Best Lawyers©, the oldest peer-review publication in the legal profession, has named E. Penn Gheen III as the 2021 Seattle, Washington Product Liability Litigation (Defendants) "Lawyer of the Year" and John R. Osburn as the 2021 Portland, Oregon Eminent Domain…
Bullivant Houser Bailey PC is pleased to announce that six of its attorneys were listed in The Best Lawyers in America©: Ones to Watch (2021 Edition). Best Lawyers® compiles its lists of outstanding attorneys by conducting peer-review surveys in which…
On July 13, 2020, the Washington court of appeals issued the third in a trilogy of decisions regarding whether a showing of actual knowledge or awareness that a product is sold in Washington is necessary to support personal jurisdiction in…
Bullivant Houser Bailey PC, a nationally recognized law firm with offices in Washington, Oregon and California, is pleased to announce that eight of its Washington attorneys, including the first time on the Super Lawyers list for Evelyn Winters and Matthew…
One of the less exciting components of litigation is the burden of proof. The lack of excitement, however, masks its importance. In many instances, which party is assigned the burden of proof determines the outcome – the party with the…
Bullivant Houser Bailey PC, a nationally recognized law firm with offices in Washington, Oregon and California, is pleased to announce that four of its California attorneys have been selected for inclusion as 2020 Northern California Super Lawyers. All of those…
Bullivant Houser Bailey PC, a nationally recognized law firm with offices in Washington, Oregon and California, is pleased to announce that 10 of its Oregon attorneys, including for the first time Diane Lenkowsky, have been selected for inclusion as 2020…
Life at sea for seamen a century ago was not like it is today. Physical cruelty and abuse by a ship's officers occurred far too often. Sometimes, a physically abused seaman sought and won a recovery from his vessel owner…
Bullivant Houser Bailey PC, a nationally recognized law firm with offices in Washington, Oregon, and California, is pleased to announce that Ron Clark has been recently inducted to the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA). Founded in 1958, ABOTA (an…
Washington will soon require insurers to notify insureds that they may contact the Washington State Office of the Insurance Commissioner for guidance should an insurer provide an "adverse notification." This requirement appears in a newly promulgated regulation, WAC 284-30-770, effective…