Derek A. Newman

Tiffany Wilke is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs. Tiffany practices law in Tacoma, Washington Best Lawyers has recognized Tiffany Wilke since 2027. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Tiffany Wilke is held by other lawyers.

Susan Lehr is a Seattle-based attorney who focuses on business transactions, real estate development, corporate law, and tax matters. She advises clients on business formation, financing, and transactional strategy across a range of industries. Susan has extensive experience handling mergers and acquisitions, venture capital and private equity financings, and institutional transactions. She also represents international clients in cross-border business planning, transactions, and operational ...

Stacy Monahan Tucker has been deeply involved in the insurance industry throughout her professional career. She worked as a management consultant to the insurance industry and later attended the University of Chicago Law School, after which she began representing insurers in legal disputes. Stacy spent the first decade of her career at the national law firms of Jones Day, and Quinn Emanuel in San Francisco. There she represented insurance companies in high-stakes insurance litigation, often i...

Rod Umberger is a Seattle-based trial attorney who focuses on product liability, transportation litigation, premises liability, toxic torts, construction, and commercial litigation. He represents corporations, insurers, and national businesses in high-exposure litigation in state and federal courts. Rod has extensive experience in product liability matters involving pharmaceutical companies, medical devices, firearms, construction products, industrial equipment, and consumer goods. He has ser...

Cory Claassen brings over 20 years of patent law experience to his practice, focusing on the preparation and prosecution of U.S. and foreign patents in the electrical, optical, and mechanical fields. Cory’s practice extends to patent infringement and validity opinions, patent portfolio management, and intellectual property strategy and counseling. He provides these services to clients across a diverse array of technologies, including semiconductor devices, electronics, display and imagi...

Founder and owner of Bliss Law Group, Heather Z. Bliss, was drawn to family law largely because of the unexpected tragic loss of both her parents at a young age. She and her brothers experienced a unique childhood after their parents’ deaths, and this incited her passion for helping families navigate through the legal system and the potential turmoil they face when dealing with court and the legal world when it directly impacts children and families. Her hope is to assist in alleviating...

Mark Rosencrantz is a commercial litigation and construction law attorney with nearly three decades of experience representing businesses in complex disputes. He serves as Chair of Carney Badley Spellman's Construction Group and represents companies ranging from closely held businesses to national organizations. His commercial litigation practice includes contract disputes, shareholder disagreements, business torts, fraud claims, trade secret litigation, and the enforcement of non-compete and...

Carol Vaughn is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Elder Law, Family Law, Litigation - Trusts and Estates and Trusts and Estates. Carol practices law in Seattle, Washington Best Lawyers has recognized Carol Vaughn since 2018. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Carol Vaughn is held by other lawyers.

Cynthia Jones is the appellate attorney with Jones Legal Group LLC in Seattle, Washington. Her practice focuses on Appellate Practice , including civil and criminal appeals in federal and state courts. She represents clients in matters before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, the Washington Supreme Court, and Washington appellate courts, and she also handles select matters at the trial court level in both federal and state courts. Cynthia is a founding member of Protect Our Judges, alongsid...

David Beninger has successfully handled a number of complex and high profile cases. He has achieved over 70 verdicts and settlements in excess of $1 million, including the largest results in the state for wrongful death , nursing home negligence , post-concussive syndrome and three of the four largest insurance bad faith outcomes in Washington.