Preg, O’Donnell & Gillett is pleased to announce that attorney Alejandra Torres has joined the Portland office. Ms. Torres brings with her experience in many areas of practice, including business litigation, complex commercial litigation, construction defect, and employment disputes. She has represented clients in jury and bench trials and arbitrations in Oregon.
Ms. Torres received […]
Lori K. O’Tool and Amber Hazelquist recently obtained summary judgment dismissal of a slip and fall case on behalf of their restaurant client. Plaintiff alleged the restaurant was liable for injuries arising from her slip and fall because the floor was mysteriously “slippery” and the “slippery” nature of the floor was an unreasonably dangerous […]
Preg, O’Donnell & Gillett is pleased to announce that attorney Stephanie Ballard has joined the firm’s Seattle office. Ms. Ballard is an experienced litigator who comes to the firm with twelve years’ experience in complex tort and construction claims, commercial litigation, land use, and gaming law.
Ms. Ballard graduated from New England Law in Boston, Massachusetts in 2005, […]
In keeping with both the spirit of the season and the firm’s core values, Preg, O’Donnell & Gillett continued its annual tradition of contributing towards several charitable causes the 2017 holiday season. The firm’s contributed 160 coats towards the Washington Defense Trial Lawyers’ Annual Coat Drive were considerable as always, providing much needed warm clothing for low income […]
Preg, O’Donnell & Gillett is pleased to announce that Jennifer L. Clark has joined the firm’s Seattle office as an associate. She brings to the firm a background in employment and labor stemming from her work as an in-house strategic legal advisor to the Seattle Police Department while the Department was transitioning under a […]
Preg, O’Donnell & Gillett is pleased to announce that attorney Jason A. Harrington has joined the firm’s Seattle office as an associate.
Jason’s extensive and wide-ranging background will be of great benefit to the firm’s clients. Jason is an experienced attorney who has handled a wide variety of civil matters from inception through resolution including […]
William T. Cornell will be the Program Chair for the 2nd Annual Construction Project Challenges in Seattle Seminar on December 6, 2017 at the Motif Hotel.
Seattle, and the Puget Sound area in general, are at the epicenter of record-breaking construction growth. As more newcomers call the Emerald City home, city officials, design professionals, developers, […]
Preg, O’Donnell & Gillett is proud to announce that Member Lori O’Tool has been elected to serve as President-Elect of the Washington Defense Trial Lawyers Association in July of 2016. Ms. O’Tool has been on WDTL’s Board of Trustees since 2010 and actively involved in committee work for several years prior to joining the […]
On November 4, 2016 King County Superior Court Judge Veronica Galvan granted Summary Judgment in favor of a Landlord in a wrongful death claim filed by the estates of two Plaintiffs for fatal shootings that occurred in the parking lot of a strip mall in Auburn, Washington in 2013. The Plaintiffs’ claim was the […]
Preg O’Donnell & Gillett attorney Justin E. Bolster has been asked by the National Business Institute to present at their “Advanced Civil Litigation Skills in Washington” seminar on Friday, November 18, 2016. He will present on two topics: “Identifying and Overcoming Juror Bias” and “Introducing Complex Case Themes During Opening Statements.” Justin will be […]