Attorneys
  Bravo, Earle Q.
  Budelsky, Michael N.
  Erickson, Marilee C.
  Evans, Danielle M.
  Gil, Anamaria
  Hickman, William R.*
  Holder, William L.
  Howard, Michael G.
  Nye, Christopher J.
  Okano, Pamela A.*
  Rankin, John W., Jr.
  Rogers, Michael S.
  Sutherland, Earl M.
  Vacha, Jason E.
* Super Lawyers for 2009

2009 Washington Law & Politics Super Lawyers list

2009 Washington Law & Politics Top 50 Women Lawyers
list

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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

- 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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Pamela A. Okano
Reed McClure
Two Union Square
601 Union St, Suite 1500
Seattle, WA 98101-1363


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