Dallas lawyer among elite group recognized as ‘agents of change’ by the National Law Journal

DALLAS – Trial lawyer Michael Lyons of Dallas-based Lyons & Simmons, LLP is one of just 52 plaintiffs’ attorneys honored by the National Law Journal as “agents of change” who are reshaping expectations on behalf of clients nationwide.

Lyons was selected to the publication’s 2020 list of Plaintiffs’ Lawyers Trailblazers based upon his groundbreaking work on behalf of clients involved in life-altering personal injury and wrongful death cases, as well as his proven record of obtaining outstanding results in high-stakes, high-exposure litigation.

Lyons was recently involved in litigation related to the worst oilfield disaster in Oklahoma history and the deadliest in the U.S. since the 2010 Macondo Deepwater Horizon blowout. The case had tremendous importance relating to best practices for oilfield drilling operations and helped bring further attention to dangerous industry practices involving well control management and monitoring.

His success on behalf of clients has earned the notice of the legal community. In addition to the 2020 Plaintiffs’ Lawyers Trailblazers selection, he has also earned recognition among the Top 100 Lawyers in the Dallas-Fort Worth area by Texas Super Lawyers, as well as the Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers, Best Lawyers in America and D Magazine’s Best Lawyers in Dallas. He is a member of the Million Dollar and Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forums, as well as a member of America’s Top 100 High Stakes Litigators.

The full Plaintiffs’ Lawyers Trailblazers listing is featured in a special supplement to the May 2020 print edition of the National Law Journal, and can be found online.

CHICAGO (May 15, 2020) – Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that Sam Hong has joined the firm’s Technology Transactions & Privacy practice as a partner in the Chicago office.

Hong focuses his practice on technology and intellectual property–related transactions, including drafting and negotiating licensing and transfer agreements, commercial agreements, service agreements, and agreements related to outsourcing and other strategic alliances. He also counsels private equity and strategic clients in relation to mergers and acquisitions, structured financing, and restructurings, as well as licensing agreements associated with patents, trademarks, software, and other technologies.

Prior to his most recent role at Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Sam spent three years at Samsung Electronics’ global legal affairs headquarters in Seoul, South Korea. There he focused on semiconductor and technology transactions; cross-border agreements related to development, manufacture, and purchase of technologies; and mergers and acquisitions work, with a particular emphasis on medical device and hardware components.

Hong received his J.D., cum laude, from the Georgetown University Law Center and his B.A., cum laude, from Northwestern University.

Aside from his practice, Hong is actively involved in his community, serving on the Associate Board for the not-for-profit organization Urban Initiatives, which runs health, education, and character development programs for kids enrolled in Chicago Public Schools.

Barnes & Thornburg has added experienced M&A, private equity, and securities attorney Tan Le to its Chicago office, where he is a partner in the firm’s Corporate Department.

Le represents buyers and sellers in strategic sales, acquisitions and private equity fund investments; advises investors and funds in debt and equity offerings; and counsels entrepreneurs through the private placement process. His clients include manufacturers, distributors, financial and professional service providers as well as start-ups across a variety of industries.

In addition to his M&A, securities, and private equity work, Le regularly provides general corporate counseling to company officers, directors, and other individuals looking to make strategic business decisions. He prepares partnership, limited liability, equity and buy-sell agreements for closely held businesses.

Tan Le earned his J.D., with honors, from the University of Wisconsin Law School and his B.A. from Northwestern University.

Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery LLP will present a free webinar, “Tales from the IPR Counsel’s Table,” featuring Fitch Even partners Nicholas T. Peters and Paul B. Henkelmann.

The webinar will take place on Thursday, June 3, 2020, at 9:00 am PDT / 10:00 am MDT / 11:00 am CDT / 12 noon EDT.

As is often the case with new legal proceedings, inter partes review (IPR) has evolved over the nearly eight years since being established. Primarily intended to a be a lower-cost, faster path to determining a validity challenge to a patent, this proceeding and its CBM and PGR cousins have morphed into highly contested, high-stakes affairs. Motion practice, additional evidentiary filings and briefing, and complex cost-benefit analysis for each step in the process have turned IPRs from a relatively straightforward procedure into more of a litigation-like experience.

During this webinar, the presenters will explore the evolution of the IPR and the tactical decisions practitioners and their clients face while navigating the process, covering these topics and more:

• A comparison of the current IPR process to its original form
• Strategic concerns at each stage of the proceeding
• The importance of “evidence” beyond the prior art grounds and the challenge to the patent
• How IPR counsel must weigh the effect of the IPR on co-pending litigation

CLE credit has been approved for California and Illinois and is pending in Nebraska. Other states may also award CLE credit upon attendee request.

Following the live event, a recording of the webinar will be available to view for one year at www.fitcheven.com.

Register for the webinar.

Duane Morris attorney Maxine D. Bayley has been elected as chair of the 2020-2021 American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) Northern California Chapter board of directors. AILA is a national association of immigration lawyers established to promote justice, advocate for fair and reasonable immigration law and policy, advance the quality of immigration and nationality law and practice, and enhance the professional development of its members. AILA’s Northern California Chapter currently has nearly 1,000 members.

Bayley practices in the area of immigration law, representing clients in matters involving the employment of foreign nationals in a variety of industries, with a particular focus on intracompany transfers of managers, executives and employees with specialized knowledge. Her practice also involves representing individuals regarding adjustment of status and naturalization applications, as well as nonimmigrant and immigrant waivers of inadmissibility. In addition, Bayley has experience with Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) petitions, asylum, federal court litigation, drafting complaints and motions for summary judgment and with appeals to the Board of Immigration Appeals and petitions for review in the U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals for the Fourth, Eighth and Ninth Circuits.

Bayley is a graduate of the American University, Washington College of Law (J.D., 2004), where she represented individuals in the International Law and Human Rights Clinic, and a graduate of Gonzaga University (B.A., 2001).

Eversheds Sutherland is pleased to announce that Brandi A. Taylor has joined as counsel in our San Diego office. As an experienced attorney in two growing areas of regulatory practice, Taylor’s addition to the firm expands both the data privacy and education service offerings of the Litigation Practice Group.

Taylor counsels businesses in the complex areas of data privacy and cybersecurity, with a particular focus on assisting businesses in their compliance efforts with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). Her experience includes counseling clients on the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and California privacy laws protecting minors, the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) and the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA), among other laws.

Her regulatory practice includes advising companies engaging with US federal and state regulators, including the US Department of Education, the Federal Trade Commission and state attorneys general. Taylor’s experience includes counseling one of the largest social media and technology companies on CCPA and other privacy laws, including partnering with EU counsel to advise on the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

In addition to her data privacy and cybersecurity work, Taylor advises EdTech companies, investors, and colleges and universities on transactional, regulatory and litigation matters. She regularly advises on regulatory compliance matters and strategic issues pertaining to their participation in the federal student financial assistance programs, accreditation, licensure and related regulatory concerns.

Honor is the latest professional recognition for attorneys of trial firm Lyons & Simmons

Prominent Dallas trial lawyer and co-founder of the trial firm Lyons & Simmons, LLP Michael Lyons has once again been recognized among D Magazine’s peer-nominated listing of The Best Lawyers in Dallas.

Selected to the 2020 listing based upon his work on behalf of plaintiffs in personal injury, products liability and medical malpractice litigation, this is the seventh time Lyons has been honored among Dallas’ leading lawyers. He is among an even more select group of attorneys to have been recognized by D Magazine for both personal injury and business litigation.

Lyons’ inclusion among the Best Lawyers in Dallas is the latest in a series of prestigious honors over the past few months for attorneys at Lyons & Simmons, a Dallas-based trial firm focused on representing clients in personal injury, wrongful death, and complex business dispute cases in Texas and throughout the United States.

Earlier this year, firm co-founder Chris Simmons was recognized among the top 100 attorneys under the age of 40 for 2020 by Texas Rising Stars. It was his fourth consecutive selection to the list of the state’s top 100 young attorneys regardless of practice focus.  Associate Stephen Higdon earned his second selection to the Texas Rising Stars listing of the state’s top young personal injury attorneys. Simmons has earned the same distinction each of the past seven years.

Simmons and Higdon also earned recognition among D Magazine’s 2020 listing of the Best Lawyers Under 40 in Dallas. Additionally, Lyons and Simmons recently were recognized in the elite Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers guide for 2020.

Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale, P.C., is pleased to announce that it has been recognized by BTI Consulting Group as among the top “midsize heavyweight” law firms that “bring the same level of confidence and reliability as the big firms.”

Announced May 6, BTI’s exclusive list of firms that “punch above their weight” was developed through independent research and interviews with hundreds of companies across 17 industries in the United States. No law firm can self-submit, refer a client, or pay to be included on BTI’s list. Greensfelder was one of 37 firms listed as midsize “powerhouses” or “heavyweights.”

BTI President Michael Rynowecer wrote that Greensfelder and the other top firms are “uber-responsive, dig deep, hard, and fast to find the answers (and are) quick to embrace new approaches … (and) make sure clients always know who is accountable for their work and the relationship.”

Read about BTI’s list

A woman who works at Dallas’ R+D Kitchen will be allowed to wear a face covering at work, following a ruling by a Dallas County district court.

California-based Hillstone, which operates R+D Kitchen and more than 40 other restaurants in 12 states, had forbidden the employee, who goes by “Jane Doe” in court filings, from wearing a face covering on the job and refused to provide her any hours to work unless she agreed to work without one.

That’s despite recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and an April 23 order – backed up by another this month – from Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins requiring workers at businesses that re-open to wear face coverings.

But Dallas County Judge Tonya Parker granted Ms. Doe’s application for a temporary restraining order mandating that Hillstone require or at least permit Ms. Doe to wear a face covering at work, and that the restaurant not retaliate against her.

Her lawyers argue Hillstone has in effect fired Jane Doe by refusing to give her any hourly work until or unless she follows the company’s no face-covering policy.

The temporary restraining order will remain in place for 14 days. The case is Jane Doe v. Hillstone Restaurant Group, Inc., Cause No. DC-20-06494 in the 116^th Judicial District Court in Dallas County. Following the TRO decision, defendants in the case removed it to federal court.

Mroczkowski Also Appointed Member of ISBA’s Commercial Banking, Collections & Bankruptcy Law Section Council

Dykema, a leading national law firm, announced today that Steven Mroczkowski, Chicago-based Senior Counsel in the firm’s Financial Services Litigation Practice Group, was appointed by the incoming Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA) President to serve as Vice-Chair of the ISBA Construction Law Section Council and as a Member of the ISBA Commercial Banking, Collections & Bankruptcy Law Section Council for 2020-21.

The ISBA Construction Law Section Council is composed of individuals focused on construction and construction-related areas of law who are dedicated to spreading knowledge statewide about developments in construction law and reviewing and promoting legislation and changes impacting the industry. The Council sponsors and participates in educational events in order to connect with other groups and professions regarding the latest developments in construction law.

The Commercial Banking, Collections & Bankruptcy Law Section of the ISBA allows for the exchange of information, experiences and available resources in the industry by providing a forum. By reviewing proposed legislation and changes to present legislation, the Section Council offers valuable information and anticipates problems for commercial, banking and bankruptcy law.
Mroczkowski concentrates his practice on construction law, complex commercial and business litigation, and financial services litigation. He represents owners, contractors, developers, small and large businesses, and creditors and financial institutions in all manner of disputes. He litigates in state and federal trial courts, bankruptcy courts, appellate courts and also represents clients in mediation and arbitration proceedings. Mroczkowski regularly writes and speaks about developments in construction law and general commercial law as it pertains to the financial services industry.

Akerman LLP, a top 100 U.S. law firm serving clients across the Americas, today announced Alan Cohen, Chair of the Real Estate Finance Practice, and Matthew Steinberg, Deputy Chair of the Labor and Employment Practice Group, have been appointed co-managing partners of Akerman’s New York office. New York is Akerman’s second largest office with more than 130 lawyers.

As office managing partners, Cohen and Steinberg will continue to strengthen Akerman’s relationships with civic and business leaders in the New York market while guiding the firm’s strategic direction locally. Both lawyers will continue serving clients through their respective practices.

With more than 30 years of experience, Cohen focuses his practice on real estate finance, real estate development, real estate ventures and platforms, and real estate transactions within the United States, Latin America and the Caribbean.

Steinberg focuses his practice on employment law, both by advising clients on day-to-day workplace matters and defending clients on all aspects of employment-related litigation.

Cohen and Steinberg succeed Carlos Méndez-Peñate. In his role as New York office managing partner, he has helped grow Akerman’s presence in New York and around the country. Méndez-Peñate will refocus his attention on his international corporate practice and his role as co-chair of the firm’s Latin America and the Caribbean Practice.

New York, NY – In an effort to provide substantive legal counsel to the New York businesses and organizations most directly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP, together with partner law firms and legal aid organizations, has launched the Small Business Legal Relief Alliance (SBLRA).

The SBLRA is a collaborative effort between top law firms and legal services organizations to offer free counsel for qualifying small businesses, the self-employed, cooperatives and nonprofits. Pro bono legal guidance by SBLRA’s partners during telephonic consultations includes:

• Understanding loan and grant programs
• Tax
• Commercial leases
• Contractual issues
• Labor and employment
• Insurance
• Intellectual property rights
• General business issues

Partner organizations include: VOLS (Volunteers of Legal Service); The Legal Aid Society; Legal Services New York; IMPACCT Brookyln; New York Lawyers for the Public Interest; TakeRoot Justice; Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A; and Start Small Think Big. In addition to Stroock, SBLRA partner firms include: Akin Gump; Arnold & Porter; Davis Polk; Greenberg Traurig; Milbank; Morgan Lewis & Bockius; Morrison & Foerster; Ropes & Gray; Schulte Roth & Zabel; Shearman & Sterling; Sidley Austin; Simpson Thacher & Bartlett; Vinson & Elkins; and Morgan Stanley.

For more information, businesses and nonprofits interested in determining their eligibility for the legal guidance offered by SBLRA are encouraged to visit the websites of the program’s participating legal aid organizations and www.SBLRA.org.

Chamberlain Hrdlicka is pleased to announce that it has named Philadelphia-based Shareholder Jennifer Karpchuk as co-chair of the firm’s State and Local Tax Controversy and Planning practice. In this capacity, Karpchuk joins Houston-based Shareholder Pete Lowy in leading the 21-attorney practice that counsels clients in all aspects of state and local tax compliance and litigation.

Karpchuk’s practice focuses on state and local taxation with an emphasis on the minimization of state and local tax obligations. She is a nationally sought-after speaker and writer on topics related to state and local tax. She authors quarterly columns for State Tax Notes and ALM’s The Legal Intelligencer, and co-authors the Pennsylvania Tax Handbook and the Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Bar Association’s Property Tax Deskbook.

Karpchuk earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Delaware and her law degree from Temple University Beasley School of Law.

About Chamberlain Hrdlicka
Chamberlain Hrdlicka is a diversified business law firm with offices in Atlanta, Houston, Philadelphia and San Antonio. The firm represents both public and private companies, as well as individuals and family-owned businesses across the nation. The firm offers counsel in tax planning and tax controversy, corporate, securities and finance, employment law and employee benefits, energy law, estate planning and administration, intellectual property, international and immigration law, commercial and business litigation, real estate and construction law.

Brouse McDowell is pleased to welcome Julie Kaplan Zurn and Douglas G. Walters as new additions to our Business Restructuring, Bankruptcy, and Commercial Law Practice Group.

Joining Brouse as a Partner in our Akron office, Kaplan Zurn brings a wealth of experience advising debtors, creditors, and trustees in bankruptcy in Federal and State Courts; successfully advising clients through a range of legal issues related to financial difficulties, including, out of court negotiation with creditors to modify or restructure debt, recovery of disputed receivables, and the wind down of small businesses; and continuing to serve as Chapter 7 Panel Trustee for the Bankruptcy Court in the Northern District of Ohio since November 1, 2019. Prior to joining Brouse, Kaplan Zurn ran her own private practice. She is deeply familiar with all aspects of administering bankruptcy cases, as she is leveraging 10+ years as a Career Law Clerk to Hon. Marilyn Shea-Stonum in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Ohio at Akron. Kaplan Zurn is the founder of the International Women’s Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation’s Northeast Ohio Network.

Kaplan Zurn received her BA from the University of Wisconsin, and her JD, cum laude, from The Ohio State University School of Law.

Walters joins as an Associate in our Cleveland Office. He joins Brouse from a large Cleveland-based law firm where he practiced in the Business Restructurings, Creditors’ Rights & Bankruptcy Group. Walters has experience advising clients in complex workouts, debt restructurings and reorganizations, secured lenders in bankruptcy proceedings, and debtors in Chapter 11 bankruptcies. He has successfully utilized various judgment-creditor remedies, while representing large, mid-sized, domestic and foreign companies in a multitude of cases.
Walters received his BA, cum laude, from The Ohio State University, and his JD from the Wake Forest University School of Law.

Brouse McDowell’s Business Restructuring, Bankruptcy & Commercial Law Practice assists clients in transactions, multi-party negotiations and litigation concerning the financing of their operations, business reorganization, and debt restructuring, as well as their commercial relationships with customers and vendors. Our attorneys regularly handle issues arising under the Bankruptcy Code and state receivership statutes, as well as those arising under the Uniform Commercial Code, including sales of goods, leases, checks and negotiable instruments, loan transactions, letters of credit, and security interests and liens.

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP congratulates its client, Northwest Fiber d/b/a Ziply Fiber, on its acquisition of operations and assets of Frontier Communications in the Pacific Northwest. DWT represented Ziply in securing all required state and local regulatory approvals required to consummate the transaction, which will position the company to deliver high-speed broadband service to roughly a half-million customers across Washington, Oregon, Montana, and Idaho.

The transaction, which was first announced last year, is valued at $1.352 billion, with an additional $500 million being invested in network and service improvements for a total commitment of approximately $2.0 billion. Ziply Fiber, based in Kirkland, Wash., is backed by global private investment firm Searchlight Capital Partners, LP, and numerous other investors.

Led by Halm and Trinchero, the team of Davis Wright Tremaine professionals on both coasts that secured approvals for the deal includes Dan Reing, Alan Galloway, Heather Moelter, Ashlee Aguilar, Alicia LeDuc, and Ryan Appel.

DLA Piper is pleased to announce that Brussels-based lawyer Orestis Omran has been promoted to partner as part of the firm’s annual promotion round, effective 1 May 2020. This promotion brings the total number of partners in Belgium to 22.

Orestis joined DLA Piper’s Litigation and Regulatory practice in 2017. Qualified in New York and Greece, his practice focuses on EU regulatory matters in the energy, banking and infrastructure sectors. He has very broad experience in contentious and non-contentious matters including in formal and informal state aid and other investigations before the European Commission, national regulatory authorities and subsequent proceedings before the EU Courts. Orestis has also built a track record of successful client representations in the broader South Eastern European area and particularly in Greece where he has been leading significant projects during the past years. His clients include major international corporates, financial institutions, Governments and public authorities.

DLA Piper’s Co-Country Managing Partners in Belgium, Annelies Verlinden and Kristof De Vulder, commented: “Orestis is a very talented and hardworking lawyer. His deep knowledge of EU law, analytical thinking and entrepreneurial mentality along with his sector expertise and consistently excellent client service make him a key team member. His promotion demonstrates our commitment to further strengthening our highly-regarded EU law team in Brussels and we are delighted to welcome him to the partnership.”

Globally DLA Piper has promoted 67 lawyers, across many of the firm’s practice areas in 35 different offices throughout 13 countries.

Buchalter is pleased to announce that it has added four attorneys to its Seattle office – Harold (Hal) E. Snow, Jr., John B. Crosetto, Scott G. Warner, and Paul M. Barba have all joined from Foster Garvey PC.

Snow joins as a Shareholder and a member of the Firm’s Corporate and Tax, Benefits, & Estate Planning Practice Groups. With more than 40 years of experience, he is a trusted advisor to families and business owners in the areas of business succession planning, asset protection planning, wealth transfer, and transfer tax minimization. Snow’s extensive estate planning background also includes succession planning for closely held businesses, including the transfer of ownership to the next generation with minimum estate tax cost. Further, he has significant experience in regulated industries (wine, beer, and spirits, and cannabis industries) Corporate Transactions, Mergers and Acquisitions, Real Estate and Intellectual Property.

Crosetto is a member of the Intellectual Property and Litigation Practice Groups. He represents clients in matters involving trademark, trade secret, trade dress, false advertising, and unfair competition. Crosetto advises startups and established companies, including software and hardware companies, equipment manufacturers, video game developers, and creative firms on licensing, brand development, and brand protection, as well as minimizing litigation risk and finding alternative solutions to intellectual property disputes.

Also joining the Intellectual Property Practice Group, Warner works with start-ups, non-profits and public companies by helping them to register, protect, or sell their intellectual property. He provides practical guidance to clients in all aspects of their intellectual property rights and business transactions, including copyright, trademark, trade secret, licensing and distribution, joint ventures, employment and non-competition, publishing, e-commerce, privacy and data security, web hosting, content development and clearance, and domain disputes. Further, Warner has more than 20 years of experience in the technology sector and is a recognized practitioner in Chambers USA.

As a member of the Tax, Benefits, & Estate Planning practice, Barba focuses on international tax, cross‐border investments and reorganizations, trusts, estate planning, expatriations, and IRS disputes. He advises his clients on evaluating and implementing tax‐related structures for U.S. domestic and international mergers and acquisitions for various purposes, including optimizing effective tax rates, protecting against estate tax, lowering U.S. tax compliance burdens, implementing estate and repatriation plans, and addressing FIRPTA issues.

*Barba’s bar admission to the state of Washington is currently pending.

Tom D’Amore, Managing Partner and owner of D’Amore Law Group, is pleased to announce that on April 21, 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed a 2019 federal jury verdict of $26.4 million – the largest trucking verdict out of the state of Oregon – in full with no further ability to appeal. D’Amore represented Mr. Matthew Allison, a 27-year-old man who suffer significant injuries and lost his 30-year-old wife Sara Allison in a horrific head-on truck v. car collision caused by the recklessness and prolonged bout of road rage between four commercial truck drivers employed by Horizon Transport Inc. and Smoot Brothers Transportation.

Defendant Horizon Transport, after the trial court denied its motion for a new trial/remittitur, appealed to the Ninth Circuit last summer, but then dismissed its appeal last month. The case is Matthew Allison and Tim Nay, Personal Representative of the Estate of Sara Allison v. Horizon Transport and Smoot Brothers Transportation.

Of note, the plaintiffs shared 70 percent of the $6.5 million punitive damages jury verdict with the State of Oregon pursuant to Oregon law; the shared funds go to the state Crime Victims Fund to pay for care for other victims of crime.

This victory earned D’Amore recognition as a Litigator of the Week runner-up by The Litigation Daily from The American Lawyer.

An attorney for more than 25 years, D’Amore is licensed to practice law in Oregon, Washington and California, and is a board-certified civil trial attorney with the National Board of Trial Advocacy (NBTA). D’Amore is also board-certified in trucking injury law by the NBTA. Actively engaged in the plaintiff’s trial bar, D’Amore is a national Board Member, Executive Committee member, and current Budget Chair of the American Association for Justice (AAJ) in Washington, D.C., Past President of the Oregon Trial Lawyers Association and a member of ABOTA. D’Amore has been selected to the Top 50 Super Lawyers in Oregon for several years including 2020.

About D’Amore Law Group

Since 1992, the D’Amore Law Group has represented thousands of injury victims and their loved ones in Oregon, Washington and California in various complex and catastrophic personal injury matters. Founder Tom D’Amore is dedicated to asserting the rights of clients who have been seriously injured by the negligence and intentional conduct of individual and corporate wrongdoers. The firm handles a wide variety of personal injury and wrongful death cases, in areas including automobile and trucking accidents, motorcycle and bicycle accidents, nursing home and medical negligence, sexual abuse, construction accidents and job site injuries, class action suits and bad faith insurance practices. The firm has locations for meeting clients in Portland, Lake Oswego, and Bend, Oregon, as well as in Vancouver, Washington. For more information, please visit www.damorelaw.com.