Paulson Coletti

What Paulson Coletti does

Paulson Coletti Trial Attorneys PC is a boutique plaintiff-side personal injury law firm headquartered in Lake Oswego, Oregon (Portland metro), founded in 2006 and operating as a partner-owned professional corporation under Oregon law. The firm is led by partners Jane Paulson and John Coletti, who together hold memberships in the American College of Trial Lawyers, American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, and the Inner Circle of Advocates, and have earned repeated Best Lawyers recognition from 2018 through 2026 across Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice, Product Liability, and Admiralty categories.

The firm's core offering is contingency-fee legal representation for injured individuals and families across eleven practice areas: personal injury, medical malpractice, wrongful death, construction accidents, truck accidents, motorcycle accidents, birth injuries, brain injuries, bus accidents, car accidents, and defective products. Service coverage spans Oregon and Washington, with dedicated intake pages for 13 markets including Portland, Salem, Eugene, Bend, Beaverton, Gresham, Hillsboro, and Prineville in Oregon, and Seattle, Tacoma, Vancouver, Camas, and Ridgefield in Washington. The firm also operates an attorney-referral channel targeting other Pacific Northwest lawyers seeking experienced trial counsel for complex plaintiff matters.

The business model is contingency-fee only: clients pay no upfront fees, the firm advances litigation costs, and attorney fees are collected as a percentage of recovery only if the matter is won. Reported case results include a $58M settlement for 2020 Labor Day Fires survivors, a $49M verdict against PacifiCorp, a $48M truck accident settlement, a $20.36M wrongful death verdict (Jean Diaz Estate), an $18M Greyhound bus verdict (Hunter Brown), and additional seven-figure verdicts and settlements, with cumulative gross recoveries described as 'hundreds of millions.' The firm has no disclosed external financing, no parent company, no subsidiaries, and a stated headcount of 1–10, reflecting a deliberately selective, partner-led boutique rather than a scaling plaintiff shop.

Name

Paulson Coletti

Legal name

Paulson Coletti Trial Attorneys PC

Website

https://paulsoncoletti.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Paulson Coletti is a boutique Oregon-based personal injury law firm that represents injured individuals and families across Oregon and Washington on a contingency-fee basis, led by two trial-tested partners handling complex plaintiff matters.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Personal Injury Legal Services

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (541110)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Personal Injury & Insurance Defense (BPAHAAAM)

Keywords

• Personal injury law
• Medical malpractice
• Wrongful death
• Trial advocacy
• Contingency fee representation

Headquarters

HQ city

Portland

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Contingency Fee Legal Services: The firm operates on a contingency fee basis where clients pay no upfront costs. Legal expenses are advanced throughout the case, and attorneys only collect fees as a percentage of the recovery if the case is won. If the firm loses, clients pay no attorney fees.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Paulson Coletti Trial Attorneys PC is a boutique personal injury law firm providing legal representation for injured individuals and families across Oregon and Washington. The firm handles cases involving car accidents, truck accidents, motorcycle accidents, bus accidents, construction accidents, medical malpractice, birth injuries, brain injuries, wrongful death, and defective products on a contingency fee basis. Attorneys advance all case costs and only collect fees as a percentage of recovery if the case is won.

Product overview

Paulson Coletti Trial Attorneys PC is a boutique personal injury law firm offering a unified suite of legal services rather than a software product. The firm provides comprehensive legal representation across multiple practice areas including personal injury, medical malpractice, wrongful death, construction accidents, truck accidents, motorcycle accidents, birth injuries, brain injuries, bus accidents, car accidents, and defective product litigation. All services are delivered through their attorney team without separate modules or add-ons.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Hundreds of millions recovered for clients across various case types
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Lloyd Burgess Attorneys: Pacific Northwest trial firm focused on personal injury, wrongful death, and medical malpractice. Direct peer in the OR/WA plaintiff PI market with comparable contingency-fee model.
• Greene Broillet & Wheeler: California plaintiff trial boutique specializing in catastrophic injury and product liability. Strong analogue to Paulson Coletti on practice mix (PI, product liability, medical malpractice) and elite-trial-lawyer positioning.
• Kline & Specter: Philadelphia-based high-stakes plaintiff PI firm known for record-setting verdicts. Same boutique, elite-trial-lawyer DNA as Paulson Coletti – directly comparable as a premier plaintiff PI trial boutique, albeit in a different geography.
• The Law Offices of Steven R. Rindberg: Oregon-based personal injury and medical malpractice firm. Same-market plaintiff-side PI peer with overlapping case types and contingency economics.
• Zbinden & Curtis: Portland personal injury and wrongful death firm. Direct same-market peer competing for the same Oregon plaintiff PI caseload on contingency fees.
• Nelson MacNeil Rayfield: Oregon trial firm handling serious personal injury, wrongful death, and medical malpractice on contingency. Comparable boutique plaintiff-side practice with similar size, regional footprint, and trial-ready positioning.
• D'Amore Law Group: Portland-based plaintiff personal injury and wrongful death firm. Closest geographic and practice-area competitor to Paulson Coletti, with overlapping Oregon/Washington caseload and contingency-fee model.
• Panish | Shea | Ravipudi LLP: California-based plaintiff-side catastrophic injury and tort firm with nine-figure verdicts. Closest analogue to Paulson Coletti in terms of elite trial credentials, selective caseload, and headline verdict profile.

Broad incumbents

• Morgan & Morgan: Largest U.S. plaintiff PI firm with mass marketing and broad geographic footprint. Comparable core service (contingency PI) but operates at vastly larger scale as the broad incumbent shaping competitive dynamics in plaintiff PI advertising.
• The Lanier Law Firm: National plaintiff firm with large-verdict track record in catastrophic injury and mass tort. Comparable in plaintiff-side ambition and verdict profile; broader portfolio than Paulson Coletti.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/paulson-coletti-trial-attorneys-pc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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