Manlowe, Robert C.

Current Employment Position(s)

Member

Lawyer Overview

Bob Manlowe is a Member in Williams Kastner's Seattle office. His practice involves Complex Litigation Management, ESI/e-Discovery consultation services, Crisis Management and Media Relations.

Mr. Manlowe serves as National Coordinating Counsel for clients involved in mass tort cases. In addition, Mr. Manlowe provides consultation services to numerous companies in the areas of complex litigation management and ESI/e-Discovery. Mr. Manlowe's experience in Crisis Management ranges from catastrophic incident response to high profile sports figure firing, to software piracy, as well as the resulting governmental and media investigations of these and many other matters. He currently serves on the Crisis Management Teams for several companies in the product manufacturing, construction and industrial sectors. Mr. Manlowe collaborates with his clients as their trusted advisor to set up high performance teams and is a leader in the use of technology systems to ensure the cost effective management of their claims.

Mr. Manlowe is the immediate past Chair of Williams Kastner's Product Litigation and Mass Torts Practice Group and chairs the ESI/e-Discovery Consulting Services Team. He served on the Board of Directors for the International Association of Defense Counsel ("IADC") from 2005-2008. Mr. Manlowe founded the IADC's ESI/e-Discovery Task Force and designed the IADC's ESI/e-Discovery strategic initiative. In addition, Mr. Manlowe serves on the Lawyers for Civil Justice ("LCJ") E-discovery Committee. As further demonstration of his leadership, Mr. Manlowe, as the Co-Chair of the Washington Construction Safety Task Force, brought labor, management and government leaders together to develop the "Safety Plus" pilot program for the Washington State Department of Labor & Industries and OSHA. He also co-authored the nationally recognized training video, "Safety on Trial." As a result of his achievements, Mr. Manlowe received the President's Award from the Associated General Contractors of Washington and the Washington State Governor's Construction Safety Award.

Mr. Manlowe's expertise also extends to the design and development of custom extranets and e-document repositories for cost effective national case management and document management. In addition, he has created numerous "cutting edge" demonstrative exhibits through the use of state-of-the-art computer technologies.

Areas of Practice

• Asbestos
• Aviation
• Construction
• Crisis Management & Media Relations
• Litigation - Commercial
• Product Liability
• Mass Torts
• E-Discovery/E-Document Management
• Class Action

West Practice Categories

Asbestos, Aviation, Construction Law, Business Organizations, Constitutional Law, Litigation & Appeals, Business & Commercial Law, Products Liability Law, Class Actions, Personal Injury -- Defense, Personal Injury -- Plaintiff, Toxic Torts

Bar Admissions

• Washington, 1984
• U.S. District Court Western District of Washington
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Washington
• Alaska

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Seattle-King County Bar Association, 1990 - 1991 (Chairman, Aviation Law Section)
• Washington State Bar Association (Member)
• Harborview Classic Charity Golf Tournament, 2001 - 2003 (Consultant)
• Harborview Classic Charity Golf Tournament, 1996 - 1999 (Chair)
• Overlake Golf & Country Club, 2000 - 2001 (President)
• International Association of Defense Counsel (IADCA) (Faculty Member, Trial Academy '03)
• International Association of Defense Counsel (AIADCA), 1998 - 1999 (Chair, IADC Construction and Litigation Committee)
• International Association of Defense Counsel (AIADCA), 2000 - 2001 (Chair, IADC Computer Technology Committee)
• International Association of Defense Counsel (AIADCA), 2000 - 2004 (Chair, IADC Resource Committee)

Honors and Awards

• Distinguished Service Award, presented by Seattle Vicinity Construction Safety Council, 1995 Awards Ceremony.
• Safety Professional of the Year, Nominee, Seattle Vicinity Construction Safety Council, 1995
• President's Award, Associated General Contractors of Washington, 1996 - Present
• Governor's Construction Safety Award, 1997 - Present

Education

• Seattle University of Law, Tacoma, Washington, 1984
  J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
  Honors: cum laude
  Honors: Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award: Federal Practice and Family
• Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, 1981
  B.S.E., Bachelor of Science in Engineering
  Major: Civil Engineering

Published Works

• Successor Liability in Washington 6 University of Puget Sound Law Review 323, 1983
• Co-Author, "Cutting-Edge Approaches for Managing Mass Tort Litigation in the New Millennium", June, 2005

Address

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

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(206) 628-2777

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(206) 628-6611

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