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Susan Hammer has been named the 2012 Oregon Mediation "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers®. She is a Senior Fellow at the Willamette University Center for Dispute Resolution. Ms. Hammer is listed in Top 25 Oregon Women Lawyers, Best Lawyers in America and Oregon Super Lawyers. She focuses on cases that are legally, factually and emotionally complex. Ms. Hammer was formerly a partner at Stoel Rives LLP, where she practiced law for 20 years. She is a Distinguished Fellow in the International Academy of Mediators, serves on the IAM Board of Directors and is a member of the National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals. She lives in Portland Oregon.
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Accident / Personal Injury |
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Commercial |
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Construction |
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Employment |
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Environmental/Public Policy |
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Government |
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Insurance Bad Faith |
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Insurance Claims |
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International |
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Landlord/Tenant |
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Products Liability |
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Professional Malpractice |
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Real Estate |
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Securities |
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Technology |
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Wills, Trusts & Estates |
IAM Member since
2001
Background
Susan Hammer graduated from Willamette University College of Law in 1976 and clerked for Justice Dolliver on the Washington State Supreme Court. In 1978 she joined Stoel Rives LLP, a large, multi-state law firm in Portland, Oregon and became a partner in 1984. She practiced as a business litigator and as a labor and employment lawyer. She left Stoel Rives LLP in 1998 and established her own practice, focusing on dispute resolution services.
Ms. Hammer is on the panel of the National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals, CPR and the American Arbitration Association. She is a Senior Fellow at the Willamette University Center for Dispute Resolution.
Education/Training
J.D. Willamette University College of Law, 1976.
B.A. University of Puget Sound, Honors, 1971.
Master Mediator Institute, Claremont Graduate University, 2011, Wired for Empathy: Understanding Human Connection, Trust and Effective Decision Making ;
Master Mediator Institute, Duke University,2009, Cognitive Neuroscience and Decision Making; U.C.L.A.,2009, Integrative Decision Making;
International Academy of Mediators Conferences, each year from 2001 to present.
Harvard Insight Initiative/IAM Spring Program 2006;
Conversations in Advanced Topics in Dispute Resolution, 2001
Masters Forum, Pepperdine University, 2000.
National Employment Mediation Service Training by ADR Associates, 1998.
Institute for Conflict Management Training, 1994-1995.
United States Arbitration and Mediation Training, 1989
Practicing in
Alaska, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Oregon, Washington
Fees
$4,200 a day
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