John Klor

Born:

Santa Maria, California, October 8, 1950

Practice Areas:

Oregon and Washington State and Federal Courts

Workers' compensation defense

longshore and harbor workers' defense; general litigation

insurance defense

personal injury/negligence law

management, labor and employment law

Bar Admission:

Oregon, 1975

Washington, 1994

Education:

B.A., English, University of Kentucky, 1972

J.D., with honors, Drake University School of Law, 1975

Experience:

Franklin, Bennett, Ofelt & Jolles, P.C., 1976

Collins, Velure & Heysell, 1977

Jones, Lang, Klein, Wolf, & Smith (and successors), 1978 - 1981

Roberts, Reinisch & Klor, P.C., 1983 - 1990

Wallace & Klor, P.C., 1990 - 1998

Wallace, Klor & Mann, P.C., 1998 - present

Professional Associations:

Oregon State Bar

American Bar Association

Defense Research Institute

Association of Workers' Compensation Defense Attorneys, Oregon Chapter, Past President

Oregon Workers' Compensation Board Joint Committees on Revision of the Rules of Workers' Compensation Practice and Procedures

Oregon State Bar Speakers' Bureau

Counsel to the Oregon State Bar on ethics violations

Multnomah County Bar Association Professionalism Committee, Chair of Mentor Subcommittee.

Publications & Teaching:

Workers' Compensation Claims Instructor, Insurance Educational Association, 1990 - present

Adjunct Professor, Workers' Compensation Law, Northwestern School of Law, Lewis & Clark College, Portland, 1990 - 1992

Oregon Self Insurance Association Program Committee

Contributing Author, Oregon State Bar Continuing Legal Education Handbook on Workers' Compensation

Private training sessions and public speaking engagements.

California Location:
2033 Gateway Place, Suite 500 • San Jose, California 95110 • [map]
Phone: (408) 467-3845 • Fax: (503) 224-0410

Oregon Location:
5800 SW Meadows Road, Suite 220 • Lake Oswego, Oregon 97035 • [map]
 Phone: (503) 224-8949 • Fax: (503) 224-0410

Washington Location:
4200 Two Union Square • 601 Union Street • Seattle, Washington 98101-4000 • [map]
Phone: (206) 652-3265 • Fax: (206) 652-3205