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Medical malpractice in Oregon: market data
What public records say about the market for medical malpractice in Oregon: how much demand the courts and agencies count, how many law offices serve it, how many people need help in Spanish, and the ad rules that apply. Every number links to the record it comes from.
Demand: what courts and agencies count
Counts of filings, crashes, complaints and enforcement in the records each agency keeps. A count shows where problems were recorded, not how many people will hire a lawyer.
| Measure | Value | Period | Place | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Federal civil cases filed by county of the plaintiff: medical malpractice | 14 cases filed, fiscal year | FY2025 | Oregon state | federal-filings-county v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23750628 record federal-filings-county:OR · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Nursing-home abuse and neglect citations | 333 citations | surveys 2017-07-13 to 2026-09-23 | Oregon state | nursing-homes v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23741901 record nh-or · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Nursing-home citations for actual harm or worse | 180 citations | surveys 2017-07-13 to 2026-09-23 | Oregon state | nursing-homes v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23741901 record nh-or · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Certified nursing homes | 128 facilities | as of 2026-09-23 | Oregon state | nursing-homes v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23741901 record nh-or · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| CMS fines on nursing homes, last three years | 3,282,332 US dollars | 2023-10-17 to 2026-09-23 | Oregon state | nursing-homes v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23741901 record nh-or · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Federal civil filings: private other personal injury (includes product liability, drug and device cases) | 133 cases filed, 12 months | 12 months ending 2026-06-30 | District of Oregon federal district | civil-filings v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23720009 record cf-or-priv-other-pi · status P · checked 2026-10-27 |
| Federal civil cases filed: medical malpractice | 35 cases filed, three fiscal years | FY2023-2025 | District of Oregon federal district | idb-civil v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23739969 record idb-or-medical-malpractice · status P · checked 2026-10-27 |
Rising or falling
The change between the last two periods each source publishes. No threshold and no smoothing.
| Measure | Before | Latest | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Federal civil cases filed by county of the plaintiff: medical malpractice Oregon · record federal-filings-county:OR | 9 FY2024 | 14 FY2025 | rising (+55.6%) |
Lawyer supply
How many law offices and lawyers the federal statistics count here.
| Measure | Value | Period | Place | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New lawyers admitted | 762 lawyers a year | 2025 | Oregon state | bar-pipeline v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721443 record or-bar-pipeline · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Counties under 1 law office per 10,000 residents | 4 counties | 2026-Q1 | Oregon state | deserts v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721430 record deserts-41 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Counties with no law office | 3 counties | 2026-Q1 | Oregon state | deserts v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721430 record deserts-41 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Residents living in those low-office counties | 0.4 percent of residents | 2026-Q1 | Oregon state | deserts v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721430 record deserts-41 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Employer law firms | 2,151 firms | 2022 | Oregon state | law-firm-economy v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23739997 record lfe-or-all · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Receipts of employer law firms | 2,677,901,000 US dollars | 2022 | Oregon state | law-firm-economy v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23739997 record lfe-or-all · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Law offices per 10,000 residents | 6.08 per 10,000 residents | 2026-Q1 | Oregon state | law-offices v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721415 record law-offices-41 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Self-employed lawyers (nonemployer firms) | 2,703 firms | latest Nonemployer Statistics year | Oregon state | law-offices v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721415 record law-offices-41 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Private law offices | 2,599 establishments | 2026-Q1 | Oregon state | law-offices v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721415 record law-offices-41 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Lawyers employed (wage-earning, BLS OEWS) | 7,150 jobs | May 2025 | Oregon state | lawyer-wages v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23734840 record lawyer-wages:OR:231011:2025 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Median annual wage of employed lawyers | 138,210 US dollars a year | May 2025 | Oregon state | lawyer-wages v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23734840 record lawyer-wages:OR:231011:2025 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
Counties with the most demand per law office
Of the 25 counties in Oregon with the most federal civil cases filed by county of the plaintiff: medical malpractice, the ten with the most per private law office. Both counts are shown with their records.
| County | Demand | Law offices | Per office |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tillamook County, OR | 1 record federal-filings-county:41057 | 6 record law-offices-41057 | 0.17 |
| Klamath County, OR | 1 record federal-filings-county:41035 | 21 record law-offices-41035 | 0.05 |
| Yamhill County, OR | 1 record federal-filings-county:41071 | 40 record law-offices-41071 | 0.03 |
| Lane County, OR | 4 record federal-filings-county:41039 | 199 record law-offices-41039 | 0.02 |
| Multnomah County, OR | 7 record federal-filings-county:41051 | 846 record law-offices-41051 | 0.01 |
| Baker County, OR | 0 record federal-filings-county:41001 | 9 record law-offices-41001 | 0 |
| Benton County, OR | 0 record federal-filings-county:41003 | 28 record law-offices-41003 | 0 |
| Clackamas County, OR | 0 record federal-filings-county:41005 | 214 record law-offices-41005 | 0 |
| Clatsop County, OR | 0 record federal-filings-county:41007 | 26 record law-offices-41007 | 0 |
| Columbia County, OR | 0 record federal-filings-county:41009 | 15 record law-offices-41009 | 0 |
Federal civil cases filed by county of the plaintiff: medical malpractice (federal-filings-county v1.0.0, FY2025) ÷ Private law offices (law-offices v1.0.0, 2026-Q1). ratio = federal-filings-county.ffc.medical-malpractice / law-offices.qcew_estabs, rounded to 2 decimals; ranked highest first, among the 25 units with the most demand. Units with zero supply are listed apart (ratio undefined); units without a published value are listed as missing.
Spanish-language demand
People who speak Spanish and speak English less than very well, and the lawyers who speak Spanish, from the Census Bureau survey (with margins of error).
| Measure | Value | Period | Place | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawyers who speak Spanish at home (ACS) | 310 ±143 lawyers | 2020-2024 | Oregon state | language v1.1.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23656758 record language:state:OR:lawyers-spanish · status P · checked 2026-10-25 |
| Spanish speakers with limited English per Spanish-speaking lawyer | 444 ±205 people per lawyer | 2020-2024 | Oregon state | language v1.1.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23656758 record language:state:OR:lep-per-spanish-lawyer · status P · checked 2026-10-25 |
| Spanish speakers with limited English (ACS) | 137,684 ±4,151 people age 5+ | 2020-2024 | Oregon state | language v1.1.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23656758 record language:state:OR:spanish-lep · status P · checked 2026-10-25 |
| Spanish speakers with limited English | 137,684 ±4,173 people age 5+ | 2020-2024 | Oregon state | legal-need v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23741886 record legal-need-or · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
Ad rules that apply
The rules a law firm's ads in Oregon have to meet, summarized from the official texts. The full rules, with quotes, are on the state page.
| Topic | Status | What it says |
|---|---|---|
| Ad filing or review | P primary source | No filing or advance review. A lawyer may advertise through written, recorded or electronic communication, including public media, subject to Rules 7.1 and 7.3 (7.2(a)). The rule has no record-keeping clause. official source · rules v1.4.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23750572 · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Required content | P primary source | Any communication under the advertising rule includes the name and contact information of at least one lawyer or law firm responsible for its content (7.2(c)). Since 2017 this is 'contact information' rather than an office address. official source · rules v1.4.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23750572 · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Waiting periods for contact | P primary source | The rules set no waiting period. A lawyer may not solicit anyone who cannot exercise reasonable judgment because of their physical, emotional or mental state, anyone who has said no, or by coercion, duress or harassment (7.3). official source · rules v1.4.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23750572 · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Claims and results | P primary source | The only claims rule is the general ban: a lawyer shall not make a false or misleading communication, meaning one with a material misrepresentation of fact or law, or one that omits a fact needed to keep it from misleading (7.1). official source · rules v1.4.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23750572 · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Paying for referrals | P primary source | A lawyer cannot give anything of value for recommending the lawyer's services, except to pay reasonable advertising costs, the usual charges of a legal service plan or a lawyer referral service, the price of a purchased practice, or nominal gifts not intended… official source · rules v1.4.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23750572 · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Call recording | P primary source | For telephone calls, recording is lawful when at least one participant consents (a participant may record). For in-person conversations, all participants must be specifically informed that the conversation is being obtained. official source · rules v1.4.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23750572 · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Texting | P primary source | Calling or texting a person again after that person says not to call or text is an unlawful practice; ORS 646.608(1)(jj) makes it a violation of the Unlawful Trade Practices Act, and ORS 646.638 lets a person who suffers an ascertainable loss of money or… official source · rules v1.4.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23750572 · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Ad filing or review | P primary source | Oregon: no filing or review of lawyer ads is required. official source · filing v1.2.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721409 · checked 2026-10-25 |
| Paying for referrals | P primary source | Lawyers in different firms may split a fee without any proportion or joint-responsibility test; a proportion test applies only when the split is between a lawyer and a licensed paralegal (LP). official source · referral v1.1.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23747113 · checked 2026-10-27 |
| Limitation period | P primary source | Oregon, medical malpractice: 2 years, under Or. Rev. Stat. § 12.110(4), as read in the official code on 2026-10-28. official source · limitations v1.1.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23743673 · checked 2026-10-28 |
Prices and pay (national)
| Measure | Value | Period | Place | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jobs in legal services (seasonally adjusted) | 1,249 thousand jobs | 2026-09 | United States United States | legal-prices v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23734854 record legal-prices:CES6054110001:2026-09 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| CPI-U: legal services | 230 index | 2026-09 | United States United States | legal-prices v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23734854 record legal-prices:CUUR0000SEGC01:2026-09 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| PPI: offices of lawyers | 338 index | 2026-09 | United States United States | legal-prices v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23734854 record legal-prices:PCU541110541110:2026-09 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| PPI: civil negligence legal services | 257 index | 2026-09 | United States United States | legal-prices v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23734854 record legal-prices:PCU5411105411103:2026-09 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
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The rows behind this page, with every dataset, version, DOI, record id and check date.
Cite as: Probative Growth, The new-lawyer pipeline by jurisdiction: bar exam pass rates and new admissions, 2025 v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721443); Federal civil filings by nature of suit and district, 12-month periods since 2018 v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23720009); Legal deserts: law offices and lawyers per resident in every U.S. county v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721430); Federal civil cases filed, by county of the plaintiff's residence, case type and year (Federal Judicial Center) v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23750628); How long federal civil cases take: outcomes, class actions and pro se share by district, nature of suit and year v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23739969); Spanish-speaking demand vs Spanish-speaking lawyer supply, by state and metro v1.1.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23656758); Law firm size, solos and receipts, by state: Census SUSB 2022, Nonemployer Statistics 2024 and Economic Census 2022 v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23739997); Law offices, jobs and pay by county, with solo-practice counts: BLS QCEW, Census CBP and Nonemployer Statistics v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721415); Lawyer, paralegal and legal-staff pay by state and metro (BLS OEWS) v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23734840); Legal need by county: who may need a lawyer, from the American Community Survey v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23741886); Legal-services prices and jobs, monthly (BLS CPI, PPI and CES) v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23734854); Nursing home fines and harm citations by county: CMS penalties, actual-harm, immediate-jeopardy and abuse citations v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23741901); CC BY 4.0. https://probativegrowth.com/markets/oregon/medical-malpractice/
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Each figure is copied from one record of the dataset named with it, joined to this state and practice through the open practice and place crosswalk. Nothing is estimated. Methods, inputs and limits.