Cummins, Goodman, Fish, Denley & Vickers, P.C.

George W. Goodman

Mr. Goodman is a shareholder and the lead litigation attorney for the firm. He is an AV attorney as rated by Martindale- Hubbell. His practice emphasizes complex contract disputes, personal injury defense, OSHA defense, employment law and workers’ compensation defense litigation. Before joining the firm, he worked for the litigation unit of a large Portland, Oregon firm. He received his law degree from Northwestern School of Law and has other graduate and undergraduate degrees from the University of Southern California and the University of Wisconsin. He is a member of the Oregon, Washington, and federal bars, the Oregon and National Self-Insurers Association and the American Bar Association's Occupational Safety and Health Subcommittee.
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Damon Vickers

Mr. Vickers is a shareholder and practices in our litigation department. He emphasizes workers' compensation, OSHA and safety-related litigation and other administrative law defense. He received his law degree from Willamette University School of Law and graduated from Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington with a B.A. degree. Mr. Vickers is a member of the Oregon, Idaho, Washington and District of Columbia Bar Associations. He is a member of the Oregon Self-Insurers Association, Oregon Association of Defense Counsel and the American Bar Association's Occupational Safety and Health Subcommittee.
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Andrew H. Graham

Mr. Graham is a shareholder and practices in our litigation department. He works on workers' compensation, OSHA and safety-related litigation, employment law and other administrative law defense matters. He graduated cum laude from Lewis & Clark Law School and completed his undergraduate degree at the University of California at Santa Cruz, with a B.A. in Philosophy.
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Jonathan A. Rose

Mr. Rose is an associate and practices in our litigation department focusing on civil litigation, workers' compensation, employment law and other administrative law defense. Prior to joining our firm, Mr. Rose served as a Summer Associate at Gold, Lange & Majoros, PC, as well as a legal intern for Monroe County Public Defender's office in Indiana. He received his law degree from the Indiana University School of Law, and holds a Bachelor's Degree in Business from Michigan State University.
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James P. Sikora

Mr. Sikora is an associate and practices in our litigation department focusing on workers' compensation, employment law and other administrative law defense. Prior to joining our firm, Mr. Sikora was a contract attorney for the City of Lake Oswego in the City Attorney's Office and law clerk at the Community Development Law Center at Legal Aid Services of Oregon. He was also a legal intern for the United States District Court in Pennsylvania. He received his law degree from University of Pittsburgh School of Law and graduated from University of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania with a B.A. degree in honors history and political science.
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Brian Branch

Mr. Branch is an associate and practices in our litigation department focusing on workers' compensation, employment law and other administrative law defense. Prior to joining our firm, Mr. Branch served as Assistant City Counsel for Crook County in Prineville, Oregon, and as a Law Clerk for the Multnomah County Circuit Court in Portland. He received his law degree from the University of Oregon School of Law and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science from the University of Oregon.
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Matthew F. Denley

Mr. Denley is a shareholder and litigator in both the civil litigation department and our administrative law department. In addition
to workers' compensation insurance defense work, he emphasizes employment law and related regulatory matters. He graduated from Willamette University College of Law, where he received a J.D. degree, and earned magna cum laude honors with a B.A. degree from Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota. He is a member of Oregon, Washington and District of Columbia Bar Associations. He is also a member of the Oregon Self-Insurers Association.
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James S. Anderson

Mr. Anderson is a shareholder and practices in our litigation department focusing on civil litigation, workers' compensation, employment law, and other administrative law defense. Prior to joining our firm, Mr. Anderson was the managing partner at Clarke & Anderson, P.C. in Atlanta, Georgia. He practiced in the areas of civil litigation, intellectual property, entertainment law including related litigation and criminal law. He received his law degree from the University of Oregon School of Law. He holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science and Sociology from the University of Oregon.
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Julia M. Hier

Ms. Hier is an associate and practices in our litigation department. Prior to joining our team, Ms. Hier was a Business Law Extern for Mentor Graphics, and an Intern for the Prosecution Clinic of Marion County District Attorney's office. She also clerked for the Labor and Industries Division of the Attorney General's office for the State of Washington, and the Veterans Affairs office in Portland. She received her law degree from the University of Oregon School of Law. She holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree, having majored in Economics at Middlebury College, Vermont.
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Douglas E. Watson

Mr. Watson is an associate and practices in our litigation department focusing on workers' compensation, employment law and other administrative law defense. Prior to joining our firm, Mr. Watson served as a Certified Law Clerk at the Oregon Department of Justice, as well as a Research Assistant for Professor Mandiberg at Lewis & Clark Law School. He received his law degree from Lewis & Clark Law School, cum laude, and holds a Bachelor's Degree in Political Science, summa cum laude, from Syracuse University, New York.
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Elliott C. Cummins
Mr. Cummins now limits his practice to service as mediator. Before joining the firm, Mr. Cummins worked as Operations Manager for State Farm Insurance Company and clerked for the Oregon Supreme Court. He graduated cum laude from Northwestern School of Law and received his B.A. degree from Linfield College in McMinnville.
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Reuel K. Fish
Mr. Fish is the managing attorney for the firm and is a shareholder. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Fish worked for a subsidiary of PacifiCorp, a large northwest utility in Portland, Oregon and for an export trading company in New York. He received his J.D. degree from Northwestern School of Law and has an M.B.A. degree from New York University in Finance.
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