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Jen Wagner

Attorney

Telephone: (503) 227-1600
Fax: (503) 227-6840
209 SW Oak Street, Suite 500
Portland, Oregon 97204
jwagner@stollberne.com
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Jen advocates for her clients with intelligence and integrity and is particularly adept at navigating the unique strategic and procedural challenges of complex business and class action litigation. Her clients value her approachable and cool-headed manner in litigating and resolving contentious cases. Jen is currently a key member of the team representing the State of Oregon on claims against Monsanto for PCB contamination. Recently, Jen was a member of the team that obtained a $235 million settlement on behalf investors in the Aequitas securities fraud class action. Jen has been ranked in Chambers, Benchmark Litigation, including Top 250 Women in Litigation in 2022, Oregon Super Lawyers, and Best Lawyers in America. Jen is a former President of the Board of Directors of the Multnomah Bar Foundation and is on the Oregon State Bar Litigation Section Executive Committee. Jen was a recipient of the Portland Business Journal Women of Influence Award in 2021.

Northwestern School of Law at Lewis and Clark College, J.D., magna cum laude, graduating first in class, 2002
Environmental Law Journal, Associate Editor
Cornelius Honor Society, Member

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, B.A., with High Distinction, 1996

Oregon State Bar, 2002

U.S. District Court, Oregon

U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

Stoll Berne
Shareholder, 2013-present
Associate, 2002-2012

Oregon Department of Justice, Special Litigation Unit
Law Clerk, 2000-2001

Oregon State Bar
Litigation Section Executive Committee, 2014-present

Multnomah Bar Foundation
President, 2020-2021
Board Member, 2016-present
Vice-President, 2018-2019
Secretary, 2017-2018

Multnomah Bar Association
Young Lawyers Section, Professional Development and Education Committee, 2006-2007
Continuing Legal Education Committee, 2009-2011
MBA Court Liaison Committee, 2013-2015; Chair, 2015

Oregon Women Lawyers
2011-2013 Roberts-Deiz Awards Dinner Committee

American Bar Association

Oregon Trial Lawyers Association

National Employment Lawyers Association

National Association of Consumer Advocates

“Class Actions,” co-author, Oregon Civil Pleading and Litigation, 2020 Edition

Outside the office, Jen enjoys spending time with her husband and two children, traveling, reading, and hiking.

Practice Areas Representative Cases Articles News Awards

Practice Areas

Business Litigation

From everyday contract disputes to bet-the-company litigation, our litigation team works to understand each party's priorities and to create a solution that best serves you.

Class Actions

As Oregon's leading plaintiffs'-side class actions firm, we help our clients to level the playing field and find justice. We have earned our reputation and work hard for our clients.

Employment

From wage and hour class actions to advising employers and employees on noncompetition and severance issues, our lawyers handle many aspects of employment law.

Environmental

We have experience litigating environmental issues including mass environmental torts, consumer products contamination, and state and federal natural resource damage recovery.

Healthcare Litigation

We've litigated nearly every type of healthcare dispute, ranging from complex antitrust matters to medical practice break-ups. Our clients range from small group practices to major regional integrated delivery systems and a prominent medical school.

Intellectual Property Litigation

We represent parties in patent, trade secret, trademark, copyright, false advertising, unfair competition, defamation, medical research practice, and related intellectual property matters.

Internal Investigations

We specialize in complex independent investigations of public bodies and private companies. Our deep experience representing both plaintiffs and defendants enables us to approach investigations without bias.

Lawyer, Accountant & Professional Malpractice

We represent clients in disputes with attorneys, accountants, auditors, insurance brokers, stock brokers, real estate professionals, and many other professionals.

Securities Litigation

Stoll Berne is Oregon's premier securities litigation firm. We have represented as many or more investors in securities and financial advisor fraud cases than any other firm in Oregon and have recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for our clients.

Trust & Estate Litigation

We represent clients involved in trust and estate litigation in a wide range of disputes including self-dealing and mismanagement of assets, business dealings and investment strategies, undue influence and lack of capacity, and accountings.

Representative Cases

Landlord Delay of Delivery of Premises for Healthcare Center

Keith Dubanevich and Jen Wagner successfully represented a tenant in a delivery delay case for a local healthcare center.

Aequitas Securities Litigation

Stoll Berne is co-lead counsel what is believed to be the largest settlement of a securities case in Oregon history in representing the investors in the case arising out of the Aequitas Ponzi scheme, asserting claims against Aequitas' auditors, lawyers, and others for participant/aider liability under the Oregon Securities Law.

Farmers Insurance – Overtime Class Action

Stoll Berne served on the Steering Committee and as liaison counsel in a nationwide class and collective action under federal and state laws brought on behalf of approximately 2800 claims adjusters working in states across the country.

BP Unpaid Dividends Suit Following Deepwater Horizon Disaster

A team of Stoll Berne attorneys represented the named plaintiff in a multidistrict litigation class action against BP p.l.c., seeking to collect on behalf of U.S. investors the dividends that BP declared, but never paid, following the Deepwater Horizon disaster.

Bottomley Evergreens Class Action

Stoll Berne attorneys Steve Larson and Jen Wagner obtained a settlement from Bottomley Evergreens in a wage and hour class action in Oregon state court on behalf of over 400 seasonal workers that made Christmas wreaths at an Oregon facility.

Quantum Residential Class Action

Stoll Berne represented a class of over 2,000 current and former tenants on claims against property manager Quantum Residential for charging illegal nonrefundable bond fees.

Portland School District – Custodian Class Action

Stoll Berne attorneys Robert Stoll and Jennifer Wagner negotiated a $14.5 million settlement in a federal civil rights class action against the Portland Public School District.

Farmers Insurance – Overtime Class Action

Bottomley Evergreens Class Action

Portland School District – Custodian Class Action

Stoll Berne attorneys Robert Stoll and Jennifer Wagner negotiated a $14.5 million settlement in a federal civil rights class action against the Portland Public School District.

Natural Resource Damage and Environmental Contamination

As Special Assistant Attorneys General for the State of Oregon, Stoll Berne attorneys Keith Ketterling, Jen Wagner, Keil Mueller, Steve Larson, Elizabeth Bailey, and Emily Johnson are currently working with Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum and attorneys from the Oregon Department of Justice to pursue claims against Monsanto seeking recovery for damage caused to Oregon’s wildlife and environment by polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs).

Jamison v. Olin-Winchester and Browning Arms Co.

Stoll Berne successfully represented patentee of "short magnum" firearms and ammunition against major firearms and ammunition manufacturers Winchester and Browning.

Aequitas Securities Litigation

In re Protected Person

Stoll Berne attorneys Gary Berne and Jennifer Wagner represented the court-appointed conservator for a protected person in connection with civil claims arising out of a “sweetheart scam” through which a group of people who were criminally convicted stole in excess of $15 million from an Oregon family.

Landlord Delay of Delivery of Premises for Healthcare Center

Keith Dubanevich and Jen Wagner successfully represented a tenant in a delivery delay case for a local healthcare center.

Aequitas Securities Litigation

BP Unpaid Dividends Suit Following Deepwater Horizon Disaster

State of Oregon vs. American International Group, Inc.

Tim DeJong, Jen Wagner, and Keil Mueller obtained an $8 million settlement on behalf of the Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund (OPERF) in securities fraud litigation against American International Group, Inc. (AIG).

Oppenheimer Funds Securities Action

Acting as Special Assistant Attorneys General to the State of Oregon, Stoll Berne attorneys Keith Ketterling, Keith Dubanevich, Jen Wagner, and Keil Mueller obtained a $20 million settlement on behalf of the Oregon College Savings Plan in a lawsuit against Oppenheimer Funds.

Beneficiary Family Trust Litigation

Stoll Berne attorneys Josh Ross and Jen Wagner represented a beneficiary of several family trusts in two related litigation matters.

Non-Profit Representation of Undue Influence by Caretaker

In 2009, Stoll Berne attorneys Gary Berne and Jen Wagner received a favorable judgment in a will contest trial.

Articles

December 2020 – “Realizing the Vision: The CourtSupport Navigator Starts at the New Central Courthouse,” Multnomah Lawyer

Stoll Berne attorney and Multnomah Bar Foundation President Jen Wagner authored an article in the December 2020 edition of Multnomah Lawyer, a publication of the Multnomah Bar Association.

Summer 2016 – “Statements of Opinion as Actionable Securities Law Violations after Omnicare,” OSB Litigation Journal

Debates about whether statements of opinion can be a basis for a misrepresentation span centuries.

News

Nearly $700 Million Settlement Reached by State of Oregon in Monsanto PCB Contamination Lawsuit

Stoll Berne, as Special Assistant Attorney General to Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum and the Oregon Department of Justice, along with its partners at Seattle’s Keller Rohrback, are pleased to announce the settlement of State of Oregon v Monsanto for the amount of $698,000,000 ($698 Million).

Awards

Benchmark Litigation
2015-2023
Top 250 Women in Litigation, 2022

Chambers USA
2021-2022

Oregon Super Lawyers
2010-2022

Portland Business Journal Women of Influence
2021

The Best Lawyers in America®
2013-2023

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