{"id":5033,"date":"2025-08-21T11:21:20","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T18:21:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bullivant.com\/?p=5033"},"modified":"2025-09-05T13:15:38","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T20:15:38","slug":"19-bullivant-houser-attorneys-selected-to-best-lawyers-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studioactiv8.com\/bullivant\/19-bullivant-houser-attorneys-selected-to-best-lawyers-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"17 Bullivant Houser Attorneys Selected to Best Lawyers\u00ae 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]Bullivant Houser is proud to share that 17 of its attorneys have been listed in The Best Lawyers in America\u00a9 2026<\/a>. We are especially pleased to share that Megan Cook<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n

Best Lawyers\u00ae 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\u00a9 2026 is based on more than 13 million detailed evaluations of lawyers by other lawyers.<\/p>\n

The following attorneys were listed for 2026:<\/p>\n

Megan Cook<\/a><\/strong>
\nLawyer of the Year 2026<\/em><\/strong> | Mass Tort Litigation \/ Class Actions – Defendants (2025-2026)
\nPersonal Injury Litigation – Defendants (2024-2026)
\nProduct Liability Litigation – Defendants (2022-2026)<\/p>\n

Nicole Brodie Jackson<\/a><\/strong>
\nPersonal Injury Litigation – Defendants (2024-2026)<\/p>\n

Laura Caldera Loera<\/a><\/strong>
\nCommercial Litigation (2021-2026)
\nLitigation – Intellectual Property (2017-2026)<\/p>\n

Matthew C. Casey<\/a><\/strong>
\nCommercial Litigation (2024-2026)
\nPersonal Injury Litigation – Defendants (2024-2026)
\nProduct Liability Litigation – Defendants (2026)<\/p>\n

Wilhelm Dingler<\/a><\/strong>
\nCommercial Litigation (2025-2026)
\nProfessional Malpractice Law – Defendants (2024-2026)<\/p>\n

Andrew B. Downs<\/a><\/strong>
\nInsurance Law (2021-2026)
\nLitigation – Insurance (2023-2026)<\/p>\n

Penn Gheen<\/a><\/strong>
\nMedical Malpractice Law – Defendants (2012-2026)
\nProduct Liability Litigation – Defendants (2012-2026)<\/p>\n

Lorianne Conklin Hanson<\/a><\/strong>
\nPersonal Injury Litigation – Defendants (2026)
\nProduct Liability Litigation – Defendants (2026)<\/p>\n

John R. Osburn<\/a><\/strong>
\nEminent Domain and Condemnation Law (2008-2026)
\nGovernment Relations Practice (2007-2026)<\/p>\n

Loren D. Podwill<\/a><\/strong>
\nCommercial Litigation (2011-2026)
\nLitigation – Banking and Finance (2011-2026)
\nLitigation – Construction (2011-2026)<\/p>\n

Marilyn Raia<\/a><\/strong>
\nAdmiralty and Maritime Law (2007-2026)<\/p>\n

Michael M. Ratoza<\/a><\/strong>
\nCopyright Law (2011-2026)<\/p>\n

Ronald L. Richman<\/a><\/strong>
\nEmployee Benefits (ERISA) Law (2025-2026)<\/p>\n

Matthew J. Sekits<\/a><\/strong>
\nInsurance Law (2016-2026)<\/p>\n

Evelyn Winters<\/a><\/strong>
\nPersonal Injury Litigation – Defendants (2024-2026)
\nProduct Liability Litigation – Defendants (2024-2026)<\/p>\n

Matthew Wojcik<\/a><\/strong>
\nPersonal Injury Litigation – Defendants (2026)
\nProduct Liability Litigation – Defendants (2024-2026)
\nProfessional Malpractice Law – Defendants (2024-2026)<\/p>\n

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Additionally, this talented attorney was selected for Best Lawyers Ones to Watch 2026:<\/p>\n

Owen Mooney<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Insurance Law (2024 – 2026)<\/p>\n

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About Bullivant Houser<\/strong>
\nBullivant 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.<\/p>\n

About Best Lawyers<\/strong>
\nSince it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers\u00a9<\/a> 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 \u201cthe most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.\u201d[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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