Cosgrave Vergeer Kester LLP
Shane Swilley is a Partner at Cosgrave Vergeer Kester LLP with extensive experience in civil litigation, specializing in employment law, torts, and complex commercial and business disputes. Prior to this, Shane worked as an Associate Attorney at Dolan Griggs LLP, handling employment law claims and successfully defending clients in discrimination suits. Shane also served as a Law Clerk at the same firm and worked as a Research Fellow at Lewis & Clark Law School. Shane holds a JD from Lewis & Clark Law School and a BS in Environmental Studies from Willamette University.
Cosgrave Vergeer Kester LLP
Excellent client service has always been our overarching goal. We build lasting partnerships with clients, getting to know them and their businesses, so that we can provide customized, cost-effective legal solutions and legal advice. Cosgrave attorneys strive to settle disputes when it's feasible and in the client's best interest. But when it's not, we're ready and willing to go to trial, and have done so with excellent results in more than 800 cases. It's not just in trial where we excel. Many cases are appealed and, when that happens, we continue providing excellent service. Our appellate attorneys have argued hundreds of cases before the United States Supreme Court, the Oregon Supreme Court, the Oregon Court of Appeals, the Washington Supreme Court, the Washington Court of Appeals, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Of course, Cosgrave practice is not just about lawsuits. Clients also need help with estate planning, business organizing, employment, real estate transactions, and the like. Our lawyers excel at providing those services. The legal community recognizes our accomplishments. Five Cosgrave partners were selected by their peers for inclusion in the current edition of Best Lawyers in America. And two of our lawyers have been given the Multnomah Bar Association's "Professionalism" Award, arguably the highest honor in our profession.