Aaron DeShaw

As a doctor/lawyer DeShaw is one of the top brain injury lawyers in the country. He is a major sponsor of the Brain Injury Association of Oregon. DeShaw is an invited lecturer at brain injury conferences, for both doctors and lawyers. His lecture on brain injuries is part of his Traumatic Injuries DVD set released by leading legal publisher Trial Guides. He is the lawyer of choice for many physician and brain injury society referrals.

22 years, 125 cases

DeShaw is one of the top personal injury lawyers in the northwest, and one of the few doctor/lawyers in the country to practice personal injury law. Dr. DeShaw handles primarily brain injury and other catastrophic injury cases. He is among the elite group of lawyers in the country published by Trial Guides along with Rick Friedman, Paul Luvera, Don Keenan, Jim Perdue, and others.

22 years, 280 cases

DeShaw is nationally known for his work on insurance bad faith. He is author of three treatises on insurance claim software. He was co-counse in Hensley v. CSC, against over 580 insurance companies in a conspiracy to underpay claims to policyholders.

18 years, 10 cases

DeShaw as co-counsel on major class action cases. Most notable was Hensley v. CSC, a case against over 580 insurance companies in a conspiracy to underpay claims to policyholders. The result was payments to policyholders of over $1 billion.

17 years, 2 cases

DeShaw's firm deals with a wide range of taxpayer fraud cases, including False Claims Act cases (where companies have improperly defrauded taxpayers by fraudulently charging the federal government), or for institutional non-payment of taxes by large corporations. These cases often revolve around DeShaw's in depth knowledge of the insurance industry, but also involves fraudulently marketed pharmaceutical products for non-approved uses.

15 years, 5 cases