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We are pleased to announce that Garry Kahn has been awarded the Multnomah Bar Association’s 2010 Professionalism Award. This is the highest honor awarded by Multnomah Bar Association and is made each year to an attorney who exemplifies the standards in the MBA Professionalism Statement:

“Professionalism goes beyond observance of the legal profession’s ethical rules and serves the best interests of clients and the public in general; it fosters respect and trust among lawyers and between lawyers and the public, promotes the efficient resolution of disputes and makes the practice of law more enjoyable and satisfying.”

Click here to read an interview with Garry by MBA President, Leslie Kay.

In August 2009, Steven Kahn obtained one of the largest non-economic damage verdicts in Clackamas County. Non-economic damages are damages for pain, suffering, inconvenience and interference with activities. They are not damages for medical bills and lost wages. Those are economic damages. Non-economic damages are subjective and difficult to obtain, especially in Clackamas County for a 50-yearold woman who had suffered neck and back strains in a motor vehicle collision, but received very little treatment. In fact, her total treatment amounted to fewer than 10 visits with a doctor and physical therapist over a period of nearly 2 years, with substantial gaps in treatment. Nonetheless, Steven was able to obtain a jury verdict for $25,000 against the Farmers insured who crashed into Steven’s client on an I-205 off-ramp.

The trial lasted 2 days and included the testimony of the client’s treating physician and a physiatrist from Kaiser. Steven also presented the testimony of his client’s friend who trained and rode horses with his client. Because of her injuries, the client was no longer able to care for the horse she owned and rode. She ultimately sold her horse.

Garry Kahn has been named by Super Lawyers magazine as one of the top attorneys in Oregon for four consecutive years (2009, 2008, 2007, 2006). Only five percent of the lawyers in the state are named by Super Lawyers.

The selections for Super Lawyers are made by Law & Politics, a division of Key Professional Media, Inc. of Minneapolis, Minn. Each year, Law & Politics undertakes a rigorous multi-phase selection process that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, independent evaluation of candidates by Law & Politics’ attorney-led research staff, a peer review of candidates by practice area, and a good-standing and disciplinary check.

Law & Politics publishes Super Lawyers magazines across the country. In addition to the magazines, Law & Politics publishes newspaper inserts and magazine special sections devoted to Super Lawyers. In 2009, Super Lawyers will reach more than 13 million readers.

Super Lawyers was first published in Minnesota in 1991. William White, attorney and founding publisher, remains the publisher today. Law & Politics is owned by attorney Vance Opperman, the former president of West Publishing.

Super Lawyers can be found online at superlawyers.com, where lawyers can be searched by practice area and location.

Click here to read about the stringent Super Lawyers selection process

We are happy to announce that, for the second year running, Garry Kahn has been included in the Portland Monthly’s list of “Portland’s Best Lawyers” featured in the June 2008 edition.

Only 19 personal injury litigators who represent injured people were honored as Best Lawyers. The honorees are lawyers nominated by clients and other lawyers, who were asked this question: “If you had a close friend or relative who needed a lawyer in your field, and you could not handle the case yourself, to whom would you refer them?”

In 2007, Steven Kahn tried a case on behalf of a 44 year-old woman who was hit from behind while stopped at a light when the defendant rearended the car stopped behind his client. His client suffered a cervical strain and sprain and treated with two chiropractors regularly for seven months, and sporadically thereafter.

Due to the fact that there was practically no physical damage to any of the involved vehicles, Farmers Insurance Company offered only $2,500 for my client’s subjective pain, suffering, inconvenience and interference with her usual activities.

After two days of trial, which included the presentation of two very competent and credible chiropractors by Steven and the adverse testimony of the orthopedic surgeon hired by Farmers to review my client’s records and testify that she was not injured, Steven convinced the judge to grant a directed verdict in my client’s favor on the issue of causation (meaning that the judge decided that the collision caused the client’s injuries and that the only issue for the jury was the amount of her damages). The jury then awarded $25,000 in damages plus an additional $5000 for the client’s medical expenses.

Steven believes that the key to achieving this successful result for his client was the credibility of his client and her treating chiropractors, as well as the credibility of the overall case presentation.

The chiropractors treated for an appropriate period of time and were able to substantiate all they had done for the client and explain the injury thoroughly to the jury. The jury was asked to award a sum commensurate with her injuries.

Kahn & Kahn believes our clients are best served by credible, professional, thorough and competent representation. If that is the kind of representation you desire, please call us for a free consultation.

We are happy to announce that Garry Kahn was nominated for inclusion in the 2008 edition of Best Lawyers in America. Garry has received this honor for 10 years in a row.