Portland Personal Injury Attorney Joshua Shulman

Oregon Trial Lawyer Specializing in Personal Injury Cases

Attorney Joshua Shulman, Portland Personal Injury Lawyer and Founding Partner of Shulman DuBois LLC

Founded in 2008 by Joshua Shulman and Sean DuBois, Shulman DuBois LLC law firm is dedicated to justice and compensation for clients who have been injured. As trial attorneys, we understand insurance company tricks and the personal injury process – and we work hard everyday to ensure they cannot take advantage of Oregonians.

Now, Shulman DuBois has a stellar reputation for achieving success against insurance companies, big corporations, and in trial. Headed by two ethical attorneys who understand the pain of personal injury victims, our firm is ready to help defend plaintiff’s against the opposing counsel and adjusters.

History and Education

Portland attorney Joshua Shulman passed up his first opportunity to become a lawyer. As a senior at Reed College, he had applied to law school, and while the application process was proceeding, took a position at a large corporate law firm in Boston. His experience there went so strongly against his values that he changed his mind about being a lawyer and withdrew his law school applications.

A few years later, following some travel and stints in organic farming and residential real estate, having returned to Portland with his wife to settle down and raise a family, Joshua also returned to the idea of practicing law. He realized being a lawyer didn’t necessarily mean following the path that had turned him off initially – working for a firm representing faceless corporate entities and focusing on maintaining billable hours.

He could practice in a way that was consistent with his values and passions – working for deserving individuals, where he could really make a difference in people’s lives.

Joshua attended New York University School of Law (ranked in the top 3% of all law schools in the country by US News & World Report), but spent his last year as a visiting student at local Lewis & Clark Law School in order to return to the town he loved so much and get a jump on reestablishing ties.

After graduating from law school, he became an executive at a Portland financial planning company that specialized in managing the funds of personal injury victims who had received large settlements. He saw first-hand what a difference that money made in the quality of the care the clients were able to get and their recovery overall. He also met many successful personal injury attorneys and was struck by how much the best of them cared for their clients.

Following that experience, he opened his own personal injury law practice and later formed a partnership with Sean DuBois, a like-minded attorney he met while they were both volunteering on a committee for the Oregon Trial Lawyers Association (OTLA).

One particularly satisfying outcome thus far in his career as a personal injury attorney was for a retired couple, both retired, in their 70s.  Before the couple were in an automobile accident, the husband took care of the wife in their home, because she was wheelchair-bound and had other health issues. Due to injuries sustained in the accident, the husband was no longer able to care for his wife at home, so she had to go into a convalescent home. The husband was devoted to the wife and they were heartbroken. As a result of the settlement Joshua got them, they were able to hire professional nursing care and live together in their own home once again.

Publications and Memberships

• Published in Trial Lawyer Magazine
• Published in Injury Board Magazine
• Served on the Publications Committee for OTLA
• Supports Public Justice Foundation
• Member of Southern Poverty Law Center Leadership Council
• Member of the Oregon Trial Lawyers Association Presidents Circle
• Member of the American Association for Justice
• Member of the Oregon State Bar
• Supports Oregon Public Broadcasting
• Graduate of Bill Barton’s Litigation Boot Camp.

Outside of his law practice and related activities, Joshua enjoys spending time with his wife and two children, Ezra and Elijah, taking them to Little League, Kung Fu and their other activities, and gardening and growing fruit trees. He is also on the Board of Directors of the Sunstone Montessori School in Portland, which Ezra and Elijah attend.

Shulman DuBois is located at 1553 SE Tolman Street, Portland, OR 97202. Call us at 503-222-4411 or email us at info@pdxinjurylaw.com.