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Practice:
Ms. Okano focuses her practice on appeals and insurance
coverage matters.
Appellate
Ms. Okano has represented parties or amici in appeals
before the Washington Supreme Court, Washington Court
of Appeals, the United States Court of Appeals for the
Ninth Circuit, the Alaska and Montana Supreme Courts,
and the Idaho Court of Appeals. She has also briefed
appeals before the United States Supreme Court. Her
appellate practice involves a wide range of cases including
professional liability, insurance coverage, bad faith,
tort, commercial, employee discrimination, and contract
matters.
Insurance Coverage
Ms. Okano provides clients with opinions and advice
on insurance coverage and bad faith matters, drafts
policy provisions, and handles coverage and bad faith
cases on appeal. She has dealt with a broad spectrum
of coverage issues including construction defects, employment,
discrimination, advertising injury, personal injury,
sexual harassment, sexual abuse, property damage, automobile
liability, professional liability, first-party property
and collapse, underinsured motorists, fraud, and bad
faith.
Recent Representative Cases:
Truong v. Allstate Property & Casualty Insurance
Co., 151 Wn. App. 195, 211 P.3d 430 (2009)
Rivas
v. Overlake Hospital & Medical Center, 164
Wn.2d 261, 189 P.3d 753 (2008)
Ballard
v. Popp, 142 Wn. App. 307, 174 P.3d 681 (2007)
State
Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. Piazza, 132 Wn.
App. 329, 131 P.3d 337 (2006)
Griffith
v. Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc., 128 Wn. App.
438, 115 P.3d 1065 (2005)
Pruitt
v. Savage, 128 Wn. App. 327, 115 P.3d 1000 (2005)
Pickford
v. Masion, 124 Wn. App. 257, 98 P.3d 1232 (2004)
Young
v. Teti, 104 Wn. App. 721, 16 P.3d 1275 (2001)
Mercer
Place Condominium Association v. State Farm Fire &
Casualty Co., 104 Wn. App. 597, 17 P.3d 626 (2000)
Hayden
v. Mutual of Enumclaw Insurance Co., 141 Wn.2d
55, 1 P.3d 1167 (2000) (amicus)
Education:
University of Washington School of Law, J.D., 1977
Honors: Order of the Coif, Managing Editor, Washington
Law Review
University of Washington, B.A., 1974
Background:
Ms. Okano is admitted to practice in the State of Washington;
the United States District Court of Washington, Western
and Eastern Districts; the United States Court of Appeals
for the Ninth Circuit; and the United States Supreme
Court.
She is a member of the following professional organizations:
- Washington State Bar Association
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Washington Defense Trial Lawyers
- Northwest Insurance Coverage Association
- Washington Appellate Lawyers Association
Ms.
Okano is a frequent speaker on appellate and insurance
matters. Speaking engagements have included:
Washington
Defense Trial Lawyers Insurance Law seminar (1993-Present)
ABA
Tort & Insurance Practice Section Annual Meeting
(1999)
ABA
Tort & Insurance Practice Section/Property Insurance
Law Committee seminars (2004, 2006)
King
County Bar Association seminars (1991, 1993-95, 1999)
Washington
State Trial Lawyers Association seminars (1993, 1996-1998)
Northwest
Insurance Coverage Association seminars
CPCU
Society, Lake Washington Chapter, meetings
Publications:
What Do We Cover? Read the Policy!, 36 THE
BRIEF 12 (American Bar Association
Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section Winter 2007)
Author,
Coverage Uncovered: A Periodic Update of Washington.
Insurance Coverage Law, www.wdtl.org (2000-Present)
Co-Author, Washington Motor Vehicle Accident Insurance
Deskbook (Supp. 1995 & 1998)
Co-Author, Washington Civil Trial & Evidence Manual
(4th Ed. 1994)
Co-Author, Washington Civil Practice Deskbook, ch. 12
(1993)
Co-Editor, Washington Motor Vehicle Accident Insurance
Deskbook (Supp. 1998)
Community Service Activities:
65th Street Change Gang
65th
Street Change Gang KIVA Lending Team captain
Seattle
P-Patch Site Coordinator
Woodland Park Zoological Society Birnbaum Zoobright
Award Panel
Honors and Awards:
In addition to the honors listed above, Ms. Okano has
received:
2001-2009
Washington Law & Politics Super Lawyers
list
2008
Washington Law & Politics Magazine's Top
10 Washington Appellate Lawyers
AV rated by Martindale Hubbell
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