Scott O’Halloran
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Phone: 253-552-4094 Fax: 253-593-5625 Email: sohalloran@williamskastner.com |
1301 A Street, Suite 900 Tacoma, WA 98402-4200 |
Experience
Scott O’Halloran is a member in the Tacoma office of Williams Kastner. Mr. O’Halloran’s practice areas include complex civil litigation with an emphasis in health care, professional, commercial, and product liability issues. As lead trial counsel in more than 100 complex civil litigation lawsuits, he has successfully defended corporate and individual clients at trial, arbitration, and administrative hearings. Before joining Williams Kastner, Mr. O'Halloran served as Captain in the U.S. Army, Judge Advocate General's Corps (JAG), from 1995-2000.
Washington Law & Politics magazine designated Mr. O’Halloran as a Rising Star in 2003 and 2004 and as a Super Lawyer in 2004 and from 2007 to 2011. He has an AV® Preeminent™ 5.0 out of 5 rating in Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Ratings™, the highest possible rating. In addition, Mr. O’Halloran has been recognized by the city of Tacoma business publication, the Business Examiner with their “Top 40 Under 40” award and Washington CEO magazine named Mr. O’Halloran one of the “Top Business Attorneys in Healthcare in Washington.”
Affiliations
- American Bar Association
Health Care Law and Litigation Section - Hon. Robert J. Bryan Chapter of the American Inns of Court
Former Barrister - Tacoma - Pierce County Bar Association
Past President, Young Lawyers Division - Washington State Bar Association
Past Member, WSBA Legislative Committee - Washington Defense Trial Lawyers
Past Committee Chair for the South Sound Region - Washington Health Care Risk Management Society
Professional Associations and Community Activities
- Geneva Foundation
Board of Directors, 2010 - Present - St. Patrick’s School
Commissioner and Chair, Strategic Planning Committee, 2011 - present - American Leadership Forum, Tacoma Chapter
Class XVIII - Leadership Tomorrow
Class of 2009
Seminars and Presentations
- Speaker, “E-Discovery: How to Prepare and Respond,” 2011 Annual Risk Managers Conference, October 14, 2011.
- Presenter, “Developing a Successful Trial Strategy,” CHI Defense Counsel Conference, Denver, CO, September 29, 2011.
- Speaker, “Ten Commandments of Giving a Good Deposition; Prescription Narcotics: Legal Issues; Informed Consent: What a Patient Needs to Know; Patient Termination,” Managing Risk in the Medical Office Setting, June 5, 2008.
- Speaker, “HIPAA, Responding to Subpoena's; Patient Termination; Recent Developments in Medical Malpractice Law,” Franciscan Medical Group Risk Management Update, March 3, 2007.
- Speaker, “Avoiding High Jury Awards in Medical Malpractice Cases,” Washington Defense Trial Lawyers 2005 Annual Convention, Winthrop, WA, July 29, 2005.
- Speaker, Effective Use of Medical Records in Court, Seattle, WA, January 20, 2005.
- Speaker, Advanced Issues in Washington Medical Malpractice, Seattle, WA, July 22, 2004.
Areas of Practice
Bar Admissions
- Washington
- U.S. District Court (Western Washington)
Education
- University of Notre Dame Law School (JD), cum laude 1995
- Gonzaga University (BA), magna cum laude 1992