Del Brenneman

For over 30 years Del Brenneman has defended employers in all types of federal and state workers’ compensation cases. He has handled virtually every type of injury and occupational disease claim including repetitive motion injury claims, mental stress claims, toxic exposure claims and catastrophic injury claims. He is one of the most experienced workers’ compensation defense attorneys in the state having handled over 4,000 workers’ compensation and longshore and harbor workers’ claims.

Practice Emphasis

Defense of industrial injury and occupational disease cases under the Oregon Workers’ Compensation Law and the Longshore and Harbor Workers’Compensation Act

Admitted to Practice

Supreme Court of Oregon
United States District Court
United States Court of Appeals

Education
  • University of Oregon School of Law
    J.D., Order of the Coif, 1976
  • Oregon State University, B.S.
    Magna Cum Laude, 1972
Clubs and Fraternities

Who’s Who in American Law
Who’s Who of Emerging Leaders in America
Who’s Who in America
Multnomah Athletic Club
Order of the Coif (Legal Honorary)
Phi Delta Phi (Legal)
Beta Gamma Sigma (Business)
Phi Kappa Phi (Scholastic)
Sigma Phi Epsilon (Social)

Professional Associations
  • Partner, since February 1993
  • Associate and Partner in the law firm of Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, 1976 – January, 1993
  • Board of Directors (1983 to 1985), chairman of the Activities Committee and member of the Steering Committee for the 1984 Propeller Club Convention and American Merchant Marine Conference, 1983 to 1984
  • Propeller Club of the United States, Port of the Columbia River, 1976 to present
  • Oregon Association of Defense Counsel (OADC), 1976 – present
  • Associate member of Oregon Self-Insurers Association, 1976 – present
  • Oregon State Bar Section on Workers’ Compensation, 1977 to present
Representative Clients

ACE USA
AIG Domestic Claims, Inc.
Bay Ship & Yacht Co.
Broadspire
Cambridge Integrated Services Group, Inc.
Cascade General
CLD Pacific Grain
CNA ClaimPlus
Columbia Grain Company
Crawford & Company
Dutra Group
FMC Corporation
FedEx Ground
Fresenius Medical Care
Georgia Pacific Corporation
Lake Union Drydock
Liberty Northwest
Pinnacle Risk Management Services
RSG Forest Products, Inc.
Securitas
Sedgwick CMS
Tyco Electronics
Vigor Industrial LLC
Washington United Terminals
Weyerhaeuser