Personal Injury Lawyer
More than two decades ago, David Rosen was navigating his own search for an injury lawyer.
He was 25, just engaged, and riding his bike home from work when a car hit him — fracturing his patella, tearing his knee tendon, ACL, and meniscus. He endured surgeries, insurance companies, and a trial that went all the way to verdict. He knows exactly what that process costs. And, he knows the value of having an expert guide navigating for you.
That experience is the foundation of everything at High Desert Law. David founded the firm with a clear sense of what injured people actually need to get through difficult times and come out stronger on the other side.
David served as President of the Oregon State Bar in 2024 — one of the most significant leadership roles in Oregon's legal community. He is the founding chair of the Deschutes County Access to Justice Committee and the Lawyer in the Library program, past president of the Oregon Law Foundation, and past president of the Deschutes County Bar Association. He currently serves on the Chief Justice's Advisory Committee on Civil Justice.
He has been recognized on the Oregon Super Lawyers list for several consecutive years.
David has practiced as an injury lawyer exclusively since 2011, trying cases to 12-person juries in Deschutes, Jackson, Josephine, and Klamath counties. He has arbitrated, mediated, and negotiated with every major insurance company operating in Oregon.
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David began his legal career in 2001 as an economist at a Washington, D.C. firm working on the Department of Justice's RICO case against the Tobacco companies. He was hired back as a summer associate, and after law school joined the same firm as an associate representing Fortune 500 companies in internet services, telecommunications, and retail.
David earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania. He attended the University of Maryland School of Law on a full scholarship, where he was mentored by President Carter's Attorney General, Benjamin Civiletti. During law school he worked a semester in the United States Senate for Ron Wyden and a semester at the Department of Justice.
Oregon Personal Injury Attorney
Oregon State Bar: Board of Governors, Region 1 (2021–2025)
- Immediate Past President (2025)
- President (2024)
- President-Elect (2023)
- Legal Services Program Emergency Funding Workgroup, Chair (2025)
- Strategic Planning Workgroup (2024–2025)
- Policy and Governance Committee (2021–2023), Chair (2023)
- Appellate Screening Committee (2021–2024)
- Budget and Finance Committee (2022)
- Public Affairs Committee (2021, 2023)
Oregon State Bar: House of Delegates
- Elected Delegate (2012–2014), (2015–2020)
- County Bar President Delegate (2014–2015)
Deschutes County Bar Association: Board of Directors
- Immediate Past President (2015–2016)
- President (2014–2015)
- Vice President (2013–2014)
- Secretary (2012–2013)
Boards and Committees
- Chief Justice's Advisory Committee on Civil Justice, Appointed Member (2025–Present)
- Advisory Committee on Civil Justice, General Civil Litigation Subcommittee, Member, (2025–Present)
- Oregon Law Foundation, President (2021); President Elect (2020); Board of Directors (2015–2023)
- Campaign for Equal Justice: Board of Directors (2021, 2024); Central Oregon Steering Committee (2021–2023); Table Captain (2013–2023)
- Oregon Trial Lawyers Association, Wildfire Relief: Regional Director (2020)
- Deschutes County Access to Justice Committee and Lawyer in the Library Program: Chair and Founding Member (2016–Present)
- Oregon State Bar, Uniform Civil Jury Instructions Committee: Member (2018–2020)
- Oregon State Bar, Quality of Life Committee: Member (2019–2020)
- Oregon State Bar, Futures Task Force Innovations Committee: Appointee (2016–2017)
- City of Bend, Marijuana Technical Advisory Committee: Member (2016)
- Deschutes County Civil Bar Bench Committee: Member (2014)
- Deschutes County Arbitration Commission: Member (2014)
Memberships
- Oregon Women Lawyers (2014–Present)
- American Association for Justice (2011–Present)
- Oregon Trial Lawyers Association (2011–Present)
- Deschutes County Bar Association (2010–Present)
- American Bar Association (2008–Present)
Bar Admissions
- Federal Bar for the District of Oregon
- Oregon State Bar
- District of Columbia Bar
- Maryland State Bar
- Presenter, Practices in Professionalism, Presence, and Purpose, Oregon State Bar Litigation Institute Retreat, March 2026.
- Presenter, Strategic Mindfulness, University of Oregon School of Law, November 2025.
- Presenter, Building a Mindfulness Practice, Lewis and Clark Law School, October 2025.
- Guest Speaker, Mindfulness and Professional Identity, Willamette University College of Law, October 2025.
- Speaker, ONLD Rural Job Fair, Willamette University College of Law, University of Oregon School of Law, September 2025.
- Presenter, Mindfulness Workshop: Situational Mindfulness for OTLA, Oregon Trial Lawyers Association, August 2025.
- Presenter, Mindfulness, Opportunities for Law in Oregon, Oregon State Bar, August 2025.
- Speaker, Pathways to Leadership, Oregon State Bar Leadership Institute, June 2025.
- Presenter, Well-being in the Arena: Practices for Legal Professionals and Advocates, Oregon Consumer Justice, States Bar Conference, May 2025.
- Presenter, Tools to Deal with Stress, Anxiety, and Burnout, Oregon Trial Lawyers Association, December 2024.
- Presenter, Mindfulness, Professionalism, and the Practice of Law, First Lawyers Forum, Bar Council of Bhutan, Presented in person to justices, judges, and attorneys in Thimphu, Bhutan, December 2024.
- Presenter, Well-being in the Arena: Finding and Prioritizing Your Why, Western States Bar Conference, April 2025.
- Author, Supporting Court Funding, Oregon State Bar Bulletin, November 2024.
- Presenter, Reset. Recharge. Reignite. Cultivating Capacity to Serve Our Communities and the Legal Profession: A Conversation with OSB President David Rosen, Director of Kripalu School of Yoga Rolf Gates, and OSB Director of Diversity & Inclusion JB Kim, Oregon State Bar, November 2024.
- Presenter, Well-Being in the Arena: Finding and Prioritizing your Why, Oregon State Bar, Quality of Life Well-Being Summit, November 2024.
- Presenter/Chair, House of Delegates Meeting, Oregon State Bar, October 2024.
- Presenter, Celebrate Oregon Lawyers, Oregon State Bar, October 2024.
- Presenter, Sharpening the Axe: Mindfulness, Professionalism, and Showing up as the Professionals We Want to Be, National Association for Legal Support Professionals Annual Conference, October 2024.
- Speaker, ONLD Rural Job Fair, Willamette University College of Law, University of Oregon School of Law, September 2024.
- Speaker, Remarks to New Oregon Lawyer Admittees, October 2024.
- Author, Learning from Eastern Oregon Attorneys: an Opportunity to Connect, Oregon State Bar Bulletin, August/September 2024.
- Presenter, Situational Mindfulness for Law Students, Willamette University College of Law, August 2024.
- Presenter, Professionalism for Law Students, University of Oregon School of Law, August 2024.
- Presenter, Professionalism for Law Students, Willamette University College of Law, August 2024.
- Presenter, Professionalism for Law Students, Lewis and Clark Law School, August 2024.
- Presenter, Situational Mindfulness for Law Students, Opportunities for Law in Oregon, Oregon State Bar, August 2024.
- Interviewee, Voices of Well-Being in the Legal Community, OAAP Insight, Summer 2024
- Author, Sharpening the Axe: Professionalism and Showing up as the Lawyers We Want to Be,Oregon State Bar Bulletin, June 2024
- Speaker, Remarks to New Oregon Lawyer Admittees, May 2024.
- Presenter, Mindfulness and Professionalism, Deschutes County Bar Association, May 2024.
- Presenter, Mindfulness & Meditation, Circuit Court Judges Association Conference, April 2024.
- Author, Innovation into Opportunity: Introducing the New Oregon Law Help Public Portal, Oregon State Bar Bulletin, April 2024
- Interviewee, A Mindful Approach: David Rosen of Bend Carries the Work Forward,Oregon State Bar Bulletin, January 2024
- Presenter, Lawyer in the Library: Access to Justice, 2023.
- Presenter, Mindfulness for Attorneys, Oregon Trial Lawyers Association, August 2023.
- Presenter, Mindfulness Sua Sponte, Circuit Court Judges Association Conference, 2022
- Speaker, (OSB Quality of Life Committee) Oregon State Bar, Learning the Ropes Seminar, 2020
- Interviewee, Access to Legal Records in Rural Oregon, Oregon Public Broadcasting, Think Out Loud, 2019.
- Testimony, In Support of Increased Funding for Legal Aid, Restoring Court Staffing Levels, and Additional Judges in Counties with Significant Need, Joint Committee on Ways and Means, Oregon State Legislature, 2019.
- Author, Bringing the Breath to Work, Oregon Attorney Assistance Program, In Sight, 2018.
- Presenter, Lawyer in the Library: Improving Access to Justice in our Community, 2017.
- Contributor, The Future of Legal Services in Oregon, Reports and Recommendations of the Innovations Committee, Futures Task Force, Oregon State Bar, 2017.
- Contributor, CONSUMER PROTECTION LAW DEVELOPMENTS, ABA Section of Antitrust Law 2009.
- Presenter, Consumer Protection Update, ABA Committee on Consumer Protection, Aug. 2009.
- Co-author, New Massachusetts Data Security Requirements Go Into Effect, Cyberspace Lawyer, Nov. 2008.
- Contributor, DATA SECURITY HANDBOOK, ABA Section of Antitrust Law 2008.
