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The firm’s principal, Robert Adolph, personally manages all cases. The firm also has highly qualified associate and contract attorneys available as needed who can staff a variety of legal matters.
Mr. Adolph has a reputation as a highly focused and tenacious trial attorney. He is dedicated to achieving successful and innovative solutions to difficult legal problems. He has over 38 years of business litigation experience in courts in Washington, Oregon, Alaska, California and Montana. His firm clients range from national corporate clients like Ocean Beauty Seafoods, Inc., Philip Services Corporation, Full Speed Ahead, Inc., and Owens Corning to locally owned businesses and individuals needing legal assistance.
As a trial attorney, Mr. Adolph has litigated jury and bench cases involving a diverse spectrum of complex commercial issues, including business and contract disputes, antitrust, executive compensation, environmental law, intellectual property and trade regulation, real property, and securities. He has been named a Washington State "Superlawyer" in commercial litigation by Washington Law & Politics Magazine in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010. Mr. Adolph also has the highest "AV" peer rating from Martindale Hubbell Law Directory and appears in the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers.
Mr. Adolph has appeared in numerous arbitration hearings before the NASD, AAA and other approved panels and has been a lead attorney in numerous mediations. He lectures at trial practice and procedure legal education programs and annually participates as an appellate advocacy and mock trial judge for the University of Washington Law School.
In addition to active litigation, Mr. Adolph has frequently testified as an expert witness in cases involving business and corporate law and standard of care issues. In conjunction with his litigation practice, Mr. Adolph has advised individuals, start-up companies and established businesses on a broad range of employment, compensation and business issues and has extensive experience negotiating and drafting legal documents.
Mr. Adolph is an avid skier, cyclist, runner, and traveler: avocations which he shares with his wife and and three children.
Sample Published Cases: Alakayak v. B.C. Packers, 48 P.3d 432 (Alaska 2002); Blume v. City of Seattle, 134 Wn.2d 243, 947 P.2d 223 (1998); Washington Irrigation v. United States, 110 Wn. 2nd 288, 751 P.2d 1178 (1988); Rainier National Bank v. McCrackin, 26 Wn.App. 498, 615 P.2d 469 (1980); Johnson's Wholesale Plumbing v. Holloway, 17 Wn. App. 449, 563 P.2d 1284 (1977); Pacific Propeller v. Holiday Airlines, Inc. 620 F.2d 731 (9th Cir. 1980). Additional Cases: Morbeck v. Kirlan Venture Capital, Inc., 2003 Wn. App. LEXIS 1556; AEA Int’l USA v. Boudreaux, 2001 Wn.App. LEXIS 2461.
Memberships: American Bar Association; Washington State Bar Association; WSBA Fee Arbitration Board, 1988- ; Bascom Hill Society; Bencher’s Society.
Admitted to Bar: State of Washington, 1972; U.S. District Court, Western & Eastern Districts of Washington; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court.
Education: University of Wisconsin (B.A. Journalism 1969, J.D. 1972); Dean’s List; Board of Editors, Wisconsin Law Review (1970-72); “Note -- Usury and the Time-Price Exception," 1971 Wisconsin Law Review 296.
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Christopher C. Jacob
Mr. Jacob has a broad law background in federal and state litigation, intellectual property and patent issues, and biotechnology issues. He has experience in tax and corporate law litigation, varied intellectual property matters, and technical issues related to science and biomedical law. He has extensive experience in federal and state trial practice as well as drafting transactional documents in his areas of expertise.
Memberships: Washington State Bar (2005); California Bar (2004).
Education: Santa Clara University School of Law (J.D. 2003); University of Washington (B.S. Cell and Molecular Biology, 2000); Embry Riddle Aeronautical University (B.S. Aeronautical Science, 1996).
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