Robert J. Neuberger - Attorney Biography

HISTORY

Robert Neuberger has been practicing law in Oregon since 1980. His career has been dedicated to providing Oregonians with high quality, professional, ethical, and principled legal representation. His commitment to excellence is reflected in his character, reputation, integrity and the high level of personal service he offers to his clients.

Mr. Neuberger was born in Baker, Oregon, a small cattle and lumber community in rural Northeastern Oregon. His family first settled in Baker Valley during the nineteenth century.

After college, he attended law school at night, first working for his hometown congressman, and then clerking for William M. Dale, a highly-respected judge in Multnomah County. His association with Judge Dale led to a clerkship during his last year of law school with Burl L. Green, one of Oregon's foremost trial lawyers. Upon graduation from law school, Robert Neuberger began practicing in Portland with Burl Green; less than two and one-half years later, he became a partner and the firm was renamed Green, Griswold & Neuberger.

Upon Burl Green's retirement in 1989, Robert Neuberger joined Frank Pozzi and Donald Wilson's Portland firm of Pozzi Wilson Atchison where he was a partner until 1999.

Mr. Neuberger's association with William Dale, Burl Green, Frank Pozzi and Donald Wilson gave him the opportunity to spend over 22 years with four of the most influential and respected lawyers in Oregon.

VALUES

Working with such prominent lawyers gave Robert Neuberger the opportunity to represent Oregonians with a fidelity to the highest legal, ethical and professional principles. He continues to perpetuate these values with his ongoing commitment to providing the highest-quality legal representation for his clients, thereby providing the means to successfully counter those whose influence and self-interest would otherwise threaten the health, well-being, and economic security of others. Equally important is his commitment to rendering personal service to his clients in obtaining justice and compensation for those who have suffered injury, misfortune, or the death of a loved one due to the neglect, fault, or intolerance of others.

Current Employment Position(s):

Partner

Areas Of Practice:

Professional Malpractice
Product Liability Law
Admiralty & Maritime
Personal Injury - Plaintiff

Bar Admissions:

Oregon, 1980

Education:

Lewis and Clark College Northwestern School of Law, Portland, Oregon

Published Works:

Chapter 13, Liability Insurance, Evidence (Oregon CLE), 1986

Chapters on Evidence and Civil Procedure and Practice in 1987 Oregon Legislation, Oregon CLE, 1987

Chapters on Evidence and Civil Procedure and Practice in 1989 Oregon Legislation, Oregon CLE, 1989

Overview of Oregon Personal Injury Protection Law, Solving PIP Problems, Oregon CLE, 1994

Senate Bill 601: Joint & Several Liability Law in Oregon, Torts and Civil Practices: Oregon Legislative Changes, Oregon CLE, 1995

49 Practical Solutions to Real Problems in Insurance Cases, Oregon CLE, 1999

Hold Harmless Clauses: Why a Plaintiff Should Just Say "No", Oregon State Bar Litigation Journal, March, 1996

Joint & Several Liability: The 1995 Amendments Four Years Later, Oregon State Bar Litigation Journal, March, 1999

Representative Cases:

Estate of Greenslitt v. Farmers Insurance Company of Oregon, 964 P.2d 1129 (1998)

Faverty v. McDonalds Restaurants of Oregon, Inc., 892 P.2d 703 (1995)

Collins v. Farmers Insurance Company of Oregon, 791 P.2d 498 (1990)

State ex rel. Stephens v. Londer, 811 P.2d 1375 (1991)

Osborne v. International Harvester Company, 654 P.2d 1148 (1982)

Osborne v. International Harvester Company, 688 P.2d 390 (1984)

Classes/Seminars Taught:

Program Planner, First, Second, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Retreats, Oregon State Bar, Section of Litigation, 1994 - 2000

Speaker, Annual Meeting, Oregon State Bar, 1987

Speaker and Program Planner, Personal Injury: Overcoming Hurdles to Settlement, Oregon State Continuing Legal Education (CLE) of the Bar, September 23, 1993

Program Planner and Speaker, Solving PIP Problems, Oregon State CLE Bar, May 26, 1994

Speaker, Annual Meeting, Oregon State Bar, 1995

Program Planner, Speaker and Moderator, Handling Uninsured and Underinsured Motorist Cases: After Vega and the 1997 Legislative Changes, Oregon State CLE Bar, October 17, 1997

Speaker, Oregon Casualty Adjuster Association Spring Symposium, April 16, 1998

Speaker, 49 Practical Solutions to Real Problems in Insurance Cases, Oregon State CLE Bar, October 15, 1999

Speaker, Regarding Joint and Several Liability Law in Oregon, Oregon State CLE Bar, Oregon Legislative Changes, October 19, 1999

Speaker, Numerous Oregon Trial Lawyer Association Seminars and Annual Meetings.

Professional Associations and Memberships:

Oregon State Bar, 1980 - Present
Member

Multnomah Bar Association, 1980 - Present
Member, Board of Directors (Pres., 2003-2004)

Oregon State Bar, Executive Committee, 1995 - 2002
Member, Section of Litigation (Chair, 2001)

Association of Trial Lawyers of America, 1980 - Present
Sustaining Member

American Bar Association, 1981 - Present
Member

Oregon Trial Lawyers Association, 1980 - Present
Member

American Board of Trial Advocates, 1997 - Present
Member

Multnomah Bar Association, Former Court Liaison, and Former Member, Committees on Judicial Selection

Oregon State Bar Former Member, Committees on Uniform Civil Jury Instructions, Joint Shorthand Reporters (Chair), and Procedure and Practice

Oregon Trial Lawyers Association
Former Member, Board of Governors

State of Oregon
Former Member, Committee on Statutory Revision

Birth Information:

1953