Current Employment Position(s)

Senior Associate

Languages

• Danish
• Norwegian
• Swedish

Lawyer Overview

Arissa Peterson is a Senior 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, toxic tort and mass tort defense, health care, insurance defense and appellate practice.

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
  JD, Doctor of Jurisprudence
  
  Law Review: Oregon Law Review, Notes and Comments Editor
• University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 1995
  BA, Bachelor of Arts

Offers Free Initial Consultation

Published Works

• 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
• Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) Coming Soon to Washington: Are You Ready to Handle Medical Record Request Audits?, Washington Healthcare News, January, 2009

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