Jane Paulson

Jane Paulson is a 1990 graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law. She began her courtroom career as a clerk for a federal judge, the Honorable James M. Burns, in Portland. After clerking, she worked over three years at a well-regarded defense firm where she gained invaluable firsthand knowledge of practices and legal strategies of insurance companies and their defense teams. A born competitor, Jane attended college on a tennis scholarship. In her first jury trial after becoming a plaintiff's lawyer, she won a verdict over $900,000 on a no-offer personal injury case against a national retailer. Jane had the honor of serving on the Oregon Trial Lawyers Board 1995-2006, was one of Oregon's two American Trial Lawyer Association Delegates 2000-2004, and was President of OTLA 2004-2005. She is an Associate in the American Board of Trial Advocates and is listed in Best Lawyers in America. She has also served on the Oregon Law Institute Board and several local and state bar committees including the Oregon State Bar Affirmative Action Committee, the Oregon State Bar Procedure and Practice Committee and the Multnomah Bar Association Judicial Screening Committee. Jane is listed as one of the Best Lawyers in America; an Oregon Super Lawyer, one of Oregon's Top 25 Women Super Lawyers and one of Portland's Best Lawyers in Portland Monthly magazine. Jane, like all the lawyers in our firm, believes in giving back. She works with and is a Board member of Portland Habitat for Humanity. Awards and Honors Super Lawyers® Selectees Jane Paulson included in a Super Lawyers® list Honors Best Lawyers in America Oregon Super Lawyer Oregon's Top 25 Women Super Lawyers Portland's Best Lawyers, Portland Monthly Magazine Other Sources of Feedback About Jane Paulson Included on the 2026Oregon Super Lawyers list Past Lists 2025 Oregon Super Lawyers list 2024 Oregon Super Lawyers list 2023 Oregon Super Lawyers list 2022 Oregon Super Lawyers list 2021 Oregon Super Lawyers list 2020 Oregon Super Lawyers list 2019 Oregon Super Lawyers list 2018 Oregon Super Lawyers list 2017 Oregon Super Lawyers list 2016 Oregon Super Lawyers list 2015 Oregon Super Lawyers list 2014 Oregon Super Lawyers list 2013 Oregon Super Lawyers list 2012 Oregon Super Lawyers list 2011 Oregon Super Lawyers list 2010 Oregon Super Lawyers list 2009 Oregon Super Lawyers list 2008 Oregon Super Lawyers list 2007 Oregon Super Lawyers list 2006 Oregon Super Lawyers list

• Partner

• United States District Court, District of Oregon, Hon. James M. Burns, Law Clerk, 1990 - 1991

• Oregon, 1991
• Washington, 1995
• California, 1991
• U.S. District Court District of Oregon, 1991

• Oregon Trial Lawyers Association (President)
• American Board of Trial Advocates (Associate)
• Oregon Law Institute Board
• Oregon State Bar Affirmative Action Committee
• Oregon State Bar Procedure and Practice Committee
• Multnomah Bar Association Judicial Screening Committee
• Portland Habitat for Humanity (Board Member)
• Oregon Trial Lawyers Board, 1995 - 2006
• Oregon's two American Trial Lawyer Association Delegates, 2000 - 2004