Find Lawyers in Seattle, Washington for Commercial Litigation

Theo Angelis is an intellectual property and appellate litigator who appears in trial and appellate courts, in administrative tribunals, and in arbitration proceedings throughout the United States. Mr. Angelis’ unique experience—as an intellectual property litigator who co-chaired the firm’s appellate practice and has an active appellate practice—allows him to craft and present especially persuasive and compelling arguments. He also provides clear and strategic advice ...

David Bateman is a trial lawyer and focuses on the cutting edge of Internet law, technology law, and intellectual property litigation. With 20 years of experience in technology and intellectual property law, David represents clients in high profile litigation matters, and provides counseling to technology clients in business deals and lobbying efforts. David consults with clients regarding all types of cyberlaw issues, including online brand protection, digital rights management, privacy, ele...

Ronald Berenstain, a partner in the firm's Litigation practice, has been lead counsel in scores of high-stakes securities and corporate governance cases for more than 30 years. His practice is focused on representing public companies and their officers and directors, as well as underwriters and accountants in shareholder class action litigation, shareholder derivative litigation, merger and acquisition litigation, Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) class action litigation, Securi...

John Bjorkman focuses his practice on civil litigation and arbitration, and has tried a wide range of cases in the environmental, hazardous waste, commercial and business-to-business, technology, and public education fields. His recent cases include the successful resolution of a municipal government’s liability for over $40 million in past and future environmental cleanup claims for PCBs in marine sediments arising out of airport operations and stormwater discharges at two related site...

Based in Seattle, Susman Godfrey partner, Rachel Black, focuses her practice on high-stakes commercial litigation for plaintiffs and defendants, both at the trial and appellate levels. Ms. Black has tried and managed high profile, high stakes, and widely covered matters in state and federal courts across the country involving a variety of claims, including patent infringement, audit malpractice, financial fraud, unfair business practices, environmental remediation, breach of contract, and ant...

Tom Boeder has more than 25 years' experience as a commercial litigator. His practice includes cases involving antitrust, antitrust clearance for mergers and acquisitions, class actions, consumer product liability and consumer protection litigation, and intellectual property litigation. A former deputy attorney general and chief of Antitrust, Consumer Protection and Criminal Law Enforcement in the Washington State Attorney General's Office, Tom has worked on a number of significant cases over...

Marc Boman, a partner in the firm's Litigation practice, has more than 30 years of experience handling business disputes, internal investigations, export and other regulatory compliance, government contract and white collar matters. He has appeared before state and federal trial and appellate courts, as well as administrative agencies. His clients have included agencies of the United States, as well as corporations, organizations and individuals adverse to state and federal agencies, in both ...

Dave’s 25-plus years of litigating in both the public sector and in private practice have allowed him to handle nearly every type of case. His record of success both in trial and on appeal demonstrates his ability to identify and communicate his client’s winning argument. Before establishing Savitt Bruce & Willey with Jim Savitt in 1999, Dave served as Assistant City Attorney for the City of Seattle, in the Civil Division, and before that tried criminal cases as Deputy Prosecu...

David Burman, a partner in the firm's Commercial Litigation practice, has more than 30 years of experience in litigation, including antitrust, appellate, class action, consumer protection, constitutional, media, patent and intellectual property, privacy, and other cases. He also counsels clients in these and other areas. He has worked on many high-profile cases, including two U.S. Supreme Court arguments, the trial contesting the 2004 Washington State Governor's election, Costco Wholesale Cor...

Fred Burnside concentrates his practice in complex civil litigation, with particular emphasis on consumer class action defense. He is co-chair of Davis Wright Tremaine’s class action defense group. Fred has counseled and represented numerous clients in class action lawsuits across the country, including Amazon.com, AOL, AT&T, eBay, eNom, Microsoft Corp., Providence Hospital Systems, Scholastic Inc., Shell Oil, Skype Inc., Starbucks, T-Mobile USA, The University of California, Verizo...

Professional Experience As managing partner of Helsell Fetterman since 2001, Scott Collins understands the operational aspects of business and how legal issues must be addressed within greater business considerations. Utilizing that perspective, he provides clients with cost-effective legal counsel achieving practical results that serve their business goals. Scott began his career representing lenders and vendors in the fishing and boating industries of the Pacific Northwest. These were tumul...

Jeffrey B. Coopersmith is a veteran trial lawyer with an extensive practice focusing on civil and criminal matters, internal investigations for private and public entities, and complex commercial litigation. A former federal prosecutor, Jeff has substantial experience as lead counsel representing companies and individuals, both in the U.S. and abroad, in connection with investigations and criminal and civil enforcement proceedings in the areas of health care, securities, FCPA, antitrust, tax,...

Susan Fahringer is a partner in the firm's Commercial Litigation group with over 20 years' experience in privacy and security litigation , intellectual property litigation (with a focus on trade secret and copyright litigation ), consumer class action defense and complex commercial litigation. In her privacy and security work, Susan defends companies against individual and class action claims alleging user data and privacy violations, and she defends companies against investigations and suits...

Tyler is regularly identified among the top commercial trial lawyers in the state. Best Lawyers in America , Chambers USA, Super Lawyers, and Benchmark Litigation. For 2021, Best Lawyers has recognized Tyler for commercial litigation, appellate practice, and intellectual property litigation. In its 2020 edition, Chambers USA touted Tyler's trial experience and wrote that he "is a popular choice for bet the company litigation." Benchmark Litigation has observed that: "On the younger end of the...

Brad Fisher maintains a diverse civil litigation practice, handling cases involving corporate governance and partnership disputes, breaches of contract and business torts, misuse of trade secrets and other forms of unfair competition, violations of noncompetition covenants, and consumer protection claims, among others. He regularly litigates in both state and federal courts and in arbitration, and represents both defendants and plaintiffs. Brad also regularly represents health care clients in...

Susan Foster, a partner in the firm's Litigation practice, focuses her practice on antitrust and trade regulation counseling and litigation as well as intellectual property, advertising and other complex business and financial litigation. In her counseling practice Susan assists clients with a full range of antitrust and marketing issues including distribution counseling, advertising and promotion issues, strategic alliances and Hart-Scott-Rodino premerger notification matters. Her clients en...

Jeff Frank has practiced in the areas of commercial, construction, and real estate litigation for more than 25 years. He represents public and private owners, port districts, developers, design professionals, and general contractors in construction disputes, real estate contract disputes, claim avoidance, property damage claims, and litigation. He has also handled several “business separation” and shareholder derivative matters for clients in a number of industries, including, rea...

Jim Grant is an experienced litigator who has handled many large class actions, as well as complex appeals in the 9th Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court. He regularly represents clients on regulatory matters, often focusing on state taxes and fees. Jim has served as in-house counsel in the wireless telecommunications industry, and has worked with several large telecommunications clients. He has also handled complex litigation involving the Internet and e-commerce issues.

Kevin J. Hamilton focuses his practice on labor and employment counseling and litigation. Mr. Hamilton has addressed, through counseling, negotiation, or litigation, a broad range of key issues critical to the modern workplace. Mr. Hamilton has particular experience with non-competition, trade secret, multiple plaintiff and class action litigation. Mr. Hamilton chairs the firm's nationally-recognized Retail & Consumer Industry practice, including more than 200 lawyers throughout the firm ...

Acted as trial counsel representing Microsoft in major patent litigation, including arguing a motion that resulted in a Washington federal court order restraining Motorola from enforcing any injunction it might obtain in a German patent litigation against Microsoft. Represented King County in stopping the Seattle Seahawks’ attempt to move the team to Southern California. This case entailed securing a Temporary Restraining Order, litigating simultaneously in two counties, filing an emerg...

Professional Experience Dave Jurca has litigated a wide variety of business disputes in courts across the country, and has chaired Helsell Fetterman’s general litigation department for many years. He has represented parties in litigation claims related to construction, environmental matters, employment, antitrust, franchises, dealer termination, distributorship, unfair competition, breach of contract, securities, warranty, usury, insurance coverage, fraud, product liability, commercial ...

Steve Koh chairs the firm's International Arbitration practice. In addition, Steve handles product liability, civil fraud and class action matters. He has represented clients such as The Boeing Company, OfficeMax , Boise Cascade Corporation, T-Mobile and Honeywell . Steve also acts as arbitrator in commercial matters.

Jay Kornfeld primarily represents companies in commercial creditor and debtor issues, emphasizing workouts, restructurings, and Chapter 11 reorganizations. Over the years, he has represented clients in diverse industries, including agricultural, food processing, grocery, commercial real estate, retail, high-tech and software, wood products, commercial fishing, and newspaper. He is a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy, is AV-rated, and a Trustee of the King County Bar Association (Ju...

Tim Leyh is an accomplished trial lawyer with over 30 years’ experience representing individuals, businesses, and state and local governments in complex and high stakes matters. His clients and colleagues know him not only as a litigator and trial lawyer, but also as a superb problem solver. Tim is consistently recognized as a Top 100 lawyer by Super Lawyers. He has been described by Chambers and Partners as a “terrific strategist who cuts to the heart of things in a remarkable wa...

Duncan has broad experience handling complex civil litigation matters. He has achieved outstanding results for his clients through a combination of zealous advocacy and creative problem-solving and counseling. He is well-versed in all phases of litigation, and has argued multiple cases before the Washington State Supreme Court. Before joining Savitt Bruce & Willey, Duncan was a partner at Riddell Williams and a principal at Rafel Manville, both in Seattle. He is a cooperating attorney wit...

Jodi represents insurers in complex insurance coverage disputes and maritime matters. She enjoys working together with her clients to help them avoid and solve problems. Jodi has extensive experience defending bad faith claims. She primarily practices in Washington and Oregon, two venues that are notoriously difficult for insurers to operate. She handles all types of coverage disputes including environmental, professional liability, maritime, and general liability. She has successfully litiga...

With his experience as a former United States Attorney, Mike McKay focuses his practice on white collar criminal defense, commercial litigation, and corporate and government internal investigations. As U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Washington in Seattle, Mike supervised many prominent lawsuits filed by or against the United States. He made the charging decision in the first flag burning case in America, an action granted direct review by the United States Supreme Court. He reorgan...

Rob Mitchell focuses his practice on appellate, constitutional and governmental litigation issues. His emphasis is on the resolution of complex legal disputes and advising clients on how to minimize the risks of being drawn into or losing such disputes.

Ken Payson’s practice focuses on class action defense, other complex commercial litigation and appellate work, particularly with respect to claims under state and federal consumer protection laws. Ken represents clients from a variety of industries, including financial services, telecommunications, software, and digital media companies. He has obtained numerous orders dismissing putative class actions or denying class certification and has successfully defended them on appeal. He serves...

Professional Experience The first fifteen years of Mark Rising’s practice focused on litigating a wide variety of business disputes, including breach of contract, unfair business practices, violation of intellectual property rights, theft of trade secrets, release of hazardous waste, commercial product liability, insurance and business dissolution disputes. See, Business Litigation Background , below. Using the knowledge and experience he gained litigating business disputes, the last fi...

David Robbins chairs the firm's Healthcare Industry Group and is a partner with the firm's Litigation practice, where he handles complex commercial litigation. For almost three decades, David's practice has focused on representing health care clients in litigation involving regulatory compliance, including false claims, anti-kickback, physician self-referral, Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement, antitrust, scientific misconduct and health care licensing issues. His clients include major acade...

Jim specializes in the trial and creative resolution of substantial disputes for a diverse client base, including Fortune 500 companies and major e-commerce firms. While much of his practice has focused on intellectual property, corporate, and commercial matters, Jim believes that knowing how to win a case–developing and executing a strategy to prevail by motion if possible and by trial if not–is the most important skill of a lawyer handling complex litigation. Jim teamed with Dav...

Harry Schneider practices litigation, trial practice and arbitration before state and federal courts and administrative bodies, with an emphasis on litigation involving professional liability, intellectual property, complex financial and commercial disputes, and fiduciary or estate and trust matters.

Mark Schneider is a partner in Perkins Coie's Litigation and Environment, Energy & Resources practices and the Chair of the firm's national Energy and Environmental Litigation group. In over 20 years of legal practice, he has focused on environmental, energy, natural resources, and land use counseling and litigation. Mark's practice involves the full range of environmental, energy, and natural resource issues. He assists clients with permitting, compliance, and regulatory matters under fe...

For nearly forty years, Randy Squires has tried lawsuits in the Pacific Northwest and elsewhere. His experience base is broad: a five year apprenticeship with a pioneer construction litigation boutique (where, among other things, he built the firm’s construction labor practice); twenty years with Davis Wright Tremaine, a large regional, now national firm, the last ten as chair of the firm’s Litigation Group; and nearly ten years as a founding member, including two years as CEO, of...

Dave Taylor has 25 years of experience as a trial lawyer and litigator. Companies and management regularly retain Dave to lead their defense in high-stakes litigation and investigations, including False Claims Act litigation, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) enforcement matters, securities and corporate governance litigation, corporate white collar criminal matters, commercial disputes, and civil fraud and Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization (RICO) actions. Dave's recent suc...