Peterson, Arissa M.

Current Employment Position(s)

Associate

Languages

• Danish
• Norwegian
• Swedish

Lawyer Overview

Arissa Peterson is an Associate in the Seattle office. She concentrates her practice on commercial and civil litigation in such areas as product liability, including the defense of pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers, health care and insurance defense. Her practice emphasizes mass tort, toxic tort and multidistrict litigation. She has been named to Rising Stars for 2010 by Washington Law & Politics magazine.

Areas of Practice

• Health Care
• Insurance
• Litigation - Commercial
• Litigation - General
• Product Liability
• Mass Torts
• Long-Term Health Care
• E-Discovery/E-Document Management

West Practice Categories

Health & Health Care Law, Insurance Law, Litigation & Appeals, Business & Commercial Law, Products Liability Law, Class Actions, Personal Injury -- Defense, Personal Injury -- Plaintiff, Toxic Torts

Bar Admissions

• Washington
• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Washington State Bar Association (Member)
• King County Bar Association (Member)
• Washington Women Lawyers (Member)
• Washington Defense Trial Lawyers (Member)
• Defense Research Institute (Member)

Education

• University of Oregon School of Law, Eugene, Oregon, 2001
  J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
  Law Review: Oregon Law Review, Notes and Comments Editor
• University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 1995
  B.A., Bachelor of Arts

Published Works

• Hertz Corp. v. Friend U.S. Supreme Court Adopts 'Nerve Center' Test for Determining a Corporation's 'Principal Place of Business', The Voice, March, 2010
• Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) Coming Soon to Washington: Are You Ready to Handle Medical Record Request Audits?, Washington Healthcare News, January, 2009
• Post-Caremark Implications for Health Care Organization Boards of Directors," co-authored with Kimberly D. Baker, Seattle Journal for Social Justice, Seattle Journal for Social Justice, 2004
• Author, "Defense Research Institute Daubert On-Line", Ninth Circuit Summary

Address

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

Phones

(206) 233-2984

Faxes

(206) 628-6611

Emails

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Websites

http://www.williamskastner.com