October 13th, 2011|
Last week was a remarkable week for the Preg O’Donnell & Gillett firm. Two defense verdicts were returned, one in a King County liquor liability case and the second in a Pierce County asbestos wrongful death case.
On October 11, 2011, David R. Antal obtained Preg O’Donnell & Gillett’s sixth defense verdict in 2011 following […]
October 11th, 2011|
Member Mark O’Donnell and associate Curtis Leonard present on employment harassment, hostile work place and employee retaliation claims at annual School Law Conference on October 17th in Renton. The presentation will include a review of legal issues involved in employment based claims by Curtis and a discussion of a recent employment retaliation case tried […]
October 11th, 2011|
Mark O’Donnell is panel speaker on ethical considerations for defense counsel in reservation of rights cases at the Insurance in the Construction Industry seminar on October 5th in Seattle.
September 9th, 2011|
POG is proud to announce that Shannon McMinimee, an associate in our School Law Practice Group, has been appointed as General Counsel for the Tacoma School District. Preg O’Donnell & Gillett congratulates Shannon on her achievement and wishes her success in this endeavor.
September 9th, 2011|
POG is honored to announce that Curtis Leonard has joined Preg O’Donnell & Gillett’s School Law Practice Group. Curtis has spent the last five years as In-house Counsel, Director of Legal Affairs, and, Director of Human Resources for the Auburn School District. Prior to that time, he worked in Washington, D.C. handling […]
September 9th, 2011|
POG Founding Member Mark O’Donnell and Member Emma Gillespie returned the firm’s fourth defense victory in an employment case in King County, WA in July. The Plaintiff, a school district employee, claimed defamation against a co-worker and retaliation against the employer. The Plaintiff claimed that disciplinary action by the District retaliated against […]
September 9th, 2011|
Greg Fry of POG’s Portland office returned the firm’s fifth successful defense result in a premises liability slip and fall case in Clark County, WA. Greg represented a hotel operator who was being sued by a guest who fell on the hotel’s premises.
Plaintiff demanded $645,000 prior to trial. A counter-offer of $25,000 […]
September 6th, 2011|
Accepting a promotion from Law Clerk following graduation from Seattle University School of Law, Megan M. Coluccio joined Preg O’Donnell & Gillett on August 29, 2011 as an associate. Megan graduated cum laude and served as a Research and Technical Editor for the Seattle University Law Review. Her attorney profile can be found here: […]
August 22nd, 2011|
Preg O’Donnell & Gillett is pleased to announce that Gregory S. Latendresse has joined the firm as a new associate. Please see his attached biography at http://pregodonnell.com/attorneys/seattle/gregory-s-latendresse/
July 11th, 2011|
Following the Supreme Court’s recent adoption of the “independent duty rule” (see Eastwood v. Horse Harbor Foundation, Inc., 170 Wn.2d 380, 241 P.3d 1256 (2010) and Affiliated FM Insurance Co. v. LTK Consulting Services, Inc., 170 Wn.2d 442, 243 P.3d 521 (2010)), plaintiffs’ attorneys have been seeking to expand tort-based allegations for economic losses […]