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| | Address | | 732 N.W. Nineteenth Avenue | | Portland, Oregon 97209 | | (Clackamas, Multnomah & Washington Cos.) | | | |
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(Main Office)
| Kilmer, Voorhees & Laurick,
A Professional Corporation practices in the following areas of law:
Civil litigation in State and Federal courts, including Business, Construction, Insurance, ERISA, Professional Liability, Banking, Product Liability and General Casualty. | | Year Established: 1985 | | Firm Size: 7 | Representative Clients:
ARG Enterprises, Inc.; ABC Supply Co., Inc.; Cushman & Wakefield of Oregon; Freightliner Corp.; Portland Traction Co.; Bank of America Oregon; Union Pacific Railroad Co.; West One Bank, Oregon; Seafirst National Bank, Reebok International, Taft-Hartley Plans; Washington Mutual. |
REPRESENTATIVE SURETY & INSURANCE CLIENTS: Argonaut Insurance Co.; Aries Insurance Co.; AIG; Great American Ins. Co.; Kaiser Foundation Hospitals; North American Specialty Insurance Co.; Unigard Insurance Group; General Fire and Casualty Insurance Co.; Sedgwick James, Broadspace; Hanover Insurance Company; Liberty Northwest Insurance; Liberty Insurance Services; St. Paul/Traverlers; Oregon Professional Liability Fund. | | MEMBERS | | Christopher T. Carson (Member) born Alamosa, Colorado; admitted to bar, 1984, Oregon and U.S. District Court, District of Oregon; 1985, Washington and U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington; 1986, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Washington. Education: Colorado College (B.A., 1980); Willamette University (J.D., cum laude, 1984). Associate Editor, Willamette Law Review, 1983-1984. Author: "State Constitutional Analysis of Equal Protection and Privileges or Immunities: Gender Discrimination in Oregon," 19 Willamette Law Review, 757, 1983. Member: Oregon State Bar (Chair, Construction Law Section, 1998; Chair, Business Litigation Section, 2006; Member, Federal Practice and Procedure Committee, 2003-2005); Washington State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; ERISA Litigation; Construction Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Insurance Coverage Litigation. Email: Christopher T. Carson | | James P. Laurick (Member) born Omaha, Nebraska, April 19, 1954; admitted to bar, 1982, Oregon and U.S. District Court, District of Oregon; U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: University of Northern Colorado (B.S., 1976); Northwestern School of Law of Lewis and Clark College (J.D., 1981). Member, Environmental Law Review, 1979-1981. Author: "Recent Development," 11 Environmental Law 187, 1980. Associate Counsel, The Oregon Bank and Orbanco, 1982-1984. Associate Editor, ABA, 1990-1994. Editor, Oregon's Construction Law Newsletter, 1988. Member: Multnomah County Bar Association; Oregon State Bar. Practice Areas: Banking Law; Commercial Business Litigation; Insurance Defense Law; Product Liability Law. Email: James P. Laurick | | Stephen C. Voorhees (Member) born Portland, Oregon, March 6, 1951; admitted to bar, 1979, Oregon; 1980, U.S. District Court of Oregon; 1987, Washington and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1989, U.S. District Court, Western and Eastern Districts of Washington. Education: University of Oregon Honors College (B.S., 1973); Northwestern School of Law of Lewis and Clark College (J.D., 1979). Member, Northwestern Law Review, 1978-1979. Law Clerk to the Honorable Robert C. Belloni, U.S. District Judge, 1980. Member: Multnomah County and Washington State Bar Associations; Oregon State Bar; Oregon Association of Defense Counsel (Board of Directors). Practice Areas: Insurance Defense Law; Commercial Law; Business Litigation. Email: Stephen C. Voorhees | | Jeffrey M. Kilmer (Member) born Norwalk, Ohio, June 15, 1941; admitted to bar, 1969, Oregon; 1970, U.S. District Court, District of Oregon; 1983, Washington; 1984, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Washington; 1985, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Ohio Wesleyan University; Oberlin College (B.A., 1963); University of Cincinnati (J.D., 1969). Order of the Coif. Note Editor, University of Cincinnati Law Review, 1968-1969. Law Clerk to Oregon Supreme Court Justice Gordon Sloan, 1969-1970. Chief Deputy District Attorney, Multnomah County District Attorney's Office, 1971-1973. Chief Trial Deputy District Attorney, Lane County District Attorney's Office, 1974. Member: Oregon State Bar; Washington State Bar Association; Oregon Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Employment Litigation; Commercial Litigation. Email: Jeffrey M. Kilmer | | OF COUNSEL | | Gregory B. Snook (Of Counsel) born Portland, Oregon, March 19, 1950; admitted to bar, 1977, Oregon; 1978, U.S. District Court, District of Oregon; 1987, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Education: Portland State University (B.S., with honors, 1974); Harvard University (J.D., cum laude, 1977). Reported Cases: Holduer v. Oregon Trout, Inc., 173 Or App 344, 22 P3d 244 (2001); Sutherland v. Brennan, 131 Or App 25, 883 P2d 1318 (1994); State ex rel Sam's Texaco v. Gallagher, 314 Or 652, 842 P2d 2383 (1992). Practice Areas: Appellate Practice; Insurance Defense; Insurance Coverage. Email: Gregory B. Snook | | SENIOR COUNSEL | | Graham M. Sweitzer (Senior Counsel) born Spokane, Washington, November 22, 1974; admitted to bar, 2002, Oregon and U.S. District Court, District of Oregon; 2003, Washington. Education: University of Washington (B.A., 1997); Northwestern School of Law of Lewis and Clark College (J.D., 2002). Member: Oregon State Bar; Washington State Bar; Multnomah County and Clark County Bar Associations; Oregon Association of Defense Counsel; Washington Defense Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Professional Liability; Commercial Litigation; Construction Litigation; Business Litigation; Products Liability. | | Peter J. Viteznik (Senior Counsel) born San Francisco, California, February 2, 1965; admitted to bar, 1994, Oregon; 1995, Washington; 1997, U.S. District Court, District of Oregon. Education: Oregon State University (B.S., 1987); Willamette University (J.D. cum laude, 1994). Practice Areas: Construction Law; Commercial Litigation; Products Liability; Real Estate Litigation; Real Estate; Business Litigation. | | Robert C. Muth (Senior Counsel) born Lechlade, England, December 22, 1963; admitted to bar, 1988, Texas; 1990, North Carolina; 1997, Oregon. Education: Millsaps College (B.A., cum laude, with honors, 1985); Washington & Lee University (J.D., 1988). Member: State Bar of Texas; North Carolina State Bar; Oregon State Bar. Practice Areas: Construction Law; Business Law; Real Property; Insurance. Email: Robert C. Muth | | Holli K. Houston (Senior Counsel) admitted to bar, 2005, Oregon; U.S. District Court, District of Oregon. Education: Austin Peay State University (B.A., magna cum laude, 2002); University of Michigan Law School (J.D., 2004). Member: Lane County Bar; Oregon State Bar (Member: Legal Ethics Committee; Professional Responsibility Committee). Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Construction Defects; Construction Litigation; Professional Liability. | | LEGAL SUPPORT MANAGER | | Robert L. Patterson, CP born Charleston, South Carolina, January 17, 1954; Education: American Institute (A.A.S., 1993); Summation Certified Trainer. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Professional Liability; Business Litigation; Civil Litigation; Insurance Coverage; Construction Litigation; Employment Litigation. Email: Robert L. Patterson, CP | | MEDICAL LEGAL ASSISTANT | | Kathryn A. Schmitt, R.N. born Salem, Oregon, January 31, 1953; Education: Good Samaritan School of Nursing (1974); Linfield College (B.S.N., cum laude, 1986). Registered Nurse, Oregon, 1974. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice Defense; Medical Product Liability Claims; Chart Review; Retention and Coordination of Experts; Medical Research. Email: Kathryn A. Schmitt, R.N. |
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