Top best Litigation Lawyers in Seattle near me

Paul Fogarty has been a trial lawyer since 1990. He has tried jury and non-jury cases in the state and federal courts of Washington, Oregon and Texas. Mr. Fogarty's practice focuses on commercial litigation, insurance coverage, employment litigation, professional negligence and substantial personal injury cases, including wrongful death and sexual abuse cases. Mr. Fogarty also assists clients located in Australia, Canada, China, Germany and Singapore who do business in the United States and assists clients located in the United States with their business relationships in Australia, which is where Mr. Fogarty grew up.. Before founding Fogarty Law Group PLLC, Mr. Fogarty's prior law firm affiliations include practicing in the Seattle offices of Preston, Gates & Ellis, LLP (now K&L Gates) and Williams, Kastner & Gibbs LLP and in the Houston office of the international law firm, Fulbright & Jaworski LLP.

Originally from Phoenix, Arizona, I moved to Boston in 2004. After completing law school, I practiced law for 11 years in Boston, where I defended medical professionals and other businesses/business owners in civil personal injury cases. I moved to Seattle in 2015.

Omar Riojas is a partner at Goldfarb & Huck Roth Riojas, PLLC. He concentrates in complex commercial litigation in state and federal court, including securities, consumer, and wage-and-hour class actions, and corporate governance litigation. Omar also has experience in litigation concerning labor, insurance, financial institutions, intellectual property, and real estate. His clients have included Fortune 500 companies, small businesses, and individuals, as plaintiffs and defendants in state and federal court. Omar has been recognized by Washington Super Lawyers magazine as among “The Top 100” attorneys in Washington. He has also repeatedly been named a "Super Lawyer" by Washington Super Lawyers and a "Rising Star" by Washington Law & Politics and Washington Super Lawyers.. Omar has been at the forefront of the nationwide issue of a state’s authority to bring parental termination actions against parents detained due to immigration status. His pro bono cases involving undocumented immigrants who lost their parental rights as a result of their detention have garnered international media coverage in such outlets as The New York Times, ABC World News, Nightline, AP, Univision, and CNN, as well as attention from foreign government officials and several advocacy organizations. Due to his cutting-edge work, Omar was invited to participate in a United States Congressional briefing on legislation to protect children and families impacted by immigration enforcement. Omar was also invited to address Mexico's National Human Rights Commission on the protection of indigenous parents' rights in the United States. The Northwest Immigrant Rights Project has honored Omar with its Amicus Award, in recognition of his national work on the protection of immigrants' civil rights.

Nigel is a partner at Stacey & Jacobsen, PLLC. He is proud to represent maritime workers at the same firm where he interned starting in high school.. Born and raised in Seattle, Nigel has worked across the country for various law firms and on different matters. He graduated from the Georgetown University Law Center in Washington D.C. before working as a litigation associate for Milbank, LLP, a New-York based law firm with over 150 years of experience. After learning from top-tier attorneys at Milbank, Nigel went back to his roots by working for Stacey & Jacobsen, where he worked during the summer in high school and college. He is proud to fight for injured maritime workers and their families as they work to achieve fairness and justice.. Nigel is licensed to practice law in Washington, New York, and the District of Columbia.

My practice focuses on commercial litigation and product liability defense.  I have been a litigation attorney in the Puget Sound region since 1995.  I began my career as a civil and criminal prosecutor with the Snohomish County Prosecutor’s Office, where I obtained extensive trial experience. Since joining Keller Rohrback L.L.P. in 1998, I have litigated complex commercial cases for businesses and financial institutions including Wells Fargo, Service Corporation International, Pacific Northwest Bank, Washington First International Bank, and Columbia Trust Bank.  I also have successfully defended automotive product liability cases for Ford Motor Company, Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Toyota Motor Corporation, Mitsubishi Motors North America Inc., and New Holland North America, Inc.

My work revolves around complex commercial litigation, including shareholder disputes and business dissolutions, trust and probate estate disputes, real estate controversies, contracts, construction issues, debtor/creditor rights, employment issues, and torts. I have experience with trusts as well as financial transactions in the following industries: banking, lending, mortgages, construction, real estate, commercial development and leasing.. I am aggressive in the courtroom, but compromise if and when appropriate. My prime objective is to achieve practical results for my clients, using an effective combination of technical skill and common sense.

My wife Maureen Haas and I are the attorneys at Haas Law.  Our office is located in Seattle, Washington.  We assist individuals and businesses with Intellectual Property, Business Law, and Litigation issues.  I have significant experience successfully litigating cases in both state and federal court.. Maureen Haas received an Intellectual Property Certification from Texas A&M School of Law.  The highly-coveted certification was only given to students with a 3.33 GPA or higher in Intellectual Property Law courses.  The certification signifies significant expertise in Intellectual Property.  She has experience with copyrights and trademarks.

My primary practice areas are corporate/business law, employment law and related dispute resolution and general civil litigation. I have assisted clients who have businesses overseas (primarily Japan) as well as in the U.S. I also serve as outside general counsel to several companies and Consulate General of Japan in Seattle. In addition to my primary practice, I have represented clients with their divorce proceedings inclusive of issues of jurisdiction and the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspect of International Child Abduction. As Co-Founder and Board Chair of a nonprofit organization, International Families Justice Coalition, I help indigent immigrants for their family law issues.

My practice is limited to estate administration and related estate litigation.  I accept appointments as a professional fiduciary for difficult estates or when the previous fiduciaries have been disqualified during the course of litigation within the estate.  I also serve as an expert witness in fiduciary litigation.

My practice is focused on helping individuals and small business owners in the areas of debt defense, consumer protection, and asset protection.. My specific practice areas include student loan matters (federal and private), chapter 7 and 13 bankruptcies, and civil and commercial litigation.  I have also successfully represented clients in numerous cases including issues of contract, fraud, intellectual property, real estate, business finance, and class action matters.. Born and raised in the greater Seattle area, I am a graduate of Kent-Meridian High School (co-valedictorian) and a graduate of the University of Washington Honors Program, where I received my Bachelor of Science in Psychology with Distinction.  My honors thesis foscused on self-directed breast cancer research through the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Reseach Center.  I then traveled back east to attend Boston University School of Law, where I graduated with Honors in the Concentration of Litigation and Dispute Resolution.  I also externed for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Boston for the Chief of the Financial Litigation Division.. I relocated back to my hometown of Kent, WA after over a decade of practice with large firms in New York City and Philadelphia.  During my free time, I enjoy gardening, movies, hiking, skiing, and anything out on the beautiful waters of our Pacific Northwest.  I am a member of the bars of the State of Washington, the State of New York, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

My practice is focused exclusively on immigration cases, including family immigration and removal defense (“deportation”) matters. I handle visas, asylum, naturalization, fiancée petitions, ‘green-card’ applications and relief for survivors of crime, domestic abuse and persecution.. I work closely with each of my clients, developing trust through accessibility, honesty and careful counsel.

My practice focuses primarily on litigation. I enjoy helping people and small businesses resolve disputes and move on with their lives. While I am an aggressive advocate, I also try to be mindful of coming up with practical and fair resolutions. I have successfully represented clients in a wide variety of disputes, including those involving insurance coverage, construction defects, commercial/business disputes, employment, and maritime law. In addition to litigation I regularly advise clients on employment, business, and construction issues.. I am a Seattle native and a Ballard High School alumnus. I earned a Bachelor of Arts at the University of Washington's Jackson School of International Studies, and a juris doctor from the University of Pittsburgh, where I was the Senior Articles Editor of the Journal of Environmental and Public Health Law. I graduated from law school cum laude and was granted membership in the Order of the Coif for high attainments in the study of law. In addition I won the University of Pittsburgh School of Law Community Service Award for my work with Election Protection, and the CALI Excellence for the Future Award for being the highest scoring student in Evidence.. I joined Mullavey, Prout, Grenley and Foe LLP in August of 2010. Prior to joining the firm I interned at the United States Department of Labor, the Washington State Attorney General’s Office, and Sonkin & Schrempp PLLC.. I am an active member of the Ballard community, currently serving on the Board of Directors of the Ballard Rotary and chairing its International Service Committee. In my spare time, l enjoy skiing, soccer, basketball, community events, walking my dog, and cheering on Seattle sports teams.

My practice focuses on litigation and counseling involving a wide variety of matters in state and federal trial and appellate courts, and in arbitration and mediation forums.  I handle a wide variety of cases including securities litigation, trademark infringement, software quality disputes, regulatory compliance, employment litigation, product liability, fraud and business contract disputes.  I also represent individuals and companies involved in government investigations and enforcement actions and I advise clients on U.S. export controls.  I am certified as an Export Compliance Professional – ITAR  by the Export Compliance Training Institute.. Prior to joining Corr Cronin, I was an associate at Paul Hastings LLP in New York where my practice focused on government investigations, securities litigation, and internal corporate investigations, including compliance with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.  Prior to entering private practice, I served as International Law Research Fellow for the Public International Law and Policy Group where I provided legal and policy advice to foreign government officials on matters including anti-corruption policies and political decentralization.  I also worked as an investigator for the New York City Civilian Complaint Review Board where I investigated allegations of misconduct against the NYPD.. I am a former lecturer at the University of Washington Jackson School of International Studies where I taught a masters-level course on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and strategies for combatting corruption in the public and private arenas.  I am licensed to practice in Washington and Idaho.

My practice focuses on general civil litigation.  I represent commercial landlord's in unlawful detainer hearings (evictions), business owners in contract disputes, and also individuals in trust and estate disputes.  I strive to provide effective and efficient communication with my clients to ensure my clients are involved with every step of the litigation process.  I truly love the law and can honestly say that I enjoy what I do every day.. I am also a Washington native who loves the outdoors and everything our state has to offer.  My hobbies include mountain biking in the I-90 corridor, hiking, mountaineering, skiing, and road biking.  During the weekends of the winter months you can find me at Steven's Pass, and during the weekends of the summer months you can typically find me hiking in the North or Central Cascades.

My practice focuses on business and commercial litigation. A great deal of my work involves real estate disputes, landlord tenant disputes, construction disputes and general business disputes. I represent both large companies and small individuals. Some of my large real estate/development/construction related clients include the Benaroya Companies, Samis Foundation, Morris Piha Real Estate Services, Legacy Partners Commercial and Residential Real Estate, The Stratford Group, SRO, Schnitzer NW, Opus, Heger Architects, Forest City Residential, Tarragon and Western America.. When a client retains me to assist with a dispute, I fight to resolve the dispute in a manner that most economically benefits my client. Sometimes that involves fighting like a junk yard dog through trial. More often though, it involves being reasonable and cool headed while convincing the adverse party and his/her attorney of the merit's of my client's case. When I do my job correctly, the adverse party backs off his/her position and negotiates a resolution that most benefits my party. If I do my job correctly, we don't unnecessarily churn through thousands or hundreds of thousands of dollars in attorney's fees. My clients never say, "the only winners in the litigation were the attorneys."

My practice emphasizes commercial law advice, business litigation and higher education law. I have represented clients in numerous state and federal courts and administrative bodies in several states and Canada. I have negotiated agreements on behalf of clients involved in commercial transactions in Europe, the Middle East and China. I collaborate extensively with the firm's Chinese affiliate, Duan & Duan, working in their offices in Shanghai, Beijing and Hong Kong in my representation of U.S. and Chinese entities in various transactions, agreements and joint ventures.. My experience includes national coordinating counsel in mass tort litigation, securities fraud litigation and contract negotiations on behalf of sports figures. I joined the firm in 1980 and served as its Chairman from 1994-1996.  I currently serve on the Williams Kastner board of directors.. I have repeatedly been recognized as an outstanding Pacific Northwest lawyer including: Washington Law & Politics Super Lawyers, several years; Best Lawyers in America in 2013; Who’s Who of International Business Lawyers each year since 2011; Seattle Magazine in 2007; Seattle Business Monthly as one of Seattle’s Best Business Lawyers in 2007; and Washington CEO magazine in 2006. In 2012, I was named a recipient of the University of Puget Sound’s Distinguished Alumni Professional Achievement Award. In 2010, I was nominated for the King County Bar Association Young Lawyers Division’s Outstanding Mentor Award.. I was in Paris in June 2010 to sign a memorandum of understanding between the American Bar Association and the UIA International Association of Lawyers headquartered in Paris, France.  Signing for the UIA was President Corrado De Martini of Rome, Italy.  Following the signing, we attended the program and reception acknowledging the 200th anniversary of the Paris Bar Association with the Keynote address by French President Nicolas Sarkozy. (see photos). I was also invited by Governor Christine Gregoire of the State of Washington to join her on a trade delegation to Beijing, Tianjin and Shanghai, China in September, 2010.. Below is a list of press releases:. "People on the Move," Puget Sound Business Journal, July 25, 2012.. "Distinguished Alumni Celebrated at University of Puget Sound," University of Puget Sound Campus News, July 17, 2012.. “Chinese Trade Delegation to Meet at ABA Meeting to Explore Legal Requirements for Foreign Business and Investment,” ABA Now, June 1, 2012.. "Seattle Lawyer Randy Aliment Begins Term as Chair of ABA Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section," ABA Now, August 10, 2011.. “ABA Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section Addresses Disaster Preparedness & Response With Year-Long Program Series,” ABA Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section, June 17, 2011.. "Seattle lawyer Randy Aliment nominated as vice chair of American Bar Association Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section," ABA Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section, February 19, 2009.. I also served as the "go-to" source for local and national media members seeking legal commentary on the June 2008 trial between the City of Seattle and the Sonics. Here are links to my interviews with the media, regarding the June 16-26, 2008 courtroom showdown in Seattle over the KeyArena lease dispute.. 6/18/08: KJR 950 AM Sports Radio: Interview with talk-show host Dave 'Softy' Mahler. 6/17/08: KIRO 710 AM Radio: Interview with KIRO Morning News host Jane Shannon and Jason Brooks. 6/16/08: KUOW 94.9 FM Radio: "Sonics Trial Starts Today" - Interview with Derek WangFor web version, click here. 6/15/08: Seattle Times: "Attorneys in Sonics case described as tenacious, polite" - Jim Brunner. 6/10/08: Seattle Post-Intelligencer: "Judge's rulings in KeyArena case give Sonics early victories" - Greg Johns. 6/6/08: KING 5 TV: "Sonics Pre-Trial Motions to Begin". 6/6/08: KIRO 710 Radio: "Both Sides Meet ahead of Sonics court battle" - Jim Valley  (click here for web version). 6/4/08: Seattle Post-Intelligencer: "Sonics, Seattle outline their trial tactics" - Greg Johns. 6/3/08: Seattle Post-Intelligencer: "A Sonics trial may get ugly -- an expert says" - Greg Johns. 4/24/08: KING 5 TV: "Schultz Lawsuit" - Interview with reporter Chris Daniels. 4/15/08: KJR 950 AM SPORTS RADIO: Interview with talk-show host Dave 'Softy' Mahler

My practice areas include securities and investments, business, real estate, corporate, and aviation law. I handle various types of legal services for my clients from representaion in  cases to providing transactional documents. Most of my time as an attorney is spent representing my clients in securities fraud FINRA arbitrations, drafting contracts for businesses and real estate professionals, and consulting businesses and individuals on stragegy and legal compliance. I am also a pilot and provide legal services for aviation professionals.

My mission is to deliver the most empowering and delightful legal experience possible.. I'm a northwest native, father, dog owner, and explorer.. I love helping businesses and individuals to do business with integrity.

My legal practice is focused exclusively in litigation, with a primary area of emphasis in corporate ownership disputes and business dissolutions ("business divorce.") My clients are the owners, officers, and/or directors of privately held companies who need creative and aggressive representation for disputes arising out of breach of fiduciary duty, breach of loyalty, minority oppression, conversion, accounting, wage claims, unjust enrichment, and the business "divorce" often attendant thereto.

Ms. Miller is a litigation attorney in the Seattle office of Miller Olsen PLLC. Amy focuses her practice on injury cases, including medical malpractice and bad faith actions.. Amy’s approach to each case is to truly get to know her clients from the perspective of friend, confidant, as well as advocate. Amy believes that every person dealing with an injury, whether big or small, is greatly impacted and deserves justice; whether that be through settlement, mediation, arbitration or trial. Amy has compassion for each unique client situation she is presented, and represents them zealously.. Prior to forming Miller Olsen PLLC,  Amy worked as a professional malpractice and negligence defense attorney in the Seattle area. Having represented plaintiffs as well as working on behalf of insurance companies, Amy brings extensive trial experience, from multiple perspectives, to her clients.. Amy’s compassion spreads outside of the office where she serves as a volunteer Court Appointed Special Advocate for young children in dependency disputes, as well as provides pro bono work for legal clinics in King County.. Ms. Miller has taken on the role of litigation mentor to other attorneys in the firm, and will work alongside them prior to and at the time of trial.

Ms. Holburn is a director with Betts, Patterson & Mines, her practice focuses on commercial and complex litigation. In addition to commercial litigation disputes, she has successfully handled a wide range of litigation for both insured and self-insured clients, including premises liability, breach of warranty, contractor liability, and product claims against manufacturers and retail sellers.

Ms. Henderson brings more than ten years of trial and appellate experience to the firm’s Complex Litigation Group. Ms. Henderson’s areas of practice include: insurance coverage, products liability, bad faith litigation and transportation law. She focuses her practice on commercial litigation and defense of international and national transportation and logistics companies, local business owners, national product manufacturers and sellers, and insurance carriers.

Ms. Bamberger is a director with over 18 years' litigation experience, primarily in the areas of product liability, complex litigation, and insurance coverage. Her litigation experience spans the breadth of defending medical drug and device manufacturers in class actions and in multidistrict litigation to defending motor vehicle drivers to providing coverage analyses to insurers.

Mr. Scheer has a thriving litigation practice and focuses on complex and commercial litigation. He is admitted in Federal and State Court, as well as the U.S. Supreme Court. He is a trial lawyer. He has tried cases in admiralty, collapse, coverage, construction, breach of contract, construction defect, property insurance, bad faith, civil forfeiture, subrogation, personal injury, criminal prosecution and professional and products liability. He has tried multiple wrongful death cases to verdict, and many other catastrophic loss trials.  Mr. Scheer tried to verdict one of the very first fully virtual jury trials in the country, during the COVID 19 pandemic, and has since tried several additional fully virtual jury trials to verdict.   Mr. Scheer was both trial and appellate counsel in Cunningham vs. State, 61 Wn. App. 562 (1991), Schwindt vs. Lloyd’s of London, 81 Wn. App. 293 (1996) and Seattle Pump Co., Inc. vs.  Traders and General Ins. Co., 93 Wash. App. 743 (1999), all of which established new law favorable to defendants and insurers in the state of Washington. Among other reported cases, Mr. Scheer was also both trial and appellate counsel in Weiland vs. Gordon, 93 Wash. App. 1078, (1999), Law vs. Pagtaluna, 166 Or. App. 551 (2000), Hill vs. Jawanda Transport, Ltd., 96 Wash. App. 537 (1999), Teja vs. Brar, 106 Wash. App. 1013 (2001), Boyer vs. Robertson, 110 Wash. App. 1028, (2002), and Klotz vs. Dehkhoda, 134 Wn. App. 261, (2006), five of which involved wrongful death suits, and the sixth involving significant claims for personal injury instituted in the U.S. and dismissed to foreign jurisdictions based on forum non conveniens. The dismissals were affirmed on appeal.  He was also trial and co-appellate counsel in Commonwealth Ins. Co. of Am. Vs. Grays Harbor County, 120 Wn. App. 232, 84 P.3d 304 (2004), a successful appellate decision from a declaratory judgment action involving first party coverage and building code upgrade coverage. Mr. Scheer was also trial and appellate counsel in Schutz vs. La Costita III, Inc., 256 Or. App. 573 (2013), which established new law favorable to defendants in a dram shop case.   Mr. Scheer speaks regularly at numerous international and national conferences, and he has appeared on ABC’s Good Morning America, discussing a product liability case in which he was lead counsel. Mr. Scheer has received his “AV” rating from Martindale-Hubbell,  which is the highest peer based rating indicating very high to preeminent legal abilities and highest ethical rating. Mr. Scheer has been selected multiple times by Washington Law & Politics magazine as a Washington State Super Lawyer, including this year.   Mr. Scheer is a member of the International Association of Defense Counsel, the Loss Executive Association, the Defense Research Institute, and the Council on Litigation Management, where he is the past co-chair for Washington.  Mr. Scheer is also a member of the Washington Defense Trial Lawyers (“WDTL”), where he served four years as a Trustee on the Board of Directors for WDTL and also served as the Chair of the Construction Committee and Chair of the Judicial Liaison Committee.   In addition to his admission to the Washington Bar in 1987, Mr. Scheer is also admitted to practice in Oregon, Idaho and Alaska. He has handled and managed cases in multiple jurisdictions, and he has tried cases and argued appeals in Oregon, Washington and Alaska. Mr. Scheer received his J.D. from the University of Oregon Law School in 1986 and his B.S. in Rhetoric and Communication from the University of Oregon in 1982.

Mr. Raab enjoys fighting for justice for consumers, with a focus on class actions. Mr. Raab has litigated both on behalf of and against sophisticated companies, and he has prevailed for his clients on dispositive motions and on appeals. Mr. Raab has experience with insurance matters in complex cases, including class actions, environmental investigations and cleanups, product liability claims, medical malpractice claims, food contamination claims, financial schemes, software disputes, and potential bad faith liability. Mr. Raab is licensed in Oregon, Washington, and New York and practices in federal and state courts.