Diane Polscer
Diane Polscer
Managing Partner, Portland
Portland, Oregon 97225
Telephone: 503-242-2922
Fax: 503-242-1264
E-mail: dpolscer@gordon-polscer.com
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Diane Polscer is the managing partner of Gordon & Polscer, L.L.C. in Portland. Gordon & Polscer was recently named as one of the 2011-2012 U.S. News & World Report - Best Lawyers "Best Law Firms," recognized as Tier 1 in Portland for Insurance Law. Diane focuses her practice on insurance coverage and commercial litigation.
Diane has been selected for inclusion in Super Lawyers since 2006. This is the sixth consecutive year Diane has been named to this peer-elected distinction that is presently to only the top 5% of attorneys in Oregon. She was also a Corporate Counsel Super Lawyer for 2010. In addition, Diane was recognized as one of the "Best Lawyers in America" in 2011 and 2012, and has been an AV Rated Lawyer for almost 20 years.
She has extensive experience including work on numerous bad faith claims and appeals. Diane is a frequent speaker and author, and is a faculty member of the National Institute for Trial Advocacy. She served as past Chair of the Excess and Reinsurance Subcommittee of DRI's Insurance Law Committee and past Chair of the Insurance Coverage Section of the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel.
Diane is a co-founder and regular contributor to the National Insurance Law Forum, which is a law blog devoted solely to legal and legislative developments in the area of insurance law. The blog, which is run by Gordon & Polscer in conjunction with five other nationally recognized insurance coverage law firms, was recently named as a LexisNexis Top Blog for Insurance Law – 2011 Honoree. You can view the blog and subscribe to updates here.
Diane is also a proud member and president of the Oregon Chapter of the International Network of Boutique Law Firms (www.INBLF.com), which is an organization of the most highly credentialed and preeminent single-discipline law firms through out the United State and some of the world's most prominent full-service law firms in foreign nations.
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B.A., with distinction, Pennsylvania State University J.D., University of Oregon School of Law University of Oregon Law Review, Associate Editor Law Clerk, Chief Judge Robert J. McNichols, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Washington |
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Oregon State Courts Washington State Courts Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals United States District Court, District of Oregon United States District Court, Western District of Washington United States District Court, Eastern District of Washington |
| Recognition |
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AV-Peer Review Rated for 17 years Oregon Super Lawyer, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 Oregon Super Lawyers Business Edition 2011, Litigation, Insurance Coverage Oregon Super Lawyer Corporate Counsel, 2010 The Best Lawyers in America, Insurance Law, 2010 and 2011 |
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Federal Bar Association (Member) Oregon State Bar Association (Member, Litigation, Construction Law and Toxic Tort sections) Oregon Women Lawyers (Member, Board of Directors, 1989-91; Secretary, 1989-90; Treasurer, 1990-91; Chair, Professional Liaison Committee, 1989-90) Oregon State Bar Judicial Administration Committee (Selected Member 1989-92) Oregon State Board of Bar Examiners (Appointed, 1991-94) Washington State Bar Association (Member, Litigation and Construction Law sections) Gus Solomon American Inns of Court (Founding Member, Master) National Institute for Trial Advocacy (Selected faculty member for the professional training program in Trial Advocacy Skills) Northwest Environmental Claims Association (Frequent speaker and author) Washington Women Lawyers (Past President; Member, Board of Directors, 1987) Institute for Managerial and Professional Women (Member, Board of Directors, 1991) American Bar Association (Member, Litigation Section, Insurance Coverage and Tort and Insurance Practice Sections; Past Chair, Tort and Insurance Practice Self-Insurers Committee, 1996-1997; Co-Chair of Annual Program, 1994; Editor, Tort and Insurance Practice Section Self-Insurers Newsletter, 1994; Co-Editor, Tort and Insurance Practice Section Self-Insurers Annual Survey, 1993) Defense Research Institute (Past Chair, Insurance Law Excess & Reinsurance Subcommittee; Program Chair, Reinsurance Program 1999 and 2000; frequent speaker and author on commercial litigation and insurance issues) Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel since 1998 (Second woman lawyer in Oregon to be selected; Chair, Insurance Coverage, 2006-08; Past Chair, New Membership Corporate Development Subcommittee; Admissions Committee, Diversity Committee, Foundation Committee) Lawyers for Civil Justice (Member) International Network of Boutique Law Firms (President, Oregon Chapter, 2007- Present) National Association of Minority & Women Owned Law Firms (Admissions Committee Member) Inland Empire Girl Scout Council (Member, Board of Directors, 1984-87) Associates of Good Samaritan Hospital, Portland, Oregon (Member, Board of Directors 1995-1997) Children's Cancer Association, Dream Catcher Program (Volunteer, 2001-Present) National Charities League (Susan G. Komen Liaison) |