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Diane Polscer is the managing partner of Gordon & Polscer, L.L.C. in Portland where she primarily focuses her practice on insurance coverage and commercial litigation. Diane is a frequent speaker and author, and she is a faculty member of the National Institute for Trial Advocacy. She served as past Chair of Excess and Reinsurance Subcommittee of DRI's Insurance Law Committee and immediate past Chair of the Insurance Coverage Section of the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel.
Diane has collaborated with four other nationally recognized coverage firms around the country in the National Insurance Law Forum, a law blog devoted solely to legal and legislative developments of interest. 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 throughout the United States and some of the world’s most prominent full-service law firms in foreign nations.
Diane Polscer was selected for inclusion in Super Lawyers 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009. This is the fourth consecutive year Diane has been named to this peer-elected distinction that is presented to only the top 5% of attorneys in Oregon. She is also a Corporate Counsel Super Lawyer for 2010. Diane has been an A-V Rated Lawyer for more than 15 years.
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Education and Credentials
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
Admissions to Practice
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
AV-Peer Review Rated for 15 years
Oregon Super Lawyer, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009
Professional Memberships and Community Activities
Federal Bar Association (Member)
Oregon State Bar Association (Member, Litigation, Construction
Law and Toxic Tort sections)
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)
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)
Institute for Managerial and Professional Women (Member, Board of Directors, 1991)
Oregon State Board of Bar Examiners (Appointed, 1991-94)
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)
Lawyers for Civil Justice (Member)
International Network of Boutique Law Firms (President, Oregon Chapter, 2007- Present)
National Association of Minority & Women Owned Law Firms (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)
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