Honors and Awards:

• Advocate in the National College of Advocacy, 1992; Member of Million Dollar Advocates Forum, 1997; Senior Counsel in American College of Barristers, 2001; Lawyer Representative of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, 2001-2004; Society of Outstanding Lawyers of America, 2004; Named in the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers by Martindale Hubbell
• Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum (Admission limited to attorneys who have tried to verdict or settled multi-million dollar cases), 2007

Special Licenses/Certifications:

• Oregon State Bar Association, 1979; United States District Courts for the District of Oregon, 1979; United States Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, 1995; United States Court of Claims, 1998

Bar/Professional Activity:

• Oregon State Bar Association, Oregon Trial Lawyers Association,  American Association for Justice, Jackson County Bar Association, Southern Oregon Federal Bar Association (Past President), Oregon State Bar Product Liability Section (Past Executive Committee)

Pro bono/Community Service:

• Volunteer pro-tempore judge

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

• Trial Lawyer, "Keep Balance: Keys to Good Law Firm Economics," Summer 2009; Trial Lawyer, "Lessons Learned – What David Ball Can Teach Us," Spring 2009; Southern Oregon Federal Bar Association Newsletter, “What You Don’t Know You Don’t Know,” Winter 2006; Products Liability Newsletter, “Informal Focus Groups,” Winter 2004; “Beating the Statute of Limitations in a Products Liability Case” Products Liability Newsletter, Winter 2004 and Oregon Trial Lawyers Association Magazine, October/December 1990; "To Be Free" Southern Oregon Federal Bar Association Newsletter,  April 2003, reprinted in the Oregon State Bar Bulletin, February/March 2004;  "Sleeping When The Wind Blows" Southern Oregon Federal Bar Association Newsletter, Summer 2001, reprinted in Oregon State Bar Bulletin, January 2002;  “Filing in State or Federal Court” Oregon State Bar Product Liability Newsletter, Fall 2001, reprinted in the Oregon Law Journal, December 2001; "Piloting Your Practice" Oregon State Bar Bulletin, September 2001; “Making a Difference: Persistence Prevails, Spousal Support Payment Secured"  Oregon Trial Lawyers Association Magazine, Winter 2001; "The Genie Is Out Of The Bottle" Oregon State Bar Bulletin, February/March, 2000; "Lincoln The Lawyer" Oregon State Bar Bulletin, February/March, 1998, reprinted in the Clark Memorandum, Brigham Young University Law School Magazine, Fall 1998;  “It’s Not So Bad" Oregon State Bar Bulletin, June, 1992; "Beating the Satute of Limitation in a Products Liability Case," Oregon Trial Lawyers Association Magazine, October/December 1990.

Educational Background:

• Continuing Education - Mr. Andersen has continued to be current in personal injury law by regularly attending state and national continuing legal education courses, taking far more classes than the law requires. His continuing education has included trial advocacy seminars at Stanford and Harvard Universities, as well as courses taken in San Francisco, Chicago, San Diego, Monterey, Toronto and, of course, at various locations in Oregon.