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Contact Information

Phone: (503) 227-4600
Fax: (503) 248-6800
E-Mail: Click here »

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 assistantship, 1978-79)

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

Prior Experience

Workers’ Compensation Board, Salem, OR
Appointed by Gov. 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 on a teaching assistantship, 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 is committed to representing 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.

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