Find Lawyers in Portland, Oregon for Litigation - Construction
Litigation - Construction - Portland, Oregon
David Bledsoe is a trial lawyer who handles high-stakes civil litigation. He has over 20 years of experience trying a wide variety of cases, including environmental disputes (Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), Clean Water Act (CWA), Endangered Species Act (ESA), National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)) and commercial disputes (breach of contract, insurance coverage, construction, Uniform Commercial Code (UCC), intellectual property, injunctions).
Claude Bosworth is an AV-rated attorney whose practice emphasizes casualty, construction, environmental, insurance and toxic tort litigation. He has represented local, national and multi-national companies in small and large cases alike, having successfully defended hundreds of cases, including multi-million-dollar casualty and property damage cases. Claude has a wide variety of trial, arbitration, and mediation experience and has successfully argued in front of the United States Fifth Circui...
Kevin Clonts is a shareholder at Rizzo Mattingly Bosworth PC. His practice focuses on complex litigation matters, including environmental, construction defect, and insurance coverage disputes. Kevin also represents business entities in litigation involving business dissolutions, contract disputes, intellectual property disputes, and target defendants (including business and government entities) in complex products liability and construction defect matters. Before joining Rizzo Mattingly Boswo...
LAW PRACTICE EMPHASIS: Asbestos Litigation, Insurance Defense, Product Liability Defense, and Construction Defect Litigation. Admitted to practice in Oregon and Washington. Allen E. Eraut is an attorney and shareholder with Rizzo Mattingly Bosworth PC in Portland, Oregon. He enjoys an active litigation practice defending personal injury and property claims. Allen has defended local and national companies in asbestos litigation, handled multi-million-dollar casualty cases, and managed construc...
Megan Ferris is a trial lawyer and shareholder at the MacMillan, Scholz & Marks law firm in Portland, Oregon. Her civil litigation practice includes construction defense, insurance defense, and commercial litigation in Oregon and Washington. Megan is involved in construction defect, personal injury, employer liability, premises liability, and product liability, handling both third-party and first-party disputes for insurer clients. Inside and outside of the courtroom, Megan strives to est...
Kevin Kiely has developed a successful national and international litigation practice representing clients in trials and administrative-contested cases throughout the United States. He has also handled cases in Canada, Asia, and Europe. He is the head of Cable Huston’s litigation and trial practice group and was the firm's managing partner for more than 12 years. In 2016, he was appointed to be the General Counsel for the Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon.
Annapurna Raman is an attorney and shareholder at MacMillan, Scholz & Marks in Portland, Oregon. As a dedicated advocate, Anna is involved in all phases of dispute resolution, including trial, arbitration, and complex case resolution. Innovative, thoughtful, and thorough, Anna navigates her clients through the legal system, advising and defending the parties she represents on issues ranging from construction defect claims, contract disputes, and government investigations, to tort claims, ...
Christine Reinert joined MacMillan, Scholz & Marks in 2008, and has been a shareholder with the firm since 2016. Christine’s civil litigation practice is divided between construction defect, insurance defense and subrogation. Due to the diversity of her practice areas, Christine has gained significant experience as an advocate from both the defense and plaintiff perspectives. She has been able to align these skills to better assist her clients in achieving successful results in subr...
Expertise Overview Paul’s practice is focused on defending general contractors, real estate developers, and specialty subcontractors in construction defect related litigation in both Oregon and Washington. His litigation experience spans 25 years in the areas of construction defect litigation and appellate work in both state and federal court. Paul is known for his expertise in defending design professionals in malpractice claims as well as defending builders against property owners in ...
Mr. Sokol is one of the founders and the Managing Member of the firm. He represents prime contractors, subcontractors, real property managers, small corporations, sureties and fidelity insurers. His practice includes advising and organizing businesses, as well as the preparation of construction claims. He also has an extensive practice representing creditors in bankruptcy courts throughout the United States. Mr. Sokol handles complex corporate, commercial, construction and real property litig...
Lee Wagner is a Member of the Pacific Northwest law firm of Sokol Larkin. Lee's practice emphasizes construction law, business law, real estate law, commercial litigation, insurance law, and surety law. Among others, he represents business owners, property owners, developers, contractors, design professionals, appraisers, material suppliers, insurers and sureties. Lee handles all areas of construction disputes including lien claims, bond claims, design and defect claims, as well as all aspect...
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