Rachel Herd of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP centres her practice around complex commercial litigation, healthcare, class actions and securities. Herd’s clientele consists of high-value global companies in a variety of industries, mostly in the tech space as well as retail and telecoms. Herd regularly deals with large, complex class actions for her clients and is seen often representing in courts at both state and federal level.

Katy Peaslee of Susman Godfrey LLP comfortably handles a full range of commercial disputes including breach of contract, antitrust and IP related matters. Peaslee leverages her experience in multidistrict litigation to assist international clients whilst also maintaining clients across the US.

Binah Yeung of Cairncross & Hempelmann leads the firms litigation practice and advises on all stages of trial, including pre-litigation, mediation and arbitration. Clients rely on Yueng mostly for the defence side of disputes and consequently dismissal of claims and recovery of fees. Yeung is adept in compliance and risk assessments and utilises this ability to achieve optimal results for her clients, most of which fall into the real estate sector in which Yeung deals with complex, high-profile matters. Yeung’s practice expands to cover IP disputes, bankruptcy proceedings, lease disputes and transportation matters as well.

Katie Bass of Ballard Spahr LLP is adept to handle a range of disputes in trial as well as large national arbitrations, with notable proficiency in transportation related matters. Bass also frequently works with banking clients as well as tech start-ups and works on complex matters at both state and federal level, and is particularly adept in handling MDL for her clients.

Jason Donovan of Foster Garvey PC is a key contact for complex commercial disputes, with notable proficiency handling insurance coverage disputes and fraud and breach of contract matters. Donovan frequently works with a range of industries, including transportation, real estate and leisure and hospitality, litigating in both state and appellate courts across the US.

Christopher Emch of Foster Garvey PC handles a range of commercial dispute matters in state courts and is a key contact for clients in the health care and real estate industries and regularly deals with breach of contract matters and bankruptcy matters, with notable cases involving chapter 11 regulations, engaging with both lenders and borrowers. Trial work and ADR methods such as mediation and arbitrations also make up a majority of Emch's practice.

Stephen Morrissey of Susman Godfrey LLP is a key contact for small to large businesses and individuals for all litigation purposes. Morrissey’s practice covers a range of commercial matters, including IP, breach of contract, class actions, and environmental and toxic torts both on the defendant and on the plaintiff side, in state and federal courts across the US as well as internationally. Notable work consists of earnout disputes, in which Morrissey is adept at handling, as well as high-value breach of contract claims that Morrissey has seen through all stages of trial.

Stephen VanDerhoef of Cairncross & Hempelmann covers a range of commercial matters, including breach of contract, and has notable proficiency in real estate related disputes in which some of VanDerhoef’s clientele are large, well known and high value companies. VanDerheofs has been seen litigating in state and federal courts spanning the US and additionally utilises ADR methods such as arbitrations and mediations to resolve disputes.

Barbara Duffy of Ballard Spahr LLP primarily focuses her practice on complex commercial litigation across the US, and is called upon for healthcare related matters by large private healthcare companies. Duffy is a key contact regarding FCA matters, notably Qui Tam cases in the healthcare industry. Duffy is seen representing in state and federal courts alike and utilises ADR methods such as arbitration to achieve results for her clientele.

Christopher Wright of Carney Badley Spellman is a key contact in the Seattle market for complex construction related matters, as well as general commercial disputes. Wright is frequently called upon by large, national contractors as well as real estate companies for trial work and mediation matters alike.

Benjamin Hodges of Foster Garvey PC handles a range of complex commercial matters with a specific focus in IP litigation and patent infringement cases for a variety of industries including transportation and consumer products. Hodges had lead proceedings before the TTAB and the ITC as well as representing at state and federal level and is frequently seen opposing against businesses with an international presence.