Nine Hart Wagner Attorneys Were Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America© 2018

Rodney Norton, a partner at the Hart Wagner law firm, was singled out in the newly released 2018 edition of The Best Lawyers in America©.

Rodney Norton received the 2018 “Lawyer of the Year” award for Legal Malpractice Law – Defendants in the Portland area.  Lawyer of the Year recognitions are awarded to individual attorneys with the highest overall peer feedback for a specific practice area and geographic location.  Only one lawyer is recognized as the Lawyer of the Year for each specialty and location.  Receiving this designation reflects the high level of respect a lawyer has earned among other leading lawyers in the same communities and in the same practice areas for his or her abilities, professionalism and integrity.

In addition to earning the “Lawyer of the Year” award, Norton was listed in the 2018 edition of The Best Lawyers in America in the following practice areas:

• Ethics and Professional Responsibility Law
• Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
• Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants

Eight more attorneys at Hart Wagner were honored in the 2018 guide, with some receiving recognition in multiple practice areas:

• Troy Bundy:  Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
• John Hart:  Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
• Matthew Kalmanson:  Appellate Practice
• Karen O’Kasey: Ethics and Professional Responsibility Law; Legal Malpractice Law – Defendants; Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants; Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants
• Janet Schroer:  Appellate Practice; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants; Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants
• Jennifer Truzzolino:  Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
• Gordon Welborn:  Ethics and Professional Responsibility Law; Legal Malpractice Law – Defendants; Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants; Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants (For Redmond, OR)
• Michael Wiswall:  Ethics and Professional Responsibility Law; Legal Malpractice Law – Defendants; Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants; Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants

Since it was first published in 1983, The Best Lawyers in America has become known as the most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession.