With a bachelor's degree in chemistry and a broad background in emerging technologies, Mr. Pitzer is equipped to prosecute or defend a broad array of intellectual property disputes, with a particular emphasis on claims involving trade secrets and/or confidential technical information.
A Proven Record of Trial Success
Pitzer Law provides world class representation to a broad base of business clients in complex disputes typically involving high stakes and cutting-edge issues.
Jeff Pitzer’s long and proven record of high-profile trial victories includes recently obtaining a $65.5 million jury verdict against one of the largest and best-represented accounting firms in the world. This stunning victory was featured prominently in the Portland Business Journal.
Pitzer Law’s adversaries recognize that they will be facing a fierce opponent fully prepared to take a case all the way through trial and win.
Prior to relocating to the Northwest in 2002, Mr. Pitzer spent nearly twelve years at one of the nation’s most elite law firms, nearly five of those years as a full equity partner, where he won cases all across the country for some of America’s largest corporations. He has only bolstered that record since moving to Portland, and now has over two decades’ worth of trial and appellate victories here in Oregon.
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Jeff Pitzer, Owner
Jeff Pitzer formed his own law firm in Portland, Oregon in January 2002, after nearly 12 years practicing in Chicago.
Mr. Pitzer obtained a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from the University of Kansas in 1986, and earned his law degree, cum laude, from the University of Wisconsin in 1990.
Since forming Pitzer Law in 2002, Mr. Pitzer has tried and won cases throughout Oregon in both the state and federal courts and on appeal. In the last three years alone Mr. Pitzer has won significant victories in both state and federal court, in arbitration, and in the Oregon Supreme Court.
Practice Areas
Intellectual Property
Commercial Litigation
Mr. Pitzer has represented corporations and individuals in countless complex commercial disputes for more than a quarter century...
Environmental Litigation
Mr. Pitzer has successfully defended complex environmental cleanup actions, including Superfund cost recovery and contribution claims...
Antitrust
Mr. Pitzer has successfully defended multi-million dollar antitrust claims alleging conspiracies to monopolize a sector of the health care...
Construction Litigation
Mr. Pitzer has defended companies both large and small in construction cases, including defending a prominent developer against...
Eminent Domain
Mr. Pitzer has represented private landowners seeking to protect property from condemnation by either the government or government-sponsored...
Criminal Defense
Mr. Pitzer has represented both corporate and individual clients in criminal cases involving allegations of tax evasion, investment fraud...
Pitzer News
Civil
- Mr. Pitzer has won victories for business clients in numerous industries. Most recently, Mr. Pitzer:
- Won a $3.32 million judgment (the full amount sought) after a federal court trial at which Mr. Pitzer established that his client, the 50% owner of a family farm business, was the victim of a conspiracy to defraud. (October 2024)
- Won a total defense victory, plus an award of attorney’s fees and costs, in an arbitration case on behalf of a Portland landowner in a dispute involving historic boundary lines. (July 2024)
- Was featured in a Portland Business Journal year-end recap of the most consequential trial victories in 2023. (December 2023)
- Won a shareholder oppression trial in federal court in Portland, Oregon resulting in the appointment of a custodian to liquidate sufficient corporate assets to pay his client $4.7 million as fair value for her shares. (December 2021)
Criminal
- In addition to civil trials, Mr. Pitzer also devotes a portion of his practice, often on a pro bono basis, to criminal defense. Among other cases, Mr. Pitzer has:
- Succesffully convinced federal prosecutors to dismiss charges of attempted murder and armed robbery by establishing that they had charged the wrong person.
- Won a Ninth Circuit appeal of multiple federal felony convictions on the ground that a critical defense witness should have been granted immunity.
- Won a first degree murder jury trial on behalf of a wrongly-accused mentally retarded father of four
- Won an aggravated robbery jury trial where the alleged victim ultimately admitted that she stole the goods herself
Pitzer Law provides top flight representation to a broad base of business clients, often in complex disputes where the very survival of the company is at stake.
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- Pitzer Law
- 210 SW Morrison St., Suite 600
- Portland, OR 97204
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