Dr. Aaron C. Deshaw
Dr. Aaron DeShaw, Esq. is a trial lawyer based in Portland, Oregon. He has individually, and in cooperation with other law firms, obtained settlements and verdicts for his clients in excess of $400 million. He is the leading expert in the U.S. on the subject of Colossus, the computer assessment program used by most auto insurance companies for evaluating personal injury claims. DeShaw holds a Doctorate of Chiropractic from Western States Chiropractic College and a Juris Doctorate from Willamette University College of Law. DeShaw is author of several books and videos on traumatic injuries and insurance. He is a resource for national media such as CNN, MSNBC, BusinessWeek, Money, A.M. Best, and others on the topic of insurance. He has lectured for both physician and legal professionals including at AAJ, ATLA, the Spine Research Institute of San Diego, and the Brain Injury Association of Oregon, as well as private seminars before the nation’s top insurance bad faith lawyers. He has lectured at events alongside Brian O’Neill (President of the Insurance Institute on Highway Safety, and creator of the US crash testing program for vehicles), Eugene Anderson (called “The Dean of Policyholder’s attorneys” by BusinessWeek), Arthur Croft (author of Whiplash Injuries: The Cervical Acceleration / Decelerations Syndrome), Rick Friedman, David Ball (the nation's leading jury consultant), Mark Lanier, and many other internationally recognized experts in the area of insurance, law, motor vehicle collision mechanics, and medicine. He primarily handles cases involving brain injuries and other catastrophic injuries.
*Aaron DeShaw no longer practices as a health care professional, and has practiced law full time since 2000.
Areas of Practice
- Bad Faith Insurance
- Class Actions -- Plaintiff
- Insurance Law
- Personal Injury -- Plaintiff
- Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff
- Whistleblower/Qui Tam
Bar Admissions
- Oregon, 2000
Education
- Willamette University College of Law, Salem, Oregon
- J.D.
- Williamette University Salem, OR.
- B.S.
Published Works
- Traumatic Injuries (DVD set)
- Colossus: The Legal Forms CD
- Colossus: The Physician Forms CD
- Colossus: What Every Trial Lawyer Needs to Know (out of print)
- Colossus: What Every Physician Needs to Know (out of print)
- Procedure & Billing Denials: What Every Physician Needs to Know (out of print)
- Colossus: What Every Trial Lawyer Needs to Know, Portland OR USA© 2004, Trial Guides
- Colossus: What Every Physician Needs to Know, Portland OR USA © 2005, Trial Guides
- Procedures & Billing Denials: What Every Physician Needs to Know, Portland OR USA © 2005, Trial Guides
- Colossus, Journal of the Chiropractic Association of Oregon, Summer, 2003
- Colossus: What Every Trial Lawyer Needs to Know, Montana Trial Lawyers Association (Trial Trends), Spring, 2005
- Negotiating a Non-Demonstrable Case – A Study in Colossus, Consumer Attorneys of California (Forum), June, 2005
- Colossus: What Every Trial Lawyer Needs to Know, Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association (Louisiana Advocates), Spring, 2005
- Colossus: What Every Trial Lawyer Needs to Know, North Carolina Trial Lawyers Association (Trial Briefs), June, 2005
- Colossus: What Every Trial Lawyer Needs to Know, Orange County Trial Lawyers (The Gavel), July, 2005
- Colossus: What Every Trial Lawyer Needs to Know, Wisconsin Trial Lawyers Association, July, 2005
- Soft Tissue Cases in Colossus, AAJ Motor Vehicle Newsletter, American Association for Justice, July, 2005
- Colossus: What Every Trial Lawyer Needs to Know, Nevada Trial Lawyers Association (Advocate), July / August, 2005
- Colossus: What Every Trial Lawyer Needs to Know, The Idaho Trial Lawyers Association Journal, Idaho Trial Lawyers Association, Summer, 2005
- Getting Paid in PI Cases: Top 3 Things You Need to Know, Chiropractic Economics, August, 2005
- Negotiating a Non-Demonstrable Case - A Study in Colossus, Colorado Trial Lawyer Association (Trial Talk), August / September, 2005
- Negotiating a Non-Demonstrable Case - A Study in Colossus, Nebraska Association of Trial Lawyers (The Prairie Barrister), Fall, 2005
- Getting Paid in PI Cases: Top 5 Things You Need to Know, Journal of the Chiropractic Association of Oregon, Fall, 2005
- Colossus: What Every Trial Lawyer Needs to Know, Journal of the Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers, Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers, Spring, 2006
