Matthew R. Hansen
Practice Emphasis
BAR ADMISSIONS
Washington, 2005
______________________________________________________________________Matt is a member of Graham & Dunn’s Real Estate and Litigation Teams. His principal areas of practice include eminent domain, real estate, and commercial litigation law. Matt routinely advises and represents both municipal agencies and property owners regarding condemnation litigation and property valuation issues. Matt also regularly represents and counsels clients on commercial landlord-tenant law, including lease negotiations, lease disputes, workouts and unlawful detainer actions.
Matt worked at Graham & Dunn as a full-time legal intern and law clerk while attending law school in the evening. He also externed with Sound Transit’s legal department – providing legal research support and assisting the organization in its acquisition of real property as part of its capital improvement projects.
PRESENTATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS
Co-Presenter, “Condemnation, Valuation, and Mock Trial,” International Right of Way Association, Seattle University School of Law (2007).
Guest Speaker, “Tenant Rights under the Washington Residential Landlord-Tenant Act,” Tacoma Community College (2007).
Author, Washington State section, “Law and Procedure of Eminent Domain in the 50 States,” American Bar Association (2006).
Co-Editor, Part Eighteen: Eminent Domain, “Washington Lawyers Practice Manual,” King County Bar Association (2005, 2006 and 2008 updates).
PROFESSIONAL & COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
Member, American Bar Association, Litigation Section
Member, American Bar Association, Condemnation, Zoning and Land Use Litigation Committee
Member, King County Bar Association
Member, Washington State Bar Association, Litigation Section
Member, International Right of Way Association
Former Board Member, Belltown Business Association
Former Commissioner, Tacoma Human Rights Commission
EDUCATION
J.D., Seattle University School of Law, 2004
B.A., Law and Justice, Central Washington University, 2000
