701 5th Ave Ste 5500 , Seattle , Washington 98104
Practice Areas: Insurance
I represent clients in a wide range of real estate, general business, and fiduciary litigation. My litigation practice emphasizes a realistic initial assessment of the client's legal position and options, together with realistic attempts to settle. If intensive efforts to negotiate and settle disputes (thus minimizing legal costs) fail, I aggressively pursue all available cost-effective litigation strategies to achieve the best possible result for the client.
Firm: Forsberg & Umlauf, P.S.
901 5th Ave Suite 1400 , Seattle , Washington 98164
Practice Areas: Insurance
1001 4th Ave Ste 4000 , Seattle , Washington 98154
Practice Areas: Insurance
Firm: Lether Law Group, PLLC
1848 Westlake Ave N. , Seattle , Washington 98109
Practice Areas: Insurance
Captain Thomas Lether is a graduate of the University of Puget Sound and the University of Puget Sound Law School. He has been involved in insurance and commercial litigation since 1988. Mr. Lether’s primary clients include numerous national insurance companies, several smaller insurers and independent adjusting firms. He also represents a number of contractors, property owners, and business owners. His practice predominantly involves the representation of insurance companies and individuals in the investigation, adjustment and defense of complex coverage matters. Mr. Lether also defends insurance companies in bad faith and Consumer Protection Act litigation. He is also involved in a number of construction defect cases and has tried several to successful jury verdicts. He has been involved in thousands of coverage investigations. This includes lead counsel in the Pang Warehouse Fire (the largest commercial arson loss ever tried to a jury in Washington State history), Manglona v. Allstate (the largest residential arson loss ever tried to a jury in Washington State), and coverage counsel in such matters as the McGuire Apartment failure, Safeco Field defect claim and the Plaza 305 crane collapse. Mr. Lether also represents a number of insurers in the Pacific Northwest and the Pacific Rim regarding first and third party claims, including coverage disputes, adjustment concerns, and issues involving water intrusion, collapse, construction defects and stachybotris mold. Mr. Lether also represents insurance brokers, medical institutions, construction professionals and professional liability and class action matters. Mr. Lether has also served as an appraiser, expert witness, and mediator, and he is a frequent lecturer on insurance related topics.
Firm: Ashbaugh Beal
701 5th Ave Ste 4400 , Seattle , Washington 98104
Practice Areas: Insurance
Firm: Cascade Law PLLC
2707 Colby Avenue , Everett , Washington 98201
Practice Areas: Insurance
Umar grew up in a small town in Western Washington and was drawn to the law from an early age. He began a banking career fresh out of high school, and completed college while working full time and earning a bachelor’s degree in Law & Justice from Central Washington University. After graduating from Central, Umar continued to feel the pull of law and decided to go to law school.. Umar continued working full time and started a new mortgage business while attending law school at Seattle University School of Law, completing and earning his Juris Doctor. His mortgage business quickly found success (placing Umar in the top 20 loan officers nationally), before he eventually decided to sell the business - thereby allowing him to practice law full time.. Umar says, “Few things are more noble than the practice of law. Nothing I’ve done professionally gives me more personal satisfaction and fulfillment than being able to represent those in need - particularly those who have been harmed or treated unfairly by another. It’s incredibly rewarding to be a part of bringing a client closure and a measure of justice.”
Firm: Bullivant House Bailey PC
925 4th Ave. , Seattle , Washington 98104
Practice Areas: Insurance
Westin McLean was born in Seattle and raised in the Pacific Northwest. He graduated from the University of Oregon, earning a Bachelor of Science, with honors, in Business Administration. He then returned to the University of Oregon for law school, where he graduated with Order of the Coif honors. Westin is a seasoned litigator who has developed a reputation for his knowledge of the law and his ability to resolve contentious claims. He has been advising and representing insurance companies, individuals, and businesses in complex matters and litigation since 2009. He has extensive experience providing coverage opinions, claims handling advice and litigating coverage matters for national and regional insurance carriers regarding all types of property, casualty, automobile and liability policies. He has also handled a wide range of litigated actions involving first-party coverage, declaratory judgments, bad faith claims and personal injury claims in both state and federal courts. Westin has prepared and successfully argued dozens of dispositive trial motions as well as handled several appeals from beginning to end. He also achieved favorable resolutions for hundreds of claims and filed actions through litigation, direct negotiation and all forms of alternative dispute resolution. He is admitted to practice law in both Oregon and Washington.
Firm: Forsberg & Umlauf, P.S.
901 Fifth Avenue, Suite 1400 , Seattle , Washington 98164
Practice Areas: Insurance
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.
Firm: Ashbaugh Beal
4400 Columbia Center , Seattle , Washington 98104
Practice Areas: Insurance
