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Areas Of Practice:

• Litigation
• Physical Injury
• Professional Malpractice
• Product Liability
• Insurance Law
• Motor Vehicle
• Complex Litigation
• Asbestos
• Business & Commercial Law
• Hospitality Industry
• Arbitration & Mediation
• Agriculture & Natural Resources

Anne D. Foster, Partner

Anne specializes in civil litigation with an emphasis on business disputes, physical injury, and professional malpractice. In addition to counseling clients in ways to protect their interests and avoid protracted litigation, Anne has handled numerous matters on a cost-effective basis through arbitration and trial.   While attending law school Anne was the speech writer for David Frohnmayer, President of the University of Oregon and former Attorney General. Also during law school, Anne assisted the National Association of Attorneys General in distributing over $9.6 billion of discretionary funds from the national tobacco settlement to the many states and provinces involved.

Prior to attending law school, Anne was the Associate Director of Development & Marketing at the YWCA of Clark County where she raised money to shelter domestic violence victims.

Bar Admissions:

• Oregon, 1999
• Washington, 2000
• U.S. District Court District of Oregon, 1999
• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 2002
• U.S. Supreme Court, 2003

Education:

• University of Oregon School of Law, 1999 J.D.
• University of Oregon, 1993
  B.A., Majors: Political Science, Sociology

Representative Clients:

California Casualty Insurance
Yoshida Group

 

Published Works:

• "To An Unknown God: Religious Freedom on Trial" (Assistant Editor), Professor Garrett Epps

Classes/Seminars Taught:

• Speech, "Divorcing the Married Product: Must A 'Good' Product Warn of a 'Bad' Product Simply Because They Are Used Together?", DRI Product Liability Conference, 2000
• Panelist, "Care and Treatment of Your Other Client - the Insured", Oregon Association of Defense Council (OADC) Annual Summer Conference, 2003

Professional Associations and Memberships:

• Oregon State Bar, Product Liability Section
  Member, Executive Committee
• Washington State Bar Association, Member  
• Oregon Women Lawyers, Member
• American Bar Association, Member
• Clark County Bar Association, Member
• Oregon Association of Defense Counsel, Member
• Defense Research Institute, Member
• Multnomah Bar Association