Over 25 years of representing employers and employees and workers in complex insurance, medical, workers compensation, and disability matters; Social Security Disability. Over 1000 administrative hearings, and numerous appellate appearances. Trial and appellate practice in federal and state courts and agencies resulting in hundreds of successful results for clients at the hearing/trial level; Over 60 wins in the Federal Court system (Oregon FDC and 9th Circuit Court of Appeals); licensed in all Oregon courts, the Federal District Court of Oregon, the 9th Circuit Federal District Court of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court. Instructor and lecturer at numerous continuing legal education classes and seminars relating to legal/medical matters, workers' compensation, disability, and legal ethics; AV/Preeminent rated by Martindale-Hubbell for 20 years, the country's oldest and most distinguished peer review organization based on the anonymous reviews of peers and judges;Part of a team that has produced many precedent setting cases in the Oregon Court of Appeals and the Oregon Supreme Court and Federal Courts. Member OWCA (Oregon Workers Compensation Attorneys); OTLA (Oregon Trial Lawyers Association); NOSSCR (National Organization of Social Security Representatives); Oregon State Bar Workers Compensation Section; Oregon State Bar Disability Section; Oregon State Bar Social Security Disability Section; Policy Group OTLA/Workers’ Compensation SectionRecipient of the 2010 Doug Swanson Award of Excellence by the Oregon Trial Lawyers Association.
Listed skills include Litigation, Appeals, Courts, Personal Injury, and 30 others.