Nicholas E. Wheeler
Work in Cosgrave Vergeer Kester LLP
Top Rated Family Law Attorney with 19 years of experience
Product Liability, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
900 SW Fifth Avenue, 24th Floor, Portland, OR 97204
About Nicholas E. Wheeler
Practice Areas
- Product Liability
- Ethics & Professional Responsibility
Education
- University of Oregon School of Law, Eugene, OregonJ.D
- Law Review: Oregon Law Review, Associate Editor
- Oregon State University, Corvallis, ORB.S
- Major: Business Administration
- Major: Management
- Honors: cum laude
Classes and Seminars
- Compendium of Product Liability Law Issues, ALFA International , 2009 - Present
- Compendium of Product Liability Law Issues, Oregon ALFA International Client Seminar, 2007 - Present
- Metadata, What Must Be Produced in Litigation, Health Law Update, Oregon Health Lawyers Association, 2007 - Present
- Carmack Amendment Not Applicable to Brokers, ALFA Compendium, 2006 - Present
- “Hot Topics Important to Product Manufacturers and Those Who Counsel and Defend Product Liability Litigation”, ALFA International Product Liability and Complex Torts Practice Group Seminar, May 2016
- “Trial War Stories Panel”, Oregon State Bar Professional Liability Fund Semi-Annual Conference, August, 2015
- “Products Liability 101”, Legal Department of Garmin International, Inc., Avionics Manufacturing, May, 2013
- “Metadata, What Must Be Produced in Litigation?”, 2007 Health Law Update, Oregon Health Lawyers Association, December, 2007
- “Compendium of Product Liability Law Issues”, ALFA International Product Liability Practice Group Seminar, 2011
- “Compendium of Product Liability Law Issues“, ALFA International Product Liability Practice Group Seminar, 2009
- “Compendium of Product Liability Law Issues”, Oregon ALFA International Client Seminar, March, 2007
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Oregon, 2004
- U.S. District Court District of Oregon
Other Affiliations
- Oregon Association (Defense Counsel)
- National Association (Railroad Counsel)
- Multnomah Bar Association. (Railroad Counsel)
- ALFA International’s Product Liability, Steering Committee (Member)
- Oregon Association of Defense Counsel (Member)
- National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel (Member)
- Multnomah Bar Association (Member)
Articles
Published Works
- “Damages, 2016 Revision”, Chapter 9 – Contributory Negligence and Comparative Fault, Oregon State Bar Publications, November, 2016
- “Nanotechnology – A Primer for Product Liability Lawyers”, The Verdict, Oregon Association of Defense Counsel, Issue 1, 2016
- “Multi-Defendant Strict Liability Cases – Making the Case for Application of ORS 31.605[4]“, The Verdict, Oregon Association of Defense Counsel, Issue 2, 2015
- “Defending Product Liability Actions- Ten Key Takeaways“, The Verdict, Oregon Association of Defense Counsel, Issue 4, 2014
- “SawStop Table Saw Litigation: Three Key Takeaways for the Product Liability Practitioner”, The Verdict, Oregon Association of Defense Counsel, Issue 2, 2014
- “The Oregon Supreme Court Narrowly Construes the Nicastro Plurality’s Limitation on Stream-Of-Commerce Personal Jurisdiction”, Product Liability Perspectives Newsletter, ALFA Product Liability Practice Group, Winter 2013
- “Carmack Amendment Not Applicable to Brokers”, Transportation Update Newsletter, ALFA International Transportation Practice Group, March, 2006
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