Professional Experience
Jared is a member of the firm’s litigation group. He has been practicing law since 2011 and has substantial experience with all aspects of the litigation process, from pre-lawsuit counseling and negotiations, through trial and appeal. Jared has secured favorable outcomes for his clients in numerous trial and appellate courts throughout the country, including Oregon state courts, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the California Supreme Court.
Throughout his career, Jared has been fortunate to represent individual and corporate clients from many diverse industries, including technology, financial services, energy, and insurance. He enjoys learning about the day-to-day business of his clients so that he may more effectively advocate for their legal interests.
Jared is a native Oregonian, having been born and raised in Central Oregon. He returned to his home state in 2022 to join Cable Huston and enjoys living in Portland. When he is not working on behalf of his clients, he enjoys reading, river rafting, and spending time with his wife and young son.
Prior Experience
Prior to joining Cable Huston in 2022, Jared worked as a litigator in private practice in the San Francisco Bay Area and then Los Angeles. His practice focused on complex litigation in state and federal courts and various arbitration forums, and included matters involving breach of contract claims, shareholder derivative suits, employment law disputes, product liability matters, partnership disputes, and putative class actions involving allegations of deceptive advertising and other alleged unfair business practices.
Representative Matters and Results
- Obtained summary judgment from Yamhill County Circuit Court forcing sale of wine country property in accord with terms of agreement between co-owners; secured attorney fee award.
- Persuaded court to quash document and deposition subpoena on attorney-client privilege and related grounds in proceedings in Clatsop County Circuit Court.
- Won full defense decision in arbitration proceeding involving allegations of professional negligence against family law attorney arising from underlying marriage dissolution case.
- Represented Oregon utility in arbitration proceeding in dispute with steel suppliers relating to construction of high voltage transmission lines.
- Represented commercial landlord in breach of lease and breach of guaranty action against defaulting tenant in Multnomah County Circuit Court.
- Secured summary judgment for bicycle handlebar manufacturer in products liability case in Orange County Superior Court.
- Obtained order dismissing lawsuit against a client-attorney involving allegations based on protected actions the attorney took in representing his own clients and recovered attorney’s fees under Anti-SLAPP statute.
- Briefed and argued motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction before the United States District Court for the District of Maryland which resulted in dismissal of case against California-based financial services client.
- Obtained summary judgment for insurance broker in Los Angeles County Superior Court where plaintiffs alleged that broker was responsible for alleged misstatements made by plaintiffs on insurance application that led to denial of coverage.
- Secured preliminary injunction from federal court in San Francisco in favor of client, a semiconductor manufacturer, and against a former contractor, relating to a payment error.
- Successfully opposed motion for class certification in federal court in San Francisco against broker-dealer client brought by putative class of investors.
- Negotiated favorable settlement for financial-advisor client in lawsuit he filed against life insurance company seeking damages for company’s failure to pay ongoing trail commissions client earned from the sales of annuities to consumers.
- Drafted winning brief for client before the California Court of Appeal and successfully opposed losing party’s petition for review to the California Supreme Court.
- In breach of contract action, persuaded bankruptcy court to dismiss adversary proceeding that was initiated when opposing party improperly removed state court action to bankruptcy court even though there was no jurisdictional basis to do so.
- Obtained order from Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals dismissing an appeal filed by an adversary on jurisdictional grounds.