Current Employment Position(s)

Senior Associate

Lawyer Overview

Todd Sorensen is a Senior Associate in the Seattle office, where his practice focuses on commercial litigation, employment, insurance and education law.  Mr. Sorensen has experience representing national and international corporations in a wide variety of complex contract, intellectual property, and business tort litigation.  As an employment attorney, he advises and represents cities, schools and private entities on issues ranging from discrimination and retaliation to employee manuals, contracts, and trade secrets litigation.  Mr. Sorensen also represents both insureds and insurers in coverage litigation.   

As the Ninth Circuit Chair for the ABA Business Torts Committee, Mr. Sorensen regularly publishes updates on developments in business torts litigation.  In addition, Mr. Sorensen is a regular contributor to the Northwest Education Law Blog and the Northwest Insurance Law Blog. 

In his spare time, Mr. Sorensen volunteers in the community as a King County Bar Association Future of the Law Institute Mentor, meeting with high school students from diverse backgrounds and encouraging them to explore the legal profession.  Mr. Sorensen also acts as a Commissioner on the City of Bellevue Civil Service Commission. 

An avid sports fan, Mr. Sorensen serves as a T-Ball coach for the Bellevue East Little League. He also plays for the Brooklyn Dodgers in the Puget Sound Senior Baseball League and serves as the captain for Williams Kastner's firm softball and flag football teams.

Areas of Practice

• Education Law
• Labor & Employment
• Commercial Litigation

West Practice Categories

Education Law, Employment Law -- Employee, Employment Law -- Employer, Labor Law, Business & Commercial Law

Bar Admissions

• Washington, 2004
• U.S. District Court Western District of Washington
• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit

Professional Associations and Memberships

• American Bar Association, Section of Litigation (Business Torts Committee, Ninth Circuit Chair)
• King County Bar Association, Labor & Employment Law Section
• Education Law Association

Education

• University of Minnesota Law School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2004
  JD, Juris Doctorate
  Honors: cum laude
  Honors: National Finalist, National Moot Court Competition, 2004
  Honors: Student Director, Civil Practice Clinic
• St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota, 2000
  BA, Bachelor of Arts
  Honors: summa cum laude

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Published Works

• Tort Damages for Breach of Contract? The Ebb and Flow of the Economic Loss Rule, American Bar Association, Business Torts Journal, Winter, 2008
• For Whom The Whistle Blows, June, 2005

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

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(206) 628-6611

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