Harrel, P. Arley

Current Employment Position(s)

Member

Lawyer Overview

Arley Harrel is a member in the Seattle office. His practice emphasizes civil litigation and trial, real estate and commercial advice. His primary areas of civil litigation practice (in alphabetical order) include antitrust, banking, class action, commercial, condemnation/eminent domain, construction, employment, environmental, franchise, intellectual property, municipal, personal injury, products liability, professional liability, real estate, securities, trade regulation and transportation. His real estate and general business practice focuses on client counseling and advice.

Mr. Harrel chaired the firm’s Litigation Department from 2000 to 2006 and chaired its Business Litigation Practice Group from 2006 to 2008. He served on the firm’s Board of Directors from 1991 to 2003, and chaired the firm's Environmental Practice Group from 1992 to 1996. He was named by Seattle Magazine as one of Seattle’s “Top Business Litigation Lawyers” in 2003. Mr. Harrel has also been recognized by the Seattle Met magazine as a “Top Lawyer” in Commercial Litigation for 2010, a designation based upon Martindale-Hubbell's ranking of those practitioners in King County who have been judged by their peers to be “AV Preeminent”—the highest peerreview rating available. In 2012, Mr. Harrel was selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® in the area of Commercial Litigation.

Areas of Practice

• Civil Litigation and Trial, Real Estate and Commercial Advice
• Class Action
• Commercial Litigation
• Construction Defect
• Eminent Domain
• Insurance
• Intellectual Property & Technology
• Labor & Employment
• Mass Torts
• Personal Injury
• Product Liability
• Professional Liability
• Real Estate

West Practice Categories

Business & Commercial, Insurance, Litigation & Appeals, Personal Injury, Personal Injury -- Defense, Products Liability, Real Estate, Toxic Torts

Bar Admissions

• Washington, 1973
• Oregon
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Washington
• U.S. District Court Western District of Washington
• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
• U.S. Supreme Court

Professional Associations and Memberships

• American Bar Association, 2004 - 2005 (Co-Chairman, Products Liability Committee, Section of Litigation)
• American Bar Association, 2002 - 2003 (Co-Chair, Continuing Legal Education Committee of the Council)
• American Bar Association, 2000 - 2003 (Member of the Council, governing body for the Section)
• American Bar Association, 2001 - 2002 (Member, Continuing Legal Education Committee of the Council)
• American Bar Association, 1996 - 1998 (Co-Chair, Unpublished References Committee)
• American Bar Association, 1990 - 1993 (Co-Chairman, Products Liability Committee, Section of Litigation)
• American Bar Association, 1991 - 1992 (Ninth Circuit Rep-Task Force on the Civil Justice Refrom Act of 1990)
• American Bar Association, 1989 - 1990 (Vice-Chair, Products Liability Committee)
• American Bar Association, 1984 - 1989 (Chairperson, Environmental and Mass Litigation Subcommittee)
• American Bar Association (Member, Federal Practice Task Force, Division VII)
• American Bar Association (Member, Tort & Insurance Practice Section)
• American Bar Association (Arizona Trial Practice Section)
• American Bar Association, 1984 - 1989 (Member, Discovery Committee)
• American Bar Association, 1984 - 1988 (Tort Liability Study Committee)
• BNA Product Safety and Liability Reporter, 1990 - Present (Member, Board of Advisors)
• BNA, Product Safety & Liability Committee, 1991 - Present (Environmental Law Advisory Committee)
• Ninth Circuit Advisory Committee on Rules of Court & Internal Operating Procedures, 1993 - 1996
• University of Washington School of Law (Alumni Board)
• Washington State Bar Association, 1994 - 1995 (Bench, Bar & Press Committee)
• Washington State Bar Association, 1983 - 1988 (Court Rules & Procedures Committee)
• Federal Bar Association, Western District of Washington, 1983 - 1989 (Mediation Committee)
• King County Bar Association, 1986 - 1989 (Continuing Legal Education Committee)
• Product Liability Advisory Council, 1989 - Present (Sustaining Member)
• Washington Defense Trial Lawyers
• Trial Lawyers of America
• Defense Research Institute
• American Judicature Society
• Emerald City Rotary
• Oregon Bar Association
• Seattle-King County Bar Association (Member)
• American Bar Association, 2008 - Present (Standing Committee on Paralegals)

Honors and Awards

• International Who's Who of Product Liability Defense Lawyers
• Super Lawyer, Washington Law & Politics Magazine, 2000 - Present
• Top Lawyer, Business Litigation, Seattle Magazine, 2003 - Present

Education

• University of Washington School of Law, Seattle, Washington, 1973
  J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
  Honors: Order of the Coif
  Law Review: Member, Washington Law Review, 1972 - 1973
• Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, 1970
  B.S., Bachelor of Science
  Honors: With Distinction
  Honors: Phi Kappa Phi National Scholastic Honorary
  Major: Agricultural Economics

Address

Two Union Square
601 Union Street, Suite 4100
Seattle, WA 98101-2380

Phones

(206) 628-6625

Faxes

(206) 628-6611

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