Robert E.L. Bonaparte
PARTNER
Bob Bonaparte is one of the premier lawyers in Oregon representing policyholders in insurance coverage disputes. The Wall Street Journal wrote in 1999 that Mr. Bonaparte’s landmark case, Fleming v. USAA, “stunned the state’s insurance industry.” The Oregonian’s headline proclaimed: “a seismic event rocks insurance biz.” In a featured article, the Business Journal wrote that Mr. Bonaparte is “out to break the exclusions.”
Mr. Bonaparte is a former associate at New York’s Cadwalader, Wickersham, & Taft, and Washington, D.C.’s Ross, Dixon & Bell. He is a graduate of Stanford University and Virginia Law School.
Mr. Bonaparte served as the National Co-Chair of the American Bar Association Insurance Coverage Subcommittee on Practice and Procedure and President of the Owen Panner Inn of Court. He serves as an arbitrator for the Multnomah County Circuit Court, the NASD, the Arbitration Service of Portland, and the Oregon State Bar Fee Arbitration Program. Mr. Bonaparte is a frequent lecturer on legal education, and his writings have appeared in various publications.
EDUCATION
J.D., Virginia Law School
A.M., Stanford University
A.B., Stanford University
BAR ADMISSIONS
Oregon
United States Supreme Court
PROFESSIONAL & BAR ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIPS
Oregon State Bar
Multnomah Bar Association
Oregon Trial Lawyers Association
Owen Panner Inn of Court
AREAS OF PRACTICE
Property Insurance Claims
Fire Loss Claims
Business Interruption
Insurance Claims
Civil Litigation
Complex Litigation
Environmental Law