Background
Tim Jones grew up in Stayton, Oregon. Tim received his undergraduate degree from Oregon State University and his law degree from Willamette University. He financed his education by working in the construction and timber industries. Tim has been a trial lawyer for more than 22 years. He limits his practice to representation of seriously injured clients in cases involving motor vehicle accidents, construction and worksite injuries, medical malpractice, maritime accidents, dangerous and defective products. Tim has a track record of consistently obtaining outstanding verdicts and settlements on behalf of his injury clients.
Tim is a member of the American Association for Justice, Oregon Trial Lawyers Association, and the Multnomah County and Oregon State Bar Associations.
Tim has been awarded Martindale Hubbell's highest rating for legal ethics and ability. He has been recognized annually as one of Oregon's "Super Lawyers" from 2006 through the present. He resides in Portland with his wife and three children.
Representative Work
Tim Jones has tried or settled numerous cases with damages of $1.0 million or more:
$11.6 million. A faulty set up caused a mooring line to break and strike an apprentice engineer resulting in brain injury.
$10 million. 18 year old suffered severe brain injury when hospital employees failed to properly monitor him post-surgery.
$2 million. An improper set up led to a concrete pumping truck tipping over with its boom crushing the leg of a construction worker.
$1.5 million. Man suffered incomplete paraplegia when physicians failed to timely diagnose and treat a neurological condition.
$1.4 million. Woman suffered a debilitating stroke when physicians failed to diagnose and properly treat her heart condition.
$1.2 million. Man suffered incomplete paraplegia when physicians failed to timely diagnose and treat a neurological condition.
$1.2 million. Negligent modification of fishing gear resulted in a commercial fisherman sustaining spinal fractures.
$1.0 million. Surgeon and hospital employees failed to timely diagnose and treat neurological disorder leading to spinal cord injury.
$1.1 million. Construction worker suffered multiple orthopedic injuries when he fell through an unguarded opening on the second floor of a building under construction.
$1.0 million. Negligently constructed scaffolding resulted in a worker falling and suffering multiple orthopedic injuries.
$1.0 million. College student was killed in an automobile accident. This lawsuit led to sweeping changes regarding alcohol use by local and national chapters of the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity.
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Community Involvement
For more than 25 years Tim has worked throughout the City of Portland in a variety of volunteer capacities. He has served as Director of an emergency relief program in inner city neighborhoods of North and Northeast Portland. He has served as a member of the Board of Directors of St. Mary’s Home for Boys, and as a member and Chairman of the School Board for All Saints Grade School. He has worked extensively in coaching and organizing youth athletics.
