Bar Admissions

Washington State Bar Association, November 1990, #20248
U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Experience

The Coe Law Group, Pllc.
Seattle, Washington
Partner, June 2000 to September 2004
General civil practice in state and federal courts. Practice areas include environmental, insurance coverage, land use, real estate, commercial, and civil litigation. Emphasis in construction defect litigation, MTCA cost recovery, coverage claims in construction and environmental matters.
Major construction defect litigation includes Woodinview Owners Association v. Woodinview Corporation, et al., Heritage at Fairwood Condominiums Owners Association v. Heritage Glenn Selvaag Limited Partnership, et al., Village Gate v. Northward et al.
Environmental matters include site clean ups, PRP representation in EPA cost recovery and insurance coverage claims and litigation.

Law Office of William T. Willard,
Seattle, Washington
Attorney, May 1998 to June 2000
General civil practice in state and federal courts. Practice areas include environmental matters, insurance coverage, land use, real estate, commercial, personal injury, employment, administrative law and civil litigation.

Mikkelborg, Broz, Wells and Fryer,
Seattle, Washington
Attorney, May 1998 to June 2000
Environmental law, MTCA defense, MTCA cost recovery and allocation. Cases include; Pine Street Development L.L.C. v. Marshall Fields Stores, Inc. et. al., MTCA remedial action cost recovery; Puget Sound Energy v. Alba General Insurance, et al., Multi-site environmental insurance coverage litigation; Mayer v. City of Seattle, et al., Toxic tort and MTCA litigation, and City of Tacoma v. BNSF, et al., MTCA cost recovery litigation.

Gaitan, Lenker, Davis & Meyers,
Seattle, Washington
Attorney, August 1996 to May 1998
General civil practice. Practice areas included, environmental, insurance coverage, real estate transactions, commercial lease disputes, commercial litigation, construction litigation, administrative law, MTCA defense and cost recovery, ADR procedures, including EPA Pilot Superfund ADR Allocation project, In re: Tulalip Landfill. Cases included: Canron v. Federal Insurance, environmental insurance coverage litigation, Mayer v. Seattle of Seattle, multi party tort and MTCA defense and cost recovery litigation.

Tewell & Findlay,
Seattle, Washington
Attorney, September 1994 to August 1996
Practice areas included insurance defense, medical malpractice, bankruptcy, personal injury and business litigation. Cases included American Alliance Insurance Co. et al. v. Dwyer Electric, et al., representing defendant with potential $22 million liability in multi-party fire loss.

Law Office of William T. Willard,
Seattle, Washington
Attorney, April 1993 to November 1996
General civil practice in state and federal courts including environmental, insurance coverage, land use, real estate, administrative law and civil litigation.

McGee, Reno & Whitehead,
Seattle, Washington
Associate, January 1991 to April 1993
Cases included representation of a major party in Western Processing Superfund litigation.

Indiana Department of Environmental Management,
Indianapolis, Indiana
Intern, Office of Legal Counsel, January 1990 to May 1990
Assisted Department attorneys with Clean Water Act, Superfund and RCRA enforcement cases.

Environmental Protection Agency,
Chicago, Illinois
Clerk, May 1989 to August 1989
Responsible for assisting attorneys in the Regional Counsel’s Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response in Superfund cases. Participated in case preparation and referral to the Department of Justice for enforcement action.

McCrea & McCrea,
Bloomington, Indiana
Clerk, April 1988 to May 1989
Tort and toxic tort litigation including: Appeal to Indiana Supreme Court; Reply Brief in Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals; Brief for Rehearing before Indiana Court of Appeals.

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