Attorney Profiles

Patrick J. Kurkoski

Associate

Patrick Kurkoski is an experienced attorney with over 10 years of practice in personal injury, products liability, commercial disputes, crop loss, and aviation accidents.  Mr. Kurkoski joined the firm in 2006. His practice, focused primarily on civil litigation in Oregon and Washington, includes personal injury, premises liability and products liability cases. He has practiced in state and federal courts in Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Alaska. He is a past chair of the Aviation Section of the Oregon State Bar.  He served as Law Clerk to Hon. Alan C. Bonebrake, Circuit Court for the State of Oregon, Washington County, 1997-1998.

Areas of Practice:

• Civil Litigation
• Insurance Defense

Bar Admissions:

• Oregon, 1997
• Washington, 1998
• Alaska, 2001
• Idaho, 2005
• U.S. District Court, District of Oregon, 2000
• U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Washington, 2003
• U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington, 2005
• U.S. District Court, District of Alaska, 2001
• U.S. District Court, District of Idaho, 2006

Education:

• Lewis & Clark Law School, Portland, Oregon, 1997, J.D.
• Law Review: International Legal Perspectives, Submissions Editor
  1996-1997
• Willamette University, Salem, Oregon, 1991, B.A.

Classes/Seminars Taught:

• Presenter, "Aviation Case Law Update," Pacific Northwest Aviation Law & Insurance Conference, 2005
• Guest Lecturer, Death on the High Seas Act & The Montreal Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules for Carriage by Air," Lewis & Clark Law School, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2008

Honors and Awards:

• Deans Fellowship for Excellence, Lewis & Clark Law School, 1994-1997

Languages:

• Russian

Professional Associations:

• Oregon State Bar
• Washington State Bar Association
• Idaho State Bar
• Alaska Bar Association
• Oregon State Bar Aviation Section, Secretary 2003-2004, Chair 2005