Janet M. Schroer
Recognized since 2003
Portland, Oregon
Appellate Practice
Bet-the-Company Litigation
Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
Professional Malpractice Law - Defendants
Janet Schroer is a partner at Portland, Oregon-based Hart Wagner LLP. Her practice emphasizes civil litigation, including tort, contract, medical and professional malpractice, business and constitutional law, in both the trial and appellate courts, as well as professional licensing matters.
Janet frequently serves the firm’s clients in the Oregon Court of Appeals, Oregon Supreme Court, and Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. She also represents her clients' business, professional and personal interests before various trial courts and licensing agencies. Her practice requires that she often work closely with the client’s general counsel or trial lawyer on appellate matters, and so she has developed strong and long-lasting relationships with other lawyers.
Janet has handled well over 50 cases to final decision in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. She has handled 31 cases to final opinion in the Oregon Supreme Court, 127 cases with opinions in the Oregon Court of Appeals, and many more that were affirmed without opinion. She also has handled appeals in the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, Idaho Supreme Court, Nevada Supreme Court, and Washington Court of Appeals and Supreme Court.
PRACTICE EXPERIENCE- Hart Wagner, Partner since 1992
- Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt
Partner, 1989-1992
Associate, 1981-1988
- EDUCATION
- University of Oregon Law School
J.D., Order of the Coif, 1981 - Bowling Green University
B.A., cum laude, 1978 - Frequent speaker on malpractice, trial, and appellate issues
- Arbitrator for Multnomah County Circuit Court and uninsured motorist actions
- Active Circuit Court Judge Pro Tempore in Multnomah County and Clackamas County
- American Board of Trial Advocates, Associate, elected in 1996
- American Academy of Appellate Lawyers, Fellow, elected in 2008
- Oregon State Bar, since 1981
- Multnomah Bar Association
- Oregon Association of Defense Counsel
- Oregon Medical Association
- Fair Dismissal Appeals Board, 1985-1993
- ADMITTED TO PRACTICE
Oregon State Courts, 1981
United States District Court for District of Oregon, 1981
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1981
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, 2009
U.S. Supreme Court, 1992
- PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
- Co-author: Appeal and Review: Beyond the Basics 2014 edition, chapter on Effective Written Advocacy
- Co-editor: Civil Pleading and Practice CLE, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2006, 2011
- Litigation Section Executive Committee, 1988-1994 (Chair, 1992-1993)
- Local Professional Responsibility Committee, 1987-1991
- Civil Litigation CLE Program Planner, 1990-1996
- Oregon Trial Advocacy College, 2008-2011
- Judicial Screening Committee, 1994-1997 (Chair, 1996-1997)
- Amicus Committee, 1994-present
- Professional Liability Practice Leader, 1994-1995
- Publications Committee, 1992-1994
- Medical Malpractice Loss Prevention Education Committee, 1993-1996
- Planner for and Speaker at Medical Malpractice Loss Prevention Seminars, 1993-2010
- E-mail: jms@hartwagner.com
- Lawyer Page: https://hartwagner.com/janet-schroer/
- 1000 Southwest Broadway, 20th Floor
Portland, OR 97205
- University of Oregon, J.D., graduated 1981
- Oregon, United States
9 The Best Lawyers in America® awards
- Appellate Practice, Portland, OR (2025)
- Bet-the-Company Litigation, Portland, OR (2025)
- Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants, Portland, OR (2024)
- Professional Malpractice Law - Defendants, Portland, OR (2024)
- Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants, Portland, OR (2020)
- Professional Malpractice Law - Defendants, Portland, OR (2019)
- Professional Malpractice Law - Defendants, Portland, OR (2017)
- Appellate Practice, Portland, OR (2016)
- Professional Malpractice Law - Defendants, Portland, OR (2014)
- Appellate Practice
- Bet-the-Company Litigation
- Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
- Professional Malpractice Law - Defendants
- Appellate
- Oregon Super Lawyers, 2006-present
- Named 2014 Lawyer of the Year for Professional Malpractice Law - Defendants - Portland, OR by Best Lawyers
- Harpole Attorney Award, 2013
- Oregon Super Lawyers Top 25 Women Lawyers in Oregon, 2009-2013
- AV Preeminent 5.0 out of 5 Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
- Personal Injury Litigation
- Professional Malpractice Law
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