Tom D'Amore
Founder | D'Amore Law Group
Tom D'Amore is a personal injury, trucking accidents and wrongful death trial lawyer and founder of D'Amore Law Group in Lake Oswego, Oregon. J.D., Pepperdine University Caruso School of Law (1990).
Meet Tom
Thomas “Tom” D’Amore founded D’Amore Law Group in 1992 and leads the Oregon firm, which has offices in Portland, Lake Oswego and Bend, Oregon, and in Vancouver and Tacoma, Washington. Licensed in Oregon, Washington and California, he represents people with catastrophic injuries and families in wrongful death cases, including trucking crashes, sexual abuse, product liability, medical malpractice, bad faith insurance and construction accidents.
D’Amore worked in corporate accounting before law. He holds a law degree from Pepperdine, earned in 1990, and dual bachelor’s degrees in political science and accounting from the University of Nevada, Reno. He is board certified in civil trial advocacy by the National Board of Trial Advocacy.
His results include a $26.5 million verdict in 2019 for the estate of a woman killed in a road rage incident between two commercial truck drivers, a $33 million settlement for a construction worker with a brain injury, and a Multnomah County verdict for the family of Freddy Nelson Jr. He also represented nine Oregon counties in the national opioid litigation. He sits on the American Association for Justice Board of Governors and Executive Committee and is a past president of the Oregon Trial Lawyers Association.
Experience and Expertise
Qualifications
Timeline
- State Bar of California, 1990
- Oregon State Bar, 1992
- Washington State Bar, 1994
- Board-Certified Civil Trial Attorney, National Board of Trial Advocacy
- J.D., Pepperdine Law School, 1990
- B.A., Political Science and Accounting, University of Nevada, Reno, 1985
Practice Areas
- American Association for Justice (Board of Governors; Executive Committee)
- Oregon Trial Lawyers Association (President, 2010-2011)
- Washington State Association for Justice (Eagle Member)
- National Board of Trial Advocacy
- American Board of Trial Advocates
- National Crime Victims Bar Association
- Pound Civil Justice Institute
- Multnomah County Bar Association
- Trial Lawyer of the Year, San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, 2020
- David Shrager President's Award, American Association for Justice, 2023
- Arthur H. Bryant Public Justice Award, Oregon Trial Lawyers Association, 2016
- Distinguished Service Award, American Association for Justice, 2013, 2014, 2019, 2022, 2023
- Winning Litigator Finalist, National Law Journal, 2025
- Chambers USA Band 1, Litigation in Oregon, 2026
- Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers, 2026
- Super Lawyers Top 50 Oregon, 2010-present
- The Best Lawyers in America, 2011-present
- $33 Million Settlement: Settlement for a construction worker who suffered a catastrophic brain injury when struck by a steel I-beam (2023).
- $26.5 Million Verdict: Allison v. Smoot Enterprises (2019): verdict for the estate of Sara Allison, killed in a road rage incident between two commercial truck drivers.
- $239 Million Settlement: National opioid litigation (2024): settlement from major opioid distributors on behalf of nine Oregon counties.
- Multimillion-Dollar Verdict: Nelson v. TMT Development Co. (2024): Multnomah County verdict for the estate of Freddy Nelson Jr., fatally shot by a security guard in a Portland parking lot.
- $8.5 Million Settlement: Ruggiere v. Sherwin Williams Co. (2022): settlement for a woman injured by a drunk driver who had been served alcohol at a company event.
- $8 Million Settlement: Defective pool design case (2022) for a young man rendered quadriplegic after diving into the shallow end.
- $5.5 Million Settlement: Bickers v. Kirby Nagelhout Construction Co. (2023): wrongful death claim for a construction worker killed in a fall from a sloped roof.
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