Current Employment Position(s)

Of Counsel

Lawyer Overview

Mr. Solimano is Of Counsel at Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro. His securities litigation work has included representing investors in the Egghead, Intermec and Nordstrom Securities Litigations.

Significant cases include representing plaintiff bond purchasers in the WPPSS Securities Litigation, the largest securities trial in U.S. history and serving as lead counsel for Chemical Bank for several cases including a $55 million recovery in ""Cost Sharing Litigation.""

In the Tobacco Litigation, Mr. Solimano helped coordinate the firm's work with expert witnesses in the areas of addiction; antitrust; causation; cigarette design; damages; epidemiology; business, legal and medical ethics; Medicaid; and youth marketing. In addition, Mr. Solimano participated extensively in the briefing and argument of the many pretrial dismissal, discovery, summary judgment and in limine motions. During the Washington trial, he prepared witnesses for direct testimony and cross-examination, as well as briefing on trial motions.

After graduating from Franklin & Marshall College in 1979, Mr. Solimano earned his law degree from the National Law Center at George Washington University. He has appeared in the Washington Supreme Court and Court of Appeals, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and in many federal district courts throughout the country.

Areas of Practice

• Litigation & Appeals
• Securities Law

West Practice Categories

Litigation & Appeals, Securities Law

Bar Admissions

• Washington, 1982
• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1991
• U.S. District Court Western District of Washington, 1982

Professional Associations and Memberships

• American Bar Association, 1983 - Present (Member, Litigation Section)
• Washington State Bar Association, 1982 - Present (Member)
• Seattle-King County Bar Association, 1987 - Present (Member)
• Washington Athletic Club (Member)

Education

• George Washington University National Law Center, Washington, District of Columbia, 1982
  J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
• Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1979
  B.A., Bachelor of Arts
  Honors: cum laude

Fraternities/Sororities

• Pi Gamma Mu

Address

1301 Fifth Avenue
Suite 2900
Seattle, WA 98101

Phones

(206) 268-9322

Faxes

(206) 623-0594

Emails

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Websites

http://www.hagens-berman.com