Graham & Dunn Attorneys Named Super Lawyers for 2006
06.01.2006
Each year, Washington Law & Politics solicits nominations from over 16,000 Washington attorneys, looking for “Super Lawyers.” Attorneys are asked to nominate other lawyers who they’ve personally seen in action and consider outstanding. The nominations are then reviewed by a panel of industry leaders, and final selections made. Only the top 5% of Washington attorneys made the list.
Graham & Dunn is proud to have a number of attorneys make the list.
Clemens H. Barnes
Clem heads Graham & Dunn’s Labor & Employment Practice Group. He has a general litigation background, but for the past 20 years has concentrated on labor and employment law, including emphasis on employment law compliance and litigation, union-management issues, employee discipline and termination, employment discrimination, sexual/racial harassment, wage and hour compliance and litigation, government contractor obligations and employment contracts (including non-compete agreements).
W. George Bassett
George is a litigator with a practice emphasis on employment law. He is a frequent author and lecturer about evidence and trial techniques. George also frequently serves as a mediator and arbitrator in employment, insurance and tort cases.
Jeffrey A. Beaver
Jeffrey is a member of our Real Estate Team with a practice emphasis on condemnation, financial institutions and commercial litigation. He has successfully tried numerous multimillion dollar cases, including claims arising from construction issues, breach of contract and UCC claims, condemnation matters, and antitrust claims .
Robert C. Cumbow
Bob heads Graham & Dunn’s Intellectual Property practice. He counsels a wide variety of clients on intellectual property, advertising, privacy and Internet issues. Bob’s practice includes counseling on issues relating to trademark search, clearance, prosecution, and policing; copyright and publicity right clearance; licenses, assignments, contracts, releases, publishing agreements; alcoholic beverage labeling, licensing and regulatory compliance; communications and media law; intellectual property litigation; domain name disputes; advertising and privacy compliance; contests and sweepstakes; and Web site audits, terms and condition statements, and privacy policies.
Marc V. Droppert
Marc’s practice covers the broad range of corporate law and commercial transactions, with a focus on mergers and acquisitions, complex negotiations and strategic planning. Marc is a member of the Emerging Companies Team.
Patrick J. Franke
Pat chairs the firm’s Emerging Companies Team. He acts as general counsel to start up and emerging companies with a focus on the technology industry. In this role, Pat advises his clients' boards of directors and management with respect to corporate financings, corporate governance issues, business transactions, shareholder matters and employee issues. Pat also advises his clients on significant transactions including mergers and acquisitions, licensing deals, real estate transactions and other commercial matters.
Marcia K. Fujimoto
Marcia chairs the firm’s Wealth Management Team. In her practice, she counsels clients on succession planning, wealth transfer, probate, trusts and related tax matters.
Maren K. Gaylor
Maren is a member of the firm’s Real Estate Team. She represents institutional lenders, such as banks and life insurance companies, and owners, developers and tenants in real estate transactions, including real property secured loans, acquisitions and leases.
Wendy S. Goffe
Wendy is a member of the Wealth Management team, with experience in all areas of estate planning. She is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, an Adjunct Faculty Member at Seattle University School of Law, and is a frequent speaker and author on estate planning topics.
John T. John
John is the president of Graham & Dunn and a member of the firm’s Financial Services Team. He focuses his practice in the creditor-debtor area. He has also litigated estate and probate cases.
J.J. Leary, jr.
J.J.’s practice focuses on closely-held and emerging businesses with an emphasis on corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions and strategic planning. His clients cover a wide product range including real estate development and transactions, technology, bio-technology and timber.
James L. Magee
Jim focuses on antitrust, international, and complex business litigation. In addition to his trial work, Jim handles international commercial and trade regulation matters.
Edward W. Pettigrew
Ed is a member of the Financial Services Team, with a focus on commercial litigation. He also has significant experience in alternative dispute resolution proceedings, both representing disputing parties and as a mediator or arbitrator.
Douglas J. Smart
Doug is a member of the Real Estate Team. He has extensive experience in commercial real estate transactions, banking and mortgage lending. He has applied his experience in counseling commercial landlords and developers, and lending institutions as diverse as a federal home loan bank, national banks, community banks, and U.S. lending units of foreign banks.
Larry J. Smith
Larry is a member of the firm’s Real Estate Team, focusing his practice on condemnation. As a litigator, Larry counsels and represents property owners, lenders and governments in condemnation and real estate related litigation.
Elaine L. Spencer
Elaine chairs the firm’s Natural Resources & Manufacturing industry team. Her practice is focused on land use, forest practices, water rights, Indian treaty rights and condemnation. Elaine is actively involved with the Environmental and Land Use Section of the Washington State Bar Association and currently serves on the Board of Trustees for the Building Industry Legal Trust Fund.
