Oregon Super Lawyers® 2015 Edition
We are honored that three of our shareholders are again included as Oregon Super Lawyers for 2015: Bill Davis for Professional Liability Defense; Bill Earle for Insurance Coverage; and Paul Xóchihua for Professional Liability Defense. In addition, four of our shareholders and one of our associates…
Shareholder elected to board of directors
Shareholder Elizabeth Lampson has been elected to the Board of Directors for the Oregon Association of Defense Counsel. OADC is a nonprofit organization for defense civil litigators whose goals are to provide a unified voice for defense concerns in Oregon, offer networking opportunities, and sponsor continuing legal education. For…
Dismissal of plaintiffs’ $425,000 timber trespass claim and plaintiff’s agreeing to pay firm’s clients $21,000 in attorney fees
The firm’s clients were sued for over $425,000 when a neighbor claimed the clients willfully logged 700 trees off of plaintiffs’ property. Shareholder Chris Drotzmann traced the history of the properties’ ownership back to the 1950s. He then established through multiple declarations that a fence line had acted as…
Defense verdict obtained in Multnomah County premises liability case
Shareholder Dan Hasson obtained a defense verdict for his client, a North Portland recycling center, following a two-day jury trial in Portland, Oregon, in October 2014. The case involved a trip-and-fall injury, for which the plaintiff sought approximately $450,000 in damages. The jury deliberated for half of a day…