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Rosenbaum Law Group, PC. Motto
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Gretchen L. Mandekor

Gretchen L. Mandekor
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Contact

Call: (503) 288-8000 x0111
Email: gretchen@rosenbaumlawgroup.com

Gretchen Mandekor is an accomplished, well-respected trial lawyer who specializes in representing plaintiffs in personal injury lawsuits and the defense of legal malpractice matters. Over her career, she has successfully tried dozens of jury trials in both state and federal court. Before joining Rosenbaum Law Group, Gretchen founded and managed her own law firm from 2007 through 2014 after working at a large defense litigation firm in downtown Portland.

Gretchen’s extensive experience representing insurance companies and their policyholders for almost two decades on the defense side is a unique asset in representing injured people. She knows how insurance companies work and how to defend against our clients’ cases, which provides her valuable insight she uses to benefit her clients. She thoroughly enjoys helping injured individuals receive the compensation they deserve after experiencing trauma due to the fault of others.

Due to her reputation among her peers and her trial experience, Gretchen is frequently asked to serve as an arbitrator and mediator in personal injury disputes and a speaker on various litigation topics at continuing legal education classes for lawyers. While her primary focus is representing clients, she finds serving in these roles as decision-maker and educator make her a better trial lawyer.

Although born and raised in Vancouver, BC, Canada, Gretchen considers herself a third-generation Oregonian due to her roots in Corvallis, where her mother grew up and her parents married. Gretchen is a dual national and fluent in French. She attended McGill University in Montreal where she earned her undergraduate degree in Latin with First Class Honours. During summer and winter breaks from college, she worked at a grain elevator doing heavy physical labor. She attended the University of Oregon School of Law on a scholarship and obtained her law degree with a certificate in International Law. During law school, she completed an internship in Senegal, West Africa.

In her free time, Gretchen enjoys long walks, bird watching, barre classes, needlepoint and writing fiction and poetry which is often inspired by the much-deserved payback of raising two teenage daughters.

Awards

  • Best Lawyers, 2024
  • The Best Lawyers in America, 2024
  • US News Best Lawyers, 2020-23
  • Super Lawyer, 2020-24
  • Rising Star, Super Lawyers 2008-13
  • American Board of Trial Advocates

Education

  • McGill University (B.A. with First Class Honours, 1994)
  • University of Oregon Law School (J.D., 1999)

Areas of Practice

  • Personal injury
  • Motor vehicle collisions
  • Bicycle and motorcycle collisions
  • Premises liability
  • Wrongful death
  • Legal malpractice
  • Civil litigation
  • Alternative dispute resolution

Publications & Presentations

  • Gretchen was the featured speaker on the topic “Top Trial Dos and Don’ts” at the Oregon Trial Lawyers Association Motor Vehicle Section meeting, September 2023
  • Gretchen was a featured speaker at a Multnomah Bar Association CLE on the topic “Personal Injury Case Selection” 2023
  • Gretchen was featured in the American Bar Association Commission on Women in Profession’s book The Road to Independence: 101 Women’s Journeys to Starting Their Own Law Firms, American Bar Association, 2011
  • Speaker at the Oregon Trial Lawyers Association convention in August of 2022 on the topic Try a Clean Case with Consistent ThemesWinning the Righteous Battle: How to Beat an Aggressive Defense and Change Your Client’s Life, 2022
  • Featured speaker at an Oregon Trial Lawyers Association CLE presentation regarding what to do when your case is removed to federal court: Oh @#$% I Just Got Removed to Federal Court – The Auto Case, 2021
  • Featured speaker at a Multnomah Bar Association CLE on the topic of Presenting and Resolving UM/UIM Claims, Claims, Pains and Automobiles: Presenting and Resolving UM/UIM Claims, Multnomah Bar Association, 2021
  • The featured speaker on the topic New ‘Make Whole’ Law – SB 421 – ORS 742.544 presented to the Oregon State Bar Professional Liability Fund Personnel.  Oregon State Bar Professional Liability Fund, 2020
  • Presented an Oregon State Bar CLE on the topic How to Prepare for and Present a Powerful Closing Argument. Oregon State Bar CLE, 2019
  • Featured speaker at the Oregon Trial Lawyers Association Trial Academy 101 on the topic of Arbitration and Mediation, Oregon Trial Lawyers Association, 2020
  • The featured speaker at an Oregon Trial Lawyers Association CLE on the topic of An Insider’s Perspective: What I Learned Defending Auto Cases for Eighteen YearsOregon Trial Lawyers Association, 2019
  • Featured speaker at the Oregon Trial Lawyers Association Annual Convention on the topic of Litigation – Dos and Don’ts for Plaintiff AttorneysOregon Trial Lawyers Association, 2020
  • Featured speaker on the topic How to Prepare for & Present a Powerful Closing Argument at the Oregon Trial Lawyers Association Trial Academy 201, Oregon Trial Lawyers Association, 2020
  • Gretchen is the author of a subchapter on closing argument entitled Closing Argument: Capitalize on Soundbites in the trial practice manual Oregon Trial Lawyers Association Automobile Litigation Deskbook, 2020
  • Gretchen is the author of an article entitled Arbitration vs. Trial in the Oregon Trial Lawyers Association Trial Lawyer Magazine, Spring 2023

Memberships

  • Multnomah County Bar Association
  • Oregon State Bar Association
  • Oregon Trial Lawyers Association
  • American Board of Trial Advocates
  • Oregon
  • Multnomah
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