Tonna Kaye Faxon

Managing Partner

Tonna K Faxon, Esq

Tonna Faxon, Managing Partner, practices in the areas of insurance bad faith, consumer litigation, equine law, transactional and corporate matters. She joined  Evangeline Fisher Grossman Law as a partner in August, 2017 and focuses her efforts litigating losses arising out of water, fire, wind, burglary, theft, financial elder abuse and business interruption as well as other consumer protection issues and all legal matters impacting the horse industry.  Because of her extensive knowledge of insurance and consumer protection laws, Ms. Faxon has recovered millions of dollars on behalf of her clients. 

Ms. Faxon’s practice representing policyholders (insureds) is grounded in more than a decade of litigating class actions and complex cases against the nation’s largest insurers and financial institutions. She has, in representing insureds and consumers, obtained multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements benefitting individuals wronged by improper and bad faith actions and practices in the insurance industry. She is particularly passionate in seeking justice for senior citizens who have fallen victim to financial elder abuse. 

Her experience also includes representing individuals before sanctioning bodies of the equine industry and racing commissions. She has successfully represented numerous Olympic World Equestrian Games team members, including negotiation and drafting of contracts, business formation and counseling, risk assessment and mitigation strategy, defense of administrative disciplinary matters and representation in litigation. 

 Ms. Faxon resides in Newberg, Oregon with her husband and son, and travels frequently to California in her efforts to represent and protect insureds and senior citizens. She enjoys volunteering in the community, providing mentorship to young women interested in a legal career and spending time riding and competing her dressage horses.

RECENT REPRESENTATIVE CASES

  • Appointed co-lead class counsel by California Court against major insurance company, led litigation team comprised of multiple law firms and L.A. City Attorneys’ Office, negotiated restoration of health insurance to thousands of insureds and recovered settlement of $7.5 million for clients.
  • Appointed co-lead class counsel by Washington Court, recovered $5.65 million on behalf of multiple corporate clients against trustees who misused and failed to properly account for trust funds.
  • Successfully represented numerous Olympic World Equestrian Games team members, including negotiation and drafting of contracts, business formation and counseling, risk assessment and mitigation strategy, defense of administrative disciplinary matters and representation in litigation.

EDUCATION

  • University of Missouri, Kansas City School of Law, J.D. 1997
    -Research Editor, The Urban Lawyer
  • University of Missouri, Columbia, B.A. 1994 – Speech Communication

BAR ADMISSIONS

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals – State and Federal Courts of California, Oregon, Missouri and Kansas (inactive) 

RECENT PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION, HONORS, AND LEADERSHIP POSITIONS

  • President Elect, Chehalem Valley Chamber of Commerce
  • Board Member, Chehalem Valley Chamber of Commerce
  • Board Member, Chehalem Valley Innovation Accelerator
  • Board of Directors, First Federal Savings and Loan
  • Advisory Board and Scholarship Committee Member, Women of Willamette
  • Consumer Attorneys of California, Member
  • Oregon Trial Lawyers Association, Member
  • Guest Speaker, Business Law, George Fox University
  • National Consumer Insurance Subcommittee Chair – ABA Consumer Litigation Committee 2017 – 2018
  • National Roundtable Subcommittee Chair – ABA Class Actions and Derivative Suits Committee 2014-2017
  • Speaker – ABA Western Regional Class Action CLE – Insurer’s Refusal to Defend and Settlement 2016
  • Speaker – ABA National Attorney Roundtable Training Conference Call – Ethics in Settlement 2015
  • Speaker – ABA National Attorney Roundtable Training Conference Call – eDiscovery Issues 2014
  • Elected Oregon State Bar House of Delegates Member 2014-2017
  • Featured Speaker – Women of Willamette – Legal Issues Impacting Business Owners