my retirement and am dedicated to helping clients navigate state securities regulatory and enforcement challenges in a manner that is clear, practical, and effective. My services include blue sky offering compliance, state securities enforcement defense, and expert witness engagements.. In additionl to representing companies and individuals facing regulatory or enforcement challenges under the bluy sky laws, I also serve as a trusted resource and strategic partner to law firms, compliance teams, and other industry professionals requiring subject matter expertise in state securities law.

I am a real estate attorney with an emphasis on commercial real estate transactions and development, drafting and interpretation of easements, covenants, conditions and restrictions, real estate entity formation, financing, leasing, and management of condominium and planned community homeowner associations and commercial property associations.