CAROL L. EDWARD
LAW OFFICES OF
CAROL L. ED WARD &
ASSOCIATES, P.S.
500 Denny Way
Seattle, WA 98109
Tel: 206-956-9556
Fax: 206-956-4025
celaw@seattle-immigration.com
www.seattle-immigration.com
Carol L. Edward has provided legal services in U.S. immigration
and citizenship-related matters since 1984. She recognizes the
many contributions immigrants have made, and continue to
make, in building vital U.S. economies and communities. She
has a number of published Ninth Circuit cases, is a former
chair of the Washington Chapter of the American Immigration
Lawyers Association, and has received the highest ratings by peer
and professional organizations. Ms. Edward is a volunteer and
active supporter of non-profit immigrant groups and regularly
speaks on immigration topics for community and CLE programs.
Ms. Edward’s team of four lawyers is engaged in a wide variety of
immigration cases, guiding individuals and businesses through
the immigration labyrinth of H-1Bs, OPT, I-130s, PERM, waiver
applications, and federal litigation.
TODD C. HAYES
HARPER | HAYES PLLC
600 University Street
Suite 2420
Seattle, WA 98101
Tel: 206-340-8793
Fax: 206-260-2852
todd@harperhayes.com
www.harperhayes.com
APPELLATE
CONSTRUCTION/SURETY
INSURANCE COVERAGE
Todd Hayes represents contractors, developers, homeowners, and
other policyholders in insurance coverage litigation, construction
defect litigation, and appeals. His published decisions include
Panorama Village Condo. Owners Association Bd. of Directors v.
Allstate Ins. Co., 144 Wn.2d 130, 26 P.3d (2001); J.D. Tan, L.L.C. v.
Summers, 107 Wn. App. 266, 26 P.3d 1006 (2001); and De Witt
Constr. Inc. v. Charter Oak Fire Ins. Co., 307 F.3d 1127 (9th Cir., 2002).
Todd earned his B.A. from the University of Washington and his
J.D. from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law.
Following law school, he clerked for the Hon. Gerry Alexander,
Chief Justice of the Washington Supreme Court.
JOSEPH D. HAMPTON
BE TTS, PATTERSON & MINES,
P.S.
One Convention Place
701 Pike Street, Suite 1400
Seattle, WA 98101
Tel: 206-268-8619
Fax: 206-343-7053
jhampton@bpmlaw.com
www.bpmlaw.com
APPELLATE
CIVIL LI TIGATION DEFENSE
INSURANCE COVERAGE
Joseph Hampton is a shareholder with Betts, Patterson & Mines,
P.S. He is admitted in Washington, Montana, and Hawaii. His
practice focuses on representation of insurance carriers in
coverage and extracontractual matters, particularly with respect
to numerous types of liability insurance, including commercial
general liability, personal lines, directors and officers, errors
and omissions, excess, and umbrella. This work includes both
litigation and exposure avoidance consulting. He also accepts
assignments of challenging civil litigation outside the area of
insurance coverage including defense of directors and officers
of non-profit organizations. Joe received his B.A., cum laude,
from Washington State University and his law degree from the
University of Washington.
IRENE M. HECHT
KELLER ROHRBACK L.L.P.
1201 Third Avenue
Suite 3200
Seattle, WA 98101
Tel: 206-623-1900
Fax: 206-623-3384
ihecht@kellerrohrback.com
www.kellerrohrback.com
APPELLATE
PERSONAL INJURY DEFENSE: GENERAL
INSURANCE COVERAGE
Irene Hecht is an experienced trial lawyer whose practice
emphasizes insurance law, particularly coverage and bad faith
litigation. She also has an active appellate practice. She has
represented insurance companies in state and federal trial courts,
the Court of Appeals, and Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and
before the Washington State Supreme Court. She has assisted
insurers in drafting policies and, with 30 years of experience, has
dealt with a wide variety of coverage issues involving all types of
commercial and personal insurance policies. She also actively
advises and defends insurers in bad faith litigation. She is regularly
asked to speak at Continuing Legal Education seminars on various
insurance law topics.
GREGORY L. HARPER
HARPER | HAYES PLLC
600 University Street
Suite 2420
Seattle, WA 98101
Tel: 206-340-8830
Fax: 206-260-2852
greg@harperhayes.com
www.harperhayes.com
GENERAL LI TIGATION
COMMERCIAL LI TIGATION
INSURANCE COVERAGE
Greg is the founding member of Harper | Hayes PLLC, a downtown
Seattle litigation boutique emphasizing the representation of
policyholders in insurance coverage disputes. He has represented
almost every conceivable type of commercial policyholder,
including banks, business owners, homeowner associations,
developers, and general contractors in disputes involving
everything from environmental contamination to construction
defect claims to adoption agency liability. Greg has tried cases
to juries and the bench and has vast experience arbitrating and
mediating insurance-related disputes. Greg and the firm have
extensive experience litigating in state and federal trial courts, as
well as in state and federal courts of appeals. Greg obtained his
B. A. from Duke University and his J.D. from Gonzaga University.
RUSSELL C. LOVE
THORSRUD CANE & PAULICH
INC., P.S.
1325 Fourth Avenue
Suite 1300
Seattle, WA 98101
Tel: 206-386-7755
Fax: 206-386-7795
rlove@tcplaw.com
www.tcplaw.com
APPELLATE
INSURANCE COVERAGE
After graduating from Pomona College and serving in the Peace
Corps in West Africa, Mr. Love obtained his J.D. at Georgetown
University Law Center. He has been with Thorsrud Cane & Paulich
since 1989, where his practice focuses on insurance coverage
issues and appellate litigation. For several years, he chaired the
Washington Defense Trial Lawyers Amicus Committee, and he
recently chaired the Northwest Insurance Coverage Association.
He has a special interest in written advocacy and continues to
pursue the elusive goal of writing the perfect brief. He and his wife
Marilyn enjoy competitive ro wing (crew) and are very proud of their
two college-graduate children, Ian and Meredith.
PATRICK M. PAULICH
THORSRUD CANE & PAULICH
INC., P. S.
1325 Fourth Avenue
Suite 1300
Seattle, WA 98101
Tel: 206-386-7755
Fax: 206-386-7795
ppaulich@tcplaw.com
www.tcplaw.com
CIVIL LITIGATION DEFENSE
ENVIRONMENTAL
INSURANCE COVERAGE
Patrick Paulich has represented insurance companies and their
insureds for 30 years. He has extensive experience in insurance
coverage disputes, bad faith litigation, construction defect and
product liability lawsuits, and environmental matters. In 1988, he
founded Thorsrud Cane & Paulich along with Mark Thorsrud and
Paul Cane. Patrick has been the firm’s managing shareholder since
its inception. He received both his undergraduate degree (1976)
and his law degree (1980) from the University of Washington.
He enjoys bicycling, running, traveling, Mariners baseball, and
University of Washington athletics. Patrick and his wife Julie have
two children, Connor ( 20) and Maggie ( 17).
MARK N. THORSRUD
THORSRUD CANE & PAULICH
INC., P.S.
1325 Fourth Avenue
Suite 1300
Seattle, WA 98101
Tel: 206-386-7755
Fax: 206-386-7795
mthorsrud@tcplaw.com
www.tcplaw.com
PERSONAL INJURY DEFENSE: GENERAL
CONSTRUCTION/SURETY
INSURANCE COVERAGE
Mark Thorsrud enjoys practicing law. For more than 25 years, he
has represented clients in a wide variety of insurance coverage
and other defense matters, including environmental, construction,
professional liability, and personal injury cases. Mark enjoys
the challenge of representing defendants. He received his B.A.
from Harvard University in 1972 and his J.D. from Gonzaga
University in 1977. Mark has authored articles for the Gonzaga Law
Review and the Defense Research Institute. He is a past Chair of
the Northwest Environmental Claims Association and a current
member of the Northwest Insurance Claims Association. Mark
balances career and family and spends his free time with his wife
Heidi, his son Kyle, and his daughter Megan.
CESTJON L. MCFARLAND
CESTJON MCFARLAND
ATTORNE Y AT LAW, PLLC
PO Box 10004
Bainbridge Island, WA 98110
Tel: 206-855-9333
Fax: 206-842-4247
cestjon@cmcfarland.com
www.cmcfarland.com
IN TELLECTUAL PROPERT Y
Cestjon McFarland represents clients in a wide range of business
transactions involving trade secrets, copyrights, patents, and
trademarks. Her experience includes software licensing in a variety
of development and commercialization agreements, analysis of
open source licenses, patent licensing, representation of online
e-commerce enterprises, and negotiating IT transactions on
behalf of large and small businesses. She has overseen intellectual
property due diligence in a multitude of merger and acquisition
scenarios. Her clients range from Fortune 100 entities to startup
companies and individuals. Cestjon has a J.D. from UCLA and a
B.S. from Stanford. She is a member of Phi Beta Kappa.
