Bradley Thayer

Licensed in Washington and Oregon

Partner.

Location: Vancouver, WA
Phone: 360-695-4244
Fax: 360-696-0583

Brad Thayer joined the firm in 2015 and became a partner in 2018. He was presented the 2018 Rising Star Award by the Clark County Bar Association. Since then, he has been selected as a “Rising Star” annually by Super Lawyers magazine (2019 – 2024). He is active in local trial attorney organizations—as both an Eagle Member of the Washington State Association for Justice and a Guardian in the Oregon Trial Lawyers Association.

Brad earned a Bachelor’s degree in Journalism with a minor in Sociology from Western Washington University and a Juris Doctorate, Cum Laude, from Willamette University College of Law. His practice focuses on personal injury, auto accident, dog bite, and wrongful death cases.

Brad speaks Spanish at an intermediate level. He has studied it at various levels over the years in school and lived in Spain from 2009 to 2011 teaching English. In his free time, Brad enjoys spending time with his wife and two young children, following the Portland Trail Blazers and the NBA generally, playing basketball and golf, and traveling. He especially enjoys hiking in the Columbia River Gorge and trips to the Oregon Coast.

Year Joined Firm

2015

Areas of Practice

Personal Injury
Dog Bites
Auto Accident
Wrongful Death

Education

Willamette University College of Law, Salem, Oregon J.D. Cum Laude; Memberships: Student Bar Association, Moot Court Board, Dean’s List.

Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington B.A.: Journalism; Minor: Sociology.

Professional Associations and Memberships

Washington State Association for Justice, Roundtable Committee Chair, Clark County, 2017 – 2020
United States Court of Appeals For the Ninth Circuit Admitted to Practice, 2016 – Present
Oregon Trial Lawyers Association Member, 2016 – Present
Multnomah County Bar Association Member, 2016 – Present
Oregon Trial Lawyers Association Guardians of Civil Justice Member, 2016 – Present
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington Admitted to Practice, 2016 – Present
Clark County Bar Association Member, 2015 – Present
Clark County Bar Association, Young Lawyers Section Member, 2015 – 2020
Washington State Association for Justice Eagle Member, 2015 – Present
American Association for Justice Member, 2014 – Present
Clark County Bar Association, Young Lawyers Section President, 2016 – 2017
Clark County Bar Association, “Rising Star Award” recipient, 2018
Oregon State Bar House of Delegates, Region 8 Delegate, 2019 – Present
Law and Politics Magazine
Super Lawyers “Rising Star” selectee, 2019 – 2020, 2024

Past Employment Positions

Schauermann Thayer Jacobs Staples & Edwards PS, Vancouver, Washington, associate, 2015 – 2018
Garrett Hemann Robertson P.C., Salem, Oregon, law clerk, 2013 – 2015
United States District Court for the District of Oregon, Hon. John V. Acosta, judicial extern, Summer 2014
Schauermann, Thayer, Jacobs & Staples, legal assistant, 2011 – 2012
Spanish Ministry of Education, English teacher, 2009 – 2011