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| Law Firm: |
Garvey, Schubert & Barer |
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| Address: |
1191 Second Ave., 18th Floor |
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Seattle, WA 98101-3939 |
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(206) 816-1300 or (206) 464-3939 ext. 1300 |
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(206) 464-0125 |
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| E-mail Address: |
gstrauss@gsblaw.com |
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| Education: |
University of Texas at Austin, J.D., with highest honors, 1974 [Order of the Coif]; University of Pennsylvania, B.A. cum laude, 1970 [Phi Beta Kappa] |
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| Court Admissions: |
Washington State Courts; Alaska Pro Hac Vice; Oregon Pro Hac Vice; California Pro Hac Vice; Eastern District of Virginia Pro Hac Vice; 9th Circuit; U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington. |
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Legal Experience
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| and Work History: |
Mr. Strauss has concentrated his practice on complex commercial litigation since 1974, representing litigants in federal and state court actions, administrative proceedings, and arbitration. Mr. Strauss heads the commercial litigation practice in GSB’s Seattle office. Mr. Strauss' practice spans a wide range of substantive areas, including antitrust, securities, trust and will contests, intellectual property, attorney, accountant and other professional malpractice, collections, foreclosures and loan workouts, land use and condemnation, broker-dealer, securities, construction, real estate, contract and business tort disputes. He has devoted a substantial portion of his practice to litigation of claims involving multiple parties, including class actions and multiple plaintiffs.
The major cases Mr. Strauss litigated since 1997 include:
· Representing Rentrak Corporation in a breach of contract and fraud action in state court in Oregon.
· Representing BlueCross BlueShield of Oregon in a class act challenge to its use of negotiated discounts in state court in Oregon.
· Representing Regence Blue Shield in a dispute over breach of a joint venture agreement.
· Representing an Australian beer exporter in a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington over alleged breach of a distributorship agreement.
· Representing a fishing company in an antitrust action arising out of alleged price fixing in Bristol Bay pending in state court in Alaska.
· Representing a wholesaler on several price fixing antitrust actions in California and Wisconsin.
· Representing a landowner in a condemnation suit brought by the State of Washington and recovering one of the largest verdicts in state history.
· Representing a land developer in a major dispute over a tenant's failure to proceed with the execution of a lease in state court in Washington.
· Represented supplier of metal building in a suit over construction defects in state court in Alaska.
· Representing a trust beneficiary in an extensive multimillion dollar breach of fiduciary duty dispute with the trustees.
· Represented a nursing home operator in a suit brought by a bankruptcy trustee.
· Representing limited partnerships in a class action brought to challenge their acquisition.
· Representing a formwork subcontractor in a lawsuit over defects in a condominium high rise.
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| Focus of Law Practice: |
Antitrust Litigation, Employment Litigation, Arbitration & Mediation, Business & Commercial Litigation, Intellectual Property Litigation, Maritime Litigation, Product Liability Litigation, Professional Liability Litigation, Securities Litigation, Trust and Estate Litigation |
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| Professional Associations: |
Member, Rules Committee, Federal Bar Association; Member, King County Bar Association: Judiciary and Courts Committee, 1994-1996 and 1987-1990; Court Congestion Committee, 1986-1987; Member, Washington State Bar Association: Judicial Recommendation Committee, 1994-1996; Court Congestion Committee, 1994-1996; Court Rule Committee, 1996-1997; Member, King County Bar Judicial Evaluation Committee, 1999-2000. |
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| Resolution (ADR) Training: |
AAA Commercial Arbitrator Training, June, 1999; AAA Basic Arbitrator Training, September, 1993; AAA Home Study Arbitrator Training, December, 1992.
Mediation Seminars, 1998-2000.
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| ADR Experience: |
Arbitrator, King County Superior Court; Arbitrator, American Arbitration Association (Commercial and Securities Panels); Arbitrator, National Future Commodities Association. |
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| ADR Practice Areas: |
Admiralty/Maritime, Antitrust/Trade Regulation, Business Litigation, Employment, Intellectual Property, Products Liability, Professional Negligence, Securities, Wills & Trusts. |
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