Practice Areas

• Workers' Compensation Defense
• General Litigation
• Self-Insurance Defense

Admitted to Practice

• Oregon
• United States District Court for Oregon

Professional Experience, Associations and Affiliations

• Oregon State Bar Association
• American Bar Association
• Oregon State Bar, Workers' Compensation Section
• Multnomah County Bar Association
• 14 years experience in the Self-Insured Insurance industry. Positions included: (1) Workers Compensation Claims Examiner, certified in Oregon for 12 years and in Washington for 10; in addition, administered workers compensation claims of eight other states (CA, CO, MT, NM, SD, TN, UT, and WY); (2) Liability Claims Adjuster; (3) Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor; (4) Claims Department Supervisor; (5) Account Executive; (6) Claims Auditor; and the last position held was as (7) National Claims Manager of Albertsons’ Inc.’s. Self-Insured Workers’ Compensation Program.

Education

• Appalachian School of Law, Virginia, J.D., 2006
• University of Oregon, B.S., 1989
• Associate in Risk Management (ARM)
• Associate in Claims (AIC)