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Aaron DeShaw

Brain injury Attorney at Portland, OR

5.0   1 review

also known as Dr. Aaron DeShaw, Esq.

  • State Years
    Washington - WA 16 years
    Oregon - OR 23 years
  • Licensed for 16 years
    State WA
    Acquired 2006
    Status
    Active No misconduct found
  • Licensed for 23 years
    State OR
    Acquired 2000
    Status
    Active No misconduct found

We have not found any instances of professional misconduct for this lawyer.

About Aaron

Learn Aaron’s areas of practice.

5
Practice areas
  1. Brain injury
    90%
    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.

    23 years, 125 cases

  2. Personal injury
    5%
    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.

    23 years, 280 cases

  3. Insurance
    3%
    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.

    19 years, 10 cases

  4. Class action
    1%
    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.

    18 years, 2 cases

  5. Federal crime
    1%
    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.

    16 years, 5 cases

I accept a small number of seriously hurt clients, who need representation and guidance after a life changing injury.  After studying insurance claims practices for many years, writing books and lecturing on the topic, and working on class action cases involving the way insurance companies actually handle insurance claims, I bring a great deal of experience to a case on how to appropriately handle your case. This combined with my training as a doctor, and interest in brain, spinal cord, and nervous system injuries gives me the expertise to handle the most serious injury cases.  

 

I also use my background in fraudulent insurance company practices, most notably software systems used to improperly delay, deny, or underpay insurance claims in my role as a lawyer handling class action, insurance claims practice ("bad faith"), and False Claims Act cases.   I am considered one of the leading lawyers in the country on fraudulent underpayment schemes by insurers, and have worked on cases both as a lawyer and a litigation consultant in which policyholders have obtained over $550 million in fraudulently underpaid claims from insurers who defrauded their own policyholders.  

 

In my legal career, I am most proud to be one of Trial Guides authors along with David Ball, Rick Friedman, Don Keenan and other leading lawyers and litigation experts.  Its a group that is not only the best in their professional lives, but work to improve the the safety of people before they are ever injured.

 

 

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Dr. Aaron DeShaw, Esq., P.C.
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Portland, OR, 97210

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Posted by Delani | January 3, 2010
Doctor Aaron DeShaw is a Rock Star. (Sorry, told myself I would try not to gush)
Doctor Aaron Deshaw took my case when it was at its most hopeless. As a brain injury survivor himself, he was as kind and compassionate to someone with a brain injury as anyone could hope for. As a doctor, his knowledge and expertise were invaluable in navigating the complexities of a trial that depended on medical evidence. As an attorney, he's a ROCK STAR!(Sorry, did it again.) As an attorney, I believe his bravery (to go forward with a case that he was told was near hopeless), his brilliance, and his wisdom are unsurpassed in the legal field. His belief in me sustained me through a long, difficult, but ultimately triumphant journey. He never failed to return a phone call or e-mail, to keep me informed, or just reassure me that he understood when I was doing silly things brain injured people do. If you are unlucky enough to have suffered a brain injury, you would be lucky to have Doctor Aaron DeShaw as your lawyer. Delani Stephens
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Cost

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  • Free Consultation 30 minutes
  • Contingency 33%-40%

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AVVO RATING 10.0 (Superb)

Work Experience

  • Dr. Aaron DeShaw, Esq., P.C.
  • 2000 - Present
  • Of Counsel
  • Friedman Rubin
  • 2008 - 2016

Education

  • Willamette University College of Law
  • JD - Juris Doctor
  • 1999
  • Western States Chiropractic College
  • D.C. - Doctorate of Chiropractic
  • 1993
  • Pepperdine University School of Law
  • N/A
  • Willamette University
  • N/A
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Legal Cases

  • Cozzocrea v. Ready
  • $1,050,000.00 Mediation Settlement
  • Fitzgerald v. Shelby
  • $1,600,000.00 Jury Verdict
  • Confidential
  • $3,500,000.00 settlement
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Associations

  • Trial Guides Spinal Injury Litigation Group
  • Chairman
  • 2021 - Present
  • Trial Guides Personal Injury Litigation Group
  • Chairman
  • 2021 - Present
  • Trial Guides Brain Injury Litigation Group
  • Chairman
  • 2021 - Present
  • Oregon Trial Lawyers Association
  • Guardian Member
  • 2000 - Present
  • Consumer Attorneys of California
  • Member
  • 2020 - 2022
  • Consumer Attorney Association of Los Angeles
  • Member
  • 2020 - 2022
  • Brain Injury Alliance of Oregon
  • Board Member
  • 2013 - 2021
  • American Association for Justice - Brain Injury Litigation Group
  • Member
  • 2010 - 2021
  • AAJ Motor Vehicles Division
  • Member
  • 2009 - 2011
  • American Association of Justice
  • Member
  • 2007 - 2021
  • AAJ - Insurance Law Division
  • Member
  • 2007 - 2011
  • Brain Injury Association of Oregon
  • Member
  • 2004 - 2021
  • Association of Trial Lawyers of America
  • Member
  • 2000 - 2007
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Languages Spoken

  • English

Honors and Awards

  • Super Lawyer
  • Oregon Super Lawyers
  • 2021
  • Super Lawyer
  • Oregon Super Lawyers
  • 2020
  • Super Lawyer
  • Oregon Super Lawyers
  • 2019
  • Super Lawyer
  • Oregon Super Lawyers
  • 2013
  • Super Lawyer
  • Oregon Super Lawyers
  • 2012
  • Graduate
  • Barton Litigation Boot Camp
  • 2006
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Publications

  • Trial Trends
  • Colossus: What Every Trial Lawyer Needs to Know.
  • 2005
  • Forum
  • Negotiating a Non-Demonstrable Case
  • 2005
  • Louisiana Advocates
  • Colossus: What Every Trial Lawyer Needs to Know
  • 2005
  • Trial Briefs (NCAJ)
  • Colossus: What Every Trial Lawyer Needs to Know
  • 2005
  • The Gavel (OCTLA)
  • Colossus: What Every Trial Lawyer Needs to Know
  • 2005
  • The Verdict (Wisconsin Academy of Trial Lawyers)
  • Colossus: What Every Trial Lawyer Needs to Know
  • 2005
  • American Trial Lawyers Association (ATLA)
  • Soft Tissue Cases in Colossus
  • 2005
  • Advocate
  • Colossus: What Every Trial Lawyer Needs to Know
  • 2005
  • The Idaho Trial Lawyers Association Journal
  • Colossus: What Every Trial Lawyer Needs to Know
  • 2005
  • Chiropractic Economics
  • Getting Paid in PI Cases
  • 2005
  • Colorado Trial Lawyer Association publication (CTLA)
  • Negotiating a Non-Demonstrable Case
  • 2005
  • The Prairie Barrister
  • Negotiating a Non-Demonstrable Case
  • 2005
  • Journal of the Chiropractic Association of Oregon
  • Getting Paid in PI Cases
  • 2005
  • Journal of the Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers
  • Colossus: What Every Trial Lawyer Needs to Know
  • 2005
  • Journal of the Chiropractic Association of Oregon
  • Colossus
  • 2003
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Speaking Engagements

  • Brain Injury Association of California Med Legal Conference
  • Insurance Demand Letters
  • 2021
  • Brain Injury Association of California Med Legal Conference
  • Insurance Bad Faith
  • 2021
  • Brain Injury Association of California Med Legal Conference
  • Insurance Demand Letters in Traumatic Brain Injury Cases
  • 2021
  • Brain Injury Association of California Webinar Series
  • Insurance Demand Letters
  • 2020
  • Brain Injury Association of California Webinar Series
  • Fake Bad Scale and the MMPI in Brain Injury Litigation
  • 2020
  • North American Brain Injury Society (NABIS) Annual Conference
  • Discrediting the Fake Bad Scale
  • 2017
  • Blockbuster Auto Seminar
  • Colossus
  • 2011
  • Torts Made Perfect
  • Colossus in settlement negotiations
  • 2010
  • Annual Conference
  • Colossus
  • 2010
  • Annual Conference
  • Traumatic Injuries
  • 2010
  • 2010 AAJ Annual Conference - Vancouver BC
  • Alar & Transverse Ligament Injuries After Trauma
  • 2010
  • Innovator Seminar - Cayman Islands
  • Handling Alar & Transverse Ligament Injury Litigation Cases
  • 2010
  • Neck Injury and Treatment Seminar
  • Trying Cervical Injury Cases
  • 2010
  • Personal Injury Advanced Topics
  • Traumatic Injuries
  • 2009
  • Traumatic Injuries
  • Traumatic Injuries
  • 2009
  • Brain Injury Association of Oregon
  • Handling and Trying Brain Injury Cases
  • 2008
  • WSTLA - Settlement Summit CLE
  • Colossus Settlement Methods
  • 2008
  • American Association for Justice Convention
  • Insurance Claims Practices in Personal Injury Cases
  • 2007
  • Insurance Claims Practices
  • Insurance Claims Practices
  • 2007
  • SRISD Module 4 - Las Vegas
  • Insurance Claims Practices
  • 2007
  • SRISD Module 4 - Orlando
  • Insurance Claims Practices
  • 2007
  • SRISD Module 4 - Chicago
  • Insurance Claims Practices
  • 2007
  • SRISD Module 4 - New York
  • Insurance Claims Practices
  • 2007
  • Insurance Claims Practices
  • Insurance Claims Practices
  • 2006
  • SRISD Module 3
  • How Insurance Companies Really Handle Claims
  • 2006
  • Montana Bad Faith Seminar
  • Colossus
  • 2006
  • Bad Faith Seminar - Invite Only
  • Insurance Claims Practices
  • 2005
  • Colossus: What Every Trial Lawyer Needs to Know
  • Colossus
  • 2005
  • LTLA Auto Torts CLE 2005
  • Colossus
  • 2005
  • SRISD Scientific Conference
  • Colossus
  • 2005
  • ATLA Jazzfest conference
  • Colossus
  • 2004
  • Montana State Trial Lawyers Association Conference
  • Colossus
  • 2004
  • CRASH
  • Insurance Claims Practices in Personal Injury Cases
  • 2004
  • Willamette University Negotiation Seminar
  • Negotiating with Insurers Using Colossus
  • 2003
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Attorney endorsements

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Given (7)
Endorse Aaron
Personal injury Attorney | May 27
Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community
"I endorse Aaron. He is a highly skilled attorney that is well respected in the legal community."
Brain injury Attorney | Aug 14
Relationship: Other
"I endorse this lawyer. Aaron's experience as both a doctor of chiropractic and a lawyer help him to obtain the best possible results for his clients. He takes what he has learned to teach other lawyers, too, which makes things better for everyone."
Personal injury Attorney | Feb 03
Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community
"Aaron DeShaw is an incredibly bright and talented attorney who zealously advocates for his clients and achieves incredible results. He possesses a deep understanding of how the insurance industry operates. He teaches other lawyers in the community important and valuable information to maximize our effectiveness in handling cases. I highly recommend him to handle matters of serious personal injury."
Defective and dangerous products
Personal injury
Brain injury
Personal injury
Personal injury
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Portland Brain injury Lawyer Aaron DeShaw
Aaron DeShaw
Brain injury Attorney
Portland, OR
Licensed for 23 years
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