Ms. Okano has been named Super Lawyer for 2007 by Law and Politics Magazine.

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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 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.

Representative Cases:
Hamm v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 151 Wn.2d 303, 88 P.3d 395 (2004)

Hayden v. Mutual of Enumclaw Ins. Co., 141 Wn.2d 55, 1 P.3d 1167 (2000) (amici)

Coventry Associates, L.P. v. American States Ins. Co., 136 Wn.2d 269, 961 P.2d 933 (1998) (amici)

Folsom v. Burger King, 135 Wn.2d 658, 958 P.2d 301 (1998)

Young v. Estate of Snell, 134 Wn.2d 267, 948 P.2d 1291 (1997)

Kish v. Insurance Co. of North America, 125 Wn.2d 164, 883 P.2d 308 (1994)

Mutual of Enumclaw Ins. Co. v. Cox, 110 Wn.2d 643 757 P.2d 499 (1988) (amici)

Pickford v. Masion, 124 Wn. App. 257, 98 P.3d 1232 (2004)

State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. v. English Cove Associates, 121 Wn. App. 358, 88 P.3d 986 (2004)

Mercer Place Condominium Association v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co., 104 Wn.App 597, 17 P.3d 626 (2000)

Young v. Teti, 104 Wn.App. 721, 16 P.3d 1275 (2001).

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 International

Association of Defense Counsel

Washington Defense Trial Lawyers

Northwest Insurance Coverage Association

Washington Appellate Lawyers Association

She was named a Washington Law & Politics “Super Lawyer” for 2001-2006. Speaking engagements have included the Washington Defense Trial Lawyers Insurance Law Seminar (1993-Present); ABA/TTIPS/Property Insurance Law Committee New Frontiers in First-Party Property Insurance Technology, Terrorism, Mega-Losses Seminar (2004); King County Bar Association Annual Nuts & Bolts of Insurance Coverage Seminar (1991,1994,1996); King County Bar Association Appellate Practice: The Essentials of a Winning Brief and Persuasive Oral Argument Seminar (1993); Washington State Trial Lawyers Association Personal Injury Defense: Practical Tips & Update on the Law Seminar (1993); Washington State Trial Lawyers Association 15th Annual Insurance Law Seminar (1993); Washington State Trial Lawyers Association Super Seminar (1996); Washington State Trial Lawyers Association Seminar for the General Practitioner (1997); Washington State Trial Lawyers Association 6th Annual Insurance Law Basics Seminar (1998); ABA/TIPS Annual Convention Seminar (1999); King County Bar Association Appeals Seminar (1999).

Publications:
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:
Ms. Okano is a member of the following organizations:

Seattle P-Patch Site Coordinators Committee

Woodland Park Zoological Society

Zoobright Scholarship Program Awards Panel

Honors and Awards:
Super Lawyer 2001-2006 

AV rated by Martindale Hubbell

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