Chris Frost

Chris has been representing injured worker in Oregon Workers’ Compensation claims at this firm since 2008. Before joining the firm, she was a staff attorney at the Workers’ Compensation Board. She is a former co-chair of OTLA’s Workers’ Compensation policy group which works to make the law fairer for injured workers. She is also a former chair and member of the executive committee of the Workers’ Compensation section of the Oregon State Bar. Chris received the 2014 Doug Swanson Outstanding Workers’ Compensation Attorney Award from the Oregon Trial Lawyers Association.

Chris grew up in Kansas and graduated from the University of Kansas. She has worked in a variety of jobs including waitress, hummingbird-feeder assembler(!) and grocery clerk. She moved to Oregon to attend the University of Oregon School of Law and has lived here ever since. She chose to work at this firm because of its tradition of excellent legal work and community activism since its founding in 1981. Here she has been able to bring her strong commitment to the rights of working people and her passion for justice together to represent injured workers. She lives with her husband in inner SE Portland. They like to hike, bike, travel and try to keep up with their adult children.

Practice area focus:
Denied claims, time-loss disputes, medical services and vocational services disputes, permanent disability awards and settlement.