299 Litigation lawyers are available in SEATTLE, Washington, including Thomas Gilman, Thomas Lerner, Thomas Loeser, and Thomas Stone. These lawyers are rated between 4.0/5 to 4.4/5 and 50% provide free consultation.
Litigation cases in Seattle typically take between 6 and 30 months to resolve, depending on complexity, court schedules, and settlement likelihood.
SEATTLE Court Backlog
The number of pending litigation cases in Seattle courts generally ranges from 300 to 1,200, reflecting both active filings and ongoing matters.
Litigation SEATTLE Filing Volume
Seattle courts see an estimated 100 to 250 new litigation cases filed per month, based on recent public court data.
Litigation Case Outcomes
Approximately 30% of disputes resolve before formal litigation, 45% after filing but before trial, and around 15% proceed to trial with variable outcomes.
3417 Evanston Avenue North , Seattle , Washington 98103
Practice Areas: Litigation
I received my law degree from Indiana University School of Law, in Bloomington, Indiana in 1990. I graduated from Washington State University in Pullman, Washington, with a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science, and a Bachelor of Arts in English. I am a member of the Washington State Bar Association and admitted to practice in the state of Washington, the United Federal Courts for the Western District of Washington and the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Practice Areas: Litigation, Investment Fraud, Aviation, Appeals, Employment, Maritime, Antitrust
An experienced trial lawyer valued for his judgment and persuastive advocacy, primarily representing corporate and individual clients in a broad range of complex civil cases involving products liability, securities litigation, professional liability, personal injury, disability, aircraft accidents, eminent domain, real property disputes and employment discrimination. Also serves as Disciplinary Counsel for the Washington State Commission on Judicial Conduct.. Prior to joining private practice, Bill served as a Special Assistant United States Attorney and Air Force Judge Advocate, prosecuting civilian and military criminal matters as well as defending the federal government in employment discrimination cases.
403 Columbia St Ste 500 , Seattle , Washington 98104
Practice Areas: Litigation
Vincent is a passionate and determined litigator. In his law practice, he primarily represents survivors of childhood sexual abuse against the individuals and powerful corporations responsible for the abuse. In doing so, he often faces large corporations like the Boy Scouts of America, the Catholic Church, and the State of Washington. He also practices in other areas of complex litigation, including civil rights, government liability, medical malpractice, and products liability, all from PCVA’s Seattle offices.. In 2011, Vincent obtained his law degree from the University of Washington School of Law and began his legal career at PCVA. Prior to relocating to Washington in 2008, Vincent attended the University of Colorado at Boulder where he graduated summa cum laude and was a member of the Phi Beta Kappa honors fraternity. As an undergraduate student, he advocated for environmental justice on behalf of underprivileged and underrepresented communities. Today, he continues to fight for those who have been wronged by the greed, negligence, and careless acts of others.. Outside of the office Vincent is involved in a number of community and pro bono activities. He is a Guardian Ad Litem on behalf of abused and neglected children involved in dependency actions in King County. He also works with the Northwest Immigrants’ Rights Project on behalf of undocumented victims of domestic violence, and dedicates time each month at the North King County Neighborhood Legal Clinic.. During his free time, Vincent can be found hiking, snowboarding, camping, and enjoying live music.
1420 Fifth Avenue, Suite 3000 , Seattle , Washington 98101
Practice Areas: Business , Construction , Debtor/Creditor, Employment & Labor , Litigation, Litigation, Litigation, Litigation
Commercial litigation, physician employment and business matters, creditor bankruptcy representation. Licensed to practice since 1980, in five jurisdictions.. Tom practices in the areas of creditors' rights, business litigation, employment law, and physician representation in business matters.. Tom leads our creditors’ rights practice, including loan documentation and enforcement of promissory notes and guarantees, foreclosures, receiverships, and workout negotiations and restructurings. He also has an in-depth experience in the areas of business litigation, employment law, and physician representation in business and employment matters. Tom often works with closely held businesses advising on business and employment matters, contract matters, and litigation risk analysis.
1001 4th Ave Ste 3900 , Seattle , Washington 98154
Practice Areas: Litigation
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.
1001 Fourth Ave. Suite 3200 , Seattle , Washington 98154
Practice Areas: Litigation
During his more than forty years practicing as a traditional labor and employment lawyer, Tim has handled all types of employment matters for large national corporations as well as small businesses here in Seattle. His work representing those employers has included wage and hour issues, occupational safety and health matters, arbitrations, collective bargaining negotiations, employment discrimination issues, and traditional labor matters arising under the National Labor Relations Act. Tim has litigated numerous labor and employment cases before federal and state agencies and in federal and state courts.. Tim has considerable experience serving in a proactive role for employers in order to help them avoid formal confrontations and lawsuits with their employees before they get started. His work in this area has included drafting employee handbooks, auditing and amending employer practices pertaining to employees and providing guidance and group instruction to management representatives in the boardroom as well as first line managers dealing with employees on a daily basis.. Tim also represents employees on a selective basis and has considerable experience in handling and litigating personal injury matters for individuals and their families. He is also very experienced in general commercial litigation in state courts in Washington and in federal courts around the nation.. Tim was a trial attorney with the Office of the Solicitor, U.S. Department of Labor and with the National Labor Relations Board. In addition to his work in the public sector, he has been an in-house attorney with two major U.S. corporations in New York and Seattle and two major law firms in Seattle. Tim is a graduate of Valparaiso University School of Law (J.D.) and holds a Master's Degree in Labor Law (LL.M) from New York University. He is licensed to practice law in Washington, Illinois and Indiana.. In his spare time, Tim is an avid golfer. He and his wife live in Pierce County. They have two sons, both of whom graduated from Washington State University and two beautiful, sweet toddler grand daughters.
Tim has handled major civil and criminal trials and appeals, in courts in Washington and around the country, for over thirty years. Tim’s criminal trial experience ranges from misdemeanors to capital murder cases. He sits on the Washington Supreme Court’s Capital Defense Qualification Committee, and is himself one of a handful of Washington lawyers qualified to handle capital murder cases at all three levels: trial, appeal, and post conviction proceedings. He has argued several landmark criminal appeals in Washington and several other states, in the federal courts, and in the Supreme Court of the United States. He is a nationally recognized authority on capital punishment and habeas corpus law, and has been recognized by the federal courts as an expert on standards for effective assistance of counsel in criminal trials. Tim’s civil practice ranges from major civil rights cases to claims of legal and medical malpractice, negligence and products liability to highway design and car truck accidents. At the trial level, he has won clients in those areas millions of dollars in verdicts and settlements. In the appellate courts, his cases have repeatedly made law expanding the legal rights of patients, workers, criminal suspects, and prisoners. He has been called by one authority “the preeminent civil rights litigator in this region.”
600 University St., Ste 2700 , Seattle , Washington 98101
Practice Areas: Litigation
Tim Fitzgerald is a business litigator and commercial litigator who practices in the Litigation and Trial group at McNaul Ebel. He has represented businesses and individuals in connection with a wide range of commercial disputes in state courts, in federal courts, and in arbitration, and has extensive experience representing both plaintiffs and defendants in Seattle and around the country.. Tim’s diverse litigation, trial, and counseling experience includes disputes involving corporate governance, securities, insurance, commercial real estate, intellectual property, licensing, professional liability, and fiduciary duty issues. Tim has represented and advised numerous clients in trademark proceedings before the TTAB. He has litigated numerous complex corporate dissolutions, and represents cryptocurrency funds and professionals regarding a range of litigation and non-litigation matters.. Prior to joining McNaul Ebel, Tim was associated with the New York law firm of Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP. He served as general counsel to Gordon Group Holdings, and he has served as a law clerk to the Honorable Ricardo S. Martinez of the US District Court for the Western District of Washington and the Honorable Paul E. Davison of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York. In law school, Tim served as Senior Articles Editor of the Northwestern University Law Review.
Hello, and thanks for reviewing my AVVO profile. If you think I may be of service to you, please contact me -- there is no charge for an initial consultation. Thanks, Tim. ---. Tim is a founding partner at Mullin, Allen & Steiner, PLLC, and a seasoned trial lawyer with extensive experience in multi-week trials. Although regularly recognized as a Washington Super Lawyer for his defense of healthcare providers, outside the healthcare arena Tim also represents injured individuals in significant personal injury and civil rights cases. His practice ranges from the defense of alleged medical malpractice to representing both plaintiffs and defendants in insurer bad faith, insurance coverage, wrongful death, civil rights, employment, product liability, injunctive relief, and equine law cases, among others. Tim is licensed to practice in Washington and Oregon, and represents clients in both state and federal courts.. As a defense attorney, Tim has obtained defense verdicts, dismissals, and favorable settlements for clients including health care providers, hospitals, clinics, employers, universities, product manufacturers, building contractors, insurance brokers, and insurance companies. He has successfully represented healthcare providers from a wide variety of practice areas, including the following specialties:. • Cardiac Surgery. • Cardiology. • Emergency Medicine. • Emergency Medical Services/Transport. • Gastroenterology. • General Surgery. • Hematology. • Internal Medicine. • Interventional Radiology. • Neurology. • Neuroradiology. • Neurosurgery. • Nursing. • Obstetrics/Gynecology. • Oncology. • Orthopedic Surgery. • Pediatrics. • Plastic Surgery. • Pulmonology. • Primary Care. • Psychiatry. • Psychology. • Radiology. • Rehabilitation Medicine. When representing plaintiffs, Tim has helped achieve multimillion dollar verdicts and settlements in product liability and insurance bad faith actions; successfully resolved through trial or settlement cases alleging breach of contract, professional negligence, personal injury and property damage arising from motor vehicle accidents; and obtained forms of non-monetary relief in a wide variety of contexts. As examples, Tim has either served as lead counsel or assisted on the trial team for the following:. • $15.5 million product liability verdict in Federici v. U-Haul et al.. • $12.95 million bad faith settlement in Howard v. Royal Specialty Underwriting, Inc.. • $4.4 million settlement in midst of trial in coverage action against excess insurer. • $1.5 million summary judgment recovery in breach of surety action arising from purchase of hospital facility. • $600,000 verdict in breach of contract action against Port of Tacoma. • $334,000 judgment entered in action regarding ownership of retired racehorse. • $188,500 UIM policy limits recovery without necessity of filing lawsuit. • $100,000 UIM policy limits recovery without necessity of filing lawsuit. • Confidential settlement obtained on behalf of academic institution against insurance broker. • Confidential settlement in accounting malpractice action. • Confidential settlement with professional sports team for personal injury sustained on premises. • Successful action to change ballot measure title resulting in defeat of ballot measure. • Obtained permanent injunction against release by state agency of client’s proprietary trade secrets to unsuccessful contract bidder. • Successful return to rightful owners of property wrongfully taken or detained by others, including patient medical records as well as valuable horses. • Obtained temporary restraining order excluding former patient from premises of healthcare clinic. • Successfully settle claim for contractual and equitable indemnity where hospital sued for actions of contracted physicians. Tim also counsels both insurance carriers and policy-holders as to their rights under insurance policies in both first-party and third-party settings. He has extensive experience in insurance coverage disputes, and brings declaratory judgment and/or bad faith actions where necessary in both state and federal court. Tim is sought after to serve as personal counsel to insureds to help protect their interests where a defense is being provided to the insured under a reservation of rights. Where necessary, Tim can protect his clients in such situations from personal exposure by negotiating a settlement based on a stipulated judgment in exchange for a covenant not to execute and an assignment of his client’s rights.. Tim was named to the Washington Super Lawyers list for 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020; named to the Washington Super Lawyers “Rising Stars” list for 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012; and received the Washington Defense Trial Lawyers Outstanding Litigation Associate Award for 2006. Prior to becoming a lawyer, Tim was a professor of political philosophy and argumentation at Western Washington University, as well as the director of the university’s debate program. During law school, Tim served as a Rule 9 Attorney for the Whatcom County Public Defender.. Tim commutes to Seattle from Arlington, where he lives with his wife, three dogs, and two horses. An avid climber for many years before grinding his knees into dust, Tim now focuses on his horses and trail riding, as well as buying and selling antiques with his wife.
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