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• Reed McClure Moceri Thonn & Moriarty, January 1, 1990

Law Firm Overview

Reed McClure's origins lie in Seattle's Pioneer Square where Edward Burton Palmer first opened his law practice in 1890. From the beginning he devoted his energies to establishing a firm that provided quality legal services to clients and positive contributions to the community. That tradition continues to guide Reed McClure to this day.

We offer a wide range of litigation services with special expertise in the areas of appellate, insurance, construction, health care, premises liability, and commercial disputes. We offer our insurance clients a depth of experience in coverage, bad faith, and extra-contractual claims in personal and commercial lines.

Our clients - local and national businesses, governmental entities, and individuals - welcome our practical knowledge, friendly manner and personal service approach. We are able to provide our services to clients in a timely and cost-efficient manner by ensuring our lawyers and staff are highly trained and properly motivated.

Individual lawyers are accountable to the firm and to clients for their own work product and client service. Individual lawyers are also accountable to both the firm and clients for the quality of services provided by those with whom they work. We are all service professionals and pride ourselves on cooperative teamwork to accomplish our clients' goals.

We strive to deliver high quality services to our clients while maintaining a pleasant, friendly working environment. We achieve profitability by blending these visionary goals.

Areas of Practice

• Appellate
• Construction, Defect, Design, and Work-Site Injury
• Insurance Law and Coverage
• Litigation
• Medical Negligence, Hospital, and Health Care
• Premise Liability
• Product Liability
• Professional Liability

Representative Clients

• AIG
• Allied Ins. Co.
• Allstate Insurance Company
• Design Professionals Insurance Company
• Great Divide Ins. Co.
• Hartford Ins. Co.
• Highline Community Hospital
• Hudson Insurance Group
• Liberty Mutual Insurance Corporation
• Nationwide Ins. Co.
• SAFECO Insurance Co.
• Scottsdales Ins. Co.
• Providence Health System
• St. Paul Fire & Marine
• Teachers Insurance & Annuity Association
• Trinity Ins. Co.
• Unitrin Ins. Co.
• USAA Insurance Company
• Valley Ins. Co.
• Washington Casualty Company
• Wenatchee Valley Medical Center
• XL Winterthur Ins.

Representative Cases

• Tran v. State Farm Fire & Cas. Co., 136Wn.2d 214, 961 P.2d 358 (Wa. Sup. Ct. 1998)
• Haywood v. Aranda, 143Wn.2d 231, 19 P. 3d 406 (Wa. Sup. Ct. 2000)
• Daley v. Allstate, 135Wn.2d 777, 958 P. 2d 990 (1998)
• St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co. v. F.H., 55F.3d 1420 (9th Cir.) (U.S. Ct. App. 1995)
• Kish v. Insurance Co. of North America, 125Wn.2d 164, 883 P. 2d 308 (Wa. Sup. Ct. 1994)
• Tank v. State Farm Fire & Cas. Co., 105Wn.2d 381, 715 P. 2d 1133 (Wa. Sup. Ct. 1986)
• Young v. Estate of Snell, 134Wn.2d 267, 948 P. 2d 1291 (Wa. Sup. Ct. 1997)

West Practice Categories

Business Organizations, Construction Law, Professional Responsibility, Health & Health Care Law, Insurance Law, Litigation & Appeals, Premises Liability -- Defense, Products Liability Law, Professional Malpractice Law, Medical Malpractice