Matthew F. Denley
Mr.
Denley is a shareholder and litigator in
both the civil litigation department and our
administrative law department. In addition
to workers' compensation insurance defense work,
he emphasizes employment law and related regulatory
matters. He graduated from Willamette University
College of Law, where he received a J.D. degree,
and earned magna cum laude honors with a B.A.
degree from Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota.
He is a member of Oregon, Washington and District
of Columbia Bar Associations. He is also a member
of the Oregon Self-Insurers Association.
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James S. Anderson
Mr.
Anderson is a shareholder and practices in our
litigation department focusing on civil litigation,
workers' compensation, employment law, and other
administrative law defense. Prior to joining
our firm, Mr. Anderson was the managing partner
at Clarke & Anderson, P.C. in Atlanta, Georgia.
He practiced in the areas of civil litigation,
intellectual property, entertainment law including
related litigation and criminal law. He received
his law degree from the University of Oregon
School of Law. He holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree
in Political Science and Sociology from the
University of Oregon.
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Julia M. Hier
Ms.
Hier is an associate and practices in our litigation department. Prior to
joining our team, Ms. Hier was a Business Law Extern for Mentor Graphics, and
an Intern for the Prosecution Clinic of Marion County District Attorney's office.
She also clerked for the Labor and Industries Division of the Attorney General's
office for the State of Washington, and the Veterans Affairs office in Portland.
She received her law degree from the University of Oregon School of Law. She
holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree, having majored in Economics at Middlebury
College, Vermont.
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Douglas E. Watson
Mr.
Watson is an associate and practices in our litigation
department focusing on workers' compensation, employment law
and other administrative law defense. Prior to joining our firm,
Mr. Watson served as a Certified Law Clerk at the Oregon Department
of Justice, as well as a Research Assistant for Professor Mandiberg at
Lewis & Clark Law School. He received his law degree from Lewis &
Clark Law School, cum laude, and holds a Bachelor's Degree in Political
Science, summa cum laude, from Syracuse University, New York.
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Elliott C. Cummins
Mr. Cummins now limits his practice to service
as mediator. Before joining the firm, Mr. Cummins
worked as Operations Manager for State Farm
Insurance Company and clerked for the Oregon
Supreme Court. He graduated cum laude from Northwestern
School of Law and received his B.A. degree from
Linfield College in McMinnville.
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Reuel K. Fish
Mr. Fish is the managing attorney for the firm
and is a shareholder. Prior to joining the firm,
Mr. Fish worked for a subsidiary of PacifiCorp,
a large northwest utility in Portland, Oregon
and for an export trading company in New York.
He received his J.D. degree from Northwestern
School of Law and has an M.B.A. degree from
New York University in Finance.
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Mr.
Goodman is a shareholder and the lead litigation
attorney for the firm. He is an AV attorney as rated by Martindale- Hubbell. His practice emphasizes
complex contract disputes, personal injury
defense, OSHA defense, employment law and
workers’ compensation defense litigation.
Before joining the firm, he worked for the
litigation unit of a large Portland, Oregon
firm. He received his law degree from Northwestern
School of Law and has other graduate and undergraduate
degrees from the University of Southern California
and the University of Wisconsin. He is a member
of the Oregon, Washington, and federal bars, the Oregon
and National Self-Insurers Association and
the American Bar Association's Occupational
Safety and Health Subcommittee.
Mr.
Vickers is a shareholder and practices in
our litigation department. He emphasizes workers'
compensation, OSHA and safety-related litigation
and other administrative law defense. He received
his law degree from Willamette University
School of Law and graduated from Gonzaga University
in Spokane, Washington with a B.A. degree.
Mr. Vickers is a member of the Oregon, Idaho,
Washington and District of Columbia Bar Associations.
He is a member of the Oregon Self-Insurers
Association, Oregon Association of Defense
Counsel and the American Bar Association's
Occupational Safety and Health Subcommittee.
Mr.
Graham is a shareholder and practices in our
litigation department. He works on workers'
compensation, OSHA and safety-related litigation,
employment law and other administrative law
defense matters. He graduated cum laude from
Lewis & Clark Law School and completed
his undergraduate degree at the University
of California at Santa Cruz, with a B.A. in
Philosophy.
Mr. Rose is an associate and practices in our litigation department focusing on civil litigation, workers' compensation, employment law and other administrative law defense. Prior to joining our firm, Mr. Rose served as a Summer Associate at Gold, Lange & Majoros, PC, as well as a legal intern for Monroe County Public Defender's office in Indiana. He received his law degree from the Indiana University School of Law, and holds a Bachelor's Degree in Business from Michigan State University.
Mr. Sikora is an associate and practices in our litigation department focusing on workers' compensation, employment law and other administrative law defense. Prior to joining our firm, Mr. Sikora was a contract attorney for the City of Lake Oswego in the City Attorney's Office and law clerk at the Community Development Law Center at Legal Aid Services of Oregon. He was also a legal intern for the United States District Court in Pennsylvania. He received his law degree from University of Pittsburgh School of Law and graduated from University of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania with a B.A. degree in honors history and political science.