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Adams, Bryce J. - Portland
Bryce J. AdamsAssociate
Portland
503.499.4455

Bryce Adams represents clients across the public and private sectors in insurance law. He approaches his practice with a clear understanding that all legal services must provide value to a client's bottom line.
View Full Biography » Ahmad, Rabia - Seattle
Rabia AhmadAssociate
Seattle
206.521.6418

Rabia Ahmad focuses her practice in the areas of health care law, medical malpractice, and toxic tort/mass tort defense.
View Full Biography » Arthur, Randy L. - Portland
Randy L. ArthurOf Counsel
Portland
503.499.4476

Mr. Arthur's practice emphasizes complex litigation and dispute resolution concerning commercial, surety, fidelity, and property insurance matters.
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Barton, Robert E. - Portland
Robert E. BartonShareholder
Portland
503.499.4484

Bob Barton is a seasoned trial attorney with more than 30 years of experience in a broad range of matters, including trucking and transportation claims, products liability, commercial litigation, industrial accident, wrongful death, catastrophic loss, personal injury, and tort cases.
View Full Biography » Bennett, John A. - Portland
John A. BennettShareholder
Portland
503.499.4418

John Bennett is a Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers. He has tried cases for 35 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. BentsonShareholder
Seattle
206.521.6420

Dan Bentson is a shareholder in Bullivant Houser Bailey's Seattle office. His practice focuses on complex commercial disputes, including insurance coverage, bad faith litigation, admiralty and maritime litigation, and appeals.
View Full Biography » Bernstein, Lloyd - Portland
Lloyd BernsteinShareholder-in-Charge, Portland
503.499.4586

Lloyd Bernstein's practice focuses on litigation where clients rely upon him to evaluate, analyze, and resolve insurance coverage disputes and extra-contractual or bad faith claims in the Pacific Northwest.
View Full Biography » Bowen, Sarah K. - San Francisco
Sarah K. BowenAssociate
San Francisco
415.352.2715

Sarah Bowen is an associate with Bullivant Houser Bailey's San Francisco office where she specializes in employee benefits and represents Taft-Hartley multiemployer benefit plans.
View Full Biography » Brauchli, Holly D. - Seattle
Holly D. BrauchliOf Counsel
Seattle
206.521.6441

Holly Brauchli is a civil litigator who defends clients in products liability, medical device, malpractice, and general liability cases.
View Full Biography » Bryan, Amanda - Portland
Amanda BryanAssociate
Portland
503.499.4403

Amanda Bryan is a business law attorney who represents clients in transactional and litigation matters.
View Full Biography » Butler, Mary C. - Seattle
Mary C. ButlerAssociate
Seattle
206.521.6494

Mary Butler is a civil litigator who defends clients in complex litigation matters involving claims of negligence, breach of contract, product liability, wrongful death, and catastrophic injury, as well as in employment-based harassment and discrimination disputes.
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Caldera, Laura C. - Portland
Laura C. CalderaShareholder, Portland
503.499.4602

Laura Caldera focuses her representation of clients in three areas: professional liability, business disputes, and intellectual property.
View Full Biography » Carley, John - Portland
John CarleyAssociate
Portland
503.499.4538

John Carley is a member of the firm's casualty litigation practice where he defends clients in complex civil litigation matters including personal injury, premises liability, construction defect, wrongful death, product liability, and catastrophic injury cases.
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 and arbitrated a number of cases to conclusion.
View Full Biography » Clark, Ronald J. - Portland
Ronald J. ClarkShareholder
Portland
503.499.4413

Ron Clark brings a trial lawyer's expertise and experience to bear in cases involving insurance coverage litigation and bad faith, product liability and general tort actions. His representation focuses on the Western states including Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Utah and Alaska in state and federal courts.
View Full Biography » Clifford, Andrea Lang - Portland
Andrea Lang CliffordAssociate
Portland
503.499.4470

Andrea Clifford practices as an associate in Bullivant's Casualty Law Group.
View Full Biography » Cook, Megan - Portland
Megan CookShareholder
Portland
503.499.4402

Megan Cook's practice focuses on personal and catastrophic injury litigation. In addition she has experience in environmental, insurance, business, real estate, and land use law.
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Dingler, Wilhelm - Seattle
Wilhelm DinglerShareholder
Seattle
206.521.6409

Wilhelm Dingler devotes his practice to the defense of professionals, primarily accountants, attorneys and real estate professionals. He also provides risk management services and advice to CPAs across the country on "hotlines" under contract with three national insurance carriers.
View Full Biography » Downs, Andrew B. - San Francisco
Andrew B. DownsShareholder
San Francisco
415.352.2716

Andy Downs has been litigating and counseling clients regarding complex commercial and insurance coverage litigation for over 35 years.
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Gheen, E. Penn - Seattle
E. Penn GheenShareholder
Seattle
206.521.6421

Penn Gheen is a litigator representing clients in products liability, professional liability, and medical malpractice, including defense of skilled nursing facilities, hospitals, and other healthcare institutions. He has also handled catastrophic injury cases involving construction, vehicular collision and product failure. He has tried more than 100 jury cases to verdict in both the state and federal courts of Washington and Oregon for the past 37 years.
View Full Biography » Ghosh, Monica - Seattle
Monica GhoshAssociate
Seattle
206.521.6476

Monica Ghosh is a member of the firm's casualty litigation practice where she defends clients in complex civil litigation matters including product liability, medical malpractice, class action, and catastrophic injury cases.
View Full Biography » Gill, Gurpreet - Seattle
Gurpreet GillAssociate
Seattle
206.521.6447

Gurpreet Gill practices as an associate in Bullivant's Insurance Law Group.
View Full Biography » Gorman, Leta E. - Portland
Leta E. GormanOf Counsel
Portland
503.499.4634

Leta Gorman is an experienced trial lawyer who has personally tried as first chair more than 25 bench and jury trials in state and federal courts in Oregon and Washington. She has handled hundreds of class actions, arbitrations, and mediations. If a case cannot be resolved without a trial, her clients know they have a skilled, competent, and talented trial lawyer on their side.
View Full Biography » Greenberg, Nelly - Portland
Nelly GreenbergAssociate
Portland
503.499.4623

Nellyl Greenberg's practice centers on commercial litigation, railroad law, and medical malpractice defense where she has experience in motion, discovery, and briefing practice in both state and federal court, and in many jurisdictions throughout the United States.
View Full Biography » Guadagno, Michael A. - Seattle
Michael A. GuadagnoShareholder
Seattle
206.521.6433

Michael Guadagno focuses his practice on insurance coverage and complex commercial litigation matters.
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Hanson, Lorianne Conklin - Seattle
Lorianne Conklin HansonShareholder
Seattle
206.521.6469

Lorianne Hanson is a member of the Bullivant Casualty Law practice, with a primary focus on complex litigation, including product liability and commercial litigation. She also represents employers in the defense of claims for discrimination and harassment in the workplace, wage and hour violations, and breach of contract.
View Full Biography » Hill, Alexander H. - Portland
Alexander H. HillAssociate
Portland
503.499.4428

Alex regularly represents and advises small and larger businesses regarding a wide variety of legal matters including contract disputes and liabilities, entity formation, mergers and acquisitions, and general litigation matters.
View Full Biography » Houser, Douglas G. - Portland
Douglas G. HouserSenior Advisor Emeritus
Portland
503.499.4415

After 60 years at Bullivant Houser, our friend and colleague, Doug Houser, has retired from the practice of law. However, Doug won't be a stranger to us and will continue to come into our office from time to time to share his wisdom and experience with his colleagues.
View Full Biography » Hutchinson, Thomas L. - Portland
Thomas L. HutchinsonShareholder
Portland
503.499.4582

Tom Hutchinson's Washington and Oregon business litigation practice focuses on advising entities 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.
View Full Biography » Jurisch, Alexander A. - Seattle
Alexander A. JurischAssociate
Seattle
206.521.6464

Alexander Jurisch practices as an associate in Bullivant's Casualty Law Group.
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Kang, Jean Y. - Seattle
Jean Y. KangAssociate
Seattle
206.521.6491

Jean Kang is a member of the firm's casualty law group and has a breadth of civil litigation experience including insurance fraud, bad faith, wrongful death, E&O claims, personal injury, premises liability, and medical malpractice defense.
View Full Biography » Kiess, Jared F. - Seattle
Jared F. KiessAssociate
Seattle
206.521.6415

Jared Kiess focuses his practice on complex commercial litigation matters. Prior to joining Bullivant,
View Full Biography » Kreutzer, John M. - Portland
John M. KreutzerShareholder
Portland
503.499.4420

John Kreutzer's practice focuses on employment litigation, advice, and counseling.
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Lasher, Anna Niederkorn - Portland
Anna Niederkorn LasherAssociate
Portland
503.499.4410

Anna Lasher practices as an associate in Bullivant's Casualty Law Group.
View Full Biography » Lee, Joy - Seattle
Joy LeeAssociate
Seattle
206.521.6457

Joy Lee is a member of the firm's casualty litigation practice where she defends clients in complex civil litigation matters including personal injury, premises liability, construction defect, wrongful death, product liability, and catastrophic injury cases.
View Full Biography » Lenkowsky, Diane - Portland
Diane LenkowskyAssociate
Portland
503.499.4515

Diane Lenkowsky helps public and private clients resolve problems in and out of the courtroom as a civil litigation attorney.
View Full Biography » Lindahl, R. Daniel - Portland
R. Daniel LindahlShareholder
Portland
503.499.4431

Over his career, Dan Lindahl has handled approximately 200 state and federal appeals, making him one of the most experienced appellate lawyers in the Pacific Northwest. He leads Bullivant's appellate practice, which includes lawyers across many practice areas.
View Full Biography » Lipscomb, Clinton T. - Portland
Clinton T. LipscombAssociate
Portland
503.499.4503

Clinton Lipscomb is a member of the firm's insurance law group.
View Full Biography » Loftis, Jeanne F. - Portland
Jeanne F. LoftisShareholder
Portland
503.499.4601

Jeanne Loftis is a trial attorney who represents 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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Madderra, Brittany A. - Seattle
Brittany A. MadderraAssociate
Seattle
206.521.6472

Brittany Madderra's practice includes all aspects of civil and commercial litigation, with a focus on complex litigation.
View Full Biography » McCormack, Michael - Seattle
Michael McCormackShareholder
Seattle
206.521.6425

Michael McCormack has almost 30 years of litigation experience with first and third party coverage and bad faith matters arising from all aspects of commercial and HO lines. Michael also handles fraud and arson cases.
View Full Biography » Mitchson, Jacqueline - Portland
Jacqueline MitchsonAssociate
Portland
503.499.4511

Jackie Mitchson joins the Insurance Law Group as an associate where she brings both private business and judicial clerk experience to the firm. Prior to joining Bullivant, she was a Judicial Clerk for Judge Charles D. Carlson of the Lane County Circuit Court where she conducted research and wrote memoranda on issues on the civil motions docket.
View Full Biography » Mooney, Owen R. - Seattle
Owen R. MooneyAssociate
Seattle
206.521.6406

Owen Mooney practices in the firm's Insurance Law Group. He previously clerked for The Honorable Nancy Saitta of the Nevada Supreme Court. Owen's analysis of complex legal issues included civil and criminal procedure, constitutional rights, parentage, premises liability, workers' compensation, and class action litigation.
View Full Biography » Murphy, Sean P. - Seattle
Sean P. MurphyAssociate
Seattle
206.521.6487

Sean Murphy is a member of the firm's insurance law group.
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Nichols, Jonathan C. - Seattle
Jonathan C. NicholsAssociate
Seattle
206.521.6474

Jonathan Nichols is a litigation associate in Bullivant's Casualty Law Group.
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Oliver, Linda B. - San Francisco
Linda B. OliverOf Counsel
San Francisco
415.352.2710

Linda Oliver has extensive experience in complex civil litigation and class actions in federal and state court and in arbitration.
View Full Biography » Olson, Susan
Susan OlsonRetired Of Counsel

Our friend and colleague, Susan Olson, has retired after practicing law for over 25 years. Susan has concentrated her legal career in the areas of employee benefits and ERISA compliance.
View Full Biography » Osburn, John R. - Portland
John R. OsburnOf Counsel
Portland
503.499.4665

John Osburn's practice focuses on eminent domain and condemnation, 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, land use matters and regulatory matters.
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Podwill, Loren D. - Portland
Loren D. PodwillShareholder, Portland
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.
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Raia, Marilyn - San Francisco
Marilyn RaiaShareholder
San Francisco
415.352.2721

Marilyn is a Certified Specialist in Admiralty & Maritime Law, as recognized by The State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization. She has counseled and represented clients in maritime, transportation, insurance, subrogation, and commercial matters for more than 40 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 cargo owners, vessel owners, freight forwarders, non-vessel operating common carriers, warehousemen, and transportation brokers. She regularly advises clients on cargo, hull, protection and indemnity (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 » Reed, Gardner U. - Seattle
Gardner U. ReedAssociate
Seattle
206.521.6564

Gardner Reed practices as an associate in the firm's Insurance Law Group.
View Full Biography » Reilly, Malcolm J. - Portland
Malcolm J. ReillyAssociate
Portland
503.499.4422

Malcolm Reilly brings his insurance coverage and commercial litigation experience to Bullivant's Insurance Law practice where he represents clients in coverage and extra-contractual disputes. He has extensive experience litigating cases involving insurance coverage, liability defense, contract interpretation, and subrogation recovery in federal and state courts throughout the United States.
View Full Biography » Richman, Ronald L. - San Francisco
Ronald L. RichmanShareholder, San Francisco
415.352.2722

As a senior trial attorney with more than 24 years of experience, Ron frequently litigates, arbitrates and mediates complex civil, general business and contract disputes in state and federal courts throughout California.
View Full Biography » Rigsby, Peder A. - Portland
Peder A. RigsbyShareholder
Portland
503.499.4417

Peder Rigsby's practice includes a variety of areas in casualty and commercial litigation in both state and federal court of Oregon and Washington. His practice emphasizes insurance defense, products liability, wrongful death and catastrophic injury, professional malpractice, employment litigation, and general commercial litigation.
View Full Biography » Ruby, Samuel H. - San Francisco
Samuel H. RubyShareholder-in-Charge, San Francisco
415.352.2723

Sam Ruby leads the firm's Insurance Law Group and is the Shareholder-in-Charge of the San Francisco office. Sam advises and defends national and international insurers in connection with complex property, liability, and marine insurance claims. He has defended multi-million-dollar lawsuits for breach of contract, bad faith, and declaratory relief. He also provides coverage opinions and represents insurers at appraisals and examinations under oath.
View Full Biography » Ryan, David J. - Portland
David J. RyanOf Counsel
Portland
503.499.4517

David Ryan is a civil litigator with nearly 25 years of experience.
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Scharer, Karleen J. - Seattle
Karleen J. ScharerAssociate
Seattle
206.521.6450

Karleen Scharer is a civil litigator who defends clients in casualty related claims including bodily injury, personal injury, and property damage.
View Full Biography » Sekits, Matthew J. - Seattle
Matthew J. SekitsShareholder-in-Charge, 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. Matt has significant litigation experience in a wide range of multi-million dollar cases involving liability and property insurance, bad faith, complex business litigation, and catastrophic personal injury. Matt has successfully tried multiple cases to verdict.
View Full Biography » Smith, Summer M. - San Francisco
Summer M. SmithOf Counsel
San Francisco
415.352.2718

Summer Smith brings substantial experience and in-depth knowledge to the firm's litigation group. Her practice focuses on business and commercial litigation, along with the representation of professionals.
View Full Biography » Spajic, Robert - Portland
Robert SpajicOf Counsel
Portland
503.499.4632

Robert Spajic's practice focuses on litigation where his clients rely on him to successfully defend against professional liability, product liability, personal injury, transportation, and construction claims.
View Full Biography » Steele, Katherine M. - Seattle
Katherine M. SteeleShareholder
Seattle
206.521.6432

Katherine Steele is a civil litigator with more than 30 years of experience defending clients in complex civil matters, primarily in the areas of product liability, asbestos defense, complex litigation management, construction defect, wrongful death, personal injury, general maritime law and Jones Act cases.
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Thompson, Kathleen M. - Seattle
Kathleen M. ThompsonShareholder
Seattle
206.521.6426

Kathleen Thompson has more than 23 years of experience as a trial attorney devoting the majority of her practice to personal injury, property damage, premises liability, and product liability claims in state and federal court and to handling appeals brought before the Washington State Court of Appeals and Washington Supreme Court.
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Van Valkenburg, Margaret - Portland
Margaret Van ValkenburgRetired Shareholder
Portland

Our friend and colleague, Megge Van Valkenburg, has retired after practicing law for over 30 years. Megge's practice focused on resolving insurance coverage issues for insurance carriers, both through negotiation and litigation.
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Williams, Richard - Portland
Richard WilliamsAssociate
Portland
503.499.4442

Richard Williams brings his experience in civil litigation to Bullivant's Insurance Law Practice Group where he represents clients in coverage and extra-contractual disputes.
View Full Biography » Willmes, Charles - Seattle
Charles WillmesShareholder
Seattle
206.521.6466

Charles Willmes has more than 25 years of experience in defense litigation. His practice focuses on complex litigation with an emphasis on premises liability and product liability matters.
View Full Biography » Winters, Evelyn "Evie" E. - Seattle
Evelyn "Evie" E. WintersShareholder, Seattle
206.521.6405

Evie Winters is a litigation attorney whose practice focuses on a variety of commercial and casualty matters, including professional liability defense, business disputes, products liability defense, and wrongful death and catastrophic injury cases. Evie has experience in bench and jury trials, arbitrations and appeals. She has represented clients in state and federal courts in Oregon and Washington, successfully arguing dispositive motions and defending clients at trial.
View Full Biography » Wojcik, Matthew R. - Seattle
Matthew R. WojcikShareholder, Seattle
206.521.6427

Matt Wojcik is a litigator who defends clients in complex civil matters and class actions, primarily in the areas of product liability, medical malpractice, professional liability, catastrophic injuries, class actions, toxic torts, and construction defect litigation.
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