Bullivant Houser is proud to share that 17 of its attorneys have been listed in The Best Lawyers in America© 2026. We are especially pleased to share that Megan Cook has been recognized as Lawyer of the Year for her work in ‘Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants’. Megan is the Shareholder-in-Charge of Bullivant’s Portland office whose Oregon and Washington litigation practice focuses on defending personal and catastrophic injury claims.
Best Lawyers® compiles its lists of outstanding attorneys by conducting peer-review surveys in which thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. The current edition of The Best Lawyers in America© 2026 is based on more than 13 million detailed evaluations of lawyers by other lawyers.
The following attorneys were listed for 2026:
Megan Cook
Lawyer of the Year 2026 | Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants (2025-2026)
Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants (2024-2026)
Product Liability Litigation – Defendants (2022-2026)
Nicole Brodie Jackson
Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants (2024-2026)
Laura Caldera Loera
Commercial Litigation (2021-2026)
Litigation – Intellectual Property (2017-2026)
Matthew C. Casey
Commercial Litigation (2024-2026)
Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants (2024-2026)
Product Liability Litigation – Defendants (2026)
Wilhelm Dingler
Commercial Litigation (2025-2026)
Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants (2024-2026)
Andrew B. Downs
Insurance Law (2021-2026)
Litigation – Insurance (2023-2026)
Penn Gheen
Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants (2012-2026)
Product Liability Litigation – Defendants (2012-2026)
Lorianne Conklin Hanson
Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants (2026)
Product Liability Litigation – Defendants (2026)
John R. Osburn
Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law (2008-2026)
Government Relations Practice (2007-2026)
Loren D. Podwill
Commercial Litigation (2011-2026)
Litigation – Banking and Finance (2011-2026)
Litigation – Construction (2011-2026)
Marilyn Raia
Admiralty and Maritime Law (2007-2026)
Michael M. Ratoza
Copyright Law (2011-2026)
Ronald L. Richman
Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law (2025-2026)
Matthew J. Sekits
Insurance Law (2016-2026)
Evelyn Winters
Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants (2024-2026)
Product Liability Litigation – Defendants (2024-2026)
Matthew Wojcik
Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants (2026)
Product Liability Litigation – Defendants (2024-2026)
Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants (2024-2026)
Additionally, this talented attorney was selected for Best Lawyers Ones to Watch 2026:
Owen Mooney
Insurance Law (2024 – 2026)
About Bullivant Houser
Bullivant Houser represents clients nationwide who rely upon our success as trial lawyers, our practical business advice, and our expertise in insurance coverage. While we practice out of offices in the western U.S., our reputation is respected nationally, where we have managed client needs across many jurisdictions. Our clients tell us that our legal talents are matched by the service we provide them.
About Best Lawyers
Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers© has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey. Nearly 30,000 leading attorneys cast more than 3.4 million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas. Lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed; therefore inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.”
