Chris Thomas

Chris Thomas is a partner at Thomas, Coon, Newton & Frost in Portland who represents injured Oregonians in a wide range of personal injury matters. His practice includes motor vehicle collisions, bicycle and pedestrian injuries, motorcycle collisions, premises liability, product liability, on-the-job injuries, and other serious injury claims. His background in science and engineering gives him a technical foundation for understanding physical forces, accident mechanics, product issues, and other scientific evidence that can become important in injury litigation.

Chris earned a B.A. in Math and Physics from Whitman College and a B.S. in Environmental Engineering from Columbia University. He later received his law degree from Lewis and Clark Law School, where he worked as a clerk in the school’s environmental legal clinic. His multidisciplinary education supports personal injury cases involving scientific evidence, accident reconstruction, engineering questions, environmental conditions, and technical records that require careful analysis alongside traditional legal research and advocacy.

Chris previously worked as a real estate and business attorney before focusing on representing injured people. His current practice includes personal injury, bicycle law, car collisions, motorcycle collisions, premises liability, and product liability. He represents clients in cases involving vehicles, bicycles, pedestrians, unsafe property conditions, workplace injuries, and defective products. His prior transactional experience and technical education add additional perspective when injury cases involve contracts, property issues, business records, engineering principles, or complex causation questions.

Chris Thomas brings a combination of personal injury litigation, scientific training, and prior business and real estate experience to his current practice. He represents injured Oregonians in vehicle, bicycle, pedestrian, premises, workplace, and product-related matters. By combining legal advocacy with a working understanding of math, physics, and engineering, he can evaluate technical evidence and explain complicated factual issues in claims involving serious injuries, defective products, accident mechanics, and disputed responsibility.

Law Office Affiliations

• Partner, Thomas, Coon, Newton, & Frost
• Member, Oregon State Bar

Licensed State

• Oregon

Education

• Lewis and Clark Law School
  Law degree
• Columbia University
  Bachelor of Science (BS) in Environmental Engineering
• Whitman College
  Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Math and Physics

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