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PORTLAND, OREGON 97204

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Areas Of Practice:

  • Litigation & Appeals
  • Personal Injury
  • Insurance Coverage & Bad Faith/Excess Liability  
  • Business & Commercial Law
  • Arbitration
  • Mediation

Donald E. Templeton, Partner

 

Don is a litigation partner, having joined the firm in 1986, after practicing in the state of Washington.  His civil practice emphasizes complex and federal litigation, insurance coverage, bad faith/excess liability, products liability, professional liability, personal injury, and commercial litigation. 

In 2006 and 2007, his peers recognized Don as an Oregon Super Lawyer in Insurance Coverage.  Don also serves as Litigation Practice Leader for the firm and is a member of the firm’s Executive Committee.

 

 

Bar Admissions:

  • Washington, 1984
  • Oregon, 1986
  • U.S. District Court Eastern District of Washington, 1985
  • U.S. District Court Western District of Washington, 1987
  • U.S. District Court District of Oregon, 1986
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1987

Education:

  • University of Washington School of Law, J.D., 1984
  • University of Oregon, B.S. in Political Science, 1981

Published Works:

  • Civil Litigation Manual, Ch. 25, Trial Motions, Oregon State Bar Association CLE, Supplement, 1999
  • Insurance, Ch. 28, Comprehensive Personal Liability Coverage, Oregon State Bar Association CLE, Supplement, 1999
  • Damages, Chapter 7, Medical Expenses, Oregon State Bar Association CLE, 1998
  • Arbitration and Mediation, Ch. 11, Arbitration Under PIP/UM/UIM Provisions in Automobile Insurance Policies, Oregon State Bar Association CLE, 1996 and 2000 Supplement
  • Insurance, Ch. 28, Comprehensive Personal Liability Coverage, Oregon State Bar Association CLE, Revision, 1996

Representative Clients:

  • Country Mutual Insurance Company
  • Interstate Insurance
  • Oregon State Bar Professional Liability Fund 
  • Royal & SunAlliance Insurance Company
  • Safeco Insurance Companies
  • Sublimity Insurance
  • Viking Insurance

Professional Associations and Memberships:

  • Oregon State Bar Association, Member
  • Washington State Bar Association, Member
  • Multnomah Bar Association, Professional Responsibility Committee, 1993 - 1996; Chairperson in 1995-96
  • Oregon Board of Bar Examiners, 1999 - 2002 Chairperson, 2001 - 2002
  • Oregon Association of Defense Counsel/Defense Research Institute