Eric English Managing Partner, Resolution Strategies LLP
Location
Portland, Oregon
States Admitted In:
OR, WA
Education
College:
The University of Texas at Austin, 1977 – 1980University of Melbourne, 1985 – 1986
Law School:
The University of Texas School of Law, 1982 – 1985
Professional History
Affiliations
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Certifications
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Settlement Counsel Practice
- Years of Settlement Counsel Experience: 15+
- Number of Cases: 100+
- Total Number Plantiff / Defendant Rep. Cases: 60% / 40%
Bio
Eric brings a remarkable skill-set to the role as settlement counsel. He has a passion for “getting it done and done right” and he has the experience to know how to go about it. His background includes experience as a
trial lawyer in private practice, as chief litigation counsel, and as general counsel, as well as roles in senior management and the board of directors for private and publicly held companies. When it comes to understanding challenges at all levels, and executing the game plan with the trial team, few bring to the table what Eric does – and his success as settlement counsel the past 10 years speaks for itself.
Private Practice: Eric was a partner in both the commercial litigation and product liability sections of a 200+ attorney firm in Texas, where he tried cases for plaintiffs and defendants, handling complex commercial
disputes, working productively with in-house counsel for large corporate clients, and coordinating the efforts of other outside counsel on complex classaction litigation.
Corporate Counsel: Eric’s in-house counsel experience has been with international and national publicly traded companies. As head of litigation and General Counsel, Eric honed his skills in dealing with missioncritical issues in both the business and litigation arenas. Special Situations: Because of Eric’s background and experience, and his unique ability to solve problems, he has been engaged in many different roles, including service for publicly traded companies as interim general counsel and board member. Eric is often asked to serve as a mediator in high profile matters. Eric has worked with CEO’s and other business executives to resolve highly sensitive matters, both internally and with third parties.
Settlement Counsel: Eric has focused his practice on serving as settlement counsel since 2003. He has represented individuals, corporate clients, religious organizations, and public entities in a wide variety of complex disputes and litigation.
Eric’s recent resolution successes include patent and antitrust litigation, dealer termination, industry competitor disputes, and multi-plaintiff litigation. He has represented individuals and businesses in business breakups, personnel disputes, and highly contentious labor and employment matters in addition to organizational assault and abuse claims.
Eric believes in the firm’s philosophy that face-to-face meetings do more to settle cases than emails and phone calls. Eric’s settlement counsel engagements have taken him throughout the United States as well as Asia, South America, and Europe.
Eric is currently on the American Bar Association Task Force for Early Dispute Resolution, Chair of the Settlement Counsel Subcommittee of the Litigation Section, ADR Committee for the ABA, and member of the ADR Section Executive Committee for the Oregon State Bar. He has served on the board of a publicly traded company, the Advisory Council for the University of Texas Alumni Association and several other local boards and foundations.
Eric graduated from the University of Texas at Austin (Plan II Honors Program), was awarded the Outstanding Male Student, the Outstanding University of Texas Senior, and was one of ten Distinguished Graduates of the College of Liberal Arts. Following law school at The University of Texas School of Law, Eric studied at Melbourne University School of Law in Australia on a Rotary Fellowship.