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He [Rob Kline] made me feel like I was important, he was genuine, compassionate, able to put his feet in other people’s shoes. He was almost like a family member. Read More.

Eyvonne Harris

Sherwood, Oregon

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Professional

Honors & Activities

  • “AV Preeminent” Peer Review Rating from LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell, the leading lawyer evaluation service in the nation.  An AV certification recognizes a lawyer who achieves the highest level of legal ability, experience, integrity and overall professional excellence.
  • Elected Delegate, House of Delegates, Oregon State Bar (2009-present)
  • Co-Chair, Motor Vehicles Section, Oregon Trial Lawyers Association (2009-present)
  • Graduate, Gerry Spence’s Trial Lawyers College (2009)
  • MBA Judicial Screening Committee, Multnomah Bar Association Award of Merit (2009)
  • Participant, William A. Barton Litigation Boot Camp III (2008-2009)
  • Member, Judicial Screening Committee, Multnomah Bar Association (2008-present)
  • Member, Court Liaison Committee, Multnomah Bar Association (2006-2008)
  • Co-Chair, Education Committee, Oregon Trial Lawyers Association (2006-2009)
  • President’s Circle, Oregon Trial Lawyers Association (2006-present)
  • Barrister, Gus J. Solomon Inns of Court (2005-present)
  • Member, Education Committee, Oregon Trial Lawyers Association (2004-2005)
  • Participant, National Institute for Trial Advocacy, Northwest Regional Program (2004)
  • Member, Young Lawyers Division, Federal Bar Association (2001-2003)

Publications

  • Kline, R.C., Changes To Personal Injury Protection Statute, Trial Lawyer, Oregon Trial Lawyers Association (forthcoming) (Spring 2010)
  • Kline, R.C., Minor Injury Claims & Attorney Fees, Trial Lawyer, Oregon Trial Lawyers Association (Fall 2007)
  • Kline, R.C., Responsive Pleadings: Answers, Affirmative Defenses and Replies, Oregon Civil Pleading and Practice, OSB Legal Publications, 2006 and 2001 Supplements (2006, 2001)
  • Kline, R.C., Co-author with Stephen F. English, Jury Bias In The Wake Of Enron & Other Corporate Scandals, Litigation Journal, Oregon State Bar Litigation Section, (August 2003)

Speaking

  • Motor Vehicles Practice, Basic Law for the New Practitioner: What You Should Have Learned in Law School, Oregon Trial Lawyers Association (October 2009)
  • Panelist, Starting A Law Practice, Oregon State Bar Annual Meeting (October 2004)

Education

  • University of Oregon School of Law, J.D., 1998
  • Articles Editor, Oregon Law Review, 1997-1998
  • University of Colorado at Boulder, B.A., Political Science, 1989

Bar Admission

Oregon

  • U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit