Deborah L. Carstens

Deb Carstens focuses her practice on appellate advocacy. She also has extensive experience in the areas of insurance coverage and commercial litigation.

After finishing a clerkship at the Washington State Supreme Court, Deb entered private practice. She has been with Bullivant Houser Bailey for the past twenty years. During that time, she has participated in a wide variety of cases, including appellate litigation in state and federal court, coverage disputes, bankruptcy, employment discrimination, construction defect litigation, and the defense of tort claims.

Representative appellate decisions include:

• Cambridge Townhomes, LLC v. Pac. Star Roofing, Inc., ___ Wn.2d ___, 209 P.3d 863 (June 18, 2009)
• Tuttle v. Allstate Ins. Co., 134 Wn. App. 120, 138 P.3d 1107 (2006)
• Kelsey Lane Homeowners Ass'n v. Kelsey Lane Co., 125 Wn. App. 227, 103 P.3d 1256 (2005)
• Allstate Ins. Co. v. Huston, 123 Wn. App. 530, 94 P.3d 358 (2004)
• White v. Salvation Army, 118 Wn. App. 272, 75 P.3d 990 (2003)
• Port of Seattle v. Lexington Ins. Co., 111 Wn. App. 901, 48 P.3d 334 (2002)
• Scottsdale Ins. Co. v. Int'l Protection Agency, Inc., 105 Wn. App. 244, 19 P.3d 1058 (2001)
• Capelouto v. Valley Forge Ins. Co., 98 Wn. App. 7, 990 P.2d 414 (1999)
• Pub. Employees Mut. Ins. Co. v. Hertz Corp., 59 Wn. App. 641, 800 P.2d 831 (1990)