Appellate Practice

We have enjoyed success in many published and unpublished appellate cases. All of our attorneys are former appellate law clerks.  Decisions in appeals we have handled include:

  • Sales v. Weyerhaeuser Co., 138 Wn. App. 222 (2007); 163 Wn.2d 14 (2008)
  • Taylor v. Union Carbide Corp., 2008 WL 4788245 (Wash. App., Div. 2, Nov. 4, 2008)
  • Bach v. Parrish, 2008 WL 4767480 (Wash. App., Div. 1, Nov. 3, 2008)
  • Ruebel v. Camano Island Realty, 2007 WL 2823285 (Wash. App., Div. 1, Oct. 1, 2007)
  • Burke v. Tyee Yacht Club, 2007 WL 1129656 (2007)
  • Eggleston v. Pierce County, 148 Wn.2d 760 (2003)
  • Overton v. Consolidated Insurance Co., 145 Wn.2d 417 (2002)
  • Rios v. Washington Department of Labor & Industries, 145 Wn.2d 483 (2002)

  • Table Bluff Reservation (Wiyot Tribe) v. Philip Morris Inc., 256 F.3d 879 (9th Cir. 2001)

  • Ass'n of Washington Public Hospital Dists. v. Philip Morris Inc., 241 F.3d 696 (9th Cir. 2001), cert. denied, 534 U.S. 891 (2001)
  • Cascade Court Limited Partnership v. Noble, 105 Wn.2d 563 (2001)
  • Regence Blueshield v. Philip Morris Inc., 5 Fed. Appx. 651 (9th Cir. 2001), affirming 40 F. Supp. 1179 (W.D. Wash. 1999)
  • J.H. Baxter & Co. v. Central National Insurance Co. of Omaha, 105 Wn. App. 657 (2001)
  • Sharp v. Weston, 233 F.3d 1166 (9th Cir. 2000)
  • Bowers v. Southwest Air Pollution Control Authority, 103 Wash. App. 587 (2000)
  • Oregon Laborers v. Philip Morris Inc., 7 F. Supp. 2d 1170 (D. Or. 1998), aff'd, 185 F.3d 957 (9th Cir. 1999), cert. denied, 528 U.S. 1075 (2000)
  • Patterson v. Burlington Northern Railroad Co., et al. , 96 Wn. App. 1054 (1999)
  • Louisiana-Pacific Corp., et al. v. ASARCO Incorporated, 134 F.3d 378 (9th Cir. 1998)
  • Louisiana-Pacific v. ASARCO Incorporated, 131 Wn.2d 587 (1997)
  • Wing v. ASARCO Incorporated, 114 F.3d 986 (9th Cir. 1997)
  • Lainez-Ortiz v. Immigration and Naturalization Service, 96 F.3d 393 (9th Cir. 1996)
  • Trustees for Alaska v. Municipality of Anchorage, 17 F.3d 1209 (9th Cir. 1994)
  • Progressive Animal Welfare Society v. University of Washington, 125 Wn.2d 243 (1994)
  • Simpson Tacoma Kraft v. Department of Ecology, 119 Wn.2d 640 (1992)
  • ITT Rayonier v. Bell, 112 Wn.2d 754 (1989)
  • Friends of the Earth v. Hintz, 800 F.2d 823 (9th Cir. 1986)
  • Federal Way Family Physicians v. Tacoma Stands Up for Life, 106 Wn.2d 261 (1986)
  • Bering v. Share, 106 Wn.2d 212 (1986)
  • In Re Taylor, 105 Wn.2d 683 (1986)