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July 2008
The latest edition of our
Immigration Law Update newsletter has
been released. To view the newsletter,
please click
here.
June 2008
John E. Iverson served as the
2007-2008 President of Rotary #4 located
in downtown Seattle and is nearing the
end of his term. The Seattle Rotary is
the fourth oldest and world’s largest
Rotary Club with more than 693 members.
He will help the Rotary celebrate its
Centennial this year, having just raised
over $4 million for Family Service’s new
support center for families in Seattle.
As president, John presided over the
club’s weekly programs attended by 425
members, of which 51 are lawyers. He is
held in high regard by his peers and
will remain active in the Rotary while
continuing to practice business and
estate planning law.
The latest edition of our
Immigration Law Update newsletter has
been released. To view the newsletter,
please click
here.
Eight lawyers at Ryan, Swanson &
Cleveland, PLLC are honored in the June
issue of Washington Law & Politics
magazine as "2008 Washington Super
Lawyers." Only 5% of Washington
attorneys are named to the list after
being selected through an extensive
process of balloting, blue ribbon panel
review and independent research. Click
here to see our Super Lawyers!
New Laws Prompt Changes to
Employer Handbooks: Effective June
12, 2008, the State of Washington will
enact two new laws affecting employers.
For more information, please click
here.
May 2008
Press release: Two Puget Sound area
retired investors seek damages from
Charles Schwab through arbitration
claim. To view the release, please click
here.
April 2008
The latest edition of our
Immigration Law Update newsletter has
been released. To view the newsletter,
please click
here.
February
2008
Robin Schachter
was recently quoted in a Seattle
Women Magazine on article
franchising. Titled "Franchising 101,"
the article discusses local women's
franchise activity in the area and how
to get started. To view the article,
please click
here.
June 2007
We are pleased to announce that
Janet Cheetham and
Joel Paget
have both been named Best
Lawyers in the June 2007 issue
of Seattle Metropolitan
magazine! They were also
both named as Super Lawyers in
the summer 2007 issue of
Washington Law and Politics.
March 2007
We continue to obtain
significant wins on behalf of
our clients…
Jim
Shaker and
Robin Schachter, along with
the hard work of
Faith Garrick and many
others, recently received an
attorneys' fee and cost award on
behalf of our client which
provided for almost everything
requested. This award included
fees for work performed by
professionals, including
attorneys and accountants prior
to Ryan Swanson being retained,
as well as for the work
performed by the client (at an
hourly rate) in preparing all
the accounting summaries.
John Bender and
Gulliver Swenson had a nice
win in a JDR arbitration in
which the plaintiff sought
$300,000 for franchise act
violations. The arbitrator found
in favor of our client after a
three-day hearing. Valerie
Dominique and Virg Ramirez
played a big part in compiling
the documents and materials for
the hearing.
John Petrie and
Roger Kindley finally
managed to get over $3,000,000
for our condo clients so that
they can fix their homes after
nearly 6 years of litigation. We
won in the trial court, the
Court of Appeals and were
awaiting a decision on a
petition for review from the
Supreme Court when the insurance
company finally blinked and paid
almost the whole judgment.
Bob Curran recently obtained
a $3,000,000 jury verdict in
favor of a homeowner's
association for defective
construction. After the verdict,
he obtained an award of
attorneys' fees, costs and
prejudgment interest for another
$1,900,000 against the
subcontractor whose work caused
significant moisture intrusion
into the entire condominium
project.
John Bender and
Kristin Meier obtained a
summary judgment on behalf of
our client finding the defendant
liable for securities law
violations and
misrepresentations. This is
almost unheard of since there
are usually all types of factual
issues involved, but Kristin's
fine work focused attention on
the defendant's previous
securities law violations
claiming they had to be
disclosed as a matter of law.
The court agreed.
We practice as a firm. These
nice results could not be
obtained without the great work
of legal secretaries, legal
assistants, copy people and
messengers.
February 2007
We welcome
Tom Grimm to the
firm as an of counsel attorney.
Tom specializes in commercial
and complex business
transactions and litigation,
with an emphasis in the healthcare and software industries,
including healthcare facility
management, nursing home
reimbursement cases, licensing
and regulatory issues,
employment and union-related
matters, and financing. He also
assists with formation of
business entities and assists
them with business joint
ventures, acquisitions and
sales.
January 2007
We are pleased to welcome
Christian Larson to
Ryan Swanson. Christian will join the
Business and Real Estate
practice groups as an Associate.
He represents public and private
entities and handles
transactional matters including
securities offerings, corporate
finance, mergers and
acquisitions, corporate
governance and real estate
acquisition and development.
Christian earned an MBA and his
J.D. at the College of William &
Mary in Virginia.
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