Elizabeth C. Knight
Managing Partner
Key Expertise
Legal Malpractice Defense and Legal Ethics
Elizabeth Knight is Dunn Carney’s Managing Partner. She is also a member of Dunn Carney’s Litigation Team and has a broad practice including commercial litigation, eminent domain, environmental and natural resources, legal malpractice defense and legal ethics. Elizabeth has been recognized by Super Lawyers and Best Lawyers in the area of business litigation, and as “Lawyer of the Year” for her legal malpractice defense work.
With every case she handles, Elizabeth strives to find creative solutions which lead to excellent results for her clients. She uses a holistic approach, balancing vigorous advocacy with measured, strategic litigation, consistent with the client’s goals.
Elizabeth is a member of Dunn Carney’s Executive Committee. She has held numerous other leadership roles within the firm including Hiring Partner, President of Dunn Carney Cares (the firm’s private foundation) and Chair of the firm’s charitable giving and pro bono programs, and was also a founding member of the IDEA Squad (the firm’s diversity and inclusion committee). Outside the firm, Elizabeth served as President of the Board of Directors for the Campaign for Equal Justice and as Secretary and Treasurer of the Multnomah Bar Foundation Board of Directors. In recognition of her dedication to pro bono work and service to the profession, she received the Oregon State Bar’s 2015 President’s Public Service Award.
Admissions
Oregon, 1999
Washington, 2000
U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon, 1999
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, 2012
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington, 2014
Education
University of Oregon School of Law, J.D., 1999; Oregon Law Review, Executive Editor
University of Colorado, B.A., English, cum laude, 1992
Contact [ATTORNEY NAME]
"*" indicates required fields
