Keating Jones Hughes

What Keating Jones Hughes does

Keating Jones Hughes, P.C. is a private professional corporation law firm founded in 1990 and headquartered at 200 SW Market St., Suite 900, Portland, Oregon. The firm specializes in defending healthcare providers — including hospitals, physicians, dentists, long-term care facilities, and ancillary healthcare professionals — across Oregon and southwest Washington. Its practice spans medical and dental malpractice defense, healthcare regulatory and licensure matters, appellate work, HIPAA and peer review, employment law for healthcare clients, premises liability, wrongful death, sex abuse claims defense, and legal malpractice defense. The firm has had a principal role in shaping Oregon law regarding healthcare, medical negligence, and professional liability for over thirty years.

The firm operates on a traditional professional services model: revenue is generated through hourly legal fees for litigation defense and advisory work, with no disclosed subscription, product, or self-serve revenue streams. Its competitive position rests on attorney reputation and credentials — multiple attorneys are recognized in Best Lawyers in America, Oregon Super Lawyers, and Rising Stars, and shareholders hold leadership roles in the Oregon Association of Defense Counsel and American Board of Trial Advocates. Client acquisition is driven by peer recognition, trial verdicts, professional referrals, speaking engagements, and published legal work, with no paid digital marketing or product-led motion.

The firm is owned and operated by its shareholder attorneys. The current leadership includes Managing Shareholder Hillary A. Taylor, along with shareholders Peter D. Eidenberg, Molly K. Marcum, Jennifer L. Truzzolino, and Peter O. Tuenge. Founding partners Robert Keating, Lindsey Hughes, and Scott O'Donnell have retired, and founding partner Steven P. Jones passed away in December 2025. The firm does not have external private equity, parent company, or institutional investment ownership. There are no disclosed funding rounds, acquisitions, subsidiaries, or technology platform components described.

Name

Keating Jones Hughes

Legal name

Keating Jones Hughes, P.C.

Website

https://keatingjones.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1990

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Keating Jones Hughes, P.C. is a Portland-based defense law firm founded in 1990 that represents hospitals, physicians, dentists, and other healthcare providers throughout Oregon and southwest Washington in medical malpractice, dental malpractice, healthcare regulatory, and appellate matters.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Defense Legal Services

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (541110)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Personal Injury & Insurance Defense (BPAHAAAM)

akta.pro secondary industry

Risk, Compliance & Internal Controls Consulting (BPAHACAJ)

Keywords

• Medical malpractice defense
• Healthcare legal services
• Litigation defense
• Appellate practice
• Professional liability defense

Headquarters

HQ city

Portland

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Legal Services Fees: The firm generates revenue through legal fees for representing healthcare providers in medical malpractice defense, litigation, appellate work, and related matters. Fee arrangements are likely hourly-based, consistent with standard defense litigation practice, though specific billing structures are not publicly disclosed.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Keating Jones Hughes, P.C. is an Oregon defense law firm that provides litigation and counsel services to hospitals, physicians, dentists, long-term care facilities, and other healthcare providers. Core offerings include medical malpractice defense, dental malpractice defense, appellate practice, healthcare regulatory law, HIPAA/privacy compliance, licensure defense, and premises liability defense across state and federal courts in Oregon and southwest Washington.

Product overview

Keating Jones Hughes, P.C. is a single-firm legal practice offering a unified portfolio of legal defense services for healthcare providers. The firm operates as an integrated legal practice rather than a platform, with attorneys working collaboratively across multiple specialized service lines. Core offerings include Medical Malpractice Defense and Dental Malpractice Defense as primary practice areas, supported by Appellate Practice, Healthcare Law, HIPAA & Privacy Laws, Licensure and Disciplinary Matters, Long-Term Care Facilities Defense, Legal Malpractice Defense, Sex Abuse Claims Defense, Premises Liability, Non-Profit services, Wrongful Death Claims Defense, and Employment Law. The firm serves healthcare clients throughout Oregon and southwest Washington.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Medical Malpractice Defense
• Dental Malpractice Defense
• Healthcare Law
• Appellate Practice
• HIPAA and Privacy Laws
• Licensure and Disciplinary Matters
• Long-Term Care Facilities Defense
• Legal Malpractice Defense
• Sex Abuse Claims Defense
• Premises Liability Defense
• Non-Profit Defense
• Wrongful Death Claims Defense
• Employment Law Defense

Quantifiable outcome

• Multiple defense verdicts in high-value cases: $13M labor and delivery (2026), $75M labor and delivery (2025), $10M recalled medical device (2024), $2M+ dental malpractice (2024), $1.3M orthopedic (2023)

Named customers7 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Hart Wagner LLP: Portland-based defense firm with a long-standing healthcare and medical malpractice defense practice serving Oregon hospitals and providers. Direct competitor in the same regional market and overlapping client roster.
• Cosgrave Vergeer Kester LLP: Portland-based defense firm handling medical malpractice, professional liability, and healthcare-related litigation in Oregon. Comparable in size, geography, and practice mix to KJH.
• Betts Patterson & Mines, P.S. Seattle-based defense firm specializing in medical malpractice, healthcare, and professional liability defense throughout the Pacific Northwest. Closest direct competitor for SW Washington and Oregon healthcare-provider engagements.
• Miller Nash LLP: Portland-based full-service law firm with a substantial healthcare and medical malpractice defense practice serving Oregon and Washington providers. Overlaps with KJH on healthcare defense clients in the same metro.
• Ogden Murphy Wallace, PLLC: Pacific Northwest defense firm with medical malpractice, healthcare, and professional liability practices. Comparable niche focus and overlapping PNW healthcare-provider client base.

Broad incumbents

• Hall Booth Smith, P.C. Multi-state defense firm with a large healthcare and medical malpractice practice group across the Southeast, Mid-Atlantic, and beyond. Represents a much larger incumbent with overlapping capability but a national, broader portfolio.
• Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin: One of the largest U.S. defense firms with a dedicated healthcare/medical malpractice liability practice. Operates across many states with significantly greater scale and headcount than KJH.
• Tyson & Mendes: National insurance defense and healthcare/medical malpractice firm known for its results-driven defense methodology. Comparable in practice focus but operates at significantly larger national scale.
• Wood Smith Henning & Berman LLP: National defense firm with strong healthcare, medical malpractice, and professional liability practices across multiple states. Comparable specialty but broader geographic footprint and headcount.

Emerging players

• Phelan Tucker Law LLP: Regional defense firm concentrating in medical malpractice, healthcare, and professional liability defense outside the Pacific Northwest. Comparable specialty focus but smaller scale and different geographic footprint.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

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Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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