BEFORE PROCEEDING, PLEASE NOTE: Our firm currently may represent persons or companies who have interests that are adverse to you. Whether you are an existing or a prospective client, you should not send us any confidential information unless we have checked for potential conflicts of interest and an attorney-client relationship has been established for this particular matter. An attorney-client relationship with our firm and its lawyers is established only after a specific engagement has been expressly agreed to between a partner in our firm and a client through direct, person-to-person communication. The duties of confidentiality and the attorney-client relationship do not arise until we have expressly undertaken a particular client engagement.
By clicking “Accept” you understand and agree to the foregoing and acknowledge that our firm will have no duty to keep confidential the information you are now transmitting.
Robert W. Wilkinson
Partner
Portland, Oregon 97204
t 503.944.6093
f 503.295.1058
vcard“We specialize in difficult cases that require patient, persistent and principled representation. I push hard for a resolution that will allow the client to fix the problem and move on.”
Robert Wilkinson is a Ball Janik LLP partner and a member of the firm’s Construction Defect, Litigation, and Insurance Recovery practice groups. His current practice focuses on design and construction defect litigation. He represents a wide range of clients in Oregon and Washington, including owners of single family residences, apartments, townhomes, condominiums, and commercial buildings. As plaintiff’s counsel in construction disputes, he has helped clients secure millions of dollars in settlements. Mr. Wilkinson has also provided general counsel representation to community associations in all aspects of their operations.
Mr. Wilkinson also defends developers, design professionals and contractors in construction defect cases and disputes that arise during the course of construction projects. He has successfully asserted claims for insurance recovery of construction disputes against insurance carriers, and has extensive experience in positioning these cases in a manner that triggers insurance recovery to pay for attorneys’ fees and losses.
Mr. Wilkinson also represents material suppliers, contractors, and owners in prosecuting and defending payment claims, including construction lien and surety bond claims.
“We specialize in difficult cases that require patient, persistent and principled representation. I push hard for a resolution that will allow the client to fix the problem and move on.”
Robert Wilkinson is a Ball Janik LLP partner and a member of the firm’s Construction Defect, Litigation, and Insurance Recovery practice groups. His current practice focuses on design and construction defect litigation. He represents a wide range of clients in Oregon and Washington, including owners of single family residences, apartments, townhomes, condominiums, and commercial buildings. As plaintiff’s counsel in construction disputes, he has helped clients secure millions of dollars in settlements. Mr. Wilkinson has also provided general counsel representation to community associations in all aspects of their operations.
Mr. Wilkinson also defends developers, design professionals and contractors in construction defect cases and disputes that arise during the course of construction projects. He has successfully asserted claims for insurance recovery of construction disputes against insurance carriers, and has extensive experience in positioning these cases in a manner that triggers insurance recovery to pay for attorneys’ fees and losses.
Mr. Wilkinson also represents material suppliers, contractors, and owners in prosecuting and defending payment claims, including construction lien and surety bond claims.
After receiving his law degree, Mr. Wilkinson worked for two years as a judicial clerk to Federal Magistrate Judge Janice M. Stewart of the District of Oregon.
Mr. Wilkinson is a member of the American Bar Association, the Inns of Court and the Construction Section of the Oregon State Bar. In 2005, he received the Pro Bono Award of Merit from the Multnomah Bar Association for his work as a volunteer lawyer with Legal Aid Services of Oregon representing victims of domestic violence in contested restraining order hearings.