About

Provided by Tonkon Torp LLP

We have represented Oregon, Pacific Northwest, and national businesses in litigation, arbitration, and dispute resolution for over 50 years, and continue to build on the strengths we’ve developed over the decades. Our litigation practice spans across industries and practices to ensure that our clients have the litigation legal support they need. At Tonkon Torp, we take a businesslike approach to business litigation. We understand that litigation is one tool that can be used to address a broken promise and remedy harm done to a client’s business. When you need to aggressively pursue or defend a lawsuit, we play to win. But we also understand that successful litigation is about achieving your goals without losing focus on business objectives or breaking your budget.

Our litigation group has trial and appellate expertise in commercial law, contract disputes, antitrust and trade regulations, constitutional law, corporate and securities litigation, debtor and creditor issues, intellectual property (including trademarks, copyrights, patents, and trade secrets), cybersecurity, labor and employment, real estate, environmental and land use matters, business owner disputes, insurance coverage litigation, trust and probate, and construction.

Chambers Review

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Litigation: General Commercial - Oregon

2
Band 2

What the Team is Known For

Tonkon Torp is a highly regarded law firm well known for its commercial litigation expertise, usually on the defense side. It handles a broad spectrum of complex corporate cases, including trade secrets, product liability, contractual disputes, securities and stock option disputes. The team also offers expertise in defending insurance claims, as well as handling environmental disputes. Clients come from varied sectors, and include public authorities, technology companies and food producers.

Work Highlights

  • Tonkon Torp represented industry associations and trucking companies in constitutional litigation challenging Oregon’s highway fund revenue collection method as unfair and disproportionate.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Anna Sortun
2
Anna Sortun
2
Band 2
Anna Sortun is a lawyer well respected on the market for her litigation work. She has experience working with high-value product liability, insurance, stock option and estate cases.

Anna is a phenomenal attorney and has been an excellent partner for us in a complex, high-stakes matter. She has gone above and beyond to meet our needs.

Caroline Harris Crowne
3
Caroline Harris Crowne
Head of Litigation: General Commercial
3
Band 3
Caroline Harris Crowne co-leads the practice and is recognized for her expertise in litigation, providing clients with her expertise on defense against claims of fraud and malpractice as well as on corporate disputes.

Caroline provides thoughtful, strategic advice.

I have total trust in Caroline.

Caroline Harris Crowne has been exceptional to work with. She is consistently proactive, highly professional and deeply engaged, offering thoughtful and creative solutions to even the most complex issues. Her responsiveness is outstanding.

Paul Conable
3
Paul Conable
3
Band 3

Paul Conable operates a broad contentious practice, representing clients in shareholder disputes, unfair trade disputes and cases relating to securities. He is well-versed in both litigation and alternative dispute resolution.

Paul is fantastic. He is a very smart lawyer.

Steven M. Wilker
4
Steven M. Wilker
4
Band 4
Steven Wilker is adept at handling a range of commercial litigation. He is active on litigation involving trade secrets, trademark cancellation proceedings, bankruptcy liability and false advertising.

Steven is absolutely amazing to work with.

Steven is knowledgeable and works seamlessly with my business team.

Steven Wilker is great with clients and a master tactician.

Ranked Lawyers at
Tonkon Torp LLP

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Oregon

Litigation: General Commercial

Anna Sortun
2
Anna Sortun
2
Band 2
Caroline Harris Crowne
3
Caroline Harris Crowne
Head of Litigation: General Commercial
3
Band 3
Paul Conable
3
Paul Conable
3
Band 3
Steven M. Wilker
4
Steven M. Wilker
4
Band 4

Members

Provided by Tonkon Torp LLP

Alex Tinker

Austin Magleby

Caroline Harris Crowne

Caroline Harris Crowne

Head of Department

Caroline Harris Crowne

Christopher Pallanch

Dan Skerritt

Danny Newman

Darian Stanford

Eric Levine

Frank Weiss

Head of Department

Gracey Nagle

Jeff Bradford

Jon Stride

Lauren Bernton

Manuella Tshala

Olivia Ashé

Paul Balmer

Ryan Bledsoe

Sasha Petrova

Sowmiya Raju

Stephanie Grant

Steven Olson

Steven Wilker

Thomas Twitchell

Will Gent

Zachary Wright