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| Law Firm: |
Cutler Nylander & Hayton PS |
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| Address: |
1191 Second Avenue, Suite 1650 |
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Seattle, WA 98101 |
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206-340-4600 |
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206-340-4646 |
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| E-mail Address: |
philcutler@cnhlaw.com |
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| Education: |
Northwestern University (J.D. with honors, 1973); Georgetown University (A.B. History, 1970). |
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| Court Admissions: |
Washington State and U.S. District Court/Western District of Washington (1973); Eastern District of Washington (1979); Northern District of California (1985); U.S. Court of Appeals/Ninth Circuit (1991); U.S. Claims Court (1976). |
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Legal Experience
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| and Work History: |
Experience since 1973 in complex business and commercial litigation (trials and appeals); experience since 1982 in mediating and arbitrating business and commercial disputes. Cutler Nylander & Hayton, 2002-present; Cutler & Nylander, 1995-2002, and Talmadge and Cutler, 1990-95 (predecessors of Cutler Nylander & Hayton); Sax and MacIver/Karr Tuttle Campbell, 1979-89 (firms merged their practices in 1986); Perkins Coie, 1973-79. |
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| Focus of Law Practice: |
Personal law practice emphasizes business planning and commercial transactions (50%) and dispute resolution (trial, appeals, ADR) (50%) in areas of antitrust, trade regulation and product distribution; corporate and commercial law; intra-corporate disputes; employment; government relations; licensing and protection of intellectual property. |
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| Professional Associations: |
American Arbitration Assn; NASD-Dispute Resolution; American Bar Assn and ABA Sections on Antitrust, Dispute Resolution, Litigation; WSBA Sections on Antitrust/Business Torts, Dispute Resolution, Litigation; King County Bar Assn and KCBA ADR Section; Federal Bar Assn/West. Dist. Washington; 9th Circuit Standing Committee on ADR; ADR Roundtable (informal association of Seattle ADR practitioners). |
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| Resolution (ADR) Training: |
AAA Commercial Arbitrator I and II Training (08/98 and 03/01), Advanced Arbitrator Continuing Education (03/02), Arbitrator Update (10/02); NASD Arbitrator Chairperson Training (06/98); Basic Arbitrator Training (09/92 (AAA) and 09/96 (NASD)); AAA Neutral’s Conference (10/99). Arbitrator training faculty (American Arbitration Assn); frequent program chair/presenter/panelist at arbitration skills training seminars and conferences sponsored by a variety of organizations, including the American Arbitration Assn, Washington State Bar Assn, American Bar Assn, Univ. Washington Law School.
AAA Mediator Conferences (Commercial – 09/00; Construction/ Employment – 03/00); AAA Neutral’s Conference (10/99); Advanced Mediator Training (Settlement Now, 12/93). Program chair/presenter/panelist at numerous mediation skills training seminars and conferences sponsored by a variety of organizations, including the American Arbitration Assn, American Bar Assn Section on Dispute Resolution, Federal Bar Assn/West. Dist. Washington, King County Bar Assn, U.S. Dept. of Justice, University of Washington Law Foundation, Washington State Bar Assn and Washington Law Institute. Guest lecturer at San Diego State University Executive MBA Program (negotiations), University of Washington (mediation).
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| ADR Experience: |
Experience since 1982 in dispute resolution in private and court-annexed ADR programs involving a wide variety of substantive law areas in business and commerce.
Mediation: Member of following mediation panels….American Arbitration Assn (1996); U.S. District Court/Western District of Washington CR 39.1 (1982); Louisiana-Pacific Inner-Seal Siding Class Action Settlement (U.S. District Court/District of Oregon, 1997); AAA Prudential Policyholder Remediation Plan Appeals Committee (1998). Numerous private mediations.
Arbitration: Member of following arbitration panels….American Arbitration Assn (1992); NASD-Dispute Resolution (1996); King County Superior Court Mandatory Arbitration (1982); U.S. District Court/Western District of Washington CR 39.1 (1993); Louisiana-Pacific Inner-Seal Siding Class Action Settlement (U.S. District Court/District of Oregon, 1997); AAA Prudential Policyholder Remediation Plan Appeals Committee (1998). Numerous bench trials as King County Superior Court judge pro tem; Special Master for Weyerhaeuser Hard Board Siding Class Action Settlement (San Francisco Co. Superior Court); other special master assignments for King Co. Superior Court. |
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| ADR Practice Areas: |
Antitrust/Trade Regulation, Business Litigation, Contracts, Corporations, Employment, Intellectual Property |
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