Gordon Welborn Managing Partner

Gordon “Gordy” Welborn works in both our Portland and Redmond offices and is the firm’s managing partner.  He maintains a very active trial practice throughout Oregon and Washington, focusing on the defense of professionals, including physicians, hospitals, medical clinics, attorneys, architects and engineers and fiduciaries. In addition, Gordy’s active trial practice also includes product liability claims, Board of Director claims, premises liability claims, high exposure automobile and trucking claims and business litigation.

Gordy started his career as an active trial lawyer in 1987 in Portland and joined Hart Wagner in 1993. Based upon requests of our clients based in Central and Eastern Oregon, Gordy and his family moved to Redmond to open our office in 1998.  Since that time, Gordy has earned the respect of judges, colleagues and opponents throughout Oregon and Washington as a litigator in a broad range of cases. Gordy’s extensive trial experience in high exposure litigation has led to his reputation as a lawyer to retain when losing isn’t an option.  His compassion, persistence, and skill at quickly evaluating risks, developing strategy, and effectively representing his clients has caused him to be a highly requested trial attorney for those facing high stakes litigation.  His extensive and successful trial record has provided him with credibility among opposing counsel and judges which has created a foundation of integrity that has become invaluable to his clients.

Aside from his trial practice, Gordy has been actively involved and elected as the leader of a number of litigation based legal organizations throughout his career. These include his role as the President of the Oregon Association of Defense Counsel, President of the Oregon Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates and his current position as Vice Chair of the Oregon Chapter of the American College of Trial Lawyers.

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