O. Yale Lewis, Jr.
   
Law Firm: Hendricks & Lewis PLLC
   
Address: 901 Fifth Avenue, Suite 4100
  Seattle, WA 98164
   
Phone: 206-624-1933
Fax: 206-583-2716
   
E-mail Address: oyl@hllaw.com
   
Education: Harvard University, A.B.
University of Virginia School of Law, LL.B.
   
Court Admissions: Washington; Oregon; U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington; U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court
   
Legal Experience
 
and Work History:

Law Clerk to the Honorable Alfred T. Goodwin, U.S District Court (Oregon), August 1969 – September 1970; Davis, Wright, Todd, Riese & Jones, Associate, September 1970 – December 1975; Wickwire, Lewis, Goldmark & Schorr, Founding Partner, 1976 – 1986; Hendricks & Lewis PLLC, Founding Partner, 1986 – present.

Representative clients for whom I have or am currently handling significant legal matters include the Arctic Slope Regional Corporation; the United Indians of All Tribes Foundation; the Seattle Indian Health Board; the Pike Place Market PDA; Historic Seattle PDA; the Methow Valley Citizens’ Association; State of Montana; Alaska Attorney General; City of Spokane; Seattle Weekly; the Tacoma Boatbuilding Company; the father of Jimi Hendrix; the widow and brothers of Buddy Holly; the widow and daughter of Kurt Cobain; WildTangent, Inc.; Delilah Rene; George Clinton.

   
Focus of Law Practice: Civil Litigation; Contracts; Copyright; Trademarks and Domain Names, Rights of Publicity and Privacy; Media; Defamation; Trade Secrets; Non-Competition Agreements; Antitrust and Unfair Trade Practice; Entertainment and the Arts; Sports Law
   
Professional Associations: Past Chair, Intellectual and Industrial Property Section, Washington State Bar Association
Member, American Bar Association, Litigation, Intellectual Property, Antitrust, Public Utility, Communication and Transportation Sections; Entertainment, Sports Industry, and Communications Law Forums
Member, Washington State Bar Association, Sections on Antitrust, Consumer Protection & Unfair Business Practices, Intellectual Property, and Litigation
Member, King County Bar Association, Sections on Intellectual Property and Alternative Dispute Resolution
Member, Federal Bar Association, Western District of Washington
Member, Sports Lawyers Association
Member, Maritime Law Association
   
Alternative Dispute  
Resolution (ADR) Training: Intermittent for several decades with extensive CLE training in 2008
   
ADR Experience: Three decades of experience as mediator, discovery master and advocate in formal mediation proceedings in Washington, Oregon, California, and the District of Columbia
   
ADR Practice Areas: Contracts; Copyright; Trademark; Rights of Publicity and Privacy; Media Law; Defamation; Trade Secrets, Non-Competition Agreements and Unfair Trade; Entertainment and the Arts; Sports Law