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Eric Eberhard is a partner in the Indian and Gaming Law practice group. His practice involves the representation of Indian tribes, Tribal organizations, and entities doing business with Indian tribes in federal, state and tribal judicial, legislative and administrative forums in regard to fee-to-trust transfers, gaming, federal contracts, federal recognition, the formation of Tribal corporations, environmental law, administrative law, jurisdiction, the development of tribal law, self-governance, cultural resource protection and the federal trust responsibility.. United States SenateStaff Director and Counsel, Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, 1994-1995; Minority Staff Director/Counsel, 1989-1994; Legislative Counsel to Senator McCain, 1991-1993.

Emily Peyser focuses her practice on teaming with clients to optimize their intellectual property strategies, including the procurement of U.S. and foreign patents, patent and trademark portfolio planning, opinions, enforcement, and licensing. Her practice has a particular emphasis in the mechanical and chemical fields over a wide range of technology areas, including satellite components and systems, semiconductor manufacturing tools and metal deposition processes, electrochemical ion exchange systems, large-scale electrical energy storage systems, biofuels, commercial vehicles, food processing, medical devices, pulp and paper, radioactive material containment, recreational equipment, materials and performance characteristics of materials, aluminum extrusion and die cast processes, and fluid dynamics.. Emily places a high value on client service and focuses on building trusted, long-term relationships with clients.  She works with clients of all sizes and stages of development, from startups to multinational corporations, providing strategic counsel to assist them in developing comprehensive IP portfolios to achieve their business objectives.. Prior to becoming an attorney, Emily worked as a chemical engineer at well-known companies such as The Boeing Company and Proctor & Gamble Paper Products. She also worked as a research associate at the Environmental Protection Bureau of the New York Attorney General's Office. Emily served as a U.S. Peace Corps Volunteer in Tanzania, East Africa. She currently volunteers with the International Rescue Committee as a mentor for refugees brought to the Seattle area for resettlement. Super Lawyers named Emily a "Rising Star" in 2007, 2009 – 2012.

Elizabeth Hanley focuses her practice on employment, personal injury, class action, wrongful death, general litigation, and civil rights cases.. Elizabeth enjoys trial work and has tried cases to verdict in both Washington’s federal and state courts. She utilizes this litigation experience not only in the courtroom, but also in advising and negotiating solutions for clients outside of the courtroom. She enjoys the opportunity that her law practice affords her to find solutions for a wide variety of problems facing individuals in various industries. She assists physicians in negotiating compensation agreements, executives exiting a corporation to protect their ability to work by challenging or advising regarding non-compete agreements, represents individuals who have suffered discrimination and retaliation, and works on an individual or class-wide basis to ensure individuals are paid for the work they have performed.. Elizabeth also works to provide prompt and compassionate legal representation to individuals and their families who experience a wrongful death or personal injury. Her focus is on understanding the values and needs of the family or individual, and to translate that to legal action for the purpose of remediating and obtaining relief for her clients.. Elizabeth was selected to Superlawyers for Labor and Employment law in 2017, 2018 and 2019. She has been selected as a Superlawyer “Rising Star” in 2010, 2012, and 2014- 2016. She has been recognized as a Top 100 Trial Lawyer by The National Trial Lawyers for each year from 2013 to present. She is on the board of governors of the Washington Association for Justice. She serves on the board of Lawyers Helping Hungry Children and as Co-Treasurer of the Justice for All PAC. She is a member of the Washington Employment Lawyers Association, American Association for Justice, and the King County Bar Association.. Prior to becoming an attorney, Elizabeth served as Lead Articles Editor of the San Diego International Law Journal.  She also represented taxpayers in disputes with the IRS at the University of San Diego School of Law Tax Clinic, received Honors in Trial Advocacy, and externed with Federal Magistrate Judge Leo S. Papas for the U.S. District Court in the Southern District of California.. Prior to attending law school, Ms. Hanley worked for the Oregon Judicial Department for the Honorable Robert R. Selander. She also worked as an intern/staff writer for the U.S. Department of State in Public Diplomacy to the MidEast and South Asia in Washington, D.C.  She earned her undergraduate degree at Gonzaga University, and during her undergraduate years studied British Literature at Trinity College, Oxford University.. When she is not practicing law, she enjoys playing the viola, violin and piano with her children now that she has "retired" from playing in symphonies herself.

Ed has a transactional business and maritime practice emphasizing worldwide yacht and vessel transactions, business acquisitions and dispositions, venture capital investments, securities, real estate investment, and general business representation. As Chair of the firm’s Yacht and Aircraft practice, he has a significant amount of experience representing yacht owners covering a broad range of issues related to the yacht industry, including new build, purchase and sale, flagging, yacht management, and crew issues. Ed has substantial legal experience related to America's Cup yacht racing syndicates and has been a speaker at international superyacht conferences on topics relating to yacht issues including all aspects of yacht construction contracts.

Early in his career, Don became a part of legal history when he served as counsel at the trial and appellate levels in the famous “snail darter” case (Tennessee Valley Authority v. Hill, 437 U.S. 153 [1978]), litigated under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. The litigation resulted in a successful review by the U.S. Supreme Court. In addition to practicing law in Chicago and the Pacific Northwest, Don has also taught law and served in senior administrative positions at the University of Puget Sound, University of Michigan, and University of Tennessee law schools.. Since joining GTH in 1982, Don’s practice has focused on telecommunications, energy, and other utility law, state and municipal law, and business litigation, including complex litigation. He serves as General Counsel to public utilities and consortiums of public utilities engaged in telecommunication and energy, including rural area broadband projects and renewable energy.. For the past 30 years, Don has been actively involved in a number of community boards and civic activities promoting the quality of life in the City of Mercer Island, Washington, where he was named Citizen of the Year in 2000.

Duncan has broad experience handling complex civil litigation matters.  He has achieved outstanding results for his clients through a combination of zealous advocacy and creative problem-solving and counseling.  He is well-versed in all phases of litigation, and has argued multiple cases before the Washington State Supreme Court.. Before joining Savitt Bruce & Willey, Duncan was a partner at Riddell Williams and a principal at Rafel Manville, both in Seattle.  He is a cooperating attorney with the ACLU, and has represented the Fremont Sunday Market and many other clients pro bono.  He is the Immediate Past President of the Board of Directors of On the Boards, a contemporary performing arts organization.   Duncan is a graduate, cum laude, of the University of Chicago Law School.

Duffy guides clients with thoughtfulness and efficiency through complex commercial disputes.  He has comprehensive experience in pretrial, trial, and appellate proceedings in federal and state courts as well as in alternative forums.  Duffy is a graduate of the Yale Law School and is admitted to practice in California and Washington.. Before joining Savitt Bruce & Willey, Duffy served as a judicial clerk for the Honorable Alan B. Handler of the Supreme Court of New Jersey and practiced at Morrison & Forster in Los Angeles.  He is a recipient of the Wiley W. Manuel Pro Bono Services Award from the State Bar of California.. Duffy is the author of The Consciousness of the Litigator (University of Michigan Press, 2005), an analysis of the moral sensibility engendered by litigation work and recommended reading for litigators and their clients.

Drawing on years of prior experience in business and real estate litigation, as well as representation of numerous property owners in condemnation cases, Dean represents clients in real estate transactions and purchases and sales of privately-held businesses. He also represents clients in business sales and disputes, and trusts and estates litigation.

Drawing on her thirty plus years’ experience as a practicing attorney, Ann advises clients regarding potential claims and disputes. She guides trustees, executors, and other fiduciaries who are dealing with difficult situations, such as murky trust documents and wills and challenging beneficiaries. She helps clients understand their duties and complete the administration process, seeking judicial rulings as necessary. Ann also represents beneficiaries, including individuals and charities, who seek or need assistance in protecting their rightful shares of trust and probate assets.. Over the years, Ann has brought and defended many will and trust contests and actions under Washington’s Trust and Estate Dispute Resolution Act.. As well as working with professional fiduciaries, Ann works with clients who have little or no experience with legal disputes. She helps clients understand their rights and duties, looks for cost-effective solutions, uses mediation when appropriate, and takes matters to hearing or trial. Ann brings an assertive, thoughtful, and experienced approach to this emotionally-charged area of litigation.. In addition, Ann assists clients with designing and implementing comprehensive plans to reduce state and federal estate, gift, generation-skipping transfer tax and the orderly transition of assets between generations. Ann also handles all aspects of probate and estate administration.. Ann is ranked in Chambers High Net Worth Guide as a Band 1 practitioner for Private Wealth Disputes - Washington.

Doug Smith is an attorney in the Seattle office of Littler Mendelson. Doug provides advice and legal representation to employers on a variety of employment law issues, including wage and hour compliance, trade secret protection, enforcement of non-compete and non-solicitation agreements, and complex class action litigation. Doug has represented many well-known companies, such as Abercrombie & Fitch, Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream, Frito-Lay, Nordstrom and Sleep Country USA.

Doug lives on Mercer Island with his wife, son and daughter. When not practicing law, he enjoys spending time with his family, flyfishing, surfing, scuba diving and exploring. He also has a small hobby oyster farm, producing Kumamoto and Pacific oysters at Camano Island north of Seattle for consumption by his friends and family.

Doug Grady is an intellectual property attorney who has been honored as one of the top 2.5% of Washington Super Lawyers® under 40 years old in 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 – every year of eligibility; he has appeared in over 50 intellectual property actions, losing twice.. Mr. Grady’s clients include a diverse group of IP and technology entities, including: sole entrepreneurs; emerging/fast-growth/high-tech entities; large Fortune 500 companies, and the State of Washington, for which he serves as Special Assistant Attorney General for intellectual property matters.. His litigation focus is chiefly on patents, trademarks, and other intellectual property in federal courts and tribunals in the United States and internationally, including a perfect record before the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). He has served as trial counsel in multiple intellectual property trials, including a notable full defense jury verdict of patent non-infringement representing a 'Fortune 50' corporation, and a rare bench trial before the Honorable Richard A. Posner.. Mr. Grady's IP counseling practice focuses on the acquisition, structure, maintenance, licensing, and monetization of intellectual property assets and portfolios -- both registered and unregistered, domestic and international. He works closely with the Firm's patent agents to structure robust patent portfolios, and is notably practiced at counseling emerging growth companies as they grow, change, and exit.. For the five years prior to joining the Firm, Mr. Grady was a partner at a Seattle-based intellectual property boutique. Prior to practicing law privately, Mr. Grady served as judicial clerk/extern to the Honorable Barbara Jacobs Rothstein in the United States District Court of Western Washington at Seattle.. Mr. Grady was an international high-altitude mountain guide and mountaineering instructor before practicing law; he was most recently employed by Mountain Madness Mountain Guides (Seattle, Washington).

Donica Ramsey is a dedicated attorney with a passion for helping clients navigate challenging legal matters. Originally from San Antonio, Texas, Donica grew up moving frequently as her father served in the U.S. Army. She earned her undergraduate degree from Saint Mary’s University in San Antonio in 2018 before relocating to Seattle to attend Seattle University School of Law. She graduated with her J.D. in 2021.. While still in law school, Donica gained hands-on legal experience working as a Rule 9 Legal Intern for a solo practitioner in Port Angeles, Washington. After graduating, she continued in a full-time role at the firm and, upon passing the Washington State Bar in 2022, became an attorney focusing on Probate, Estate Planning, and Business Law. Recognizing a growing need for family law attorneys in the region, she expanded her practice in December 2022 to include family law. She quickly developed a reputation for her skill in handling family law matters and found deep fulfillment in guiding clients through some of the most difficult moments of their lives.. Beyond her private practice, Donica has demonstrated her commitment to serving underrepresented communities. She contracted with a nonprofit to provide legal services to Native American tribal members who were survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault, ensuring access to critical legal representation at a reduced rate.. Donica is known for her compassionate yet strategic approach to legal advocacy. She prioritizes understanding her clients’ needs, helping them navigate legal complexities, and fiercely advocating on their behalf when necessary.

Diego is an accomplished attorney and passionate advocate for individuals who suffered harm in the areas of product liability, serious personal injury, employment law, and sexual assault and harassment. He serves his clients with compassion and a commitment to hold wrongdoers accountable.. Diego’s commitment to advocacy extends beyond the courtroom. He is actively involved with the Washington State Association for Justice (WSAJ), Washington Employment Lawyers Association, and the Latina/o Bar Association of Washington, where he volunteers his time providing legal advice at community clinics. He is a WSAJ Justice for All PAC board member, a co-chair of WSAJ’s Employment Law Section, and a co-editor of WSAJ’s 2022 Employment Law Deskbook.. Born and raised in Venezuela, Diego is a native Spanish speaker. He also speaks Japanese and Portuguese, having lived in Japan and Portugal. Diego’s international upbringing and language skills allow him to navigate various cultural contexts with ease. Outside of work, he enjoys hiking and camping with his wife and three kids, living a vegan lifestyle, and playing one of his many instruments.

Desirée L. Good is a Seattle-area family law attorney.  Her practice is focused on family law matters, including divorce, child custody, parenting matters, child support, legal separation and more. Compassionate and empathetic, she has a genuine concern for her clients, especially when they are going through the stressful and complex process of divorce and separation. Prioritizing her clients’ well-being and interests, she is a zealous advocate in the courtroom and out.. Passionate about helping those who need it the most in her community, Desirée frequently volunteers with Eastside Legal Assistance Program, assisting low-income King County residents with family law issues.. An avid reader, she serves as a board member at the King County Library System Foundation, an association that encourages literacy, libraries and learning. Desirée is also a member of the Freedom to Read Foundation, a nonprofit legal and educational organizations affiliated with the American Library Association, aimed at protecting and promoting freedom of the press and access to information.

Derek Loeser is a senior member of Keller Rohrback’s nationally recognized Complex Litigation Group and a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. He maintains a national practice prosecuting class action and large-scale individual cases, including corporate fraud and misconduct, securities, Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”) pension and health plan, breach of fiduciary duty, and investment mismanagement cases. Derek has served as lead and co-lead counsel in large, complex cases in state and federal courts around the country.. Derek has been a plaintiffs’ attorney for over 20 years. He has a passion for taking on large corporations and holding them accountable for wrongdoing. Through all stages of litigation, including trial, he has helped recover billions of dollars for consumers, employees, retirees, retirement plans and institutions. Notable cases include the Wells Fargo unauthorized account consumer class action, for which he serves as lead counsel. Derek and the Keller Rohrback team achieved a $142 million settlement that requires Wells Fargo to refund all improper fees, and provide first-of-its kind credit damage reimbursement, among other relief, to Wells Fargo customers. Other notable cases include mortgage-backed securities cases on behalf of the Federal Home Loan Banks of Chicago, Indianapolis and Boston; ERISA class cases on behalf of employees of Enron, WorldCom, Countrywide, and Washington Mutual, among others, whose retirement savings were decimated by corporate fraud and abuse; fraud, RICO, and antitrust cases against drug manufacturers, pharmacy benefit managers and insurance companies for conspiring to drive up the cost of life-saving medications, such as insulin and epinephrine (EpiPens).. Derek also represents state and local government entities in a number of matters, including ongoing cases against opioid manufacturers for misrepresenting the safety and efficacy of opioids for chronic pain. The opioid cases are quintessential examples of the type of litigation Derek and the Keller Rohrback team pursue with purpose and passion: corporate fraud and malfeasance causing serious harm to the public.. Many of Derek’s cases have required coordinating with state and federal agencies involved in litigation that parallels cases pursued by Keller Rohrback, including states attorneys general, the Department of Justice, and the Department of Labor. In addition, Derek has extensive experience negotiating complex, multi-party settlements, and coordinating with the many parties and counsel necessary to accomplish this.. Before joining Keller Rohrback, Derek served as a law clerk for the Hon. Michael R. Hogan, U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon, and was a trial attorney in the Employment Litigation Section of the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. He is a frequent speaker at national conferences on class actions, ERISA and other complex litigation topics.

Derek Crick is an attorney in Ryan Swanson’s Business and Estate Planning and Probate practice groups. Derek counsels clients on business transactions and general corporate matters; including entity formation, mergers and acquisitions, financings, corporate governance and private equity fund formation and compliance.. Derek’s estate and succession planning practice includes comprehensive planning and the preparation of standard estate planning documents, including wills, durable powers of attorney, health care directives, and revocable living trusts.

Denelle’s practice includes estate planning, trusts, and probate. As a graduate of the University of Washington and Seattle University, she particularly enjoys helping Puget Sound-area families plan for their future.. After law school, Denelle provided legal counsel to bioethicists and global health researchers at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle. This included legal and contract support for HIV vaccine trials across Africa. She applies these experiences with complex contract drafting and negotiations to her estate planning practice, ensuring quality while also taking time to explain the options for each client’s individual needs. Clients appreciate her warmth, intelligence, and attention to detail.

Dedicated to providing aggressive but reasonable representation at a fair price and cost-effective resolution to even complex legal problems.

Deborah Nelson is  a  Past President of the Washington State Trial Lawyers Association. She has been honored by her peers receiving the "Super Lawyer" designation from Washington Law & Politics each year since 2003. Deborah's professionalism and passion for her clients are hallmarks of her law practice. She focuses her plaintiff's personal injury practice on brain injury cases, catastrophic personal injury, and insurance coverage and insurance bad faith litigation.

Deborah K. Flynn is the Founder and President of FLYNN LAW GROUP, LLC.  For her entire 23-year career, she has represented Washington Self-Insured Employers in workers' compensation matters.  She is a litigation specialist, successfully serving a diverse client base representative of employers from industries including aerospace, airlines, retail, grocery, hospitals, school districts, cities, food production, manufacturing, shipping, and logging/forest products manufacturing, to name a few. She helps clients to assess and reduce case exposures and achieve cost effective resolutions where possible. In litigation, she is an aggressive advocate for her clients.. Prior to founding FLYNN LAW GROUP, LLC, Ms. Flynn was a founding partner in another law firm engaged in the same practice for 18-years.  She received her JD degree from William Mitchell College of Law in St. Paul, MN and her BA degree from the University of Montana in Missoula. Go Griz!

Deanna practices municipal finance and general municipal law. Her experience includes serving as bond counsel, disclosure counsel and underwriter’s counsel on financing matters for a variety of public entities, including cities, public utility districts, ports, fire protection districts, transit agencies, public development authorities, public facilities districts, school districts, industrial development corporations, and state agencies. Financing structures include revenue bonds, general obligation bonds, lease financings, assessment financings, short-term obligations, industrial development bonds and other private-activity bonds. She also serves as outside counsel to public entities on general municipal matters, advising clients on open public meetings, public records and disclosure matters, and other municipal law issues. Deanna also has extensive experience with Washington legislation and federal and state securities law. She is a frequent speaker and author on state and federal municipal finance issues and developments in local law.

David’s primary practice areas are employment law and business litigation.  He is dedicated to representing employees in cases involving sexual harassment, discrimination (based on race, gender, pregnancy, age, disability, religion, and national origin), retaliation, severance negotiations, non-compete agreements, and other employment issues.  He also represents business clients in a broad range of matters including breach of contract, fraud, partnership/LLC member disputes, director and officer liability, real estate, and construction disputes.

David’s practice encompasses the entirety of the business and real estate life cycles.. In his real estate practice, David represents national and regional clients, including REITs, developers, landlords and tenants, in the acquisition, disposition, management and leasing of commercial real estate.  His work covers office, warehouse, industrial, retail, medical office, multifamily and mixed-use properties.  David’s work includes all aspects of real estate transactions, including negotiations, purchase and sale agreements, title review, due diligence, managing closings and financing documents.  Additionally, his clients include major landlords and tenants, for whom he drafts and negotiates leases, amendments, subordination agreements and related documents.. In his corporate practice, David assists clients with entity formation, operations, transactions, management, and mergers, acquisitions and dispositions.  He also works with clients engaged in energy procurement contracts, private securities placements, institutional lending, privacy and terms of use agreements, and closely held business planning.

David primarily represents victims of corporate negligence, policyholders, and those with serious injuries, including traumatic brain injuries ("TBI"). David has jury trial experience in state, federal, and municipal courts. Recently, David has obtained substantial plaintiff verdicts alongside partners Rick and Ken Friedman in the Western District of Washington. David also occasionally tries criminal cases, and obtained two defense verdicts in 2015 for wrongfully accused citizens. At the appellate level, David has briefed a number of cases before Washington Division I and Division II court of appeal commissioners, and authored (uncredited) the prevailing briefs in the Wyoming Supreme Court case Irene v. Seneca, et. al., 337 p.3d 483 (Wyo. 2014).. David grew up in Alaska and graduated from West Anchorage High School in 1997. After high school, he spent one year as a Rotary International Exchange Student in Rostock, Germany. Upon returning to the U.S., David studied at the Ohio State University and graduated in 2002 with a B.S. in International Business and a B.A. in German Language and Literature. David then spent roughly two years in Barquisimeto, Venezuela, at the Centro ISI English Academy through the AIESEC program teaching English to adults and children.. Before starting a career in the law, David worked for three years as a Licensed Customs Broker and Ocean Import Manager for a global logistics/freight-forwarder and NVOCC in Chicago, IL.. David Roosa joined Friedman | Rubin in 2012 as the firm's first "Moe Levine Fellow of Trial Advocacy." The award honors one of the greatest trial lawyers of the 20th Century and is given to interns showing great promise as future trial lawyers.. David lives with his wife and two sons in West Seattle. His hobbies include competitive running and swimming, outdoor grilling, watching Ohio State football games in the fall, and playing the guitar – poorly.. Experience and Organizational Membership