Anthony W. Furniss

Anthony W. Furniss is a partner at Furniss Shearer & Leineweber and practices from the firm’s Gresham and Portland, Oregon offices. His work focuses on personal injury and wrongful death litigation and includes products liability and insurance coverage cases. He has spent decades handling litigation and trial matters, bringing a long record of courtroom experience to disputes involving serious injuries, liability questions, insurance issues, and other contested civil claims.

Furniss earned a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and Mathematics from Willamette University and later received a law degree from Willamette University College of Law. His combined training in quantitative subjects and law provided a strong foundation for evaluating damages, evidence, liability, and coverage questions. That background supports his work in civil litigation, where factual analysis and careful review of financial, medical, contractual, and insurance information can be important to case strategy.

Furniss previously served as a Deputy District Attorney in Marion County and later as a Senior Deputy District Attorney in Washington County. He joined his current firm in 1975 and has handled litigation involving personal injury, wrongful death, products liability, and insurance coverage. He also serves as an arbitrator. His prior prosecution experience and long civil litigation career give him substantial familiarity with courtroom procedure, evidence, negotiation, and dispute resolution.

Anthony W. Furniss is licensed in Oregon and Texas and belongs to state, local, and federal bar organizations. He has also participated in defense counsel and trial advocacy organizations, reflecting a career centered on litigation. His work combines trial experience, arbitration, and insurance-related knowledge across complex civil matters. Clients and colleagues draw on that background when cases require careful evaluation of liability, damages, insurance coverage, and the practical choices involved in resolving a dispute.

Law Office Affiliations

• Partner, Furniss Shearer & Leineweber 
• Member, Oregon State Bar
• Member, Multnomah County Bar Association
• Member, U.S. District Court Federal Bar
• Graduate, National Institute of Trial Attorneys
• Graduate, National College of District Attorneys
• Member, Oregon Association of Defense Counsel
• Member, Defense Research Institute

Licensed State

• Oregon

Education

• Willamette University College of Law
  Law degree
• Willamette University
  Bachelor degree in Economics and Mathematics

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