Don Corson

Don Corson's practice expertise is the representation of people injured or killed by defective products, industrial incidents, hospital system failures, trucking and other major vehicle collisions, electrical accidents, and other catastrophic events.

Before entering the field of law, Don was active in consumer and environmental issues. He decided to become an attorney in part to address many of the injustices he saw. Don graduated first in his law school class from the University of Oregon in 1985. He was Editor-In-Chief of the Oregon Law Review. He completed a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology at the University of Oregon in 1976, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.

Don is a member of the Oregon State Bar, the American Association for Justice (AAJ), the National Crime Victims Bar Association, Multnomah and Lane County Bar Associations, and Public Justice. He is active in the Oregon Trial Lawyers Association and is a former OTLA President. He is also a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers as well as a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates. Don is admitted to practice in all Oregon state and federal courts and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Don served as elected Chair of the Council on Court Procedures, Oregon's rule-making body for laws relating to civil procedure. The 23 member Council consists of appellate judges, circuit court judges, practicing attorneys, and a public member. The Oregon Legislature created the Council to review the rules of civil procedure, study proposals concerning Oregon laws relating to civil procedure, and to promulgate rules of pleading, practice, and procedure. Rules adopted by the Council on Court Procedures become the official rules of court for the state unless expressly overruled by the Legislature.

Don has been named an Oregon Super Lawyer, a distinction which identifies him among the top five percent of attorneys in the state. He has also gained recognition from the judiciary and other attorneys with two of the highest honors in the country: The highest legal ability and professional ethics ratings in the LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell Lawyer Rating System and The Best Lawyers in America.