Appellate Practice

We have enjoyed success in many published and unpublished appellate cases.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

• Sales v. Weyerhaeuser Co., 138 Wn. App. 222 (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)
• 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, 1076 (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. and King County, 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)