Cosgrave Vergeer Kester LLP
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24th Floor
Portland, Oregon 97204, USA
Cosgrave Vergeer Kester LLP was formed in 1934. Over the years we have grown as has the scope of our practice. We have consistently maintained an outstanding reputation for representation in and out of the courtroom with our corporate and insurance clients. Today we provide a wide range of business and litigation services to not only clients in the Pacific Northwest, but nationally and internationally.
Cosgrave's attorneys strive to settle disputes when it's feasible and in the client's best interest. But when it's not, we're ready and willing to go to trial, and have done so with excellent results in more than 800 cases.
It's not just in trial where we excel. Many cases are appealed and, when that happens, we continue providing excellent service. Our appellate attorneys have argued hundreds of cases before the United States Supreme Court, the Oregon Supreme Court, the Oregon Court of Appeals, the Washington Supreme Court, the Washington Court of Appeals, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Of course, Cosgrave's practice is not just about lawsuits. Clients also need help with estate planning, business organizing, real estate transactions, and the like. Our lawyers excel at providing those services.
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Cosgrave's attorneys strive to settle disputes when it's feasible and in the client's best interest. But when it's not, we're ready and willing to go to trial, and have done so with excellent results in more than 800 cases.
It's not just in trial where we excel. Many cases are appealed and, when that happens, we continue providing excellent service. Our appellate attorneys have argued hundreds of cases before the United States Supreme Court, the Oregon Supreme Court, the Oregon Court of Appeals, the Washington Supreme Court, the Washington Court of Appeals, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Of course, Cosgrave's practice is not just about lawsuits. Clients also need help with estate planning, business organizing, real estate transactions, and the like. Our lawyers excel at providing those services.
Firm Achievements and Awards
The legal community recognizes our accomplishments. Five Cosgrave partners were selected by their peers for inclusion in the current edition of Best Lawyers in America. And three of our lawyers have been given the Multnomah Bar Association's "Professionalism" Award, arguably the highest honor in our profession.
For some of our lawyers, law school came after a distinguished career in another field. Their experiences as nurses, counselors, accountants, and businessmen and -women brings another dimension to our practice.
Many of our attorneys honed their legal skills working for trial and appellate court judges. Our ranks also include a past Oregon Supreme Court Justice, two former Deputy District Attorneys, a couple of former Assistant Attorneys General, a pro-tem judge on the Multnomah County Circuit Court, and a former pro-tem judge.
Our attorneys are also leaders in the Bar. Three are past presidents of the Multnomah Bar Association. We also have three past presidents of the Oregon Association of Defense Counsel. Another is past president of the Owen M. Panner American Inn of Court. Still others in our firm have served as members or chairs of various Oregon State Bar committees, sections, and commissions and as delegates to the Oregon State Bar House of Delegates and the American Bar Association House of Delegates. Even with all of this volunteer activity, we still find time to speak at continuing legal education seminars and to write for various law-related publications.
Clientele
Cosgrave's clients range from individuals and small businesses to regional, national, and international corporations. Our clients are from many different industries, including construction, professional, private and business insurance, transportation, forest products, manufacturing, and hi-tech. No client's needs are too small or too complex. From a simple will to a large condominium development, from a simple to complex litigation, we treat all of our clients as if each is our only client.
Practice Areas
Appellate, Business: Bankruptcy, Business and Commercial Litigation, Business Transactions, Construction Services and Litigation, Employee Relations/Human Resources Advice and Counsel, Employment Litigation, Environmental law and Toxic Torts, Real Estate, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law: Criminal Appeals, Criminal defense, Estate and Trust Planning and Administration, Insurance Law, Labor, Employment, and Discrimination: Employee Relations/Human Resources Advice and Counsel, Employment Litigation, and Litigation: Arbitration/Mediation, Business and Commercial Litigation, Catastrophic Injuries, Construction Services and Litigation, Employment Litigation, Environmental law and Toxic Torts, Motor Carrier, Product Liability/Medical Device/Pharmaceutical, Professional Liability, Railroad, Regulatory, Tort/Casualty Litigation
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