Experience

Scott Kaplan's practice is in environmental, insurance, energy, government contracts, and business litigation. Scott also has extensive ADR experience.

Litigation attorney, O'Melveny & Myers, Los Angeles, California, 1989-1991; Registered Account Executive, Charles Schwab & Co., San Francisco, California and Portland, Oregon, 1984-1986.

Representative Work

Environmental Law

• Fremont Lumber Co. v. Energy Facility Siting Council, 325 Or. 256, 936 P.2d. 968 (1997), 331 Or. 566, 16 P.3d 1147 (Jan. 11, 2001).
• Space Age Fuels, Inc. v. Standard Oil of California, 1996 WL 160741.
• Catellus Development Corp. v. L.D. McFarland Co., 910 F. Supp. 42 ERC 1458, 26 Envtl. L. Reptr. 20,920 (D. Or., Dec. 19, 1995).

Insurance Law

• Employers Ins. Of Wausau v. Tektronix, Inc., 211 Or. App. 485, 156 P.3d 105 (2007).
• Nolan v. Jackson Nat. Life Ins. Co., 155 Or. App. 420, 963 P.2d 162 (1998).

Government Contracts

• Tenaska Washington Partners II, L.P. v. U.S., 34 Fed. Cl. 434, 64 USLW 2331 (Fed. Cl. 1995).
• Morris Corp. (AUST) PTY, Ltd. V. The Event Source, 2006 WL 2233611 (D. Or. Aug. 30, 2006).
• CF&I Steel, L.P. v. Bay Area Rapid Transit Dist., 2000 WL 1375277, 142 Lab. Cas. 59, 131 (N.D. Cal., Sept. 19, 2000).

Other

• Mabon v. Kulongoski, 324 Or. 315, 925 P.2d 1234 (1996) elections law.
• Sprint Spectrum L.P. v. City of Eugene, 117 Or. App. 417, 35 P.2d 327 (2001) telecommunications.
• RAM Technical Services, Inc. v. Koresko, 215 Or. App. 449, 171 P.3d 374, on reconsideration 217 Or. App. 463 (2008) ERISA and civil procedure.

Professional Honors & Activities

• Martindale-Hubbell Peer-Review Rated AV

Civic Activities

• Multnomah County Animal Control Hearings Officer, 1993-2009
• Classroom Law Project Volunteer

Publications

• "Is the Glass Half-Full? Why an Insurance Company's Late Notice Defense to an Environmental Claim Should Fail," 38 Tort & Ins. L.J. (Summer 2003)
• "The Need for a Dentist-Patient Privilege in Oregon," 22 Litigation Journal, Vol. I (OSB Spring 2003); "Oregon Adopts a Dentist-Patient Privilege," 24 Litigation Journal, Vol. II (OSB Fall 2005)
• "Trustworthiness in Public Contracting: Back to Boss Tweed? CF&I Steel v. Bay Area Rapid Transit District," 31 Pub. Contr. L.J. 237 (2002)

Education

• University of California, Berkeley, J.D., 1989
  Order of the Coif
  Prosser Prize, Boalt Hall School of Law
• Reed College, B.A., 1986

Admissions

• Oregon
• California
• U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon; Central, Eastern, Northern, and Southern Districts of California
• United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth and Ninth Circuits
• United States Court of Federal Claims

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