CYNTHIA A. KUNO
HANSON BAKER LUDLOW
DRUMHELLER P.S.
2229 112th Avenue Northeast
Suite 200
Bellevue, WA 98004
Tel: 425-454-3374
Fax: 425-454-0087
ckuno@hansonbaker.com
www.hansonbaker.com
Cynthia A. Kuno practices with the firm of Hanson Baker Ludlow
Drumheller. A debtor-creditor bankruptcy attorney in the
traditional sense, Cynthia represents all constituents in financially
distressed situations: creditors, debtors, creditor committees,
receivers and individuals. Her practice includes all aspects of
commercial insolvency, bankruptcy, workouts, asset sales and
related litigation. Board Certified in Business Bankruptcy by the
American Board of Certification, her diverse Chapter 11 practice
has focused on large and small businesses in the Northwest.
Recently, she served as Unsecured Creditors Committee counsel
in a Chapter 9 municipal bankruptcy. Ms. Kuno has been listed
in Super Lawyers each year since 2002, as one of the top lawyers
in the Puget Sound area by Seattle Magazine, and as a notable
practitioner in Chambers USA.
PAUL J. DAYTON
SHORT CRESSMAN & BURGESS
PLLC
999 Third Avenue
Suite 3000
Seattle, WA 98104
Tel: 206-515-2227
Fax: 206-340-8856
pdayton@scblaw.com
www.scblaw.com
BUSINESS LI TIGATION
Paul Dayton chairs the firm’s Commercial and Appellate Litigation
Section. He litigates unfair trade practice claims, complex
environmental issues, shareholder and partnership disputes,
and many forms of contract disputes. Paul received his B. A. from
Claremont Mc Kenna College, cum laude , in 1979, and his J.D. from
the University of California at Los Angeles, in 1982. Paul does
not work only on business problems. He has received awards
from the ACLU for successfully challenging the conviction of a
death row inmate and has chaired the City of Seattle Ethics and
Elections Commission.
SPENCER HALL
HALL ZANZIG CLAFLIN
MCEACHERN
1200 Fifth Avenue
Suite 1414
Seattle, WA 98101
Tel: 206-292-5900
Fax: 206-292-5901
shall@hallzan.com
www.hallzan.com
GENERAL LITIGATION
EMPLOYMENT LITIGATION: PLAIN TIFF
BUSINESS LI TIGATION
Spencer Hall is a trial lawyer with more than 30 years of experience
handling cases in courts throughout the United States. Spencer’s
practice focuses on commercial disputes, including investment
fraud, employment, consumer protection, breach of fiduciary
duty, corporate control contests, contracts, and business torts.
His clients are diverse, ranging from employees and investors to
entrepreneurs and Fortune 500 companies. Spencer has litigated
cases in a wide range of industries, including fishing, timber, real
estate, airlines, computer software, securities, banking, casino
gambling, and professional athletics. Spencer is a Fellow in the
American College of Trial Lawyers, the International Society of
Barristers, and the Litigation Counsel of America, and a member
of the ADR Roundtable. Hall Zanzig Claflin McEachern limits its
practice to litigation.
AIMEE S. WILLIG
BUSH STROUT & KORNFELD
LLP
601 Union Street
Suite 5000
Seattle, WA 98101
Tel: 206-521-3838
Fax: 206-292-2104
awillig@bskd.com
www.bskd.com
Aimee Willig was named partner of Bush Strout & Kornfeld in
January 2001. Aimee joined the firm in 1993, after her externship
to the late Judge Sidney Volinn, U.S. Bankruptcy Court. Her
practice focuses on representation of companies, creditors, and
trustees in the area of commercial bankruptcy, out-of-court
restructurings, and workouts. A graduate of Seattle University
(B.A., English, 1990; J.D., 1993), Aimee has served as mentor
to Seattle University law students in providing pro bono legal
services. She is past Chair of the Seattle-King County Bar
Association Creditor-Debtor Section.
DIANA M. DEARMIN
DEARMIN FOGART Y PLLC
600 Stewart Street
Suite 1200
Seattle, WA 98101
Tel: 206-826-9400
Fax: 206-826-9405
ddearmin@dearminfogarty.com
www.dearminfogarty.com
GENERAL LITIGATION
EMPLOYMENT LI TIGATION: DEFENSE
BUSINESS LI TIGATION
Diana is a civil trial lawyer who represents corporate, public,
and individual clients in a broad range of matters. Diana’s
litigation practice emphasizes business and commercial disputes,
fraud, torts, employment defense, and products liability. Having
practiced with large law firms and as insurance defense counsel,
Diana is positioned to efficiently and effectively assist her clients
while providing personalized service. Diana also acts as an
arbitrator and has been approved as a CR 39.1 mediator. Diana
is active in the community and currently serves as President of
the Magnolia Community Club. From 1993-1995, Diana served
as a judicial clerk to the Hon. Rosselle Pekelis (retired) for the
Washington State Supreme Court and the Washington Court of
Appeals, Division I. Diana earned her J.D., summa cum laude, from
the Seattle University School of Law in 1993.
JANET D. MCEACHERN
HALL ZANZIG CLAFLIN
MCEACHERN
1200 Fifth Avenue
Suite 1414
Seattle, WA 98101
Tel: 206-292-5900
Fax: 206-292-5901
jmceachern@hallzan.com
www.hallzan.com
EMPLOYMENT LI TIGATION: PLAIN TIFF
CIVIL LI TIGATION DEFENSE
BUSINESS LI TIGATION
Janet McEachern has more than 20 years of experience
representing clients in commercial litigation, including employees
wrongfully terminated or discriminated against on the basis of
age, gender, or disability; individuals victimized by securities or
investment fraud; policyholders with insurance bad faith claims;
individuals, including elderly or disabled, taken advantage of
by aggressive or unethical lenders; and professionals, including
attorneys, falsely or improperly accused of negligence or unethical
conduct. Janet is honored to be a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel
of America.
ART CLAFLIN
HALL ZANZIG CLAFLIN
MCEACHERN
1200 Fifth Avenue
Suite 1414
Seattle, WA 98101
Tel: 206-292-5900
Fax: 206-292-5901
aclaflin@hallzan.com
www.hallzan.com
GENERAL LITIGATION
Art Claflin has been a trial lawyer for more than 30 years. He
emphasizes representation of parties in commercial disputes,
including business torts, contracts, breach of fiduciary duty,
and corporate control contests. He has litigated cases in a wide
range of industries from the mundane (cardboard boxes) to
the abstruse (biotechnology), and many in between, including
accounting, agriculture, computer software, construction, fisheries,
oil-and-gas, and real estate. A graduate of Yale Law School
and AV-rated since 1983, he has served as a lawyer delegate
to the Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference and on the Judicial
Recommendation Committee of the WSBA.
PARKER C. FOLSE, III
SUSMAN GODFREY LLP
1201 Third Avenue
Suite 3800
Seattle, WA 98101
Tel: 206-516-3880
Fax: 206-516-3883
pfolse@susmangodfrey.com
www.susmangodfrey.com
IN TELLEC TUAL PROPERT Y LITIGATION
ANTI TRUST LITIGATION
BUSINESS LI TIGATION
Parker Folse founded the Seattle office of Susman Godfrey
in 1995 after practicing in the firm’s Houston office for twelve
years. He represents both plaintiffs and defendants in a wide
variety of complex commercial litigation matters both in the
Pacific Northwest and across the country. His practice includes
an active docket of significant patent infringement cases. In its
January 2005 cover story, American Lawyer magazine profiled
the firm as one of the nation’s best litigation boutiques and
highlighted Parker’s practice within the firm. He has been named
in the Top 100 Super Lawyers list in the State of Washington from
2003 through 2009. Before entering private practice in 1982, he
served as a law clerk to Ninth Circuit Judge Joseph T. Sneed and
Supreme Court Justice William Rehnquist.
JAMES D. NELSON
BETTS, PATTERSON & MINES,
P.S.
One Convention Place
701 Pike Street, Suite 1400
Seattle, WA 98101
Tel: 206-268-8622
Fax: 206-343-7053
jnelson@bpmlaw.com
www.bpmlaw.com
IN TELLEC TUAL PROPERT Y LITIGATION
INSURANCE COVERAGE
BUSINESS LI TIGATION
James D. Nelson has a diverse complex litigation practice with an
emphasis on business litigation, intellectual property litigation,
and insurance coverage. James received an economics degree
from the University of Oregon in 1977 and his law degree from
the University of Washington in 1980. James taught at the
International Association of Defense Counsel’s Trial Academy
in 2006. James is a member of the Business Litigation and
Intellectual Property Committees of the International Association
of Defense Counsel.
