BHMK Attorney: Nelson Hall, Portland, Oregon

Contact Info
Phone: 503.227.4600
Fax: 503.248.6800
e-mail: halln@bennetthartman.com

Joined Firm
10-01-1998

Admitted to Practice
Oregon Bar 09/1985

Education
Northwestern School of Law Lewis & Clark College (J.D. 1985)

Bowling Green State University
(Graduate studies and teaching scholarship, 1978-79)

Oregon State University
(B.S., Speech Communication, 1977)

Prior Experience
Workers' Compensation Board, Salem, OR
Appointed by Barbara Roberts
Member/Chair 1995-97
11/01/1993 to 10/01/1998

Pozzi, Wilson, Atchison, Attorneys at Law
Portland, OR
1981-85 - Law clerk
1985-93 - Attorney at Law

Professional/Volunteer Activities
Northwestern School of Law
Adjunct Faculty/Workers' Compensation Law
1994 to 2002

Oregon State Bar
Local Professional Responsibility Committee (Multnomah County) 1988-91
Alternative Dispute Resolution Section (1997-2000) (Treasurer 1997, Chair 1999-2000)
Judicial Administration Committee 1996 (3-year term)
Workers' Compensation Section, Treasurer 1992-93
Indigent Defense Task Force III

Multnomah Bar Association
Ad hoc Committee on Professionalism 1986-1988

Oregon Dispute Resolution Commission/Advisory Committee

Publications
Oregon State Bar Torts, "Claims Arising from Employment, 2000 Supplement and 2005 Revision

Martindale-Hubbell Rating
AV

NELSON HALL was born in Crescent City, California and raised in Brookings-Harbor, Oregon. Nelson graduated from Oregon State University in 1977, attended graduate school at Bowling Green State University, and then went on to earn his law degree from Northwestern School of Law in 1985. Nelson served on the Workers' Compensation Board for five years, including two years as Board Chair. He's committed to representing those people who have been injured. Mr. Hall's practice emphasizes personal injury, workers' compensation, employment and labor law.

Areas of Practice

Personal Injury, including death, major injury, medical/dental malpractice Workers' Compensation (long and short-term disability, PERS) Employment & Labor Law

Significant Cases

Personal Injury/Dental Malpractice
A woman in her late 30's with Infantile Cerebral Palsy was hospitalized for dental work. Without consulting the patient, while under general anesthesia, the attending dentist pulled all of her teeth. No attempt had been made to understand the patient's use of her teeth to stay independent by feeding herself and expressing herself in works of art.

Nelson Hall, representing the client, settled the case out of court for more than three times the original offer.