About
Kaplan Law, LLC is a Portland plaintiff personal injury and wrongful death firm founded in 2003 by Matthew D. Kaplan. The firm represents seriously injured Oregonians and their families exclusively and has never represented an insurance company, a corporation, or a government defendant.
The practice handles catastrophic and serious injury cases throughout Oregon and Southwest Washington: car, truck, motorcycle, bicycle, and pedestrian accidents; trucking collisions involving semi-trucks, tractor-trailers, and 18-wheelers; workplace and industrial explosions and injuries; drunk driving crashes and dram shop liability; dog attacks; TriMet bus and MAX injuries; uninsured and underinsured motorist claims; defective and dangerous products; wrongful death; traumatic brain injury; spinal cord injuries including paraplegia and quadriplegia; amputations; severe burns; and civil rights claims for jail medical neglect and in-custody deaths under 42 U.S.C. Section 1983.
Results include an $11,193,176 jury verdict in a consumer product liability case, a $6,000,000 workplace explosion settlement, a $5,000,000 civil rights wrongful death settlement against Yamhill County, and a $3,400,000 settlement for alcohol withdrawal neglect in an Oregon county jail. Multiple additional seven-figure results in wrongful death, TBI, spinal cord, and catastrophic injury cases.
Matthew D. Kaplan has been named an Oregon Super Lawyer every year since 2012, holds an AV Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell, and holds a 10.0 Superb rating on Avvo and Justia. Licensed in Oregon and Washington, admitted to the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Kaplan Law, LLC is located at 50 SW Pine Street, Suite 302, Portland, Oregon 97204, one block from the SW Oak Street MAX stop. Free consultation. Contingency fee. No fee unless we win.