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| Overview Mike Lehner Carl Rodrigues Barry J. Goehler Iayesha Smith Alex Williamson Support Staff |
Our PeopleCarl RodriguesPrincipal
Carl’s practice areas have included defense of civil litigation involving automobiles (personal and commercial), insurance coverage, first party and bad faith litigation, premises liability (residential and commercial), the Employers Liability Law, maritime, product liability, construction defect, employment law (discrimination, wrongful discharge), defamation, sexual abuse, assault, security/false arrest, malicious prosecution and appeals in varied areas. He has substantial experience in Alternative Dispute Resolution, including Arbitration and Mediation, both as a litigator and an Arbitrator. Carl has been litigating cases for 23 years and is AV rated. He has been recognized for outstanding trial results by a prominent insurer. Carl is admitted to practice in Oregon, Washington, the United States District
Court and the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Carl has been a speaker at Multnomah Bar Association and OADC presentations for continuing legal education. |
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Carl
was born in 1951 in Hong Kong and grew up in Southern California,
before moving to Portland in 1975. After completing his undergraduate degree
he was licensed in California, and later in Oregon and Washington, as an
insurance adjuster, handling first and third party claims in all three states
from 1973 to1979, with an emphasis on litigation. After attending law school
he began practicing law in 1982, as an associate attorney and subsequently
as a partner in Vergeer, Roehr and Sweek, and later the merged
firm of Cosgrave, Vergeer and Kester, both firms emphasizing the defense
of civil litigation. In 1990 Carl became a partner in, and a member of,
Lehner, Mitchell, Rodrigues and Sears, continuing to defend civil litigation
in multiple practice areas. Since 2002 he has remained a partner in Lehner
and Rodrigues.
