HWS Law Group is known for creative solutions and achieving great results for our clients throughout Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Alaska. We pride ourselves in providing outstanding customer service, which all begins by understanding the nuances of each individual case, developing a winning and efficient litigation strategy, providing early and accurate evaluations, and timely reporting all new developments to our clients. We have found these customer-first principles have enabled our firm to achieve great results for our clients, whether that is through risk-management and evaluation, alternative dispute resolution or trial.
The HWS team has extensive experience in counseling and representing motor carriers, drivers, owner-operators, insurance carriers and other transportation-related entities.
We have a long history of successfully guiding small, mid-sized and large businesses and their owners, corporate officers and directors through commercial litigation.
Last week, HWS Law Group Partners Tony Scisciani and Chris Luhrs obtained a defense verdict for a client in one of the first post-pandemic, live-and-in-person jury trials in King County (Seattle) Superior Court. The case had been pending for over 4 years, was relatively hotly contested, and had been continued multiple times due to the… Read the full article…
John was successful in dismissing a case for lack of negligence as a matter of law. Plaintiffs brought a wrongful death claim against our client. In early January 2020, at night, in the rain, and wearing dark clothing, the deceased attempted to cross State Route 7 in Spanaway where no crosswalk existed. Unfortunately, the deceased… Read the full article…
Congratulations to Kelsey Shewbert who prevailed in Robert T. Baum v. Home Depot, U.S.A., Inc. (Alaska Sup. Ct. No. 1836-July 21, 2021). This matter involved a customer who tripped on pallets in the middle of the store aisle and fell, tearing his rotator cuff.
Congratulations Brandon Smith who recently scored a big win in Division I of the Washington Court of Appeals! This decision is not only a win for our client, but a success for construction companies and insurance carriers statewide.
Ms. Sawyer joined HWS as a senior attorney in 2020 and has over twenty years of civil litigation experience. Her practice currently focuses on civil litigation in the areas of personal injury, property damage and real estate disputes, including boundary line, trespass, premises liability and homeowners’ association litigation. She also has experience handling subrogation matters involving fires.
Hanson v. Gonzalez Carmona et al. March 23, 2023 Slip Opinion No. 99823-0 The Washington State Supreme Court recently affirmed the Court of Appeals decision that a RCW 4.96.020(4), a presuit claims notice statute under which one must provide local governmental entities with notice of an alleged claim 60 days before filing the claim, applies… Read the full article…
Max Wesemann and Shaun Campbell were promoted to Senior Associates on February 9th, 2023. Max is a 2018 graduate of University of South Carolina School of Law and has been working on a variety of cases at HWS including several construction defect and product liability proceedings. Shaun is a 2014 graduate of Gonzaga University School… Read the full article…
HWS Law Group is pleased to announce the addition of Natalia Bendis to the HWS Law Group practice as an associate. She brings a wealth of knowledge to her position as civil litigation associate from her four years clerking at the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky. Because of this experience,… Read the full article…
