Industry focus
I strive to practice law with creativity, insight, and passion.
How I represent clients at Schwabe
Specializing in appellate advocacy and motion practice in high-stakes litigation is a main focus of mine. Such cases have implicated a wide variety of subject matters, including product liability, labor, land use, environmental, commercial, bankruptcy/receiverships, and intellectual property. When complex issues arise, my clients and fellow attorneys rely on my insight, analysis, and advocacy.
Experience
- Prevailed on class representatives’ personal injury claims against an industrial tool manufacturer.
- Obtained partial summary judgment on liability issues against union that engaged in lengthy course of unlawful labor practices.
- Represented wrongful death plaintiff in successful appeal before the Oregon Court of Appeals, where trial court had granted summary judgment in favor of homeowner who shot the decedent after both parties had been drinking.
- Obtained a rare summary judgment for a nonprofit facing a decades-old sex abuse claim in U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon and successfully defended that judgment on appeal to the Ninth Circuit.
- Represented the only landowner in Oregon to prevail on appeal of a money judgment from a Measure 37 claim, which entitled her to $1.15 million in compensation and her attorney fees.
Education
- University of Oregon, School of Law, Juris Doctor degree, order of the coif (2002)
- Grinnell College, Bachelor of Arts degree, Mathematics (1998)
Admissions
- Oregon State Courts
- U.S. Court of Appeals - Ninth Circuit
- U.S. District Court - District of Oregon
Memberships
- Defense Research Institute (DRI), Member
- Oregon State Bar, Products Liability Section Executive Committee, Member, Secretary, Treasurer, and Chair Elect (2009-2013)
Awards
- National Trial Competition, Regional Runner-Up (2002)
- University of Oregon School of Law, order of the coif (2002)
- University of Oregon School of Law, Outstanding Oral Advocate (2002)
- University of Oregon School of Law, Dean’s Scholarship (1999-2002)
- University of Oregon School of Law, Intra-school Mock Trial Tournament Winner (2000, 2001, 2002)
Additional Events
Ethics Hour: Top Ten Ways Lawyers Get Into Trouble
December 2, 2022
Oregon chapters, Product Liability Desk Reference—A Fifty-state Compendium (2013, 2014, 2015).
Community Activities
- Portland City Club, member of research committee regarding bicycle transportation in Portland
- Grant High School, Mock Trial Coach (1997-2015)
- Classroom Law Project, Mock Trial Tournament Organizer (2009-2011)
- Club soccer, midfielder
Outside Interests
Adventure travel.
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