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Bennett, John A. - Portland / Seattle
John A. BennettShareholder, Board of Directors
Portland, Seattle
503.499.4418

John Bennett is a trial lawyer. He has tried cases for 32 years in Oregon and Washington, both states in which he is licensed to practice. He has also handled cases in Colorado, Idaho, Montana, California and Tennessee by means of pro hac vice admission.
View Full Biography » Bentson, Daniel R. - Seattle
Daniel R. BentsonAssociate
Seattle
206.521.6420

Dan Bentson joined Bullivant Houser Bailey as an associate in 2011. Dan's practice includes all aspects of civil litigation and he is a member of the firm's Insurance Industry Services Group. Prior to joining Bullivant, Dan completed a one-year clerkship with Washington State Supreme Court Justice James M. Johnson.
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Carrozzi, Arlena V. - San Francisco
Arlena V. CarrozziAssociate
San Francisco
415.352.2760

Arlena Carrozzi joined Bullivant Houser Bailey as an associate in the Commercial Litigation Group in 2010. She has extensive experience across several areas of law, including work on general complex commercial litigation matters, intellectual property matters, securities matters and insurance coverage disputes.
View Full Biography » Carstens, Deborah L. - Seattle
Deborah L. CarstensOf Counsel
Seattle
206.521.6404

Deb Carstens focuses her practice on appellate advocacy. She also has extensive experience in the areas of insurance coverage and commercial litigation.
View Full Biography » Casey, Matthew C. - Portland
Matthew C. CaseyShareholder
Portland
503.499.4478

Matt Casey is a trial lawyer whose practice includes representing businesses and individuals who are involved in commercial, products liability and catastrophic injury disputes. Matt has tried several cases to jury verdict, has arbitrated over 100 cases to resolution, and has mediated and otherwise settled numerous cases to favorable conclusions.
View Full Biography » Christensen, Darin - Portland / Seattle
Darin ChristensenShareholder
Portland, Seattle
503.499.4497

Darin Christensen is a tax and business lawyer licensed in Oregon and Washington whose practice focuses on tax planning, estate planning, probate, and business transactions. He has extensive experience in the areas of federal and state income, employment, excise, gift, estate, and generation skipping taxes, probate and trust administration, and planning for business formations, operations, and transfers.
View Full Biography » Clark, Ronald J. - Portland / Seattle
Ronald J. ClarkShareholder, Board of Directors
Portland, Seattle
503.499.4413

Ron Clark focuses his practice on insurance coverage litigation, and the defense of general tort actions, including product liability claims. His practice emphasizes litigation of claims involving construction-related issues, and allegations of bad-faith claims handling.
View Full Biography » Cook, Stephen F. - Portland
Stephen F. CookShareholder
Portland
503.499.4624

Steve Cook's practice focuses on intellectual property, contracting, mergers and acquisitions, and overall business law advice as "outside general counsel" to a variety of businesses and individuals.
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Deatherage, Stephen F. - Portland / Seattle
Stephen F. DeatherageOf Counsel
Portland, Seattle
503.499.4514

Since joining the firm in 1999, Stephen Deatherage has been a key member of BHB's law and motion team. In that role, Stephen has focused his practice on researching, briefing, and arguing complex motions in federal and state trial courts, as well as representing clients before federal and state appellate courts.
View Full Biography » Downs, Andrew B. - San Francisco / Las Vegas
Andrew B. DownsShareholder, Board of Directors
San Francisco, Las Vegas
415.352.2716

Andy Downs has more than 28 years experience litigating and counseling clients regarding complex commercial and contractual litigation, including class actions.
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Edling, Emilie K. - Portland
Emilie K. EdlingAssociate
Portland
503.499.4583

Emilie Edling is a member of both the Litigation Department's trial practice group and the appellate team. Her practice focuses on complex business disputes, including product liability defense and construction defect claims. She also has experience representing clients on appeals, both in state and federal courts, and has handled arbitration proceedings.
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Gerber, Thomas A. - Portland / Vancouver
Thomas A. GerberOf Counsel
Portland, Vancouver
503.499.4438

Tom Gerber's practice involves business transactions, debtor/creditor relations, real estate title matters, general business, commercial law and litigation, lenders' liability matters, estate planning and probate.
View Full Biography » Ghim, Marianne M. - Portland / Seattle
Marianne M. GhimShareholder
Portland, Seattle
503.499.4632

Marianne Ghim focuses on analysis and litigation of insurance coverage issues. Her experience includes both first and third-party insurance coverage disputes.
View Full Biography » Giacometti, Timothy G. - Seattle / Portland
Timothy G. GiacomettiOf Counsel
Seattle, Portland
206.521.6430

Tim Giacometti's real estate and business law practices are informed by than 10 years of finance experience in the real estate industry. His background as an acquisitions and asset management professional for a Seattle-based institutional investment management firm and his experience with a multifamily property mortgage bank brings a practical, business oriented perspective to his practice.
View Full Biography » Ginapp, Kristol Bradley - Las Vegas
Kristol Bradley GinappAssociate
Las Vegas
702.669.3612

Kristol Bradley Ginapp is an associate in the firm's employment counseling and litigation department. She defends employers in litigation alleging employment discrimination, wrongful discharge, non-competition agreements, trade secrets, breach of contract, and other employment torts.
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Hedberg, Matthew E. - Portland / San Francisco
Matthew E. HedbergAssociate
Portland, San Francisco
503.499.4461

Matt Hedberg is a member of the Insurance Industry Services Group. His practice focuses on working with insurance companies to resolve coverage issues involving insureds and other insurance companies.
View Full Biography » Houser, Douglas G. - Portland
Douglas G. HouserSenior Counsel
Portland
503.499.4415

Doug Houser's practice focuses on large "bet-the-company" type major disputes where his years of experience, practical common sense, and negotiating skills can be maximized to obtain effective and imaginative solutions to complex problems.
View Full Biography » Hutchinson, Thomas L. - Portland
Thomas L. HutchinsonShareholder
Portland
503.499.4582

Tom Hutchinson's litigation practice focuses on advising businesses and individuals regarding a wide range of issues with an emphasis on disputes involving financial matters.
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Jones, Stuart D. - Portland
Stuart D. JonesShareholder
Portland
503.499.4616

Stuart Jones's practice focuses on class action litigation and first party insurance issues involving both commercial and personal lines including coverage opinions and litigation.
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Liu, Dan - San Francisco
Dan LiuAssociate
San Francisco
415.352.2767

Dan Liu is a litigation associate in the San Francisco office where she litigates large commercial cases including complex insurance coverage cases, bad faith cases, contract disputes, and employment issues. She handles discovery in a wide variety of commercial litigation matters, has authored numerous successful motions, some of which dispose of claims early in litigation, while others positively affect case outcome and result in an early economic resolution. She is experienced in researching and drafting memoranda on commercial litigation and insurance coverage. She has provided due diligence on M&A deals and commercial lease agreements.
View Full Biography » Loftis, Jeanne F. - Portland / Seattle
Jeanne F. LoftisShareholder
Portland, Seattle
503.499.4601

Jeanne Loftis' practice includes representing companies in the Pacific Northwest in a wide variety of commercial and casualty cases, with an emphasis on asbestos product liability claims and other mass tort litigation.
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Matson, Richard G. - Vancouver / Portland
Richard G. MatsonShareholder
Vancouver, Portland
360.737.2304

Dick Matson has over twenty years of general litigation, trial practice and alternative dispute resolution experience following a career in the insurance industry. He represents businesses and individuals in a wide range of litigation matters, including commercial disputes, business torts, breach of contract claims, employment disputes, construction disputes, products liability claims, real estate matters and personal injury disputes.
View Full Biography » McNeil, Daniel F. - Portland / Seattle
Daniel F. McNeilShareholder
Portland, Seattle
503.499.4627

Dan McNeil's practice focuses on commercial litigation matters including contract and business tort related claims; UCC warranty matters; business valuation and lost profit disputes; and advice/counsel to non-profit and credit union boards of directors.
View Full Biography » Meyer, David W. - Vancouver
David W. MeyerOf Counsel
Vancouver
360.737.2301

David Meyer focuses his practice primarily on issues facing the real estate industry. He represents clients in pre-transaction buyer and seller strategies, title issues, easements, leasing, finance and secured land transactions, acquisition for development, owner association relationships, and real estate entity formation and governance.
View Full Biography » Millikan, Jess B. - San Francisco
Jess B. MillikanFirm President, Shareholder
San Francisco
415.352.2718

Jess Millikan advises national and international insurers with respect to complex commercial property, liability and specialty-lines claims, and represents them in coverage and extra-contractual "bad faith" litigation.
View Full Biography » Moher, James P. - San Francisco
James P. MoherShareholder
San Francisco
415.352.2719

Jim Moher has extensive experience in commercial litigation involving contract disputes; business tort actions; motor truck cargo and warehouse losses; and product liability claims. He also advises companies in the waste management industry on a variety of corporate matters and issues concerning loss prevention.
View Full Biography » Moore, Robert A. - Portland
Robert A. MooreShareholder
Portland
503.499.4486

Robert Moore has represented both publicly traded and privately held companies representing many different businesses and industries.
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Nelson, Paul D. - San Francisco / Portland
Paul D. NelsonShareholder
San Francisco, Portland
415.352.2766

Paul D. Nelson is an experienced trial litigator and appellate lawyer with an emphasis on complex civil cases, including major class actions, insurance coverage, business disputes, mass tort, product liability and catastrophic injury matters.
View Full Biography » Norris, C. Todd - San Francisco
C. Todd NorrisShareholder, Firm Diversity Committee Chair
San Francisco
415.352.2720

Todd Norris is a West Coast litigator with fifteen years of experience in complex commercial litigation, including franchise, patent, trademark, copyright and other intellectual property disputes.
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Olson, Kristin L. - Portland
Kristin L. OlsonShareholder
Portland
503.499.4404

Kristin has supervised the defense of hundreds of personal injury cases and has tried cases throughout the state of Oregon. She also specializes in business and complex commercial litigation and served as counsel on the Newton and Salomon Smith Barney litigation teams. Kristin also brings select plaintiff's cases involving personal injury, securities and business disputes.
View Full Biography » Olson, Susan - San FranciscoOsburn, John R. - Portland / Seattle
John R. OsburnShareholder
Portland, Seattle
503.499.4665

John Osburn's practice focuses on real estate litigation, asbestos trial and litigation, and representing private citizens, business, and government in all aspects of their interaction, including public contract formation and litigation, condemnation and land use matters, and regulatory matters.
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Passmore, Andrew E. - Portland
Andrew E. PassmoreAssociate
Portland
503.499.4549

Drew Passmore joined Bullivant Houser Bailey in 2011, as an associate in the Insurance Industry Services Group. He is experienced in reviewing and revising contracts, regulatory compliance, and intellectual property matters including trademark and copyright.
View Full Biography » Pfeiffer, Jamie L. - Portland
Jamie L. PfeifferAssociate
Portland
503.499.4416

Jamie Pfeiffer joined Bullivant Houser Bailey in 2011 as an associate in the firm's Commercial Litigation Group. Her practice focuses on employment law, including providing counseling on employment issues, training, drafting and revising employee handbooks, negotiating and managing terminations and severance agreements, and advising on other day-to-day concerns in addition to all aspects of dispute resolution and litigation.
View Full Biography » Podwill, Loren D. - Portland / Seattle
Loren D. PodwillShareholder, Board of Directors
Portland, Seattle
503.499.4620

Loren Podwill heads the firm's Fidelity and Surety practice groups and litigates construction disputes. He represents clients in commercial and intellectual property litigation with experience ranging from one day to 12 week trials and numerous mediations and arbitrations.
View Full Biography » Puracal, Janis C. - Seattle
Janis C. PuracalAssociate
Seattle
206.521.6413

Janis C. Puracal is an appellate attorney primarily practicing in commercial and insurance litigation. Her litigation practice includes first and third party insurance coverage and defense, including bad faith litigation, and defense of tort liability and contract disputes. Janis has extensive experience in jury trials, appeals, and arbitrations.
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Raia, Marilyn - San Francisco
Marilyn RaiaOf Counsel
San Francisco
415.352.2721

Marilyn has counseled and represented clients in maritime, transportation, insurance, subrogation, and commercial matters for more than 35 years. Her maritime and transportation law practice includes diverse areas such as cargo loss and damage; collision and allision; tug and tow; seaman's personal injury; longshore and passenger personal injury; maritime liens; chartering; marina operator's liability; salvage and general average. She represents vessel owners, freight forwarders, non-vessel operating common carriers, warehousemen, and transportation brokers. She regularly advises clients on cargo, hull, P&I, marina operator's liability, marine general liability, charterer's legal liability, inland marine, and property insurance matters and represents them in coverage litigation including extra-contractual claims.
View Full Biography » Ratoza, Michael M. - Portland
Michael M. RatozaOf Counsel
Portland
503.499.4695

Mike Ratoza practices Copyright and Trademark law, both transactional and litigation, from Bullivant's Portland office.
View Full Biography » Richman, Ronald L. - San Francisco
Ronald L. RichmanShareholder-in-Charge
San Francisco
415.352.2722

Ron Richman is the Shareholder-in-Charge of the firm's San Francisco office. As a senior trial attorney with more than 24 years of experience, he frequently litigates, arbitrates and mediates complex civil, general business and contract disputes in state and federal courts throughout California.
View Full Biography » Ronneberg, Jr., Norman J. - San Francisco
Norman J. Ronneberg, Jr.Of Counsel
San Francisco
415.352.2728

Norm Ronneberg, who has been awarded Northern California "Super Lawyer" status, practices with Bullivant's litigation group in the San Francisco office. He has taken more than 55 civil cases to jury verdict or judgment, has argued and briefed more than 20 appeals in federal and state courts, and has taught maritime and tort law in the United States and Europe.
View Full Biography » Ruby, Samuel H. - San Francisco
Samuel H. RubyShareholder
San Francisco
415.352.2723

Sam advises and defends national and international insurers in connection with complex property, liability, and marine insurance claims.
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Sale, Jerret E. - Seattle
Jerret E. SaleOf Counsel
Seattle
206.521.6418

Jerry Sale heads the appellate department for the Seattle office. For more than 20 years, Jerry has been a trial lawyer with Bullivant Houser Bailey specializing in providing insurers insurance coverage and bad faith representation and advice.
View Full Biography » Schlatter, Tegan - Portland
Tegan SchlatterAssociate
Portland
503.499.4445

Tegan Schlatter, an associate in the firm's Portland office, focuses her practice on construction and development and commercial litigation. In her construction law practice, she has worked on lien disputes, construction defect cases, and collections issues and cases. Tegan is readily able to address lien claims as filed against lenders and owners, including assessing and ensuring lien validity for procedural and substantive issues.
View Full Biography » Sciuchetti, Kyle D. - Portland / Vancouver
Kyle D. SciuchettiShareholder
Portland, Vancouver
503.499.4611

Kyle Sciuchetti maintains an active construction and hospitality practice throughout Oregon and Washington. He regularly advises businesses and manages the legal needs of many companies ranging from construction contractors to hotel management companies. Kyle's practice includes contract and lease negotiations, dispute resolution, lien foreclosures and traditional construction claims.
View Full Biography » Sekits, Matthew J. - Seattle
Matthew J. SekitsShareholder
Seattle
206.521.6452

Matt Sekits is a trial lawyer who focuses his practice on defending and prosecuting cases on behalf of corporate clients, including insurance companies, in complex commercial litigation.
View Full Biography » Skillern, Beth - Portland
Beth SkillernManaging Shareholder
Portland
503.499.4427

Beth Skillern presently serves as Managing Shareholder, General Counsel and has practiced in the area of insurance coverage in the Portland, Oregon, office for over 20 years.
View Full Biography » Somervell, Katherine S. - Portland / Seattle
Katherine S. SomervellShareholder
Portland, Seattle
503.499.4454

Katherine Somervell focuses her practice on all aspects of employment law. She enjoys being able to help her clients solve issues as diverse as dealing with problem employees to ensuring that the documents setting forth their employee benefit plans are compliant with ERISA. Having spent over a dozen years practicing solely in the employment and employee benefits arena, she is able to draw on those years of specialized experience to provide her clients with creative yet pragmatic solutions designed to ensure compliance with state and federal laws and minimize exposure to litigation or investigation.
View Full Biography » Stephenson, Ronald G. - Portland
Ronald G. StephensonSenior Counsel
Portland
503.499.4405

Ron Stephenson's practice focuses on defense of litigation involving drugs, medical devices, product and professional liability, and nursing homes. He has tried close to 100 cases to juries, judges and arbitrators.
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Taylor, Laura Caldera - Portland
Laura Caldera TaylorShareholder
Portland
503.499.4602

Laura Taylor is a Pacific Northwest litigator who specializes in intellectual property and complex business disputes. She has experience helping clients involved in patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret and other complex business disputes.
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Van Valkenburg, Margaret "Megge" - Portland / Seattle
Margaret "Megge" Van ValkenburgShareholder
Portland, Seattle
503.499.4471

Megge Van Valkenburg's practice focuses on working with insurance companies to resolve coverage issues involving insureds and other insurance companies, as well as regulatory issues at both the Insurance Division of the Oregon State Department of Consumer & Business Services and Washington State's Office of the Insurance Commissioner.
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Whittemore, Richard J. - Portland / Seattle
Richard J. WhittemoreShareholder, Board of Directors
Portland, Seattle
503.499.4646

Richard has more than 27 years of experience practicing civil law in major exposure cases along the west coast in both state and federal court. His experience with these litigation matters includes products liability defense, clergy malpractice, medical malpractice and complex commercial litigation. He has tried more than 55 cases to verdict including several wrongful death cases.
View Full Biography » Wilson, Joel - Portland
Joel WilsonShareholder
Portland
503.499.4469

Joel Wilson chairs the firm's Professional Liability Practice Group. His practice emphasis includes defense of errors and omissions claims against architects, engineers, contractors, real estate agents and brokers, surveyors, appraisers, property managers, accountants, lawyers, corporate directors and officers, and security offering participants.
View Full Biography » Winchester, Edward "Ted" D. - San Francisco
Edward "Ted" D. WinchesterAssociate
San Francisco
415.352.2713

Edward Winchester, who joined Bullivant Houser Bailey in 2011 as an associate, practices in the firm's Insurance Industry Services Group. His experience includes employment litigation, commercial litigation, and products liability.
View Full Biography » Winters, Evelyn English - Portland
Evelyn English WintersAssociate
Portland
503.499.4403

Evelyn Winters joined Bullivant Houser Bailey as an associate in the Commercial Litigation Group in 2010. Prior to joining Bullivant, Evelyn served as a Law Clerk to the General Counsel at Lewis & Clark College.
View Full Biography » Wright, Elizabeth D. - Portland
Elizabeth D. WrightAssociate
Portland
503.499.4489

Elizabeth Wright is a litigator with extensive experience representing companies in a broad array of commercial and casualty cases. Her representation of businesses includes work in environmental cleanup, insurance coverage, construction defect, product liability, and antitrust matters. In Bullivant's Casualty Litigation Group, Elizabeth focuses on the analysis and defense of product liability claims.
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