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Eron is rated AV Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell. He is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers (ACTL), Associate of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), Fellow of the International Society of Barristers (ISOB). He specializes in complex civil litigation in the States of Washington, Oregon and Nevada. Eron defends health systems and physicians in medical malpractice and product liability cases. He also defends corporations and individuals in personal injury matters. A segment of his practice is devoted to fraud-related matters, to include prosecuting federal and state civil RICO actions.

Practice 

• Premises Liability Defense
• Medical Professional Liability Defense
• Medical Licensing and Discipline
• Medical Staff, Peer Review, Privileging/Credentialing
• Products Liability Defense
• Trucking and Bus Lines Defense
• Federal and State RICO Claims (Plaintiff and Defense)
  

Representative Cases 

• Represented 6 deputies on a claim of Outrage against a WA County stemming from the Sheriff’s actions. After a 5-week trial, received a favorable Plaintiffs’ verdict.
• Conducted a three-week long medical malpractice trial, representing a General Surgeon, who performed a primary anastomosis to the mid-transverse colon to fix a perforation. Plaintiff suffered from sepsis, respiratory failure, multiple surgeries over 3 years, PTSD and was near death. Plaintiffs’ counsel asked the jury to award $6 million. The jury rendered a unanimous defense verdict.
• Defense summary judgment in wrongful death lawsuit alleging special relationship/proximate cause of medical facility to patient’s actions in causing the death of a state trooper.
• Completed a one-month medical malpractice wrongful death trial, representing a vascular surgeon, involving a graft that perforated the small intestine during a bypass procedure. Plaintiffs’ counsel asked the jury to award $9.6 million. After one hour of deliberation, the jury rendered a defense verdict.
• After a one-month trial, received a Defense verdict in a professional negligence case, where plaintiff claimed that our client, the security contractor, failed to prevent a former VA employee from shooting another employee at a VA building in Clark County. Plaintiff asked for $8 million.
• Represented an apartment complex on a case where a concrete step gave way and the Plaintiff fell down the stairs. After admitting liability and a 3-week trial, forced nominal damage award of $19,500. Plaintiff asked jury for $2.5 million for permanent nerve injuries including foot drop.
• Represented a zipline company on a gross negligence claim. Plaintiff claimed traumatic brain injury when she collided with a tree. Plaintiff told the jury in opening statements that they were seeking $25 million. After Plaintiff rested her case, they accepted a nominal settlement. In speaking with the jury after, 12 of the jurors were ready to find for the defense, even prior to putting on our case.
• Represented an insurance carrier in Federal Court on claims of bad faith and underlying traumatic brain injury stemming from an auto accident. The Defense admitted psychological issues from the auto accident. The Plaintiff asked for $2.3 million. The jury rejected the bad faith and brain injury claims and rendered an award commensurate with the admitted psychological damages.
• Defense verdict for anesthesiologist in medical malpractice lawsuit alleging post-operative (cervical spine surgery) hematoma causing patient permanent brain damage.
• Defense verdict for radiology clinic in medical malpractice lawsuit involving their radiologist who allegedly failed to properly perform an interventional procedure leading to patient death.
• Obtained $7.1 million verdict for an insurance company in a Federal Civil RICO action involving rampant billing and medical record fraud committed by a chiropractor and medical doctor in 156 underlying auto accident cases.
• Defense verdict in 10 auto accident cases involving serious bodily injury.
• Several medical malpractice and premises liability matters dismissed with prejudice by plaintiff a few days before trial or while engaged in trial.

Education 

• ‍The John Marshall Law School J.D., 1999  
• University of Iowa 1992 – 1994  
• Wheaton College (Wheaton, IL.) 1994 – 1996, B.A., Psychology, Minor Military Science

Admitted to Practice 

• ‍Washington State
• United States District Court – Western District of Washington
• United States District Court – Eastern District of Washington
• Oregon State
• United States District Court – Oregon
• Nevada State
• United States District Court –District of Nevada – Las Vegas and Reno
• Illinois State

Professional Experience 

• Fain Anderson VanDerhoef Rosendahl O’Halloran Spillane, Principal/Owner, 2016 – Present
• McCormick Barstow Sheppard Wayte & Carruth, Associate, 2002 – 2005, Principal/Owner, 2005 – 2016 (Las Vegas and Seattle)
• Engelberg Hillison Associate, 1999 – 2002 (Chicago)
• Captain, Army National Guard (Chicago) – Honorably discharged in 2004 after 14 years of service

Professional Memberships 

• American College of Trial Lawyers
• American Board of Trial Advocates
  • President, Washington Chapter, Nov. 2023 – Nov. 2024.
  • President-Elect, Washington Chapter, 2023
  • Vice-President, Washington Chapter, 2022
• International Society of Barristers
• Washington Defense Trial Lawyers
• Defense Research Institute

Publications & Presentations 

• Presenter for the WA Chapter of ABOTA – Defense Opening Statement at the annual Masters in Trial (MIT) event
• Presenter for the WA Chapter of ABOTA Civility Matters Program at The Seattle University School of Law
• Presenter for the WA Chapter of ABOTA Federal Judge Panel on The Independence of the Judiciary
• Presented Ethics CLE for the WSBA on Withdrawing as Counsel RPC 1.16
• Presenter for the WA Chapter of ABOTA Voire Dire Competition at University of WA School of Law
• Presented The Pitfalls of Audit Trails in Litigation at the National MPL Conference
• Author/presenter, “Anatomy of a RICO case” 2013 at Puget Sound Special Investigators (Seattle)
• Author/presenter, “Defending witnesses at deposition and trial” 2011, 2012, 2014, 2017 at The Doctors Company LER Course (Seattle)

Honors & Awards 

• R.O.T.C. Scholarship at Wheaton College

Community Involvement 

• Big Brothers Big Sisters