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Will is an associate at Forsberg & Umlauf, his practice focuses on insurance coverage litigation and providing insurance coverage analysis and advice.. Before joining Forsberg & Umlauf, Will practiced in California where he represented domestic insurers and insurers in the London market in evaluating coverage for claims made under technology, media, cyber, commercial general liability, and miscellaneous professional services errors and omissions insurance policies. Over the span of his career, Will has drafted hundreds of coverage opinions and position letters, and has also assisted underwriters on numerous wording projects.

Terry’s practice focuses on defense litigation, with primary concentration on professional liability.

Prior to entering law school, I volunteered for the Seattle Public Defenders office assisting the office by conducting witness interviews and investigations.  During my third year of law school, I worked as a law clerk for a trust and probate litigation firm in Tacoma, Washington.. I am an advocate for early childhood education and have volunteered my time on the parent’s boards of the Denise Louse Education Center in Seattle, Washington and University PreSchool in Cheney, Washington.  I continue to volunteer in the community whenever possible; most recently having a foreign exchange student live with my family for the 2011 school year.. I spend a great deal of time with my family camping, hiking, bowling and practicing archery as well as other activities.  I also enjoy sewing, cross stitch and reading.. My legal practice is based on helping families through some of the most difficult times they are ever going to face.  My goal is to provide excellent legal representation, personal service, and understanding to each of my clients and never allow them to forget there will always be someone on their side.  I strive to craft the best possible outcome for each and every one of my clients, so they can move forward in the best manner possible.

Practice focuses on working with management to implement and maintain proactive employement practices and the defense of employers when litigation arises.  Practice includes: Employment Litigation; Administrative Charges; Workplace Investigations; Discrimination Claims; Human Resource Policies/Handbooks and Procedures; Employee Discipline/Discharge Counseling; Wage and Hour Counseling; Sexual Harassment Claims; and Management and Employee Training.

Paul’s practice focuses on insurance defense litigation, insurance coverage, construction defect, Jones Act cases, maritime personal injury defense, and other admiralty defense litigation. Prior to joining the firm, he practiced locally for several years, handling admiralty and maritime matters, including marine insurance defense litigation and marine insurance coverage cases.. Prior to his career as an attorney, Paul worked for many years as a property and casualty claims adjuster and maritime claims adjuster. He began his insurance career at Farmers Insurance and later worked for Great American Insurance Company and Royal Insurance.

Patrick is a shareholder at Forsberg & Umlauf, P.S. He has been in practice for more than 30 years. His current trial practice emphasizes representation of professionals in the health and legal fields in civil matters and disciplinary matters. He represents doctors, lawyers, chiropractors, hospitals, nurses and naturopaths. He has handled hundreds of negligence and disciplinary matters for professionals. Patrick also has trial experience in products liability, premises liability, consumer protection, construction defect and surety matters. Patrick is a former legislative assistant to the Hon. Warren G. Magnuson. He also served as a member of the Washington State Bar Association’s Disciplinary Board.

Nate’s practice focuses on insurance defense, general liability, and coverage matters.  Prior to beginning his law practice, Nate was a judicial law clerk to The Honorable C.C. Bridgewater of the Washington State Court of Appeals, Division II.

My practice is focused on all aspects of real estate and business transactions.  I draft and negotiate commercial leases, ground leases, purchase and sale agreements, joint venture agreements, merger or redemption agreements, loan and financing documents, entity and formation documents, and corporate documents, as well as most other documents involved in a typical M&A transaction or real estate venture, project or transaction.  I also assist contractors, subcontractors, owners, developers and design professionals with negotiating construction contracts, design contracts and related agreements.

My practice focuses on providing advice and assistance to clients in all aspects of real estate development, including feasibility analysis, development strategy, property acquisition, environmental review, permitting, and administrative proceedings and litigation related to these areas. I have been involved in a significant number of developments in Washington and Oregon during the last two decades, representing both private and public agency clients.

My goal as a business attorney practicing in a heavily regulated industry is to partner with my clients to help them find practical solutions to complex problems.

My extensive litigation practice experience gives me the tools necessary to not only handle a wide array of complex cases, but also provide my clients with the counsel they need to identify the issues they face, come up with an effective plan to resolve them, and successfully achieve the goals we set together.  Whether my clients elect to reach a beneficial negotiated resolution, or instead choose to litigate in order to win a favorable jury verdict, court ruling, or arbitration result, I combine my experience and determination with the significant resources of my firm to obtain the best possible outcome for my clients.

Mr. Umlauf is a shareholder with Forsberg & Umlauf. His broad litigation defense practice includes catastrophic damages, construction claims, products and personal injury defense, premises liability, bad faith, legal malpractice, underinsured motorist claims, investigation and preservation of evidence advice.. Personal injury defense litigation (emphasizing catastrophic damages cases), including vehicle accidents, premises liability, construction site claims (including injuries, tender of defense analysis, construction defects and insurance coverage) and product liability.  Litigation and advice regarding CGL, and automobile insurance policies (emphasizing UIM claims).  Professional liability defense of lawyers, pharmacists, and medical providers. Arbitrator (UIM/King County Superior Court) and Mediator.

Mr. Nardi practices in the areas of insurance coverage and environmental law.  Nick has successfully represented insurance companies in complex insurance coverage matters throughout the Pacific Northwest, including matters involving insured ports, utilities, and cities.. Nick advises clients regarding liability, property, and agricultural policies, and in relation to environmental, toxic tort, construction defect, product defect, and professional liability claims.  Nick has participated in developing key appellate law affecting insurers in Oregon and Washington.  He has also represented clients in state and federal environmental compliance and litigation matters.

Mr. Lingg has served as the managing shareholder at Forsberg & Umlauf, P.S. since January 1, 2012.  His tort and insurance practice includes a wide range of defense matters including personal injury, construction defect, professional liability, product and premises liability, and commercial claims.. Grant’s practice concentrates on the defense of contractors and design professionals facing both personal injury and building defect/warranty cases.  His work has required him to bring and defend contractual indemnity and contribution/subrogation claims, and has included the defense of home warranty disputes.  He has extensive experience defending clients against premises liability, vehicle accident and product liability actions.  He has also defended banks, credit card companies and lenders in commercial actions.  Grant serves as arbitrator under the King and Pierce County Arbitration systems.  He has served as a Member of the Board of the Washington Defense Trial Lawyers and is a past editor of the WDTL’s “Defense News.”

Mr. Hooks is a shareholder with Forsberg & Umlauf. After obtaining his law degree, Mike clerked with the Montana Supreme Court before practicing law in private practice in Washington, D.C. Mike has been at Forsberg & Umlauf since 1994.. Mike has extensive experience representing insurers in insurance coverage claims and lawsuits, including advising clients on pre-suit claims handling and litigation in areas of environmental liability, first-party property losses and bad faith claims and litigation.  He also represents defendants in civil litigation in the areas of commercial torts, product and premises liability and other personal injury claims.. Mike is admitted to practice in Washington and Montana and is admitted to practice in various federal courts.

Mr. Gibson has been a litigator in the Seattle area since 1997 practicing in the areas of personal injury, product liability, construction defect, general liability, insurance coverage, and insurer "bad faith"/extra-contractual liability litigation. He has successfully tried product liability, personal injury, breach of contract, and insurer "bad faith" cases to verdict in state courts and federal court. Chris has litigated and resolved several Oregon construction defect cases.  He has been primarily handling asbestos and toxic tort cases since June 2014.  Prior to 1997, he practiced for six and a half years in California handling simple to very complex litigation matters.

Most people wish to resolve their separation or divorce matter in manner that is respectful and that best preserves their long term well-being and that of their children. I work with my clients to help manage conflict and provide the guidance and advice my clients need to make decisions that meet their short term and long term objectives.. I understand the difficulties and emotional turmoil involved in family matters and I help my clients understand and make decisions about all aspects of their case including parenting and child support, spousal support or alimony and the division of their assets and debts.   I also work with clients in pre-divorce planning and post-divorce matters such as enforcing the terms of settlement agreements and modification or enforcement of child support or parenting plans.. The long term well-being of my clients is important to me and while contested litigation is sometimes necessary or unavoidable, I find that practical advice and solutions often lead to the best long range outcomes.  There are various ways to approach reaching a resolution.  The commonly seen options are self negotiation, attorney negotiation, mediation, the collaborative divorce process and contested litigation.  My experience allows me to provide my clients with information and advice not only about their legal rights, but about the various dispute resolution options and then guide them through their chosen process.. I am also trained in and have been practicing Collaborative divorce in the Seattle area since 2011.. I've been licensed to practice in Washington State since 1995.  While I previoulsy practiced family law in Maryland and Washington, DC, after I returned to Seattle, I resigned from the DC Bar and went on inactive status with the MD Bar.

Michael Schueler has spent the last ten years defending those accused of serious offenses across Washington State and for the last three years, training the new generation of litigious defenders in King County as both a misdemeanor and felony level supervisor. From 2022 until July 2024, Michael also served as the Deputy Managing Attorney for Associated Counsel for the Accused. Michael has tried nearly three dozen cases to verdict ranging in severity from misdemeanor assault and driving under the influence, to murder with aggravating factors. Michael has consistently been at the forefront of litigation, providing briefing for other lawyers to use through the Washington Defender Association. Michael has also worked on systemic issues across Washington including City of Seattle v. Erickson, a case heard at the Washington Supreme Court focusing on racism by prosecutors in jury selection. This case was first time in Washington State history that the Supreme Court reversed a conviction due to a Batson violation.. Michael’s work on jury selection issues has led to multiple talks and seminars across Washington to other defense lawyers, judges, and prosecutors. He has also spoken nationally, providing insight to the judiciary of the state of New Jersey as well as attorneys in California, and New York as they began to adopt similar jury selection rules to Washington. Michael also spoke with the Duke University School of Law’s Inclusive Juries Project about Washington’s system of jury selection, and is a member of the Project's Advisory Network.. Michael began his career in Cowlitz County, practicing at the Cowlitz County Office of Public Defense from 2014 to 2016, handling misdemeanor defense, juvenile defense (misdemeanor and felony), juvenile status offenses, and adult felonies from crimes ranging from drug possession to murder. He handled numerous motions to suppress in a variety of cases, which resulted in multiple dismissals of charges, and successfully tried a number of misdemeanor and felony matters.. In 2016 Michael joined the King County Department of Public Defense – Associated Counsel for the Accused Division, one of the leading Public Defense agencies in the country. He began in the domestic violence misdemeanor unit from 2016 through 2017. In that time, he never lost a trial, getting not guilty verdicts or dismissals after the commencement of trial in nine straight cases. Starting in August 2017, Michael joined the Kent felony unit, becoming Class A qualified in January 2018. He remained active in that unit full time until being promoted to a supervisor role in 2021, though he still kept a number of felony cases including multiple homicide cases. One case, State v. Glaspy, saw Michael and his co-counsel successfully defend a young man falsely accused of killing his step-son over a nearly four month trial from December 2022 until March 2023. For his work in this trial, Michael was awarded the Anthony Savage Award by the Washington Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, an award recognizing an outstanding trial performance or result achieved by an attorney in practice less than ten years.. Michael is a 2014 graduate of the Seattle University School of Law, Cum Laude and was a member of the Seattle Journal of Environmental Law. He is a 2010 graduate of the University of Washington, with a BA in Political Science and Sociology with honors in Sociology.

Marty is a Shareholder at Forsberg & Umlauf, P.S. His practice areas include construction defect, general liability, personal injury, product liability, insurance coverage, employment, UIM, and insurer "bad faith"/extracontractual liability litigation. Marty earned his B.A. degree from the University of Puget Sound and his J.D. degree, cum laude, from Gonzaga University School of Law. He is a member of the Washington State, King County, Pierce County, Nevada State and the District of Columbia bar associations and the Washington Defense Trial Lawyers.

Kate Hendricks represents publishers, manufacturers, internet businesses, trademark owners, photographers, musicians, writers, software developers and other creative clients and concentrates her practice in the areas of copyright, trademark and unfair trade practices.  She is an experienced litigator, mediator and arbitrator and counsels clients on a wide range of business issues, including licensing, advertising and packaging.. Ms. Hendricks is a past chair of the Intellectual Property Section of the Washington State Bar Association and has served as Special District Counsel to the State Bar Association on Intellectual property matters.  She assisted in the development of Washington state legislation to protect rights of publicity and is the past chair of the Right of Publicity Subcommittee of the International Trademark Association and as such was responsible for drafting a federal right of publicity bill.  She has chaired the trademark section of the University of Washington Intellectual Property certificate program, and is the author of the "Intellectual Property" chapter of the Washington Civil Practice Deskbook.  She is also a panel member of the American Arbitration Association, and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority mediation and arbitration programs.. Ms. Hendricks holds a bachelor's and master's degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and received her law degree from Boston University where she was an editor of the law review.  She is a member of the bars of Massachusetts, Colorado and Washington and a number of federal trial and appellate courts.

Jillian is an associate at Forsberg & Umlauf, P.S.  She practices in the fields of insurance coverage, insurance special investigations (SIU), bad faith, insurance defense and general corporate defense. Jillian’s first six years of practice were spent in Portland, Oregon before joining Forsberg & Umlauf’s Seattle office. Jillian has spent the majority of her practice representing insurance companies and their insureds, as well as corporations in breach of contract and tort defense. Jillian has done significant SIU and coverage work for her insurer clients. Jillian provides clients with coverage advice with respect to a variety of lines of insurance, as well as working with insurance companies’ SIU departments and taking examinations under oath, and also defending bad faith lawsuits.

Jeff's practice focuses on the defense of professional liability claims.  He has defended clients in a broad range of other claims as well, including personal injury, product liability, toxic torts and premises liability. Prior to beginning his law practice, he served as a judicial extern to a federal appellate court judge in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

I want my clients to take the next step forward in a way that is best not only for them, but their families, too.

I know that you and your family are seriously impacted by conflict created during your divorce.  Wherever possible, I help clients reach agreements in the least contentious, most cost effective, way.   Although I have litigation experience, as well as trial backing in my office, I  work  as cooperatively and amicably  as possible.   I am also trained in collaborative law and as a mediator.. I have been practicing law in Washington State since 1982. Since 1998, I have focused my practice on complex family law in Seattle and King County. Before then, I built a solid foundation of experience practicing commercial law with leading Seattle law this  combination of both family and commercial law experience, I have experience representing high net worth individuals in their family law matters.

I have been practicing in insurance coverage for approximately 11 years and enjoy advising clients on tough coverage cases and avoiding significant extra contractual exposure.. I have a wife and three wonderful children and currently sit on the board of directors for South Highline National Little League. I enjoy playing golf and fly fishing in my spare time.