Diane L. Polscer

Gordon & Polscer, L.L.C

Diane Polscer is a founding member of Gordon & Polscer, L.L.C. and has been a partner since the firm’s inception in 1994, serving as managing partner until 2019. Gordon & Polscer was named, once again, one of the 2021 U.S. News & World Report – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms,” recognized as Tier 1 in Portland for Insurance Law. Diane Polscer received Lawyer of the Year recognition for insurance law in the 28th Edition of The Best Lawyers in America (2022 edition). Only a single lawyer in a specific practice area and location is honored with a “Lawyer of the Year” designation. Diane focuses her practice on insurance coverage and defense, commercial litigation, and a wide range of business and insurance disputes in Oregon and Washington.

Diane was admitted to the United States Supreme Court in October, 2014. She has been selected for inclusion in Super Lawyers since 2006 – the fifteenth consecutive year she has been named to this peer-elected distinction that is only awarded to the top 5% of attorneys in Oregon. She was featured in the 2014 Oregon Super Lawyers Magazine, August Edition. She was also named a Corporate Counsel Super Lawyer.  In addition, Diane has been recognized as one of the “Best Lawyers in America” from 2011 – 2021 and has been a Martindale-Hubbell 5.0 AV Preeminent Rated Lawyer for over 20 years.

Diane has extensive commercial and complex civil litigation experience, including work on numerous bad faith claims and appeals. She is a frequent speaker and author, and a past faculty member of the National Institute for Trial Advocacy. She served as past Chair of the Excess and Reinsurance Subcommittee of Defense Research Institute (DRI) Insurance Law Committee. Diane is an active member in the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel (FDCC) and received the first FDCC Diversity Award in 2019 for her efforts in embodying the spirit of the organization’s Diversity Statement and the mandate of inclusiveness within the profession. In 2017, she also received the FDCC Connect Award. Diane served on the FDCC Board of Directors from 2017-2018. In addition, she is the immediate past Chair of the FDCC Diversity Committee and past Chair of the Insurance Coverage Section of the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel (FDCC). In May 2016, Diane was selected to serve on United Heritage Mutual Holding Company Insurance Boards as Vice Chairman of the Board. She has been a member of the Board of Directors since 2013. She has served as Chair of the Board’s Risk Committee since 2019.

Diane is a co-founder of the National Insurance Law Forum, a national law blog devoted solely to legal and legislative developments in the area of insurance law.

Diane is the immediate past president of the Oregon Chapter of the International Network of Boutique Law Firms (www.INBLF.com). INBLF is an organization of preeminent single-discipline law firms throughout the United States and includes some of the world’s most prominent full-service law firms in foreign nations. Diane is also a member of the National Association of Women Lawyers (NAWL), a Senior Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America (LCA) and a founding member and past chair of the LCA Insurance Litigation Institute.