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Kristin Olson
Olson Brooksby PC
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Biography
I'm a trial lawyer who practices civil litigation, including commercial and personal injury law. I defend individuals and companies against lawsuits, and I also bring lawsuits on behalf of injured individuals.
Practice Areas
- Products Liability
- Drugs & Medical Devices, Motor Vehicle Defects, Toxic Torts
- Personal Injury
- Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
Fees
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Contingent Fees
I enter into contingent fee agreements in personal injury cases only.
Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
- Oregon
- Oregon State Bar
- ID Number: 031333
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- Washington
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Professional Experience
- Shareholder
- Olson Brooksby PC
- - Current
- Associate, then Shareholder
- Bullivant Houser Bailey
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- Judicial Clerk to the Honorable Robert Wollheim
- Oregon Court of Appeals
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Education
- University of Oregon School of Law
- J.D. (2002)
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- Activities: Editorial Board and published author, Oregon Law Review
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- Gonzaga University
- B.A. (1999) | Political Science
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- Honors: Graduated cum laude; Quarterfinalist at the National Debate Tournament
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Awards
- America's Best Lawyers--Commercial Litigation
- Best Lawyers
- Recognition by Best Lawyers is based entirely on peer review. Their methodology is designed to capture, as accurately as possible, the consensus opinion of leading lawyers about the professional abilities of their colleagues within the same geographical area and legal practice area. Best Lawyers employs a sophisticated, conscientious, rational, and transparent survey process designed to elicit meaningful and substantive evaluations of the quality of legal services. Their belief has always been that the quality of a peer review survey is directly related to the quality of the voters.
- America's Best Lawyers--Commercial Litigation
- Best Lawyers
- Best Lawyers® compiles its lists of outstanding attorneys by conducting peer-review surveys in which thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. The current edition of The Best Lawyers in America© 2019 is based on millions of detailed evaluations of lawyers by other lawyers. The methodology is designed to capture, as accurately as possible, the consensus opinion of leading lawyers about the professional abilities of their colleagues within the same geographical area and legal practice area.
- Rising Star
- Oregon Super Lawyers
- 25 Up and Coming Lawyers
- Daily Journal of Commerce
Professional Associations
- Oregon State Bar # 031333
- Member
- Current
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- Federal Bar Association, Oregon Chapter
- Board of Directors
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Publications
Articles & Publications
- Best Practices for Enforcement of Noncompete Agreements and Restrictive Covenants
- International Association of Defense Counsel, Business Litigation Newsletter
- Consent Provisions in Lease Agreements: Must the Lessor Act Reasonably?
- International Association of Defense Counsel, Business Litigation Newsletter
- An Overlooked Attorney Fee Statute in Oregon
- Insurance Thought Leadership
- Indemnity 101
- Oregon Association of Defense Counsel Magazine
Speaking Engagements
- Medical Records: What a Legal Assistant Needs to Know, National Association of Legal Secretaries Conference, Portland, Oregon
- National Association of Legal Secretaries
- Practicing Commercial Litigation, Gonzaga University Political Science Department, Spokane, Washington
- Fundamentals of Arbitration, Oregon Casualty Adjusters Association, Portland, Oregon
- Oregon Association of Defense Counsel
- Using a Vocational Expert, Oregon Association of Defense Counsel Fall Seminar, Portland, Oregon
- Oregon Association of Defense Counsel
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