Experience

• Defended King County’s flow control ordinance against four state and federal constitutional challenges.
• Arbitrated long-term solid waste contract disputes on behalf of Cowlitz County and the City of Port Angeles.
• Defended Spokane County’s solid waste ordinance against eight constitutional challenges.
• Defended the City of Mount Vernon in connection with disputes over public works project.
• Successfully settled mobile advertising fraud and breach of contract claims for ride-share company.
• Obtained favorable judgment for former owner of the Tacoma Kraft Mill in post-closing property tax allocation dispute.
• Resolved copyright infringement claims against music-streaming company.
• Obtained insurer bad faith jury verdicts for commercial real estate owner.
• Invalidated the Income Tax Initiative for the City of Olympia.
• Successfully settled class action lawsuit against credit union alleging improper overdraft fee practices.
• Prosecuted Insurance Fair Conduct Act claims on behalf of general contractor.
• Negotiated insurance coverage for individual homeowner after insurer denied coverage in bad faith.
• Awarded summary judgment establishing homeowner’s entitlement to insurance coverage for significant water damage after insurer asserted more than eight different reasons for denying coverage in serial fashion over a two-year period.
• Effectively had opposing counsel disqualified from serving as trial counsel in bad faith lawsuit stemming from opposing counsel's wrongful investigation, evaluation, and handling of client's insurance claim.
• Successfully procured insurance coverage for copyright infringement claims after insurer wrongfully refused to defend client.
• Obtained jury verdict against insurer for bad faith and Insurance Fair Conduct Act violations.
• Obtained Insurance Fair Conduct Act, bad faith and estoppel rulings in Federal Court against subcontractor’s insurer for refusing to defend general contractor as an additional insured.
• Recovered more than $2,500,000 for general contractor as additional insured under policies issued to subcontractors.
• Recovered policy limits, bad faith damages and all attorneys’ fees from title insurer for property defects on clients’ property.
• Successfully obtained employee embezzlement / fraud coverage for two local non-profits.
• Successfully defended non-profit against public accommodations discrimination claims.
• Regularly advises and litigates insurance, contractual, and employment disputes on behalf of non-profit transportation brokers.
• Successfully defended non-profit by repeatedly having claims dismissed on summary judgment.