With experience as a former airborne infantry officer and police officer, Chuck Paulson is an Oregon personal injury attorney who neither shies away from combat or competition. His achievements include winning impressive verdicts and settlements against large institutions for the victims of serious and catastrophic injuries.

In 1958, Mr. Paulson graduated with his J.D. from the Northwestern School of Law at Lewis and Clark College. Today, he is a partner at Paulson Coletti Trial Attorneys, P.C., in Portland, Oregon. The firm serves injured individuals and the families of wrongful death victims throughout Oregon and Washington.

Mr. Paulson has been honored to serve two terms as the president of the Oregon Trial Lawyers Association. He is a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and a former member of the Oregon State Bar's Board of Governors. The Northwestern School of Law at Lewis and Clark College named him Outstanding Alumnus in 1997. In addition, he was honored as a Distinguished Trial Lawyer by the Oregon Trial Lawyers Association in 2000.